Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-10
IOWA NEWS FOR IOWA READERS

ldiHHOHy until Ine nearing OF the case,
when II is asked that the alimony be
made permanent. Saturday morning
Judge Plat had. issued an attachment
as prayed in the sum of $500 against
the property rights and credits of the
defendant for temporary support of
4 plaintiff.
Sioux City.
While every trace of the smallpox
epidemic has been thoroughly driven
out of the city. the city healthauthori-
ties will within the next few weeks
commence the erection of a suitable
Quarantine hospital for use in case of
any future invasions of smallpox or
4 similar contagious. AT recent meet
\ ing of the health committee of the city
council such building was decided
1 upon and as soon as favorable site for
/ 1T can be secured the council will be
recommended to order its construction.
Dubuque.
The necessity of tenders on street
cars was demonstrated in this city
/ Saturday night and had car No. 81 on
the Rhomberg avenue line not been
8equipped with one Harry Confer, a
young man residing in the upper part
of the city. would ,'nave been ground
topieces. Randall Jacobs, of In
i dependence. filed a petition in volun-
tary bankruptcy Friday in the federal
court. His liabilities are placed at ST.
800 and his assets consist of stock of
goods valued at $4,000.
| Muscatine.
| The journal asks what has become
of Mr.. George II. Johnson, the pro-
moter who is going TO build Musca-
tines opera house? What has become
of all the contracts and big talk which
Mr.. Johnston put up? What has be-
come ola whole lot of things in connee-
ton with the opera house proposition
1 This is what Muscatine people are ask
ing these days The journal further
says a Muscatine citizen is willing to
l3put up an opera house equal to that
proposed by the promoter il given a
\ similar bonus.
4 Spencer.
\ \ Clay county farmer has bin con-
tanning about 500 bushels of wheat
About month ago he proposed TO
market the grain, hut on going 10 the
| bin he discovered that a hen had estab-
Il u
setting there. and that to remove the
grain would break her; up. He decid-
| ed not To disturb her, but wait until
she came off with the chicks In the
meantime the price of wheat advanced
4 until the farmer discovered he had
Igai1ed over 500 by allowing the hen TO
sit 1t out II sometimes pays to humor
even the whims Of hen, says the
4 News.
Upton.
Constable Craft, Of stanwood,
Drought to Upton recently an eccentric
individual named Alberta who has been
ffequentinS that vicinity RECENTLY. AL
berta's home is supposed II be in Law
Isenport andit is reported he has prop
erty IN the hands of a guardian. He
has been in various parts of this coun-
4 sty at times working at odd jobs and
4 peddling trinketS. He is usually seen
4 with a satchel to which a dozen or more
3Eparcels are tied. He has never been
4 considered dangerous but his strange
i actions in Stanwood caused some alarm
i and he was brought to Upton. There
being no charge against him County
4 Attorney Boiling advised his release
4 Which was given him and he left vow
i ing he would never SO to Stanwoos
4 again.
4 Council Bluffs.
I. The Illinois Central has provided for
4 six new engines of the latest patterns
4 and the most powerful build, Which Will
4 be used in the passenger service Of the
! road between Council Bluffs and Chi
cago. Recently the passenger depart
ment has been experimenting with fast
4 runs on the new line between Fort
4 dodge and this city and the fast ha.
4 been demonstrated that the line Will
4 now permit Of fast running with per-
4 feet safety, The present schedule for
i the passenger trains from Chicago tn
/ Council Bluffs in fifteen hours but
5Eduring the past week the trains of the
road have made several trips in which
/! one and one-hali hours have been cut
4 from this time. Tht probability is that
4 a fourteen hour service will be put on
4 soon.
Keokuk.
4 Friday afternoon a strange individual
was seen by the many people on Main
I street and they thought he was a fe-
Il male attired in male apparel. The per-
4 son was possessed Of dainty tread
4 and a neat little foot, light and fair
complexion and long hair. which was
combed up under his hat The police
3fgot wind of the fact that there WAS a
woman on the streets masauarading as
la male and al once Officer Henneman
i was put on the trail, as tits unlawful
II for any one to Wear a disguise When
taccosted the stranger said he was a ma
abtive of eastern Persia and was a palm
list and fortune teller and had been in
this country for eighteen years touring
the country. He produced countless
number of clippings from newspapers
all over the country telling of his ar
4 rests on many occasions because 1t was
4 thought he was a woman.
i Colfax.
4 The Clipper reports that another SEN
sational wedding is in prospect in TIL:
n west part of Washington township. This
.Iwil! be the union Of young farmer of
4 this township and an eastern girl with
whom he had been indulging in an
Anonymous correspondence for some
thine past and Who.in conformity with
A his wishes. last week came on to COL
fax. Here the unknown lover met her
lat the train. entertained her with
4 breakfast at the Mason House, ant
lthen transferred her to his farm home
4 in time for dinner. She is a neat and
4 comedy maiden and While her lover VA