Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-05
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Wapello.
j. B. Mccullough commenced tn
building OF new residence saturdas
near the bridge. It will be one OF tn.
finest in the city, costing between 81, oOs
and $4,000.
Oskaloosa. N n lls
DR.. 3. F. Andrews retires from the
practice OF medicine to enter the mis-
sionary field and he will depart from,
the city after the yearly meeting
which commences this week.
Pocahontas.
While painting the Barron residence
the other-day one OF the workmen Eel.
from a gable peak, striking or his
hands and feet. While, no bones were
broken, he received pretty severe
shaking up.
Carroll.
Early planted corn is now out of dan.
ger of frost and the late stand will soor
be safe. The haying season Is abou,
over and fully one half Of the fall pillow.
ing is completed In this section. Farm
work Is generally far in advance Of
former years.
Manning.
A farmer Of this vicinity walked into
the First National Bank the other da,
and paid an individual note he hac
given a few months ago for thirteer
thousand and come dollars. Then be.
sides he left on deposit $4,000 A ma.
jority of the farmers who were '.hare
run" five years ago now have none,
deposited in the banks. Where are the
calamity howlers? asks the Monitor.
Humboldt.
Farmers report crops az seldom
equalled and perhaps never excelled
Much wheat went thirty bushels to thu
acre, oats weighed out seven.y-five
corn is estimated at seventy-five. Al
other grains are in proportion and pc.
Statoes and general fall vegetables arr
far above the average yield. Iowa i.
indeed blessed with abundant crops ant
Humboldt county seems the favored o.
the favored.
Webster City.
DR.. Desmond. the health physician
informs the Freeman4Tribune tina
smallpox has been entirely obliteratet
from Webster county, there now bein,
no case in town. Since the malady ap
peared here three of four months ag,
there have been about forty cases of
very mild type, and at no time wa
there any great danger OF wlde-s spread
epidemic. But now that the disease ha
entirely disappeared those who wer.
lapprehensive can calm their fears.
Mason City,
The committee Of citizens which hav,
the location OF the military college II
hand will leave here next Friday eve.
ming. They are going as the boy says
thoroughly loaded, and in addition t.
the facts and figures which will winSou
for us, weSwill show the people the ma
sterial we have here with which 70 built
these schools. Specimens of our un
lequaled stone, and OF lime, brick. etc.
will be shown up by the committee. II
fact nothing will be left undone whel
our committee breaks loose there.
Sioux City.
The state board of control has award
ed contract for 800 barrels of flour Il
the Mystic Milling Company, OF Siou,
City. This supply is to be furnished
the college for the blind at Yinton. :
The trustees Of the Third Presbyterian
church will hold meeting tonight fol
the purpose OF considering the advisa
5bility of calling a pastor to theil
church. Rev. c.. f. Ensign.of Emerson
Ia, preached at the services Sunda,
and there is a strong probability tina
he will be asked to take charge.
Dubuque.
Judge Shiras is in receipt Of lettel
from his son Fred, who is a serge ant il
Company B, Forty fifth Minnesota in,
fantry, now III s1rvlce in Luzon. Ser.
geant Shiras writes that he and the
other members OF the regiment are IL
good health and spirits. Noticei
OF two damage suits for injuries sus.
tanned by falls on defective sidewalks
have been served on the city. Mrs, Mary
j. Stanard asks $1,000. Her fall occurred
at Coulter avenue. A man named White
Etripped on Dodge street and broke hil
arm. He also will sue.
Davenport.
The school board and Jens Lerenzen
treasurer of the district, met Saturday
afternoon and received proposals t
purchase the $4,000 Of bonds recently
voted to purchase the Griswold College
grounds for high school site. The
German Savings Bank made the hes,
offer and II was accepted. This insti-
tuition bid $54.2l5 for the bonds. a pre-.
MUM Of $1,2l5. The bonds are at pei
cent with an option under the law o1
being paid on in Ave years. This make.
the investment worth trifle more than
31s per cent to the bank.
Council Bluffs.
Richard G. Patterson, an Omaha real
estate man, Saturday commenced suit
in the district court against H. r,
Gould, claiming Of him the sum Of 81 ,o0e
as damages alleged to have been sus-
tained by breach OF agreement. Pat
terson alleges that Gould, who is the
owner OF a farm Of 517 acres near Per
sia, employed him to secure q pur-
chaser for the land at $45 per acre
This Patterson says he did, but he
claims that in the meantime GOULD
changed his mind and refused 70 exc.
cute a deed to the property.
Eddyville. 8.
Tuesday evening Rufus Nelson, thu
5-year-old son Of Attorney w. r. Mel.
son, In some manner swallowed sand
burr, which became lodged Ii, thu
throat. In = short time he lost the
power of speech and Wednesday Wa
taken "a ott.im ~, wheri Or. IN Force