Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-20

famous silver, state. But 10 could
not Imagine what sort of q trance the
secretary Of the Denver board was ifi.I
and the only conclusion he could reach,
was tfsat silver 10 20 cheap In Colorado
that the secretary wanted to get rid
OF some Of Ii ana did not know OF any
better place to send It than TO Dubuque,
the home OF one Of the leading white
metal men Of the country. The check
was returned by the first mail with q
suitable explanation.
Newton.
One OF the largest deals in good Jas
per county real estate negotiated the
past week was the sale by Ed Donahey
of his fine farm of 22o acres to Frank
Peavey for $50 an acre. Mr.. Peavey re-
Gently sold out his Jasper county pos
sessions and thought he had decided to
locate IN the west. After prospecting
tour he decided that Jasper county is
truly the garden spot of the world and
came back. Mr.. Donahey will buy
other Jasper county land.
lama.
"A force Of six men began excavating
Tuesday for the steam heating mains
to be laid along Main street from the
Hawkeye Company's establishment
west TO the Clifton House corner. The
trench will be Fix feet deep and large
enough to accommodate a fivs-inch
pipe, heavily packed in mineral wool
Two sixty-horse power boilers are in
place southeast of the Hawkeye plan,
and building will be erected over
them at once The boilers will BIZ
bricked in and it is expected will bt
ready for service on the day the laying
OF the pipe Is completed 1t is expected
that steam will be furnished by No.
vember 1.
Independence.
j. E. Jewel has Just returned from
Kimball County, Neb., where he ha.
! purchased sheep ranch of $40 acres
4 This ranch controls pasturage IF so.
900 acres, Of which 10000 are fenced
Four hundred acres of the land is unde
Irrigation and the crop this yea
measures 10000 tons of alfalfa and 90
tons Of native hay. Mr. Jewel will
\ take possession about November
1 Mrs. Jewel will spend the winter witt
A her children in Chicago and go west ii
] the spring. Mr.. Jewel has been resi-
dent OF this county forty-six years an,
4 the departure of himself and famil.
/ will be q source Of regret for thei
many friends.
Hampton.
4 Hog cholera played havoc with Viii
A liam Keefe's swine patch during tn
4 past week about 125 dying with tn
disease. Charles Stockdale is minu
a new buggy and harness and his hire
man is looking for his horse. The
were stolen from the Stockdale farr
Hast Sunday night, and up to this tim
no clue of the thief has been founG
When the hired man returned HON
4 Sunday night he noticed that the bugg
4 was not in the shed. but supposed tn
4 folks had been out riding and failed t
q put 1t in. From this it is inferred tina
a the thief was there at the time tn
A hired man returned and had airead
4 pulled the buggy out Of the shed.
Perry.
4 The election last Monday to deter
. mine whether or not the city should eS
4 pand to the new limits resulted in
victory for the expansionists. Their
81 were 374 ballots put in the box. is {
which were. not properly marked an
had to be elected. There We're I'll vo
led yes and 1879 voted no.: maxim
the majority "a. During the day the
Twas an animated contest and az noe
y the noes undoubtedly had it. II
expansion of the limits carries With
the boundaries of the school distrit
I and that was the real purpose of tt
= extension. The Chief Reporter say
u 1.-the matter is sure to end IN litigation
y as some of these people positively IL
q fuse to be brought into the city.
Mason City.
The Globe-Gazette exclaims: HUI
rah. Hurray!' and says things al
!, coming Mason Ctty's way very fas
J. First the new court house of $4,000 W.
q started. Then the Northwestern bega
: its big Improvements. Then the gret
Sons OF Veterans National Mi.itai
8 college was located here. and nov II
Odd Fellows of the state OF. Iowa hay
= thru their committee reported in fave
; Isof locating the proposed Odd Fellow
! home in this city. The home is for o.
phans of Odd Fellows and widows
the craft and the aged OF the same o
s der. The committee on locat ton vote
y unanimously for Mason City and ha,
! SO recommended 10 the grand lodge
: Keokuk, which will no doubt attir
9 the action
Ida Grove.
Genial Hugh Chambers, of Lal
: View. was in town on his regular tr
recently with his left hand all bant
! aged up. When the Era man asked hi
| what was the matterShe said that har
was a remedy for tramps. He was I;
I Lake City on Monday evening and he
Z his overcoat stolen out Of the hotei o
flee, but thought somebody had take
/, 1t by mistake On Tuesday morning
to Auburn Where he saw a tran
wearing his coat on the streets. t
Invent up to the tramp and asked hi
where he got that coat. The tran
looked him over and then commenc,
!. abusing Chambers who, being lie
: handed, hauled off and landed NJ
! Tramp left handler under the e;
I (which brought hfm to the ground. a
ter pummeling him some more he a
l lowed the tramp 70 get up and aft
! getting his coat told the tramp he
. better make tracks. which he did wit
!, out further discussion.
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture Of Ann
e. Springer of Philadelphia, when Z
Kings New Discovery cured her of
II $50 ~, 90. .,