Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-14
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earn while en- route. They are trick
riders, and are very seldom refused a
liberal donation after giving one Of their
exhibitions. The boys, who are only 10,
are Ave days behind their schedule, and
will have some hard riding to do.
Spirit Lake.
There has been threshing enough done
to give a pretty good idea as to how
grain will yield generally. Wheat is
turning out from twelve upwards Of
bushels per acre. barley twenty to thir-
ty-tive, oats twenty-five to thirty -five,
some especially fine fields going as high
as fifty and sixty. Wheat will probably
average sixteen bushels, barley twenty
five and oats thirty-five The dry
weather is telling on the flax and the
yield will certainly not be large.
Webster City.
The council committee appointed at.
the last meeting Of the council to ascer-.
tain what could be done looking to a
settlement with Mrs. William Spicer,
Who has brought suit against the city
for damages because of injuries s,ls-
tanned by falling thru defective side.
walk. called on Mrs. Spicers recently,
and found that she considered the in
jury worth about $500. A compromise
may be agreed upon; if not, the case
will probably be adjusted by the courts
Waterloo.
Sheriff Law left Saturday night for
st. Louis. to take into custody and
bring to Waterloo John a. Rhodes who.
has been arrested in st. Louis upon in
formation furnished by Iowa authors
ties. Rhodes wasa storekeeper of Esth-s
erville, and customer of Smith, Lchty
& Hillman Co. of this city. He mort
gagged and sold his stock and skipped
the town, defrauding the Waterloo
wholesale house Of 5000. The firm begun
action against Rhodes and caused his
arrest.
Ccnterville.
William Adamson. of Cincinnati, was
brought before the board for the insane
for examination Friday, and he was adj
judged insane and q fit subject for the
asylum at Mt. Pleasant, where Sheriff.
Clinic took him in the afternoon over.
the Rock Island. The patient is a man of
middle age. having a wife and two chill
dren, the elder of which is aged IL. He
imaginea his debtors are crowding him
and thinks his debts will ruin him,
when. in fact. he issnot in serious finan-
cial trouble. His occupation is that of a
coal miner.
Charlton.
The city council OF Charlton has APP
pointed a committee of three from that
body to look up the probable cost and
investigate the different systems of
steam or hot water heating, With view
of putting in a plant at the electric
power house to heat the business
portion of the city at a reasonable rate,
utilizing the waste steam that comes
from the exhaust pipe of the electric
light house. They have been at work
several weeks and have almost settled
on the Evans system as the most avail
able and economical.
Dubuque.
The Times reports three prostrations
from heat last week. The hot and
dry spell has again precipitated a de-
nland for water far in excess of the sup
ply furnished by the artesian wells and
the city has again res'orted to the use ot
river water. A fourth well.
Will be completed in a few weeks, but it
WEI not increase the supply 70 the nee
ss'sary extent II the city is to depend
on wells the number must be increased
and if it's to depend on the river a filter
plant expensive In operation must be
installed at large cost.
Council Bluffs.
The Indications are that the docket;
for the September term of the district
court, which opens Tuesday. Sept. 4,
WILDE an especially large one. Already
over 100 new eases have been filed and
thtre Yet remains, two weeks for the fill
ing of caass for this term. Saturday
there was, something of a boom in this.
line in the clerks, office no less than
naif Il dozen cases being filed. 80 W.
n. Clifford, the newly elected s'uperin-
tsadent OF the city schools arrived Sat
uftiay morning from Winterset. where
he has, been teaching in an institute.
Mason CITY.
The prospects for Mason City to Sc
cure the location of the national mill
lary college grow brighter all the time
hut the committee is not at all over
sanguine as there are many things
which may occur to diaarrange the best
laid plans There We're $4,000 worth OF
lots selected Friday by people Who had
quite a large number who have not YET
made their selection. As the committees
Will call for a better build
ing than this, sum of money Will repre-
sent il is evident to the Globe Gazettee3
that there must be more lots sold and
Il good many more before the committee
can make the proper kind Of proposi-
tian lit ia just one mouth until the
matter is to be decided.
Scranton.
Among some Of the improvements
Which are being made in this vicinity
IS Z fine new dwelling With modern inn
proyenents and spacious rooms just
by Nh Alfred Parker. Mr.
Jonathan Blackles has remodeled and
added TO his farm house until he has a
home MIR. Cilas Sayer has
JUS, completed a dwelling house upon
his farm which is 24x26 and 14xlS two
stories In heigth. Mr.. j. r. Davidson
has commenced the erection of a splen-
did farm dwelling MI. w. S. Cosler
has caused to be erected upon his farm
a neat roomy dwelling house. Mr.. Aaron
Amy has remodeled and built to his
dwelling, six miles south Of Scranton,
until he has fine home. He has also
built large and finely constructed sup
ply tank.
Prevented II Tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs. George
Long, of New Straitsville,s O., saved two
lives. a frishtful cough had long kept
her awake every night. She had tried