Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-19
Local Affairs in Hundreds of Iowa Towns Of
Interest to the General Reader.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Williams.
The Wasp says there will be at least
three new brick blocks erected in Will
Jams before snow fiies-and that's .
foregone conclusion.
Buffalo Center.
Christ Knutson. living seven miles
north OF town. had the misfortune to
have three valuable horses killed by
lightning during storm last week.
Humboldt.
The Humboldt county board of super
visors have been negotiating with set
OF tax ferrets. and will probably close
contract before the present session adj
journs.
Cedar Fali.
The board Of directors OF the Wood
men building met Monday night and
talked over the plans. They decided to
have 5000 raised before proceeding
with the work This amount they ex-
pect to have raised soon.
iowa City.
George Cutler Fracker has resigned
his position as principal of the Iowa
City grammar school. Mr.. Fracker has
accepted fellowship in the Clark Uni
versity of Worcester, Mass, and gives
this as the cause OF his resignation.
Sioux City.
While W. H. Turnbull has not for
mally accepted the position of principal
OF the high school in Colorado Springs,
Colo. 1t is most generally believed that
he will do so. He made written app
plication for the Office and having been
Unanimously elected therto, he will ma
turally accept, says the Tribune.
Manning.
Prof. j. j. Mcmahon and family de-
parted last week for Toledo, Ia, which
place will be their home in the future.
Mr. Mcmahon goes there to manage his
newspaper, the Democrat. For nine
months, ending June !, 1900, Mr.. McMa-
hon presided as principal of the schools
of this city. and in such capacity he
gave universal satisfaction.
Lynnville.
John Kilduff came very near leaving
this world recently He and several
other young men We're INDUCING in a
swim in the river north OF town. and
getting beyond his depth, not Knowing
how to handle himself in the water, he
sank out of sight, yelling for help as
he went down. Milo Reno and Charley
Grubaugh swan to his rescue.
Boone.
The prospects appear to grow bright
er each day for the opening up Of the
TERRITORY north Of Boone by a railway
| line which will give direct connection
with the northern Iowa and the Mime
sofa territory. The proposed new Des
Moines & Northern Iowa railroad now
seems to be an assured fact, according
to the statement of the projectors
Fort Dodge.
Contractor G.. w. Alderman will tear
down the old courthouse and for this
heswill receive the sum OF $500 from the
county. The materials will be kept by
the county and will be used again. The
best of stone and lumber was used in
building the old building and the stone.
or much OF 1t. will be used in the new
building, recently let to u Minneapolis
firm for $4,000.
| Glenwood.
The Glenwood school board has en-
ployed Miss Katharine Mauthe OF
Washington county asa science teach
er in the high school, to take the place
of Miss Sarah Nollen, who has accept
ed position in the Pella schools. Miss
Mauthe graduated this year from the
State University. = : A Glenwood lady,
Mrs. b. F. Burlington, has given 81 ,O0u
to the Methodist hospital at Omaha.
Waterloo.
L. C. Burkitt has purchased of Will
Pollock lot, corner of Second and Ce-
dar streets, near the gas works, and will
erect thereon new building for the
Waterloo Steel Tank Co The building
is to be brick veneered structure OF
basement and two stories. 1t will be
40x1O0 feet. Work will begin on the new
building next week and 1t will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Albia.
On Saturday search warrants were
procured by officers. who raided six
places and captured liquor in all OF
them. The officers took the liquor I'M
der charge. and getting dray proceed
ed from one place to another, gathering
| it up and finally finishing with five bar
lrels and fifteen cases of beer. The
places raided We're all restaurants, but
all were supposed to handle liquor in
different amounts.
Council Bluffs.
The city council recently met as a
committee Of the whole and prepared a
list of streets for paving, supplementary
to the list which was ordered paved q
few nights ago. Six miles Of streets are
comprised In the list. and City Engineer
Etnyre was instructed to prepare two
resolutions. dividing up the territory be.
tween them, and to present it at the
meeting Of the council to be held later
1t is the intention to pave these streets
with brick.
MuseAtine.
A committee OF the city council has
made report on The proposed pur-
chase OF the water WORKS plant, favor
| ing the project. The committee is con-
hdent that by the city continuing to
pay $500 per year asit now does, to-
gether with the amount from private
consumers. all necessary improvements
and extensions can be made and the
debt incurred in the purchase be paid
at the end Of twenty years. In add
tion to this. at the expiration OF that
time net revenue, above all expenses
OF $4,000 per year is considered proba-
BILE.
Shenandoah.
Sentinel: MN H. Gait was in town
"Wednesday morning and informed a
treporter that he had no. direct word