Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-06
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Hampton.
BY actual count there is 512 dwelling
houses in the city of Hampton, accord
ing to the Hampton Chronicle.
Lynnville.
Oats Is turning out a very poor yield |
in this vicinity in Jasper county, the
average being about twenty bushels per
acre. I
Iowa Falls.
The Illinois Central officials are doing
more or less figuring regarding their
new depot at this point, and 1T is quite
probable that work will begin by early
fall.
Fort Dodge.
The school board has not heard from
its proposition made to Prof. Black, of
Clarke, Mo-, offering the position of
teacher of mathematics. and nothing
has yet been done toward filing the po-
sition beyond this.
Ottumwa.
Thirty-nine patients We're treated at
the OttumWa hospital during the
month of July and the total amount of
money received from all sources foots
up $44S.71 ssS3.n of which was received
from patients. This number of patients
is as large as that OF any month in the
history Of the institution.
Charlton.
Charlton is quite a center for railway
lipostal clerks We have about fifteen
families of them now located in our
midst. Thursday about ten families
packed UP their basket dinners, ham
Knocks and usual picnic properties and
drove out TO South Park where they
enjoyed an outing.
Cedar Falls.
| Work on the interior of the Congrega-
ltional church will begin this week. The
| seats have to@be removed TO admit of
/ putting up the scaifoldinS necessary to
1 oil the ceiling and to decorate the walls.
4 When the needed repairs are completed
4 the new pipe organ will be placed and
lit is hoped will be finished by Sept. l.
/ Anamosa.
The city council is doing a good work
/ in having Main street treated TO new
supply of macadam. Anamosas
is not In the midst Of a building boom
at all, but nevertheless several of her
sscitizens are adding substantial and
handsome residences TO the already
4 nulnberless nice homes Of the city, says
4 the Eureka.
4 Creston.
The chain gang was placed on the
streets Friday afternoon in Commits
i Isioner Sash's charge, and the honnes
A who did not have the cash TO pay their
4 fine for getting drunk are satisfying;
4 the demands Of the law by working.
81 AS a result of the chain gang labor sev-5
sl8ersl streets We're placed in much bet
sjter appeara nee
Williams.
4 Contractor Atkinson estimates that
there viii be seventy five car loads ot
isipaterlal used in the construction of the.
ineM State bank and Opera house
4 block Crabtree & Wilde. Schultz
tfsros. and j. r. 'faicott contemplate
4 erecting new brick business bucks
sIeither this fall 81 early next spring.
land still there's more TO follow.
Eddyvillc.
s The Iowa Central is doing a very eS-
tensiee and long needed piece Of Segs
HERE Tie heavy grade just north Of
itown which has always been him
5e,yaaee 10 railrrading is beins cut down
Land brought here 10 fiji UP the yarass
A small army Of ineli is employed on
81 the Job and when finished the Central
u vsiil have a very neat station ard sur
N roundinss
Davenport.
Tom Kelley. foreman on the. work on
upper Harrison street, preliminary 10
a the Iaying Of that street out as Tar as
I.oeust, was overcome by the heat
Thursday afternoon, and the city am
3bulance was called TO convsy him e
lEnis home "a Receipts of cattle d
gIthis market are small. Grass-fed cat
lie are not yet ready for slaughter, and
/. There are few shipping cattle 10 be had
t about here.
Sioux City.
City Meat Inspector Slater FRIDAY
5 ficd a report of business in his depart
ment during July. Ninety-nine cattle
. thirteen hogs. tfty-six calves arlG
forty-se,venh head of sheep We're Inspect
. "a on tire hoof and 106 cattle, sixtesI
hogs, seventy calves and thirty-nise
G sheep NJ slaughter Eleven fIundret
ard sitxy-fives pounds of beef and forty
: pounds of veal We're condemned anC
!. Edesproyed. Three COWS, which died unr
s der suspicious circumstances We're dis.
a posed of safely.
!, Glenwood.
/ a. III. Winkler, manager Of the Glen
!. wood Electric Light works. says h.. \:
! tsfguring on a proposition 10 put in |
; ssteam heating plan in Glenwood j.
connection with his electric plant 10
Z water for heating and cooking ant
Z, bathing purposes Will be supplied as j
q being done in Red Oak and some othe
n icounty seat towns. He also expect
{, ito furnish motor power 80 that IN tn
glad summer time our merchants ma.
IS have whirling fans to cool the heate'
e br3ws Of their customers, as they tall
y ribbons sugar or pork chops
sioux City.
journal: The prices of bananas az.
Iquite reasonable in comparison TO wha
:. they were a few weeks ago. Severa
tines in the past the banana trust ma
been compelled TO dispose Of seyera
= car load lots at reasonable figures fl
fear they would be left on its hands
I Commission men state that people ar
I. Ilearning that other staple fruits ca
z. just az Well take the place of the ba
= l.nara With trade gradually droppin