Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-24

Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.
IOWA MEyss i1'Esas

The brick paving on the east and;
south sides of the square was rolled
sanded, brushed" and thrown omen for
use on last Saturday.
Marion.
The four minor children OF Alonzo r.
Klump. who was q member 81 COMPANY
A, Fifteenth Iowa infantry, have re-
700. 81
Eddyville.
F. w. Fais made tour Of northern
Iowa last week for potatoes and ice. 1t
was water haul. He says ice all over
the country is Absolutely out Of the
question and farmers are holding their
potatoes for higher prices.
Monton.
William Winders has purchased the
2s0-acre farm OF d. b. Hamiel, in High
land. Consideration. $4,000.
Ole Hill, on the w. II. yosburg place.
south of town, has Just shelled and sold
5000 bushels OF coi1l at 80 cents.
Jefferson.
Souvenir: In Tits hard, gold-stand-
ard time the Souvenir editor has been
trying three weeks to get some man TO
saw cord of wood for him, but with
out avail. II there's an idle laborine
man in Jefferson we do not know where
TO find him.
Des Moines.
Mayor HarteNbower and Alderman
Fagen are looking for tract wherein
the city can build a pest house. The
council has directed the committee to
take hold OF this matter in order to be
ready for any cases of smallpox they
may develop. One case has already
been reported.
Webster City.
p. A. MadisDn who purchased the old
Baldwin farn, southeast of town, has
sold the same to Mr.. Beebe from
Kamrar. Nit. Madison purchased the
farm at $3.50 per acre last spring, and
after holding it but few months sold
1t at $51 per acre. Besides this he keeps
the crops rss,w on the place.
Cedar Rapid.
Richard Y. Palmer, day laborer, re-
siding at Ackley, has filed petition in
the bankruptcy court to be released
from his financial obligations His la
bilities amount to s761. consisting OF
Judgments for borrowed money and OF
unsecured accounts. His assets consist
of household goods, etc. to the value OF
1920. which he claims are exempt
Toledo.
w. F. Johnston is shipping out over
10000 balshess of his corn. : The
late potato crop ia reported as not much
over half a crop this year. - Jesse
Baxter. who narrowly escaped starva-
ton in Alaska a. few years since. has
arrived safely home on a visit to his
parersts. OF late he has been living at
Deadfwood. A. C. Muckler re-
ports 25o bushels of potatoes on less
ground than an acre.
Colo.
A. bold burglary occurred here recent
~ at night when some thief quietly Sc
cured entrance to ]. w. Shaw's resi-
|deuce thru window and without dis
tug bling any of the occupants OF the
house stole Frank ShaW's gold watch
and SIS In money and made his escape
With his plumber successfully and
nothing at all was known of the rob-
hsry until the watch and money We're
missed in the morning.
.GGdden.
MIS-. Lou NsduSl, OIa Jasper
met with very serious accident last
week. She, in company with her hus-
band. was driving thru the timber with
a team and wagon when one OF the
wagon wheels came in contact with a
stump. fitting the wagon and throwing
Mrs Vader TO the ground. Her right
arm was broken just above the wrist
and he'd left wrist 80 severely sprained
that it will be useless for some time.
Fort Dodge.
1t is a certainty that Fort Dodge Is to
have a big creamery and ice cream
plant which in ali proba bility Will be
[ouilt this fall, but surely will be erected
in the spring. u. w. Thomas has de-
cided to go into business an larger
scale than hitherto and has all his
plans completed for bringing his dairy
plant 10 the city. The new plant when
completed Will have a capacity OF 100
gallons of ice cream and 500 to 1000
pounds of butter per day.
Belle PLANE.
Marshal Berger arrested stranger
Ion Friday evening who was trying to
dispose of some clothing and pieces of
jewelry to residents Of West Sherman
street. When arrested he had In his
possession an overcoat, which was
nearly new, a coat. which was new, and
a few pairs of cuff buttons and several
collar buttons. He was kept in Jail over
night, but as Mr.. Berger could find no
one who claimed to have lost anything
|of that description he. was allowed to
go, tho 1t was quite evident that the
goods had been stolen, tho whether he
had taken them himself or was dispos-
ing OF them for some one else could not
be learned.
Muscatine.
At about 4 o'clock Sunday morning
Jim Brownlec fell out OF a third story
window In the old Muscatine House.
striking the brick sidewalk on Fourth
street with such force as to break four
ribs. MIR. Brownlee la an old gentle
man of about GO years and it is mira
|cle that he was, not killed. According
Ito the neighbours story Jim was inroxi-
Gated when he reached home Saturday.
evening and during the forepart Of the
night he kept continually walking back
and forth thru the halls talking to him
self. No one knows how he came to
fall. but the opinion is expressed that
he must have gone into his room and
leaned farther and farther out of the
window till ne became pyerbalanced
and lost his hold.
Waterloo.