Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-26
HAT They ARE DOING
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
sss' Towns.

the animals legs. = . : At a regular
meeting OF the school board held Friday
evening the resignation OF Mrs. James
g. Creilan, nee Mise Mary Toohey, form
erly principal OF the Hendrick school,,
was accepted and Miss Alice Fielder
was elected In her place.
Iowa City.
Contractor Rowson expects to have;
all the stone for the court house laid
inside of two weeks, with the exception
of tn cornice. The slate roof will then
be placed on the structure and the In
terror finishing Will begin Immediate
Nv.
Mason City.
The Mason City electric company has
lately made great extensions OF Its gas
mains. and In addition to the 5000 feet
OF gas mains laid by the company last
year, over 1900 feet have been laid in
south Mason City this spring and ar
much on the north side.
Oskaloosa.
The Mahaska county republicans se-
lected their ticket Saturday as follows:
Auditor, w T. Martin: clerk, r. K.
Davis; attorney, James A. Dewitt; re-
corder, Z. L. McCord; supervisor. j. a..
Stephenson. The convention endorsed
Blanchard Tor supreme Judge.
Keokuk.
Robert Harbeson. one of the Oldest
residents Of Lee county, is dead at the
q 20 al OH as
In Salem county. N. j., and came to
whom he welded in 1887. He is sur
vived by eight children and twenty
four grand children.
Denison.
Mr.. H. H. Savage Of Iowa City wac
elected by the Denison school board on
"Wednesday evening to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of superinten-
dent H. v. Failor. The fact that there
were more than thirty applicants for
the position is an additional reason for
Mr.. Savage to congratulate himself up
on his success.
Lynnville.
A good many pieces OF corn have
reached the laying by period. not
withstanding the fact that the 4th OF
July, the time that event generally oc-
ours, is almost two weeks or General
~ speaking, corn is far advanced for
this season. and the fields are cleaner
of weeds than for many years-in fact,
they are absolutely clean.
Alton.
Articles of Incorporation establishing
the Savings Bank Of Alton were filed
with the county recorder Saturday.
The president is G.. A. Pierson. George
Hart, vice president, and B. e. Nix, as
sistant cashier. The capital stock is
$4,000. The gentlemen interested In
the new organization have been con-
Quoting the Alton bank. a private in
stitution.
Fort Dodge.
The NJ. & st. u. bridge gang Is busi-
| ly at work on the big bridge over the
Des Moines river near the Duncombe
mill. The bridge Is $50 feet long and
will be built for all time. At present
the men are engaged in completing the
false work. They will have this fin-
ished next week, when they will begin
to put down cofferdams and sink stone
piers They will go fifteen feet below
the river bed for foundation.
Winterset.
The Madison county board OF super
visors have purchased from c. D. Bev-
ington the lots north OF the ST. Nicholas
hotel and just across the street from
the Crisis livery barn for the new Jail
site. The lots are 9sx132 feet and the
price paid $500. The contract for the
building has not been let, but the old
building will be torn down and re-
moved and the work on the new build
ling begun as soon aa possible.
Sioux City.
=. .. Hennessey, who recently re-
turned from California, met his broth
er-in-la~. Royce D. Cheney, in San
Francisco. Fortune again has smiled
on the old proprietor Of the Booge and
manager Of the rebuilt hotel under the
ownership of the Mondamin Hotel
Company. Mr.. Hennessey said that in
the last seven months Mr.. Cheney had
cleaned up $4,000 on gold mine stock
and had the money in bank.
Colfax.
Colfax had another romantic we'd
ding. In this the principals were Leroy
Waterman, OF Tripoli, Iowa, and Jean
cite Ward. Of this place. The young
people engaged in an anonymous cores
pondence at frst which gradually
warmd up till Leroy and jeanette finally
came tosrsalixe that their hearts were
80 entwined that they must be united
legally to complete the tie. This caused
Leroy to come on to Colfax last satur-
day. and on Monday the knot was salts
factorily tied.
Keosauqua.
Tom DsHart. OF Henry township.
harvested eighteen acres OF clover last
week that averaged ~ tons per acre.
That is a good yield and an early har-
vest says the Republican. The
board OF supervisors OF Van Buren,
county has just let the contract for two
bridges across the Dies Moines river to
the Western Bridge Company. One at
Selma. to rest on steel cylinders and to
be 100 feet long. Is to cost 81, $50 not
counting approaches; the other. at Kill
bourne. to be sos feet long. outside OF
approaches. at 3l4,950. There were
eighteen bidders for the work.
Muscatine.
The general stagnation Of the button
market has resulted In the cloPing OF
q large number OF factories in the city.
Some continue to run but can not longer
AFFORD to do so unless reduction Of the
scale 10 made. The Boepple factory re-
Gently reduced the scale a cent on AL,