Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-21
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

The Latta steam laundry. turned over
to his creditors, was sold by the sheriff
for $500 to w. H. Eddy and Charles
D. Howe.
Bistow.
w. s. Mead has sold the 2S0-acre farm
I.recently purchased of Barnett Neal for
$50 per acre to r. Rykena, OF Austin
fville, for 5000 per acre.
Boone.
A movement has been set on foot
looking to the establishing of an ath-
lletic park in Boone, where base ball,
foot ball and other athletic sports may
be INDUCED in.
Davenport.
The Davenport Water Company spent
s44,4 during the past year for water
mains and improvements. The COM
pany now owns fifty-tive miles of
mains in excellent condition.
Clarinda.
The clarinda Herald says there are
l50o telephones in use in Page county,
1.-THE most of any county in the state that
does not have large city. OF this 500
There are 213 in Shenandoah alone.
Keokuk.
The police department has decided
Upon dose of regulation of the houses
|of i'll repllte in town. Five persons are
lunder arrest now and will be tried in
1.-THE superior court Friday, and there are
more to follow.
Muscatine.
One hundred and five = NJ. G. A.
i members have been added to the rolls
,I,c,.
ship is $780, exclusiveof the auxiliary
i total of go members.
Burlington.
The Harmar saw mill and planning
mill manufacturing plant will be sold at
auction by order of the court June 20. It
is believed that E. T. Dankwort will
4 become the owner. as he has been buy
ling claims against the concern.
Cedar Falls.
o. E. Mullarky left stalk OF corn at
lures four feet seven inches In height,
that is a fair average OF a field of about
Twenty acres he has on his farm ives,
4 of town.
4 Waterloo.
John White. the young man who had
his skull crushed less than three weeks
ago, is experiencing a marvellous recov-
cry He had a piece of bone as large as
a silver dollar removed from the skull
Hay in ssupor for a week, but was able
to walk down town Tuesday.
4 Ottumwa.
a j. D. Garrison, foreman of the work
on government buildings. was in the
I city Tuesday in consultation with Post.
i master Lee In regard to improvements
4 and repairs soon to be undertaken or
q the government building in this city
Z Mr.. Garrison ordered new flag pole
]. erected to take the place Of the one re.
|. Gently injured by lightning.
Atlantic.
The special election held here toda,
on the question of granting Mussor
Brothers of Des Moines a franchise t
build and operate new telephone ex
change here was very quiet affair
and a very light vote. there being bu
400 votes cast. Of which 401 We're fol
and 10 against the granting OF the fran.
chise. Work on the new line will begir
soon.
Remsen.
Bell: Census Enumeration Jost ha,
! finished taking the census OF the tow
OF Remsen. His report is to be kept 1
. secret until the authorities for whom h,
4 is working are ready to make it known
This may take nearly year. We hav,
good reasons for stating that our popu
iation at present is practically the same
as 1t was last spring when ]. B. Tebbel
took the census. Our population tner
was $40.
LcMars.
The habeas corpus proceedings insti
tuted by Ernest Meyer to gain posses
sion OF his children were stopped with
out the matter coming to a trial. TIL,
grandmother. Mrs. Dora Bauer. de-
clined to make any fight. Ernest Mey
er took the children away on Frida,
and will reside near Davenport in tn,
near future, where he has been making
his home with relatives who are re
Il Il ported; .. wealthy.
Council Blufh.
Suit to restrain the enforcement o
the ordinance recently passed by thu
CITY council liking the price to be pais
for gas ct ei.35 per l.ooo fsdk was con