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


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tablish and maintain q free public IL
brary. The new building is to cost not
less than 100000, which assures that 1t
will be a handsome edifice. The plans
for building have not yet gone far
enough to reach probable architecture
or location.
Albia.
8. "A. Hinton, down on the Blakesburg
road, is meeting with much success in
making cheese this spring. He has a
factory on his farm, does all the work
htmpelf. and works about 400 pounds OF
milk furnished by his COWS. Besides
this amount three neighbors furnish
about 600 pounds more and Hinton daily
works the 1000 pounds into cheese.
When the cheese is sold and salary
has been taken out for Hinton's work,
each man receives his share of the mon
1 ey. The cheese is "A N. 1, and a ready
market is always found, according to
the Union.
Spencer.
H.
court house is now in progress. The
The contract to build the walls of the
basement story was let to Carl Bertel-
son, Of Forest City, Ia, and he S in
charge OF the work. Mr.. Bertelson has
but small force Of men at work at
present, as there is not enough mate
work; but he has an abundance Of ma
Il terf ol ~,
soon. and next Monday he intends TO
put on G large force of men and crowd
work rapidly. It is expected to have
the basement up by the Fourth OF
July.
lLynnvillc.
Ledger: Three young men. from near
4 Peoria. accompanied by a jug of alco-
.hol, arrived in town Wednesday even-
ing, loaded for good time" and to at
ltend the show. Result: reached the
show Just in time to see the crowd get
ting up togo home: team ran off With
]Sthem as they started to leave town,
MASKING a foot of one of the trio. an
Eother had mis- clothes torn nearly off
and a shoulder sprained, While the
third escaped with the loss of three
front teeth. The jug. not being full.
was not injured. There is nothing like
"a jug of alcohol to help alongsa good
time" such as these young men evil
identity started out to find.
Clinton.
The census enumerators in Clinton
complain that the people do not show
a spirit of helpfulness in their work.
The city is to have a large gram
4 elevator. one of the largestl IN the coun-
try The Herald has its informat ton
4 from source that will not be ques-
toned. Those behind the enterprise are
Boston capitalists. The leader is a
large shareholder and an officer of the
Cereal Milling Company the manufac-
turers of Quaker Oats and other
brands of cat meal and cereal goods,
the owners of the majority of the CAT
meal mills in the county, The same
company owns ard operates the big
oatmeal mills at Cedar Rapids.
4 Ottumwa.
The official board Of the Swedish
Lutheran church has refused to consider
the resignation of Rev. S. G. Youngert,
1.-the pastor of the church. who has been
Offered the presidency of a college at
iWahoo. Neb. Rev. Youngert was Of
l5lered the presidency of the institution
\ Hast week but upon broaching the mat
Tier to the board it refused to consider it,
4 Unlike most other ministers, those OF
1.-THE Lutheran denomination are not
called for any stated time but enter into
i a contract that calls for their services
4 for all time. This contract cannot be
4 broken without the consent of both the
minister and the church6and must first
be passed upon by the board. The action
lof the latter body shows the high esteem
\ in which Rev. Youngert is held.
Centerville.
| Sheriff Ed Clinic has filed in district
for a claim of sl.Gs6.225 for keeping pris,-
scners which he claims has never been
paid in whole or part. This amount in
cludes the boarding OF all prisoners be-
4 tween January 8, 1899 and April ., 1900
for which the county board of Super
visors allowed him S1.lsO.37, or at the
rate OF 35 cents day for each prisoner.
Mr.. Clinic made out his bill at the rate
of so cents day, which had been his
compensation heretofore, The board
Ic!aims that at their January session a
sresolution was passed changing the
sheriff's compensation in such cases
| from so to IS cents. Mr.. Clinic says
he never received any notice of this
1 change and besides declares that 50
cents is not reasonable compensation.
Council Bluffs.
DR.. L. F. Adams was discovered
about o'clock Sunday morning lying
unconscious across the door step at the
rear of his home 1t GIG West Broadway,
and he died soor after medical attend
ance was secured. DR.. Adams had been
a sufferer from neuralgia of the heart
for some time and it is thoughtthat he
was overcome by one of these attacks
just as he was starting out of the
house Sunday morning. He was
dressed and his body lay half way out
Of the door when discovered by his
neighbors. After being placed in bed
he lived for nearly half an hour but
never regained consciousness. DIR.
Adams was AZ Years Of age and had
| practiced medicine in Council Bluffs
for the past three years. The remains
We're taken to Luukley's morgue, where
ithey will be kept awaiting word from
his relatives who live in New York. a
brother in Brooklyn being a Methodist
minister.
Davenport.
The arrests of Saturday night and
Sunday gave Magistrate Finger plenty
of business Monday Four parties We're
| fined for using the hotel Brunswick.