Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-07
WHAT They ARE DOING
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place ID Iowa
Towns.

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Ing corn, became click, and Mrs. Bilbo,
not being able to take care Of him, he
was brought to Cottage hospital and
placed in the emergency ward. Three
days after his arrival at the hospital the
attending physician became suspicious
of the aiIment OF his patient and called
in other physicians. After consultation
III wac decided to place the sick man In
the isolation department., where his case
was further observed until the phyei-
|cians became certain that Coombs had
variolotd.
Alta.
this city, w. a.. Cowan, of Oska !oosa,
and ]. E. Paschal, OF What Cheer, nego-s
|tiated the seventy-f1ye acres of land
owned BY Miss Lura Welsh. three
|fourths Of mile south OF the court
house, and just Outside Of the city limits,
land they will receive deed for. the
land on the 2Sth day OF December. The
lprice paid for the land il sc. 000-$s0 per
acre. 1t is the purpose of the gentle
men to plat the land into town lots in
1.-THE early spring and put them on the
market.
Fort Dodge.
Will Poston. q carpenter living in the
least part of the city, was accidentally
ehot Sunday afternoon while hunting
south of the city. He had paused to fire
at squirrel when rome one opposite
sent q load OF ehot in his way. Two
shots struck him in the left arm, two in
the leg and one in the instep. The lad
who fired the shot approached him at
once, very badly frightened, but was
much relieved to find he had not killed
him. Mr.. Poston was able to walk nome,
but suffered much. 1t was close call.
John Rutledge, Of Douglas township,
has over fifty acre. of corn that il Yield
ling more than 100 bushels to the acre.
4 1t was drilled In rows and would have
been little too thick on the ground for
a dry season, but was just right for the
season we have had.
Council Bluffs.
One OF the most complete and thor
Tough jobs Of burglary which II has been
1.-THE fortune OF the police OF this city to
ideal with was the one which was dis
covered by b. F. Maxf1eld when he re-
turned to his home at 100 Harrison
Irtreet about 2 O'clock Sunday afternoon.
4 He sent at once for his wife. who was
Visiting at Media, and on her arrival
home In the evening an inventory was
taken which revealed loss to the
tamount of about $3.50. as near az 1t can
lbe estimated. Everything OF any value,
Except a few heavy pieces ofv silver
(which for some unaccountable reason
Twas left on the sideboard, had been
lstripped from the house. This included
Everything from the table sllverware
land linen to the bed linen, Mr.. Max
Ifield's neckties and Mrs Maxfield's
lIgloves. The search was 80 thorough
THAT the burglars took pictures from tht
J. walls and tore out the backs lest they
: lshould pass some valuables that hat
been sscreted there. No clue to tn,
Ithievery IL known.
i Atlantic.
: Case county will have controvers,
4 lover the collection Of back taxes mex
ERIN of court. About a year ago tn,
{ board of supervisors made contrac
: with G. w. Welman for the collection o
taxes for the past five years. with
view to ascertaining where return
should have been made on moneys ant
/, Icredits and We're not. He was to secur
2 80 per cent for his services After thor
j, ouEhly going over the records Mr.. Wei
. man began to send out statements L
Il those who We're alleged to be indabte,
to the county. As a result $500 wer
paid into the county treasury, half o
which vac paid to Mr.. Welman. Tire
! suits have just been flied which Wi
change the status OF affairs for som
time. One suit is against r. H. Shifrlet
8 as auditor. asking that an injunction re
straining him from placing on tax list
property omitted in any year prior /
4 the present. Another suit 10 brough
against County Treasurer Brown askin
z an order for the distribution of tn
t funds on hand among the various fund
: lof the county. In the other suit tn
h mem ers of the board OF supervisors al
d made defendants and an order aske
d for restraining them from paying NJ
!, Welman more than Is per cent OF til
lmOneysreceived.
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