Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
Local Affairs in Hundreds oflowa Towns Of
Interest to the General Reader.

~ ~ AsLlc!tstels .lGCiTtys OF 4blenCOe. = y 2
Louis Broui!!ette, o barkcerer in Res
segieus saloon on West Third street,
was fined $50 in the police court Mon
day morning for selling Intoxicating
liquors Sunday. Captain Richard, OF
the police, Happened along Just as
Brouillctte was serving drinks to about
ten over the bar.
Red Oak.
Roy Bevell, the young son of Luther
Bevell, of Lincoln township, is serving
a fifty days sentence in the county jail
for the larceny of bicycle belonging
to Charles Murphy. The wheel was
missed the latter part OF June, and no
trace of 1t was found un.!l the other
day. when Mr.. Murphy saw. a boy by
the name of Nelson riding It, 1nvestl-3
CATION developed the fact that Nelson
bought it from Bevell for 81.
Wall Lake. !.
Os.o Creaman. a farm hand, living
the victim of very peculiar accident
recently. While at work in a hay field
he heard loud buzzing as If a swarm
of bees We're passing over. He raised
his head and a large horsefiy flew into
and had a doctor extract the fly. The
fly scratched and bit the inside of his
ear nntil 1t was a mass of red flesh.
Wheelerwood.
Sunday dedicatory services We're held
at Wheelerwood in the new Christian
church The exercises We're in charge
of Rev. r. III. Lemon of Lake City
who preached very fine sermon and
succeeded in raising s50s in the after
noon meeting. The rain interferred so
that the evening service was aban-
doned, but II Is understood that MIR.
Lemon will stay with the Wheelerwood
people end conduct a weeks meeting
and hopes to clear the rest of the i'm
debtedness, $3.50. The church is a fine
temple of wnTship, neatly blat and
capable of seating 300 people. Rev Il.
-. Clark, of Fertile. will have charge
of the church temporarily.
Oskaloosa.
Saturday night thieves entered the
Gruwell Il Co. store, effecting an en-
trance by a rear window. They Went
to the front of the store and took three
reNolvers and some cutlery. An attempt
was made to open the safe. but without
success. Thieves also made an entrance
to the Reel drug store about 10 o'clock
Sunday evening. Mr.. Reel had been.
closed but q few moments when the
Robbers succeeded in getting in at a
back window. The fellows We're heard
by Officer Martin. who came TO the
front of the building. not surprising the
burglars would be trying that game so.
|early in the evening. The thieves made
lgood their escape, without securing
|anything.
Dubuque. I; 77Ss,yv Ei5-'
At a meeting of the directors and
Others interested IN the Dubuque Street
Railway company and the Home Elec-.
rric company, held Monday forenoon, at
the Iowa Trust and Savings bank, final
We're made whereby the
of the two lines was ef-
fected. This agitation has been going on
for some time, but it took some time
to get all the preliminares In proper
shape. hut these details were all arr
ranged last Saturday, and a, Mondays
decided upon. and the transaction VAS
closed According to the articles of in-s
corporation the capital stock of the
run fifty years.
Glidden.
Seven years ago Tuesday night fire
destroyed the row of buildings extend
Ing from Let1's Hotel8Eorth to the cor-
ner. Seven Years we've required to re-
build the burned district, but the work
has been accomplished. 4. j. Coder's
new brick will be ready for occupancy
the lastof this week or the first Of next.
thus filing the last gap on Main street
caused by numerous canflIgratinrs.
This building is u substantial brick
concern of a store room. barber shop
and an office. The TOW of fine brick
buildings. OF Which Mr. Coolers is the
last to be erected, certainly present
much more creditable appearance than
did the old wooden hulks which pre-.
ceded them. says the Graphic.
Davenport.
The ladies society of the First Pres
byterian church AT recent meeting
discussed the question as to why it
wasn't as fair To take of ones hat in
church and give the person behind
chance to sec the pulpit as it is to ex-
.end. that courtesy in the opera house,
where 1t has come to be the recog-
nized thing. They decided that there
was no reason Why lady in church
shouldn't be as polite and considerable
as in the opera house, and as result
good many Of the ladies' of the First
church, the last Sunday or two. have
ermcved their hats. II didn't take any
requests from the pulpit to inaugurate
the reform. and 1t has drawn out
enough expression of satisfaction to
make it, probably, q lasting custom.
lama.
The contract for the Northwestern's
new depot at Tama has been let to G.
A. Johnson, a Chicago contractor, and
the work has been commenced The
site of the new depot Will be just north
of the Clifton House. to the west and
across the tracks from the present
building. The building Will be one
story brick. $50 feet long and thirty feet
wide In the main part The interior will
be finished in quarter-sawed oak and
the building will be lighted by electrici-
ty and heated by steam. There will be
two large waiting rooms with the ticket
office between them. a dining room
and kitchen will be in the same build
ing and the baggage room and express
office will be in separate building
connected with the main part however.
by an archedroof.
Cedar Rapids.
Two or three weeks ago William
Small n boy of l3 ar IA W.hi1as ,,laynna