Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-21

Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

towns in the western part of the state.
Nevada.
VIM. Lockridge purchased the NJ.
Dunkelbarger farm south of town yes
terday. The farm contains 142 acres
and the price paid was $500 per acre.
Fairfield.
The Jefferson County Fair Association
has decided to erect a horse barn 30x10O!
feet. and expectst to have 1t ready for
this fall 9 fair. The site is in the north
west corner Of the grounds.
Alden
Our sheriff, A. w. Mitterer, has pnr-
chased another Alden township farm,
this time getting the 240 acres belong
ing to William Coy. and paying for it
the sum of $1,000. The deal was perfect-
ed Metlnes day.
Defiance.
About year ago several families
from the vicinity of Defiance moved to
Bowdon, North Dakota. one Of them
has got back 10 Defiance, by rail, and
the most of the others are coming over
land. The drought destroyed their crops
Waterloo.
gang of carpenters in charge of
John Holenquest has commenced work
on the new stock yards to be erected on
the site of the old. All the material will
be new. There are to be eight pens, 332x
81 feet, situated in a row, with large
driveway at one side. The yards will be
complete and modern.
Keokuk.
James Mckee and j. Ross Jenkins.
two West ISeokuk boys, have lust COM
lpleted the construction Of a telegraph
line between their homes which are
several blocks apart. The batteries
transmitters and receivers We're placed
in position Saturday and the first mes
sage was sent over the line.
Ida Grove.
small grain is not coming to market In
very large quantities, as yet. The yield,
however, is much better than the aver
age Ida county crop, and the probable
cause of It's not moving faster can, no
doubt, be laid to the prices prevailing
and the fact that threshing Is not being
fore.
Harlan.
The Z Polk" Taylor farm, southwest
| of town, was sold last week TO John
| Wolfe, late Of Monroe township. the
price being $3.50 per acre. A good sale.
! III Was made by agents, who also sold
1.-THE ID. A. Wilson farm northwest Of
town, to John Bittle, of Lincoln, town
fsship for $50 per acre. Mr. Bittle sold
his Lincoln township farm to one of the
Reeder boys.
Williams.
Henry, the 812-year-old son of Richard
!, Johnson, residing seven miles northwest
of this city, was thrown from horse
ne was riding, recently, and suffered a
compound fracture of the right leg,
midway between the knee and ankle.
i The gritty little fellow was two miles
from home at the time of the accident,
but succeeded in reinounting the horse
and riding the distance.
Villisca.
Almost thirty union veterans of the
civil war met at Taylor & Nelson's hall
Hast Wednesday, evening, and took the
preliminary steps toward the reorgani-
cation of a q. A. II. post. 1t wila decid-
ed to have the old charter renewed and
Ito add TO the charter list the names Of
the new members now being received.
u =
bership to maintain a post as long as
a quorum is able TO attend.
/ eTraer.
The other morning NJ Kennedy,
scutheast of Traer, found six of his
Ispring shoats With their throata cut.
\ Four We're dead. Mr.. X supposed he
VAS on friendly terms With his neigh
bors and can conceive no motive for the
fcrinles unless some sneaks# designed kill
ling the hogs and stealing the bodies
Mr.. Il. remembers that his dog made
considerable noise in the night and the
Eanilnal probably frightened the sneaks
away before they got their booty load
led.
Buckingham.
The G. u n. W. railroad has changed
the name OF its station, north of Traer,
lfrom Dennis to Buckingham The pos
jtal authority or the railroad officials
made Il mistake in the selection uf the
name. as there had been for years {,
railroad town named Dennis in .Appa-
i moose county. But 1t Was overlooked.
i Freight for Dennis. Tama COUNTY. had
Ibeen shipped by mistake to Dennison
land tothe other Dennis making annoy
ling delays. The change was made 10
buckingham to avoid all future trouble,
4 Rockford.
\ Returns from the threshing machines
continue very satisfactory, and taking
5all crops toge Their II may be said that a
1more fruitful and productive year was
never known in this section. The plow-
ling is being pushed. and not for several
years has the soil been in as good condi-
item to turn over at THIS season Of the
lyear. The corn crop Is a bumper one
land will be Well out of the way of the
frost by Sept. 1. There will thus prob
ably be a good long season in which to
Hsecure the fodder.
Britt.
4 One of the most important law suits
lever brought into the courts of this
county will be commenced at the Sep
Itember term of the district court. 1t in
wolves all the land in what is@ known as
Brown & Hills addition to Britt. on
(which are nov located many of Britt,s
Ibest residences, and in which about l5L
property owners are involved. The for-
4 mers owner, wnoj Mas a minor when the
Iproperty was sold. is now of age, and
llclalms there is8a naw in the title, and
slthat the property should revert to him
Il Cn,ncil RI,ffs.