Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-14
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before an organisation was perfected.
~ : b. p. Brown. OF Pilot Grove
township. put out about 125 tobacco
plants and AZ seen In the green before
drying the stalks were four feet long
and would weigh all OF four pounds "a
the stalk. Mr.. Brown states that they
are as good stalks as those raised in his
former home In Kentucky and that he
may make arrangements to put out q
number Of plants next year.
| Charlton.
The tail end u the Galveston storm
seems to have struck Charlton and VI
cinity Monday evening and Tuesday
morning. The wind accompanied by
a little rain blew hurricane all night
and until Tuesday noon, and as con.
sequence several buildings are minus
|chimneys, two sets of bill boards were
blown down. one church steeple torn
off, two awnings ruined, severa, OUT
buildings scattered over the country.
The Thermometer dropped forty de-
igrees In twenty-four hours.
| Belle Plaine.
G. G. Fanton has resumed operations
at his elevator, taking in the first loads
lof grain Monday afternoon. The build
i ing is not quite completed nor all the
machinery installed, but 1T is in shape
SO thai he can commence business. The
new elevator Is slightly larger in Ca
pacity than the enc destroyed by fire
on the 18th OF last March tho it does
not occupy as much ground space. : !
Ten engineers and firemen received no
tice Wednesday that they had been
transferred from the Iowa division to
the I. & NJ.
Dubuque.
There was filed "Wednesday with the
clerk Of the United States court in this
lefty the petition OF Mrs. Bridget Ford
mother Of Martin Ford, deceased. ask
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
road Company This suit grows out OF
the death of Martin Ford. a 12-year-old
boy who was run over by an engine in
the company's yards on Pine street on
Sept. 16. 1893. The injuties he received
included the crushing of an arm and
leg. and other wounds which caused the
boys death, at Mercy hospital two days
after the accident occurred.
Newton.
The total public school enrolment on
Monday reached us. There are now in
the high school 103 scholars, larger
number than ever before in the history
of the school. and a much greater num-
Der of pupils from outside the city
whose tuition will go far towards pay
ing at least two of the high school
teachers. OF those who We're pupils las.
year the following have entered the col
|leges named, in the freshman class:
Emma Robinson, Belle Robinson, Maui
rice Reese and Timothy Campbell. Mon
mouth College. Illinois; Stella McCord,
Iowa College. Grinneli; and Roy Berg
man. Agricultural Collegeat Ames
Museatine.
Jack Lamb. who is employed as fore-
man at the B.. G. r. & n. r. r. yards,
lis minus a watch as a result of an en-
counter with two men at Huttig' Office
about nine cclock Tuesday evening. Mr.
Lamb was on his way home when he
was stopped. by two well appearing mer
who said they were looking for this
Rock Island depot. Upon being told
! the way they asked Mr.. Lamb for the
time. and not suspecting anything he
drew out his watch when one of the
men snatched it from his hand and
made off for the lumber yard. near by.
Mr.. Lamb gave pursuit but the robbers
drew their revolvers and commenced
firing which caused him to give up the
chase.
Kensett.
News: Sheriff Lee, while in Mime
apolis last week, got on track of horse
that was stolen some three years ago
from Teman Moe, of silver Lake town
ship. He followed the trail thru twelve
different owners. most of them Jews,
finally finding the animal at a little
town about twelve miles north of Min
|neapolis. He took possession Of the
animal and shipped9it back to its owner.
Mr.. Moe was glad TO get his horse, and
Sheriff Lee is entitled to considerable
Icredit for hunting it up for him The
man who is now in the county Jail and
who is to be tried at this term of court
for horse stealing, is suspected of be-
ling implicated in the stealing Of this
horse.
Carroll.
Ben Meisei. living southwest Of town
has one of the finest orchards to beseen
/ in this vicinity as well as an elegant
!crop Of grapes and plums. He has one
ltree in his orchard which is quite GU
riosity, as it bears two crops Of apples
in one season. 1t has its second crop OF
fruit now and the weight is so grea,
that the branches are borne nearly tc
the ground -. Rev a. II. Den,
has been installed as pastor OF the Bap-
I fist church of this city. Regular serv.
ices will be held at the church every
Sunday morning and evening hereafter
Elder Dent comes here from Sheridan
Wyo., where he has been pastor Of the
Baptist church. He says that he was
succeeded by Rev. w. A. Petzoldt, a
former pastor of the Carroll church.
Shenandoah.
Mr. w. n, Johnston, of this city, trav-
els all the time over western Iowa and
Nebaska- He was home over Sunday
and Saturday evening reporter of the
|Sentinel asked him regarding the state
ment in the World to the effect tina,
travelling men will largely vote for Bry-
an. You may say that At the very
|least two-thirds of the travelling men
will vote for Mckinley; the proportion
will be more than that, but put 1t al
two-thirds to be absolutely safe. Mr.
Johnston stated further that the trav-
|eling men, those who have been on the
road four years and know the hard
times they underwent In 1896, Will prac-