Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-02
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DUBUQUE The iron has arrived for
the second span of the Illinois Gem.
Itral railroad bridge. About fifty men
are Working on the bridge.
NH.NADA-There appears TO be an
lepidenaic Of mumps among the children
land young people Who have not pre-
viously experienced the same.
NEWTON There are many sick peo-
iple IL toxin just row Not many dam
gerously So the most Of them being
simply miserable with a cold. accord
ling to the journal.
| GoRNINe;7-e'e coming is To have an
other telephone exchange 10 start with
seventy hyessubsciibers and it viii be in
operation as soon 1T san be built
Rates are So per cent lower,
| WATERLo0-7The man Ho6t, who
! tried successiyeiy 10 poison his wife
ana TO blow her up with dynamite. is
expected 10 arrive n charge of Sheriff
Law Friday from New Orleans
| lSF:oKt Is Tuesday evening the
! building committee formally turned
over the new chapel of the Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church 10 the board
OF deacons after some Very interesting
services there, The cost Of the struc-
ture was sS.72lo6
| MASON CITY The local pension
board Tuesday received its first order
/ from the pension department for exam
linatiens for pensions for soldiers in the
War With Spain. The board was IN
structsd TO examine Perry Dexter Who
has made application.
C.ARROI4I---Dwin to the continued
failing off in railway work the force at
4 this station has been reduced by the
laying off Of two more men 1t IS
Thought % be only temporary. however,
las 1t is hoped thai tranii VIII pick up as
soon as spring trade makes things
move
AlEDIAPoI.Is Revival meetings
which have been held al the ME. church
in this city for the past two weeks We're
elosed on last sunday evening, Nineteen
persons presented themselves for adniis-
1 sion on probation. ard there are about
tweve others 70 come in that were not
! present at that time.
CLINTON in the district court, after
m hours deliberation, verdict Of
guilty. was returned by the jury in the
cass Of Ray boss, who forged he names
Of John Gibbons and Frank Kearnay.
two Well krown farmers living near De
| Witt % a n0te. which he attempted TO
! have cashetl at the bunk at Dewitt.
SHELDON The building committee
Of the NJ +. church has collected an:
expended over $500 on account of the
1 new church enterprise Nearly 81 800 Of
/ u
ifhe society who guaranteed $1,000 paid
Hast and are now we'll along i'll their ef-
forts to raise $500 more
i e'REsToN The saloon men are conf
Ident that they viii be able to get more
than the required number of signers to
theii. petition Of consent In fact one Of
the number told a reporter that fully
/ 1000 names would be secured before the
tine for the board of SUPERVISORS 10 in
spect the list. The Law calls for the
consent Of 80 per cent of the voters who
east ballot AT the last election.
/ FI'. DOoGE-One of the interesting
/ features of 4 recent city council session
4 was the passing of an oriinance max
ing possible the hanging out of the sign
of the three balls in Fort Dodge a city
without a pawn ship Is a queer city IN
1 deed and the council. after constant ina :
4 portuning. decided TO license such i'm
.Isntutons here a s25 per year. The or
4 dinance also provides for the running OF
junk shops AT SIS license.
/ GRUMPY GENTER-The farm for
merls owned by George Finlayson, in
i Lincoln township, has been sold to f.
i Strohbehn Of i3laekhawk township. The
.tfarm consists Of 30 acres ard brought
sl3.26o William Albright has sold an
Ieishty-acre tract OF land in Mefose
township u ]. \ Robinson for $50 an
acre. Anc sim the Grundy land goes a
|little higher almost every change OF
lmooa. says the Republican
COUNCIL BLUFFS Surveyor Of
/ Customs L. NJ shabelt of this city
Tuesday received adviees of a shipment
in bond to Council BUNS from lissy
/ France. Of $3.50 apple and pear trees
i and berberres honeysuckles and by.
drangsas. The consignment is for +
i S. Nreich, of the Nit. Arhor nursery. o.
Shenandoah. 1t left France January {
and is expected to arrive in Council
i Bluffs within day or SO.
4 sWALEDALt, Dan O'Neil. the onl,
soldier boy in the Immediate vicinity OF
Swaiedale. is still quite sick Dan en-.
listed in 4 South Dakota regiment and
was sent to the Philippines early in the
war, remaining there something over q
! year. He returned home last fall, bad
~ broken in health, but it was hoped
nursing would restore him again. This
1t seems Is difficult task, for his trou-
BILE battles all medical assistance.
i oELWEIN-Rev. s. B. Ross, of the
Christian church Of this city. has an.