Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

N1aquoketa.
Evangelist Smith is conducting re-
yival services in the NJ. E. church here.
Smithland.
After Drayman Sullivan. OF Smith
land, had loaded seven cases OF eggs
his team struck out for home, scatter
Ing the contents of the dray along the
road so energetically that half the eggs
We're wrecked.
Cedar Rapids.
This city claims that the high school.
of the town has the largest enrolment
of any high school in the S ate. The.
average attendance is sol. which is said
to be about 100 greater than in any 9th
err school in Iowa.
Sloan.
The experience OF a Sloan real estate
agent shows that the price OF lands on.
the Missouri bottom has increased $40
per acre within the past tao years, and
he expects the same rate to continue
for a considerable time yet.
Creston.
The work cf beautifying the depot
grounds goes forward. A raised piece
of ground in the center OF the plat west
LOT the station will contain the word
Creston. The space will be sodded and
put in q very attractive appearance.
Boone.
County Treasurer B. NJ. Huntley re-
ports that the payments into the coun-i
~ treasury during the meath of March
We're the heaviest for any month in the
history of Boone county. The total
lamount paid In was few odd dollars
above $99. 200.
Charlton.
The revival services at the o. p.
church under the direction of Mrs.
\ Peake. the reformed actress, continue
Ito be the drawing attraction for
3church- going people OF Charlton and
the church is filled each night with an
interested audience.
Fort Dodge.
The officers Of the Fort Dodge Beet
lsugar Company feel highly gratitied at
the way the farmers Of the county are
|getting seed for planting this spring.
George Authier, executor of the
i Post, left Monday for Grinnell. where
/, he enters Iowa College to pursue lit
erary and language course.
Abba.
a Sheriff Doner escorted Ruben Cook.
convicted of larceny. to the pcniten-
|sttary last Saturday evening. Cook is
4 the man who entered barn in JFrbana
4 township and stole some harness and
sIcorn. He Will be a guest of the warden
i lat the penitentiary for the next two
years. and the product of his labor will
be used in paying the expenses of the
i institution, as the Union puts it.
IOskaloosa.
The hospital movement in Oskaloosa
Ihas taken on form the least expected.
by the promoters. The city has taken
A la hand In the mat tier and is having two
4 CONSTRUCTED on the hill TO the south OF
!. the old packing house They are of
rough lumber and will be ready fol
4 Occupancy in a day or TWO. One OF
them will be for colored patients and
one for white, who are suffering with
4 what has been pronounced smallpox.
Muscatine.
q Surveying on the new railroad be-
4 between Muscatine and Upton is in
y progress. The old survey that had
4 been supposed to exist and which the
n new company relied upon getting. has
I, mot been found, and it is said that there
!. never was any in fact. The work is
being done from the ground up. Con
! struction work is not In sight yet. bul
! lit may be reached III the course Of a
\ few months.
Belle PLANE.
\ The gang OF Western Union men
wfo are to. build the telegraph line
!. Ialong the new road arrived Monday
land began stringing material along the
line. This morning they began setting
lpoles. They will set only every other
lpole and string one wire until they
a overtake the track layers. They ex-
{ pect to build about two and hall
[ miles day. II. ii. Bunch, of Chicago
Ills In charge OF the work and L. n
L HAL oversees it for the Northwestern
company.
Z Davenport.
Postmaster George Metzger is feeling
Exceedingly we'll over letter tina
came to him in Monday morning s mail
. This letter brings the personal assur
ance OF Gen. Albert d. Shaw, of Wa
tertown, N. Y. grand commandment
chief OF the Grand Army of the Repub
''fllic that he will be here on the coca
sion of the annual encampment OF tht
]. department of Iowa in June. Gen
/, Shaw takes pride in the veterans o
! Iowa and their work. and he wants t
. meet them.
: Council Bluffs.
! That the majority of the BARRIERS O.
I this city do not favor the proposed ordi
nance prohibiting the opening OF barbe
! shops on Sundays was made NANTES
Monday when a petition protesting
Iagainst the proposed measure bearing
the signatures Of twenty-elgh member
OF the profession was flied with the cit,
! clerk to be presented to the city coun
lcil. Accompanying this petition was (
!. protest against the passage of the pro
posed ordinance signed by several hun
y dred representative business and pro
! fesstonals men Of the city. sss
] lS,osx ci.y.S
i May IasgeM wholesale boot and sko
J company VIII commence business Il
7 lSloux City. IT viii bescapitalized q
i $l00;00 and he lsnpHi,saa the. Waraei,
i shoe Company. 9 4. Fred g. Jpenl
s ing, John w. Hicks and George "
ii Klock, all OF Sheldon. have filed yoIun
vatary BANKRUPTCY petitions In the feder
) al court here. DeminE owes 3Ssl.27 an
9 has $40 assets. Hicks lists His liabili
j 'tiea . s1os asd Klock ~ - owe