Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-17
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

GafWin.
4 Garwin is to have a local telephone
exchange.
Stratford.
| Evangelist Bunce has been helping to
conduct the Methodist revival services.
| Charlton.
| Achariton butcher slipped coming
out of a temperance billiard hall and
lfell, sustaining serious injuries
Beaman.
Dave Slower brought in fifty head of.
hogs last week that averaged $50 lbs.
each, for which he received s cents a
pound, a total of 1925. PITY the poor
farmers! exclaims the Bee.
Rockwell City.
4 Auditor Riley states that Calhoun
county treasurers report for March
shows collections amounting to $7s,g76.-
4 81. The amount collected on the spe-i
cial poor farm tax was $5.634.26.
Clarinda.
i The Presbyterians Of the city are
raising money for the purchase OF a
ipipe organ. They will also build an adj
dition to the audience room of the
church il a sufficient sum can be
raised.
Clear Lake.
A ripple of excitement was caused
last week from the arrest of five or six
lparties, principally from the head OF
the lake, for Violating the law by.
shooting fish while on their way to the
Spawning grounds.
Charlton.
i ST. rvs,
lton fire department. is organizing u
team to attend the southwestern Iowa
frernenasto this summer The
lengine has been newly repaired and ev-
lery effort will be made to reach Chari-
tons old time record.
Bort.
Mrs. Isenberger. on whose leg an am
lputation was performed last week, died
fsuddenly on Wednesday,. !. = G. Will
rett's team ran away With his disc one
day recently, and collided With wire
fence. One horse was cut up some and
the disc was badly Injured.
Iowa Falls.
The matter of an inter-county fair ia
agaiH being discussed. 1t proposed to
\ buy a tract of ground west OF town.
IEacross the river from the boat landing,
.Ibuiid a track and suitable grounds, and
.Iconnect the same with the city by a
bridge at the foot OF Washington ave-
3Inue.
\ Alden
Judge Porter was in town Thursday
\ in the interest Of the railrona extern
Esion project. There was a time when
the judge was quite a good deal
4 bothered by the outlook, bu, things
Sfhaye changed and the other fellows are
4 the ones to walk the floor, says the
I Times.
4 Grundy Center.
i Mrs. Samuel Clark has had made to
1her orGei' tin cllurn about the shape
h Of the old wooden churns, with wood
4 top and hook fastening. Some of her
friends tell her she should patent IT.
She says she can give it plenty of sun
1 and air without being afraid ii will fall
Ito pieces.
i Gladbrook.
!. There are more agents than yellow
;fdcgs in this vicinity at the present time,
}Icanvassirg for nearly everything from d
needle to threshing machine. Life
slwouidn't be worth living il a fellow
couldn't be bothered four hours a day
5lby these high-ccilared fakirs, says the
4 Northern.
i 'I'raer.
The trustees of the Congregational
4 church held prolonged meeting re-
4 Gently TO consider the several plans of
I, the new church prepared by two or
q accepted. The officials voted to en-
1 plans submitted.
Ames
4 ssor AIcLain has nearly completed
his work for the present year. a glance
j AT his books indicates that the improve
Iments made In Ames in 1899 have a
value of about $50, 900 in round numbers.
u These improvements mean an addition
s of about $3.50 to the taxes paid by Ames
Ito the county treasurer.
!, Davenport.
d Rural Mail Carrier Miller reports
4 business on the route increasing daily
land the rural residents decidedly well
department. He states that he sup
D plies mail at present for 200 mail boxes
+ and that in many cases as many as six
AslAA1iiASss eSN1lS SAS1A AiieaiA ~ lAlu one
!, mail box.
4 Albia.
Il Fourteen new houses are in process
4 LOT construction in the addition south
+ Of the south track OF the Q. - = The
committee on paving is making a cir
cult of the square and feeling the pulse
4 of the property owners in regard To
n paving this summer. The majority OF
4 the property owners are in favor Of
7 Isuch proceedings.
1 keokuk.
The March report Of the health officer
d shows thirty-ffye deaths In Keokuk In
March. an almost unprecedented num-
1 Der for one month. Twelve of them
8lswere from pneumonia, which was much
more fatal than usual. Three were
Il from old age. four from consumption,
! three from cancer, two from chronic
u diarrhoea. three from heart disease,
and one each from other troubles
j Clear Lake.
4 ASneettng Of the commecial club held
lin the city. hall recently was addressed
a by "A. p. Mulligan, the beet sugar man.
4 1t was successful to the fullest extent
land It was definitely decided to raise "a
lacres Of sugar beets this year by as stock
company comDosed Of substantially the