Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-27
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Clear Lake.
There is a movement on foot to reor-
ganize the Clear Lake band.
Titonka.
Prof. John Crosgrove has resigned his
position in the Titonka schools on ac-
count of salary.
Sheffield.
Old residents say they never saw 50
much moving in this vicinity as there
has been this spring.
Dows.
Henry Williams and wife celebrated
their golden wedding OH the nth.
FRIENDS presented, them d purse con-
tanning So in gold.
Humboldt.
The Republican reports that some of
our farnSrs have begun seeding. Char
lie Dodd near Gilmore, put in a field OF
wheat nearly week ago.
Mon!our.
Courier: The hired men on the farm
are going to command good wages this
season. ii reports are true. We are in
formed that from $50 TO SO per month
Mill be paid.
Sioux City.
Nj ll.3O Saturday night the Missouri
tlivcr began To rise. ard at 1870 the
stream was running full Of ice, sup
posed 10 be from the Big Sioux river.
Al the time the river had risen about
TWO feet,
/ Waterloo.
At Traer Saturday Architect F. G
i SHAW. OF this city. was given the CON,
ltract for furnishing plans and speeih
Ecations for the new Congregations
4lchurch to be erected there this season a
a cost OF about $1,000.
Red Ok.
The. real estate transfers for last wesl
i footed UP more than 72oQo. making {
total Of more than ss5o,oo0 in Montgom
cry county for three weeks. which is no
sG bad for 4 country whit a population
of $1,000, says the Express.
{. Traer.
AT tine Holland horse sale held her
saturday afternoon twenty-t five hea
). Mere disposed of. The average pric
was $3.50. Two span Of mules wer
sold, one span bringing $50. the othe
S24S The highest price paid was s115.
Cedar Falls.
j. II Leavitt OF Waterloo, and w. \
Dugane OF this city have purchase
4 John Forests $50 shares OF Cedar Fall
q Mill Company stock. paying Slo.OuO 10
the same. This stock IS not long on tn
markee before finding a ready purchas
Ser.
+ Mt. Pleasant.
d Prof. Edwards. of the college. wa
81 married last Thursday evening 10
e young lady Of Delaware. Ohio, at hs
! home in that city They will arriv
There the first of the week and Will g
rIto housekeeping in apartments in tn
g Amber home on Broadway.
Cresson.
a The jury in the Barker yanderpluyI
q ease returned a verdict for the defene
ant. Plaintiff asked for $1,000 for de
{. amation of character. The railroa
q revival meeting conducted by Conductt
: Jim Burwick commenced SUNDAY afte
d noon at the Congregational church.
! Auburn.
n
!. lIalph Wiliamson's pet dog, Gyp, can
Ito an untimely end n few nights sine
lShe had been tied in one of the hor
stalls and conceived the idea of leapii
love, the manger. but the rope was I
short at one end and strangulation VI
: the dire result.
j. Vinton.
I'd Leonard Sanders, one of the early pi
Is neers of Taylor townships and about
< wears of age, fell backwards from lo
%, of straw last Tuesday, striking ON
,r head and shoulders. He became unco
/. scious and remained so until his deaf
n which occurred Wednesday evening,
ael bones We're broken and no injury TO
skull Was shown.
ne Estherville.
is The Republican states that it is gu
at evident that the saloon petition "
MT fail. but only by small number. I
ed spite this over 80 per cent of the b.
n citizens and heaviest taxpayers ha
ne signed the petition and, as viewed
IS. that paper. one of the rank inconsistt
OF cies of the law is the fact that mt
on than majority is required.
T. Mason City.
=, ~ the work on the new court house
~ gan on Monday when Mr.. Wells.
:, contractor, commenced excavating. I
contract has been sub-let and will
-. pushed forward with all possible q
!, patch. The stone is being quarried q
y made ready for the basement and I
: work will follow the eScavating. c,
tractor Mason expects to have
n; lot. Wi !, n
,er
he Muscatine.
lot Word was received Friday by Mics
sic Corey, apprising her of the death
ide her brother. John Garfield Corey, at
ear a. m. March, II. At Columbian barrae