Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-20
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statement showing that the three cases
Of smallpox. which recently occurred
here, cost the municipality just s51o.63,
or $170.21 per case.
Keosauqua.
Last Saturday Mr.. George Day re-
ceived BAG head Of sheep from Lynn
vile. Tenn. These sheep will be turned
on pasture and will probably be fat
tened and marketed next winter.
Atlantic.
the tax ferret, has been at work, 1t is
Will be collected and that the increased
assessed valuation will permit OF a like
reduction OF the levy next year.
Tabor.
Deacon 8. H. Adams, of Tabor Con-
lgregational church, has Just handed in
his resignation as sexton Of the Tabor
cemetery, after more than forty-fve
Years Of consecutive service The first
grave in the cemetery was made In
1854 for his own child.
Emerson.
William L. Tubbs has let the contract
for a fine $1,000 hotel, to be erected at
Emerson. When completed Emerson
| will have the finest hotel of any city Of
Its size in the state. In the enterprise
Mr.. Tubbs was assisted by the citizens,
lwho gave him bonus OF $1,000.
Shenandoah.
i The dry weather in this section has
seriously affected the output OF black
berries and other small fruits Just now.
ripening. Mi. g. H. Castle will lose
quite a good sum OF money thru his
berries not maturing as they would
have matured with plenty Of moisture.
Grundy Center.
Miss Spencer has been promoted to
first assistant to the principal of the
thigh school. Miss Kate Harrison has
been elected to take Miss Spencer's
place in the sixth room. Miss Exene
Taft has been elected to fill the posi-
4 tion made vacant by the resignation Of
4 Miss Kempkes.
Oelwein.
Spontaneous combustion came near
destroying the Oelwein Feed Mill Mon
slIday. On opening the mill on that morn
ling a peculiar gassy smell was noticed.
and traced to the coal house where
there was stored several tons of that
fuel. 1t was on fire down in the cen-
A ter Of the pile near the ground, and all
had to be removed. making it hot
job.
Reinbeck.
The people of Reinbeck have formed
a stock company and purchased a site
upon which they will erect new build
4 ing which will furnish home for the
4 various orders that have lodges in that
4 town. The building will be 22xS0 feet,
1.-two stories high. The second floor will
be devoted to lodge room and parlors
and the first floor will be fitted up for
4 offices.
I Dubuque.
4 The engineering corps engaged in
Ilaying out the route of the new railroad
3ltfrom Clinton to Dubuque is working
near this city. being only few miles
out. There are fourteen in the party,
land they are lodged each night in the
llsl.orimier house. They Will enter Du-
Ibuque with their instruments in a few
a days and will then have completed
4 their task.
Il Carroll.
Monday Justice Lynch bound Earle
4 sCollins over to the next term OF the
4 grand jury in the sum Of $500 bail in
4 default OF which the boy was lodged in
Il Jail. Earle is lad about II years old
4 and has worked at different places
4 about town for the last three or four
4 years. He is charged with stealing SIS
5|from the safe Of Woodring & Sons
4 furniture store.
Nevada.
4 The railroad election next Saturday
on the question OF voting tax in aid
of the Duluth & New Orleans railroad
lis evoking little discussion. It is gem
4 erally supposed that the tax will be
Il voted. The walls OF the new
q library building have reached the level
of the joice OF the second story. AS the
building goes up the impression 1t
makes is more and more pleasing.
i Newton.
AT about 9:3O last Thursday evening
J. a man was seen peeplng into first one
Il window then another. "A man In the
!. lneighborhood shot toward him and II
the load had hit him there would not
have been much left OF him. The shot
. aroused the neighborhood and they held
j an Indignation meeting and decided to
keep their fire arms all loaded and
!, ready for use. The scene Of this out
4 rage was on South Farmer street.
q Mt. Pleasant.
The store OF W. NJ. Shannon. the
grocer was closed Tuesday evening by
the proprietor and a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy has been filed. He has
assets OF about $500 and liabilities OF
about $1,000. He has been in business
here of and on for many years and has
a good reputation. Too much credit IL
said to be the cause Of the failure. The
Z liabilities are mostly to wholesale
grocery houses for goods bought.
!. Davenport.
The death of Ben Fort and that OF
Reuben Ross, which occurred in Moline
!. Tuesday night, makes five fatalities
due to lockJaw following the Fourth OF
IJuly celebration In Davenport. Moline
and Rock Island. The Ross boy. like
all the others, was injured by blank
cartridge, and did not develop the
|symptoms OF tetanus for over a week
He fingered little longer than the
others after being attacked, but the
end. was the same.
4 Council Bluffs.
The city council has ordered q consid-
cradle amount OF brick paving In GER
I tain streets. On some of these they are
to be paved with Council Bluffs bottom
II course and Des Moines ton course the