Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-09
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

sQuery:8.VWhy, what did you Oring your
produce in today for?" and then he
caught on that 1t was Sunday. He had
thought 1t was Saturday. All the farm
Serss Of his part We're gathering corn. he
said. and yet he had thought 1t queer
that things were SO quiet in town and
that people he saw on the streets were
dressed up as IL they were going out to
some public gathering. He never once
imagined they were going to Sunday
SERVICES. altho he had heard church
bells ring.
Ottumwa.
William Satchel, who lives on Penn
sylvania avenue, is enjoying the dis
tinction of having raised two crops of
Early Rose potatoes this season. Sam
pies of the potatoes are shown at the
Courier office and are large, fine look
ing specimens. The raising OF this Sec
ond crop was not premeditated on the
part of Mr.. Satchel. He had left some
of the first crop in the ground, and
yielding to the productiveness of Iowa
soil they proceeded to reproduce them
selves many fold. The indications
now are that thereceipts of the Ottum-
wa postoffice for the year ending April
I. 1900, will exceed $4,000.
Newton.
James Eleasby, the youngest brother
| of John Cleasby, of Newon. is young
man who was born and raised near
Newton and who has had an experience
not to be enYied during the past sum
mer. He went from Nebraska several
years ago to Alaska. Last spring he
went up to Cape Nome aud since then
i his relatives had not heard a word of
him until last week. and they believed
him to be dead. But last week John
lCleasby received letter from him say
ling that he had been in the hospital up
there all summer. sick with smallpox.
He was in quite good health when he
lwrote.
IOttumwa.
i Deputy United States Marshal Harry
\ Fulton arrived in the city Wednesday
Iron Keokuk having in charge Es
4 Spangler of Batavia. who is charged
with selling liquor with out license. He
WAS given hearing before commissioner
4 Hunter and held to the federal grand
Jury. In default of 5000 bail he was
committed to the county Jail.
IJohn Eaton. ntedresident of the
4 West End, attempted suicide Tuesday
levening at the home of his brother. Joe
Eaton, who lives just west of the Mil
waukee crossing. II is believed that he
Twill recover. altho his neck is badly cut
4 and haggled on both right and left
sides He will be sent TO the asylum.
n Carroll.
4 John Loeschen informs the Herald
THAT he has shipped the last load of his
sugar beets to Norfolk. Neb. He haG
:. 1.-TWO and a half acres and from them hi
got forty tons of sugar beets. For which
/ he gets an even 500. He did moi hir'
. tany labor and it's all clear profit. H
lsays that he regards the experiment a
! la complete success and II is likely tina
!. he would raise good acreage If Their
Twas a factory in Carroll or iii this vi
\ lcinty. One result of this enterprise tn
past season is to prove that beets cal
! be grown in this locality at a prof
! equal to that shared in any part of tn
!. west 1t is not known what effort viii
: be put forth next year to secure al
: acreage Of beets in this locality.
Dubuque.
y Quigley Bros, proprietors OF the Du
buque Daily Telegraph. have Disagree
about the business management Q
their paper and as result each on
of them has secured the services of
! lawyer to fight his battle. It seems tina
LIP. j. Quigley controls the larges
z amount of stock in the concern and o
q this account has been acting as man
g lager. A short time ago he scratche
G William Quigley's name from the pa
III I.S;,
teen years ago Y. ]. Quigley swne
$4,000 worth OF stock in the compan
and William Quigley $4,000: now r. /.
: claims that William has no stock
i, the concern and that he owes the con
i pany $1,000. This brought about III
/, disagreement between the proprietor
], and it will probably end in a law suit.
Belle PLANE.
Two large barns have been erecte
Z lin the south yards for the use of W.
! ] lTWogood who has contracts for q lare
amount of grading to be done for I'll
Northwestern railway in this vicinit.
He has brought his teams and men hel
i, and will go to work first in cutting
i new channel for the Iowa river nes
! where the Northwestern bridge whic
: spans the river southwest OF town. Ju.
i to the west of the bridge the rive
E makes sharp turn TO the north an
3 for several hundred feet runs aim0!
: parallel to the track, at a distance
i. several rods. IT then turns and double
q back on the same course, running sout
next TO the railroad grade. At hig
water the river washes the enbankmel
and to prevent further damage II
y company's engineers have conceive
u the idea Of cutting d new chann
= across the base Of the neck OF Ian
3 which runs up into the bed OF the rive
7 This channel Will be directly opposi1
y the bridge and will be about $50 fe'
long and wide enough to give II
! stream a good chance to start acros
9 hoping that the flowing water Will CT
= the rest OF the earth away and c,
z straight across unde,. the bridge il
stead OF making the detour to u
north.
= six Trightfui Failures.
= Six terrible failures Of Elk differe,
: doctors nearly sent William H. Mule
of Lockland, o.. to an early grave. "A
y said he had fatal lung trouble ar
g that he must soon die. But he W;
q urged to try DR.. Kings New Discover
= for Consumption. After taking n,
q bottles he was entirely cured. 1t Is pc
n.