Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-21
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hood OF any contest arising here. al
some of the gentlemen express deter
imination to resign. IL necessary. to clea.
away any legal technicalities. while the
others have no intention of making
contest
Eddyvil!e.
Eddyville has recently completed a
twenty-car contract for ruble stone, to.
be used by the Whitebreast Fuel Com
Ipany at their new mines at Hilton. This
makes about sixty cars Of stone shipped
from here this season.
Charlton.
The town Of Derby, eighteen miles
southwest OF here, has voted to incor-
porate into q city, and are now making
arrangements to elect city officers, build
sidewalks, erect lamp posts and perform
ali the necessary adjuncts to q city
government.
Fon Dodge.
According to the Messenger, farmers
are straining every nerve to get their
corn husked. Help is scarce, and ex-
0rbitant wages are being paid. Many
OF the farmers have been taken UNI
awares and have been caught with
their full crop unhusked.
Creston.
Continued wet weather is retarding
the rn-picking industry. Fields are
very heavy and the work OF gathering
has been hindered from weather causes
1t 10 estimated by compe-
tent judges that two weeks will yet be
required to gather the corn ard il ac-
complished In that time the weather
must be favorable. So much rain has
softened the corn.
Mason City.
Mrs DR.. stockman is succeeding adj
mirably in her canvass Of the city and
adjoining country for car load OF
porkers to accompany the Kansas corn
car to eastern markets in the interests
OF the Woman Suffrage movement.
When she strikes the average well to
do Cerro Gordo farmer, he soon gets
Is neither dead nor sleeping, and does
not propose to be "out Of meat"
Clinton.
"A report has reached here from Chi
cage that j. r. Morgan, Who for a
number of years was employed by c.
Lamb & Sons, in their boat building
yards, was bitten by his little dog and
that he is now suffering from severe
attack of hydrophobia. This will be sad
news to the many friends of Mr. Nor
gan in this city. The report says he was
playing with small Jap dog. which be-
came ferocious and bit him on the hand
Webster City.
A party of eight boys and young men
We're arrested Saturday night by Police
man Ash. They We're in the midst OF
the crap game when the officer uncere-
Enormously intruded. They We're ii
rooms over Merchants tin shop OF
lSeneca street. In age they range from
4 eighteen years upwards. and are among
4 the supposedly respectable young mel
LOT the city. The entire eight pleaded
lgguilty to the charge OF gambling are
4 We're fined ten dollars each and costs
(which they paid.
i Oskaloosa..
While out hunting Saturday, j. "A
IStaples, of Buxton, was accidental,
shot in the eye, and it's feared he viii
lose the sight of that member. Ee
Mills was with him and they ran across
/ a covey of quail. Mills told Staples t.
II lie on the ground until he took shot
| at them. Just as Mills shot Staples
4 raised up and a stray shot hit him il
the eye. The wound has proven very
A painful. and may prove serious. IN adj
Idition to the regular medical attendant,
an expert eye doctor was sent for ant
Everything possible done to relieve Thu
s|sufYerer and save his eye.
Iowa City.
Innoticing the retirement of Edito
a Conant the Republican says: ...Befor
j retiring from his duties at the Repub
A slican office on Saturday. Mr.. Conan
was made the recipient of an elegan
a French cigar case filled with fragran
4 Havanas, with the compliments of hi
Z associates and co-workers in the vari
I Gus departments of this institution
During Mr.. Conants three years sery
ice here everything in connection wit
the work has been Of the most pleasan
character, and the warm friendshi
! which this small testimonial represent
. will long be remembered.
Y Council Bluffs.
The Nonpareil says that liberal Ii
license, the kind which keeps the polio
away from the saloons SO that anythin
can go on behind the closelS-screene
windows. sent another victim to the pu
{ Ilice station Sunday, SO drunk that b
did not even know IN what town he wal
minus a solid gold watch and about s2t
Il The victim was D. p. Harmon, who ha
been husking corn for a farmer nea
] Mineoola. He finished work Saturda
and received $2310 as his wages TIL
woman Of the farm sewed the two bill
] lin the inside pocket of Harmon's yes
!. and nothing but the few broken stitche
/. remain to tell the tale Of the hard
earned money.
Aibia.
A demented old and infirm man, VIII
gave his name as Henry Glentzer, wa
found beneath the hay in barn on tn
Thomas Quinn farm in Wayne town
ship last Saturday morning Two youn
men brought him to Abba and place
him In the custody OF officers, who sa,
he was returned to the asvlum Tw