Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-02

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along and deposit the body Of the MUIR
ldered girl In the water. His supplied
senses didn't rally to the emergency,
30 he dropped OF to sleep again. Some
days afterwards he came to Chief Of
Police johnson and commenced to tell
| the story, but was kicked out because
he was drunk, and vowed he would not
| divulge his secret until new chief was
appointed The change of administra-
Ition having occurred the man sends his
story thru the Hrst man he knows in-
]stendtng to come to Des Moines.
Iowa City.
The entire city was rudely shocked
late Tuesday afternoon to hear of the
death OF w. j. Emmons, Familiarity
known "a Bud" who passed away at
Ia: 20 o'clock at his home on South Gin
Iton street. He has been quite sick since.
Hast Saturday, when he arrived home
from business trip to Boston. He
had been familiar figure in Iowa City
business circles for the last thirty
years. He had engaged in several mer-
camille pursuits with marked success,
being, however, especially successful in
Il
buying and exporting horses for the
eastern market. He was born in North
Bend, Ind, forty-nine years ago.
Davenport.
A The contractor for the erection OF the
new chapel, at the Orphans Home, is
4 under bond to have the building done
by Dec. 15. and he is working to that
end with no loss Of time The founda-
4 ton Is going in now, and will soon be
completed. 1t Is expected that the
building will be out of the way by the
|specified time. unless there are I'M
4 expected obstacles. $50 Richard Ter.
rim. for 40 years a well-known and re-
e|aspected Irish-Americans citizen OF Dav-
s|senport, died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Monday night. as the result OF a
fall down stairs at his residence. In this
lefty He was born in Ireland 76 years
lago.
Washington.
ID. w. Lewis says ii would pay people
here to put solar furnaces in the tops
h of their houses, tho we have not as
4 many sunshiny days as southern Cali
& fornia gives. They are cheap and Sim
s pie contrivances for concentrating the
rays and heat water for the bath, dsh-
on the roof, heating pipes running to the
tank. The sun would just as lief do 1t
! as not, has beams to burn, calorlc going
. to waste, after fostering all the crops;
\ no trouble to heat your dish pan, ma
! dam, or pour bath; fetch the water up
} to 1876 degrees in a jiffy. All you've got
n to do is to turn a faucet. Handy as
natural gas, says the Press.
Burlington.
In a very short time proposition
Will be submitted to Burlington people
THAT is business and means business
.from the word go. This proposition is
a TO build an electric road, commonly res
g 5ferred to as an "inter-urban" line Qit-
orally between towns) connecting Sa-
lem and Lowell, two good towns in
Henry county, with Burlington. Lowell
is eighteen miles distant and Salem
iseight miles more. The proposition will
come from the business men oil the
"A towns named and the significant fact
lis not that they want trolley line es-
tablished. but that they want closer
land better communication with Bur-
Ilington for the purposes Of trade.
Mason City.
Il Passengers gazing out Of the Win
4 dows of the 1910 train out of this city
I Saturday eight on the way to Clear
: Lake were Mortified when the train
!, stopped at Emery to see the motionless
: body OF man lying close to the track
a 1t was that of Frank Smith, of this city
and it issonly- little short of miracle
that he is alive today. The train was
II going too fast to stop before hitting the
man. and quick as a flash Superintend-
Il ent Ong showed down the patent rail
i Lscraper of Charlie GREEN'S and the bod
WAS brushed from the track and the
train shot on. When 1t was stopped and
1.-The man picked up he was still in the
stupor in which he had lain dead drunk
! Wa'eslco.
The contracts for all of the new shop
!. buildings Will be let in about ten days
and the entire improvement to be made
) by the Illinois Central is to be COM
!, pleted by December IL said Thomas S.
( Leake. of Chicago, master carpenter of
the Illinois Central system. Tuesday.
). The statement that the shops will not
{ be as large as originally intended is de-
= MED by Mr.. Leake, who says the altera-
4 ton of plans does not diminish the space
!. for repairing. The old shops when re-
|modeled will make the best of car re-
sispair shops, blacksmith and wood work
ling shops. and Will accommodate smany
|Iworkmen az the building planned and
Included With the original improve
!, ments.
Boone.
! During Monday Balm & Son had a
/ hack plying between the down town
portion and the Ringing circus
& grounds The rig was being driven
down Story street, and when just below
the depot a lady stepped from the curb
!. ing in front Of the rapidly moving team
s. to get into a single buggy that was
waiting for her in the street. The driver
saw the Woman's danger as she stepped
almost directly in front of the rig and
: to save her from injury he threw his
I l5full weight onto one of the rens, turn-
I ing the frightened horses almost square
lily around in a space shorter than theil
Z own length. with the result that one Of
J them, a valuable animal, fell to tbs
!. pavement and sustained a fractured
! front leg. The horse Will in all proba-
bility havesto be shot.
Cedar Rapids.
Work is progressing quite rapidly on
the new building for the Home for the
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