Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-29
WHAT they ARE DOING
Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

iAAo oAualpOA 1OWu stIll6 year.
stands to reason when many OF our very
best physicians are unable to diagnose
the malady as smallpox and there are
no fatalities among the very numerous
cases that q disease similar in many
external respects to smallpox. and hith-
erto unknown, has been creating all the
scare and excitement.
Harlan.
The saloon petitions in Shelby coun-
ty on their face bear the names of 2, 485
voters. II the pastors made no mistake
in the count. The total vote Of the
county at the late election was 3917, of
which 65 per cent would be 2.546. The
petition is apparently short The petit
TONERS may be able to establish their
right to sell liquors before the board.
but just how is not now apparent to
the Republican.
La Verne.
The News says Banker George w.
Hanna is becoming quite a land owner
in these parts. where we have the best
land, the best people and grow tho best
cropa of any section in the United
States. George purchased another eighty
acres of land last week in section So.
|Irvington township, and now owns A.
041 acres of good Iowa soil. All of his
land except 235 acres near. Goldneld, Is
located in the southeast part Of Kossuth
lcounty.
Kanawha.
a 95-foot flowing well has just been
completed for n. Assink, northwest of
Sanawha. Hancock county. 1t rises
two feet above the ground and is under
CONTROL These wells are only secured
on the creek or river bottoms. "In
this new town. at a special school cleo
ton held Tuesday to vote on the propo-
sltion of authorizing the board to issue
5000 bonds to build an school house, a
\ light vote was polled. with only two
votes cast against the proposition.
Mason City.
A disease called the Pink Eye is
prevailing among the horses Of this sec
ton OF the state, one firm having about
seven horses sick with ii. 1t is not a
serious disease, but it keeps them from
being used. 80 Glen Corby had the
misfortune to break hip arm Friday af-
\ I rnoor The boys a the school have
been In the habit Of spending their re-
cesses in Jumping. and Glen in exhibit
Ing one Of his long jumps. slipped,
breaking both bones in the right arm.
Newton.
DIR. +. L. Spaits, while attending to
some veterinary work at the farm OF
Alfred Lister. south OF town. recently
had an experience with an unruly col,
which came near costing him his life
The same colt had kicked Mr.. Lister
|earlier in the morning. and was evident
1 ly in a bad humor The men had sue
ceeded in throwing the animal, when
1t struck DR.. spaits with its fore foot
4 giving him terrible blow on the face
crushing in the bone of the right cheek
~ the blow had fallen one inch furthe,
Ito the right the doctor would never have
known what hurt him.
Shenandoah.
Mrs. Ross Annis met with peculiar
accident recently. While sewing on
her machine she ran the needle into the
front finger of her left hand. penetrat-
Ing the nall and flesh and striking the
4 bone with sufficient force to bend the
needle. She was unable to extrcate
i her finger from the position in which II
was held by the needle and took it from
4 the machine. She was then unable to
}lpull the needle from her finger and
tcalled in the neighbor women. who
Iulso failed and at last she sent for Il
doctor to come and extricate the
needle in the same manner dentist
pulls tooth.
i Winterset.
One day recently Henry Fudge and
Dave Green We're blowing on the Mid
4 die river bottom on Green's farm, -four
lmiles southeast of town when Green's
Elplow turned up the skull of a human
skeleton. They began digging and UNI
stiearthed an entire human skeleton In 4
i fair state OF preservation. a number
llof gilt buttons. a star, some beads anc
la pair of copper bracelets which were
found give riseSto the theory that the
bones are those of an Indian. posslbl,
IAN Indian chief This being the case
i the skeleton must have been buried
Isome forty years, since no Indians hav,
A camped on Middle river since abou
llS56. when two bands were camped OF
Middle river. one east of Backbone mil
and one east of Buffalo.
Iowa City.
The five insurance companies inter
Tested In the Nogel fire have allowed
Thru their adjusters. $9.l25 to Rheinhar
= Nogel. The whole amount OF insuranc,
4 was $4,000 and ss75 was taken off 70
salvage. Rheinhart Nogel, VIII,
Z plsaded guilty in the district court I,
{ the charge Of violating the mulct Law
I was sentenced to pay a fine Of 5000 b.
Il Judge Wade the other morning. Th
[ fine was the minimum allowed by Law
Thieves broke into the residence o
. Mr.. and Mrs. John Tanner Friday after
moon about o'clock. and stole valuable
amounting to $3.50. Mr.. and Mrs. Tame
We're out riding at the time and TIL
house was left vacant by all but Ear
q w. Russell. who occupied a room on tn
second floor. The thieves cut thru
!. screen door facing on Johnson stree
and entered the house. The entire lowe
floor was rummaged over by the thieves
Pins and rings were stolen from dress
Ter and several valuable articles wer
taken from table in the study. TIL
burglars in their raiding overlooked sl3
!, In cash, which was lying In the pocket
OF Mr.. Tanners coat
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