Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-27
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Ottumwa.
The new brick and tile plant recently
erected in Riverview addition COM
menced work Tuesday morning.
West Liberty.
The West Liberty Telephone Com
lpany of Muscatine county. has incor-
iporated with a capital stock Of $4,000.
Fl. Madison.
Peach trees in the vicinity Of Fort
Madison are all about to put out a pro-
fusion of blossoms and IL no late frost
appears a good crop seems assured.
New Sharon.
Rev. Odds has rendered his resignation
as minister Of the Christian church at
this place, to take effect within sixty
days. He expects to enter the evangel-i
sistic field.
Denison.
According to the poll book there are
seventy-eight firemen in Denison. :
The foundat ton fo- the cannon has been
placed in front of the city hall and the
cannon will soon be in position.
Keokuk.
The police are arrcsting some OF the,
saloon keepers who keep open after le-8
gal hours and informations have been
filed against three in the superior court.
The cases have not yet been tried.
Belmond.
Herald: sapho is being generally read
in Belmond. OF course we all read the
book to see if it is fit for our neighbors
to read, and not because Of the immoral-
ilty it contains. Who dare say that such
a course is not pure?
Ackley.
Methodists are joyful and their faces.
radiant with smiles; the new pipe organ
for their church was received Monday
morning. and is being placed in position
1t is understood that for time a lady
from Iowa Falls will manipulate the,
worries.
Sioux City.
Henry Donohue. laborer of this
city. has filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy. He lists assets to the.
amount OF $3.50 and liabilities of $617.64.
Francis Bor,nan, of Fonda. has filed a
similar petition with s43O.95 assets and
$1,347 liabilities.
Cambridge.
P. "A. Slope, of Maxwell, has received
the contract for the erection Of a brick
building 25xso feet, two stories and
basement, for c. Thomas at this place.
He has also the contract for brick
building 25x5o, two stories, for Edgar.
John, to be built here and the work
will commence this week.
.Sabula.
E The Iowa Pearl Button Company. OF
iSabula. jackson county. has filed arti-
Giles of Incorporation with the secre-;
tary of state. 1t has a capital stock of
IS, 900. S. Il. Day is president OF the
new corporation, Joe D. Cotton, vice
president, r. a. Schroeder secretary,
and Mrs. NJ. E. Hilslnger, treasurer.
Maxwell.
Substantial Improvements have be-
gun in our town already this spring
and among the most notable will be
the handsome two-story brick block to-
be erected by Samuel Miller on the old
Baldwin corner. This structure will
have frontage of fifty feet and Will
be ninety feet deep and will cost some
where in the neighborhood OF $4,000.
Iowa City.
SIeOTSe r.. 5D6leSaH, STATE HSn COM
missioner. has notified County Attor-i
ney Zmunt that the Terrell dam is an
obstruction to the free passage OF fish.
Euclid Sanders has notified the county
attorney that he will place the fish
ways In the dam according to law. He
stated that he had delayed action this
long only because 1t was question
whether the dam was an obstruction.
Mason City.
Mrs. Ed Payne met with quite a seri-
GUS accident Tuesday. She went over
to Mrs. Pfhaler's for neighborly call
and found them cleaning house. as
people are wont to do this weather.
Mrs. Payne did not notice that the
crate to the cold air register had been
removed and che stepped into the open-
ing and had the uncomfortable experi-
ence OF picking herself up in the base
ment. She was scratched up some and
q little shook up. but she will no doubt
speedily recover. Z = : Twenty-three
miles OF steel have already been laid
on the Dlve Earth City branch az IL