Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-15

river can make such .! Allowing. altho
there are no figures ct hand to back up
the statement John Coffman 10
dangerously i'll at the home Of his
mother in the Janney addition with IT,
phoid fever. Mr.. Coilman was taken
with the fever about two weeks ago
and has now reached the. critical stage
| OF the disease.
Nevada.
The Story county fair last week was
favored turnout with the faiTest Of
weather and was attended with q good
measure of success. The crowd was
large on Wednesday and there was a
good last day crowd on Thursday. The
finances have not been balanced up yeti
but the management are confident that
| the conclusion will show satisfactory
balance on the right side. The receipts
exceeded $1,400, with 5000 more to come
from the state and $50 from rent. The
expenditures. as indicated. are expected
to be somewhat less. The exhibits We're
better than they have been for some
years and not SO good as they have been
for some other years. Upon the whole
it was e good average display,
4 Waterloo.
4 George Walters, Jr., returned on
"wednesday from Sioux Falls, S. d.,
where he has been the past month as
sisting in threshing the grain from his
large farm. Some of the time two steam
outfits were busy and the sale of the
grain amounts to a small fortune. There
Iwere 600 acres of wheat, averaging fif-
stteen bushels to an acre, or 5000 BUSH
els, and sold at IS cents bushel,
amounting to $3.50. There We're 100
acres of barley, averaging twenty five
4 bushels An acre. or $500 bushels, and
sold at "a cents a bushel amounting to
4 $3.50. There were also 625 bushels of
sI.fiax, which sold at STAG bushel,
sIamounting to $912.5O The total amount
LOT his harvest is. therefore, 81, 1880.
4 Cedar Falls.
These fine days are favorable for
4 great progress on the new normal
4 building. Workmen are trying to ac-
4 complish all that is possible before cold
lweather puts check upon the work
flor time. The brick chimneys are be-
ling built, the first story is being laid
4 of the Indiana Bedford stone. and is
a most substantial and handsome. The
& size of this immense structure can be
a comprehended when one learns that it
q will cover nearly Two acres of land, by
actual measurement. The coll
Election of valuable pictures recently
purchased by President Seerley for the
new normal building has been framed
Land are now hanging on the third floor
\ of the lobrary building. They are well
worth a visit of inspection. says the
Gazette.
Spencer.
Work on the new court house goes
lsteadily on. The walls are now almost
finished and very soon will be ready for
the roof This steady progress, with the
substantial manner in which the Work
: lis being done, is very gratifying. !. !.
!, Work on Copper's new opera house
block is gong forward rapidly. The
walls are completed and good progress
lis being made at putting on the roof. A
short time Will suffice to complete the
s leutside work, and the inside work can
y then go forward regardless Of the kind
9iof weather. The large room on the
s lground floor, 5Ox120, to be occupied by
! E.Starrett Bros. q Co. is to be finished
: lby Nov. 1. and other parts will be
81 crowded to early completion. Its a
: Imagnificent structure and the nearer II
lapproaches completion the better II
Hooks.
: Ida Grove.
one of the largest, il not the largest,
: real estate deals ever made in Ida
county was completed last Saturday,
z Iwhen George w. Ellis made a deed for
> his section of land in Silver Greek
township to DR.. +. c. Heilman and w
Is Blair, the consideration being $780,
900, or $50 per acre, for the section. The
: lfarm is one of the best that could be
u found anywhere. 1t is not level, but
: so nearly sosthat there's probably nc
.point on the whole farm that is fifty
feet above the lowest point, While the
!. slopes are so gentle as to make it APP
tEpear almost level. The farm buildings
s ARE commcdious in good condition and
Isituated near the center of he farm
There is nice shade about the building
D lpl.nty of good water both in wells and
/ running and every acre is in fence
) making an ideal stock or grain farm.
Dubuque.
. Gonnubial bliss vas Of short duration
between Hugh Reilly and his Wife. Ce-
: cecilia Reilly. who We're harnessed 10 the
9 matrimonialBcar last February, save the
Times, as the plaintiff filed petition
y in the district court Wednesday asking
that her marriage With Hugh be annul-
led by the court ans. a decree of divorce
: given her. She states, in the Petition
that she married defendant in Eas. Du-
tbuque, ILL.,, In February last, and that on
thes I'd Of the present month the rum
billings of the domestic earthquake tha;
Il finally shook the foundation of theil
martial relations, We're heard. On that
: date he began calling her all kinds Of
& vile names and said trat she was of M
. account. She was able to stand this
Without injury to her physical .atruc-
ture, but 1t Nae different when he
! Threatened her NTH loaded revolver
: She then fled from the house and hid
: herself in an9outhouse all night. that il
! the morning she knocked at the door ot
/ the family residence and tried to get in
but that she could not go In because he
. said he would shoot her If she attempt
sjedto enter. and that, in fact. he did
i shoot a her once. and that when she RAJ
$ away he followed her to the house of a
/. neighbor, with revolver in his hand
$ Icalling her vile names: that the name,
+ lin which he has treated her has made
her sick, and that she really believes he
Will kill her IL she returns home. She
asks for part of his property, valued
: at from $4,000 to $4,000.
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