Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-11
WHAT They ARE DOING
Affairs of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

poGhSl MILF anu SlTuChss dls 9EldUIll, CUT
ting q cash in the side of his head. In
The struggle a window Of the postoffice
was broken. Both men are quick tenn
pered and Mr.. Stearn's is very nervous
and excitable. Both regret the occur
renee Very much.
Waterloo.
The Waterloo earning factory began
active operations at its big new factory
at noon Friday. ss* H. B. Allen
shipped from East Park
stock farm handsome black team of
standard bred horses. The animals
We're sold to H. NJ. Hill, of Minnea Nils,
the price paid being $500. 49,. Street
Hafar reports a scarcity
of men. He is in need of twelve or
fifteen to do sewer work
Jefferson.
For sometime past there has been
talk of organizing Mothers society
in Jefferson. but no definite move was
made until last Friday afternoon when
a number of mothers met at the home
Of Mrs. j. o. Staples and completed
the organization Of the Mothers Union.
1t has in viaw the interests of the chill
dren and home. a committee ap-
pointed at a citizens meeting is solic-8
ting money for a street fair project
Abba.
Moses Edwards raised 20 acres of
Turkish Red wheat on his farm south
vest of Abba, and the yield was 445 bu-
sheis and 90 pounds, an average of
% bushels to the acre. = - About
all the transfers of the city are en-
gagged in hauling brick from the depot
TO the square TO be used in the paving.
There are no idle teams in Abba
The city council at recent meeting
ordered the paving Of a section of
Clinton street.
Muscatine.
The location Of the new MuscatineI
free library is now a settled fact; it.
will stand on the city lot opposite the
church corner Of Iowa ave
nue. and Third street. The lot seems
to be an ideal one for the library 1t is
that it is the one most IA
thought of in the first place by
MIR. Musser but some difficulties arose
10 getting possession of it. These diff.
ficulties have now been overcome and
thelot will present Il busy scene with.
swarming workmen on the building be-
fore many weeks.
Sioux City.
Sophie Ilickband, the 1s-year-old girl
who attempted suicide last Monday af-
ternoon by jumping into the Sioux river
because OF jealousy. was taken from
her home Wednesday and put in the
woman's ward at the police station.
where careful watch can be kept of
I,
With, and avows her desire to die, not
so much now for the loss of her lover,
but because she realizes the position her
attempted suicide ha put her in. Po-
lice Matron Tnurston. who has been5in-
terested in the girls career for the last
few months, is caring for her.
Ames.
The school board at its meeting Non
day awarded the contracts for heating
the school building To the American
Warming and Eentilating Company of
Chicago. for s.. $50 The heat is hot air,
and is an improved apparatus that fur
nisnes heat in the winter and ventiia-
ton in the summer. - The board of
trustees Of the Iowa Agricultural col
lege let the contract the last week for
the PRESIDENTS new house to C. r.
Cushlnan, of Omaha, for $4,000, house
To be completed by Dec. i ], 1900 Con-
tract for repairs on Main building was
let u w. NJ. Rich, of Ames, and repairs
on Morrill, hail to G. n. Cushman. of
Omaha. the last two jobs to be COM.
pleted by Oct, l, 1900
7 anna.
Mr. c. G. Mitchell ordered of an
eastern architect plans for house to-
cost $1,000. The plans came together
with an assurance from the architect
that the house would not cost 10 ex-
ceed 5000. Mr. Mitchell invited figures
from local builders and the lowest prop
osition he. has received calls for the eX-
penditure Of about $4,000. Mr.. Mitchell
will either materially change the plans
or postpone building indefinitely.
The city council Monday evening all
lowed the contract for laying about
1900 feet of water main in the north
west part of the town to Davidson q
Strife: TIE contract price was 1896. !.
Several cases of typhoid fever have de-
Neloped here and the Herald advises
people to boil their water.
Perry.
AEIi0eS tNelllIlS Lon SItlOTI1DurS$ s
horse and vehicle were taken from the
rack on Willis avenue. He thought
some one had taken 1t FOR joke ar b
short ride but the rig did not turn up,
In the morning Marsha, Willis tele-
phoned to the surrounding towns a
description of the horse and during the
day the Madrid officers located ii four
of Madrid. 1t WAS in the pos
session of boy who gave mis- name a S
Thomas Bell. He said he was going to
Sioux City and had come from Mis-
souri,. He waived examination and was
taken to Jail to await the meeting OF
the grand jury when he will face SCI
rious charge. The boy is about Is years
of age, and was here about two weeks
With an outfit and gave a slack wire
on the First National
bank corner. He says he committed
the act for the purpose of getting into
the reform school where he can have a
home and learn to be d man. having be-
come disguised with wandering life
that was leading to something worse
for him.
Prevented IL Tragedy.
Timely Information given Mrs. George
Long, of New Straitsviile, o., saved two
lives a frishtfu cough had long kent
her awake every night. She had triad
many remedies and doctors. but stead.
lily grew worse unti!surged to try DR.
Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her; and she writes that
this marvellous medicine also cured Mr..
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