Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-06
IOWA NEWS Items
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Weich, La, where he VIII make his
future home, Tuesday. The freight on
his car of implements and stock cost
sllO. according to the Times.
| AAlES-That electric lights are pop
ular in gAmes is shown by the fact that
| during the incumbency of Superintend-
4 ent Kyle the number of meters in use
has increased from eighty-five to 1870.
AUDUBON Sam Gardner brought in
seven wagon loads of hogs last Satur-
day. thirty seven head in all. They
averaged 400 pounds each. Some We're
i very large and fat and he obtained the
4 top Of the market. However two We're
smothered to death in the trip, says
the Republican.
4 MARENGD Miss Mary Helen
Hobbs. VINO has SO faithfully and TO the
Satisfaction of the school board, par
l4ents and pupils, filed the position Of
4 teacher on room No. of our public
school. has resigned and gone to Spok-
lane. Wash, where she has secured a
much better position.
4 SIOUX CITY-Harcour p Rogers, a
i farmer Of Anthon, has filed a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy in the federal
s court here. He lists liabilities to the
amount Of S2.2S37O and says he has as
4 sets worth 81 o93 John S. Dulin, am
Il other agriculturist OF the same town,
also filed a petition, showing liabilities
of s9sS.SSs and assets of $3.50.
FORT DODGE-WorS on the new
i freight addition to the Rock Island de-
pot in this city was started Wednesday,
morning. The part which formerly did
service for freight house has been
n moved fifty feet to9the north and Will
be used as a sstucco house in the future.
The new addition will be built on to the
4 Office part and will be used as a freight
room.
BERLINGTON-Dr II. f. Steinie,
! president Of the medical staff of St.
Francis hospital. yesterday submitted
!. his annual report. The report shows
THAT the numberaof patients during the
year 1899 was 450; surgical cases, $40;
deaths, 10; charity cases. 80: Ameri-
cans, 240: Irish, 100; Germans, 90;
Swedes, -; French, 4; Danes, %:
lScotcn, l.
C)DEBOLT-Chrontc The Odebolt
! saloons closea on Saturday evening,
having been notified by the county at
/ |torney that they had no legal right te
continue selling intoxicants The boot
, leggers will have full swing during the
, ensuing year. and the citizens are re-
ques.ed TO carefully note conditions
!. from time to time and see If there il
: less Drunkenness than under license.
i IOWA CITY -Supsrinte ndent Jay
. Chatham of the water works, says tn,
company has made some extensive i'm.
/. provements since New Years, digging
Z out 10 the galleries in the river. ans
creating a new source of supply for fu
,ure use. He says that shortage Q
water caused the delay at the big fire
but claims that the evil is now a thin;
OF the past. unless the river falls Yer.
badly.
HAaIPTON-The city Of Hampton i
chosen defendant. in another danlag
suit, h. a. Norton suing the city 70
s., 900 damages for the loss of service
of Mrs Merton during the time she wa
suffering With the broken wrist as tn
result OF her fall on the sidewalk tw
years ago Mrs. Norton's suit fe
damages is in the supreme, court, sh
ID having been awarded s2,5oo damage
in the court below.
ALGONA.-The Upper Des Nome
says. The county treasurer's bond
100000 and there is talk OF changin
the old plan Of havngait signed by Il
cal capitalists and of putting it Wit
AN indemnity company which makes
business of giving bonds. The eos
will be $3.50 a year, the banks of til
county are talking of pooling the e,
pense. S. X. Way says that he sha
| agitate the matter in due season. Cler
Carr and Recorder Latfrop have bot
given Indemnity company bonds. b,
=
expense should not come out of his sa
IL ary The county should PAY the e.
- pense itself. but the Law prohibits
- The Congregational ladies took
N slos at their New Years dinner.
N TAMA--On Saturday afternoon WI
. held the annual meeting Of the baal
of directors OF the FIRST National ban
10, After the transaction OF the regul;
. business of the meeting the direeto
called in body on Mr.. john Ramsd'
I who on that day had reached q
! ninetieth milestone in the journey
life For many years Mr. Ramsd'
! was a director Of the First Nation
: bank and il is almost certain that b
for advancing years he would be
the board today. Consequently Z
call was an unusually fraternal o.
and must nave DFouSHL Pltdsuie W "
! sturdy old patriarch The citizens
Tama in general, equally With
tinanciers, greet MIR. Ramsdeil's a
! cession to his tenth decade with hea
Ety congratulations and the best wish
for his future happiness.
I DUBUQUE Times reports tn
! there Will probably be lively time
Dubuque before the present grand Ju
Sconcludes its labors. In his charge
1.-The grand jury Tuesday. Judge Mat
ews instructed that body to inquire
to the statements that houses Of
! fame are being conducted in Dubuqu
and he also told the jury that it "
Ittheir duty to investigate and ascerta
whether or net there were any pla,
where gambling was practiced or CO
,ied on, and 10 see whether or I
either of these evils existed; that
they did exist. it was contrary 70
liaw of the state. and that it was
duty of the jury TO ferret them out a
report the result Of their Investigate
to the court There have been 50 ma
reports concerning the existence
such places in Dubuque that it is
wonder that the court gave the instrt
tions he did To the jury.