Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-05
IOWA NEWS FOR IOWA READERS

Went to OttumWA yesterday morning to
be present at. the operation. After a
consultation II was decided, as the pa
tient was resting easier and in no Inn
mediate danger, that the operation
would be postponed and he was brought
home last evening. The burg, Is lodged
In the windpipe In the vocal chords
Just below the epiglottis and the doc
tors believe that eventually nature
will throw It of.
Clear Lake.
Attic the season at the lake is about
over q great many will remain during
September, the prettiest month OF the
ear. The lake has been so lively this
ear and has become SO much Of pop-
lar summer resort that there will be
onsiderab BILE building OF new cottages
ext year. Among those to build will
e Judge Sherwin of the supreme
,ench, Mr.. Charles Stewart, the lumber
lerchant of Mason City and Attorney
ieevers, of Oskaloosa, who have bought
ach a lot on the lake shore north Of
he McNider cottage. They will build
Inc cottages in the early spring.
otumwa.
{ Daniel collars. an old and respected
Ssitizen OF Ottumwa, died Monday after
ION at his home on North Wapello, at
10 o'clock, at the age of 81 years and
+ o months. Mr. collars was born in
soennsylvania in 1908, and emigrated to
4owa with his parents in 1886, where he
las ever since resided. He has been a
potent factor in building up his section
=
I Identified with Wapello county and her
{ interests. He has resided in Ottumwa
yer since 1t was a village and In an
,arly day purchased tracts OF. land in
What is now the city limits. He s SUR
lived by three children.
'owa City.
The National Accounting Company,
thru County Treasurer Cherry have no.
titied about thirty tax payers that suits
will be Instituted against them for de-
linquent taxes by the county unless
The amount Of taxes involved is quite
large and E. G. Worthington, the local
manager Of the accounting company.
has been busy preparing the notices for
he past few weeks. The county super
vfsors will prosecute the claims of the
county to the fullest extent and while
the cases cannot come UP in the Sep
iember term of the court yet notices
will be issued and prompt payment re-
aueste1'
Perry.
Mrs. w. s. Mccaslin had a bit of ex-
perience with gasoline last week. She
left her stove burning while she went
over to neighbours. When she re-
turned the stove was out. She lighted
II again, not noticing some gasoline
that had escaped during her absence.
The blaze that followed burned her hair
and clothing and she had to run to a
neighbours to get 1t put out The burns
are painful, but not of serious ma
ture. -. City Solicitor Fahey has
brought suit against twenty individuals
for poll TAX and will get 7after others in
short order. There is something OF a
penalty and some costs that make quite
an item of the tax, so 1t is to citizens
Interest to pay before hesis sued.
Burlington.
The grape yield in Des Moines county
will excel that of last year by nearly
Twenty-Five per cent. The grape grow
ers in and about Burlington are reap
ing their annual harvest just now, and
are#the busiest men In the country. The
grape crop in Des Moines county this
year will exceed half million pounds,
and the fruit Is finer and of better
quality than for years. The grape In
dustry in this county alone will giva
employment for the next two or three
weeks to2over leo women and girls. who
are almost exclusively employed in
picking and packing the grape crop.
There are five large grape growers in
the county just south of the city and a
very large number of smaller growers
in other parts of the county. The larger
growers and the estimated amount OF
the yield for this year is 10000 pounds.
Eldora.
Harvey Gable, who is now in Jail UNI
der indictment of the grand jury. is
charged with the seduction of Miss
crissie Babcock, of E,dora. This young
lady claims that Gable is the father of
her baby which was born on the 7th
day Of August. The prisoner, however,
protests his innocence and will resent
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Herald hears it limited that the case
may be settled ere it reaches the court
room. = d. s. Dewitt the young
man who was found guilty Of issuing a
forged check, at the present term OF
court. was taken dangerously i'll short
ly after the sentence was passed,
Wednesday night, and has been very
sick man since. He is at his home in
Providence township. Word was re-
ceived from his bedside yesterday, how
ever that his condition was somewhat
improved The trouble is believed TO be
a collapse from an overtaxed condition
OF the nervous system and the loss of
sleep during the trial.
Poisonous toadstools resembling
mushrooms have caused frequent
deaths this year. Be sure to use only
the genuine Observe the same care
when you ask for DeWitt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve There are poisonous coun-
terfeits. DeWltt's is the only original
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is safe and
certain cure for piles and all skin dis
ease. All druggists.
The New sharon Fair.
The annual fair of the New Sharon
District Agricultural Society will be
held at New Sharon, Iowa, Sept. II to l3
inclusive, and on this account the Iowa
Central railway willsell excursion lick
,ets at one and one-third fare for the