Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-19

this year In Center township, west OF
Richards. It isgproposed to put about
5000 into : good brick building that
can be added 70 later as the needs OF
the county poor demand. This VIII
make crsditsble and comfortable
building and rive Calhoun county q
model poor farm. The committee will
visit other poor. farms this winter for
the purpose Of getting the best ideas.
and then secure plans and be ready for
business early In thesspring.
Pomeroj.
An event that saddened friends here
was the sudden death OF Mollie Alden, a
young German girl well known in POM
seroy. Quite recently she had gone to
the Blanden farm, north OF Manson, as
q household helper. On Wednesday Of
last week In Jumping from a loaded
wagon her foot became fastened In the
wheel, frightening the horses. AS they
started the wagon passed over her chest
and across her face, killing her in
stantly.
SpidtLaks.
On q plot Of ground 16Ox190 feet E.
u. Owen this year grew 157 bushels OF
onions, eighty-two bushels Of potatoes.
Ave bushels OF sweet corn, one bushel Of
white beans, thirty gallons Of cucumber
pickles and twelve bushels of turnips.
This Is just about one-fourth OF an
acre. Forty acres farmed like that
would make a man a lot of money.
The bond OF the tax ferrets was
before the board OF supervisors Monday
and duly approved. 1t is understood that
the ferreting will begin at once and be
pushed with vigor in his (Dickinson)
county.
Waterloo.
Attorney A. j.. Edwards on Thursday
sent by express to Congressman d. b.
Henderson the petitions signed by about
1900 citizens of Waterloo asking for the
$4,000 postoffice appropriation. He
also wrote letters to Col. Henderson and
Senator William B. Allison, asking that
Ithese influential representatives Of Iowa
do all in their power toward the secur-
ing OF the ends sought by this request,
which once granted will give Waterloo
a much needed appropriate government
building, located on the west side. The
petitions were signed by about 500 men
on the east side and 500 on the west
side.
OtufnWa.
Ottumwa may have a branch OF the
United States district court. The pre-
liminary steps looking to the establish
ment of such a court in this city were
taken Friday at a meeting of the OF
tumwa Bar Association. For several
lweeks the matter has been quietly
talked of among OttumGta attorneys
and Friday 1t reached a climax. 1t is
proposed to hold the court either in the
east court room at the court house or
else at the postofI1ce building. Hon.
John F. Lacey will be asked to use his
influence in securing the new court.
Shortly after 1 o'clock Friday
morning Jack Phillips was found in the
district court by a Jury guilty of the
crime Of manslaughter.
Burlington.
When the North German Lloydsteam-
er sails from Bremen, on Nov. "a, Miss
Anna Delahaye will be a passenger, ac-
Campaigning the bodies of her mother,
Mrs. Louisa Delahaye, and her sister,
Miss Cecile Delahaye. Upon the arrival
of the steamer in America the bodies
will be brought directly to his city
reaching here about Dec. 8 or 9. ant
they will then be inferred, with that o.
the late A. Delahaye, in Aspen Grove
The Delahayes were numbered among
the Oldest and best families in Burling.
ton. They came here several years be.
fore the civil war and during that tim.
Mrs. Delahaye won the hearts of many
Burlington people by singing wal songs
in the benefit concerts for the soldiers
She a a rich, sweet voice and at one
time sang in opera in$the court theatel
of Germany. A. D%elahaye was a prom.
inent business man here and for many
years lived with his family in the houst
that is now the Methodist parsonage, OF
Fifth and Court streets. In 1891 tn,
family moved to Chicago. where, a few
! few months later, Mr.. Delahaye died