Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03

never been - laf8e a demAnd lori
builders, hardware in this section Of
the, state as at present. George
s.. Wight, an empioye at the Illinois
Central shops. he'd one Of his eyes re-
moved as the result Of an accident last
Wednesday. ~ which time he was
holding light 80 another workman
could see his work, on the frame Of al,
engine, a piece of blue steel flew from
q hammer and lodged In his eye, pene-
atrating the eyeball and lodging back
of 1t.
Linn Grove.
( In q conversation with 8. G. Bulandl
him that twenty years ago he came.
from Illinois to Iowa and at that time
he was $500 worse off than nothing; that
is he was $500 In debt over and above
his assets. AT the present time he is
easily worth $1,000 over and above all
his indebtedness. This is good show
ing, but not better than many others in
this vicinity have done. Northwestern
Iowa has been a good place to make
money and is yet only In its prime.
Ottumwa.
saloon ksspsTs II. tt The city % o.
tumwa kicked over the traces Friday
and refused to pay their mulct tax on
the grounds that in the absence of a le-,
gal consent petition and consent ordi-.
nance the city had no legal right 10 col-
lect the license for the time that haE.
passed. The city officials promptly
went after the belligercnts with search.
warrant with the result that on Satur-
day they We're fling into the Office OF
City Treasurer Leo Stevens and paying
up.
Keokuk.
Guilty of murder In the first degree,
and that his punishment be fixed at im-
prisonment In the penitentiarya at hard
labor the rest OF his natural life was
| the verdict in the Alonzo Robbins case
brought into court Friday morning. He
had been on trial for numbering his
wife. James ii. Hatch, a
farmer OF Center township. Wapello
county, has filed petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the federal court here,
scheduling debts Of s 7,s77.99. OF which
$685. is not secured, and assets OF 81
600, including $4,000 Of insurance.
Spencer.
Scott & Sons, railroad contractors
are here in force, preparatoryst to begin
lining work on the NJ. & st. L. They
have established q camp on the line of
their work south of Greenville, and
just as soon as the weather permits
Will begin grading with a heavy force.
1t is estimated that from four to six
weeks time will be required to finish
1.-The work from Willow Creek to Sioux
pids. The bridge work both at Will
low Greek and Sioux Rapids is Well adj
vanced, and when the grading is fin
sished but a short time will be required
to place he entire line from st. Paul to
Storm Lake in operation.
Manning.
OF Manning. is owner of one of the best
cows in this section The animal
which he keeps at his big stock barn
just west OF towns weighs 200 pounds
and is valued at $3.50. /. !. In the last
month the stock buyers here have
taken in and shipped out about $4,000
worth of porkcrs. say nothing about
cattle. On Monday of the week q. l..
| Patton bought OF Gustav JAMS, an ex-
tensive feeders of this section, ninety
four head of hogs, in payment for
i which the latter received check for
81 120.05. Incidentally, the Monitor, In
4 noticing this, calls the attention of IT.;
Ireaders to the diff erence in prices of D.
fday and four and five years ago.
/ Council Bluffs.
Joe King, a cfgarmaker working foi
I p. Jensen, would have thrown himself
from the second STORY window of the
Neumayer Hotel early Friday morning
4 had it been for a. heavy wire screen
THAT prevented his exit. Something he
had eaten Thursday night seemed to
/ disagree With him, for he was visited in
his slumbers not merely by a night
mare. but by whole hippodrome. HI
dreamed that some one was chasing
him with an appraised butcher knife. He
Jumped out of bed and without waiting
To raise the sash threw himself out.
The glass broke under his weight, and
4 he struck the screen and bounded back
Into the room Very much awake He
was badly cut about the hands and
face. and a physician had TO be SUM
moned to sew up some Of the gashes.
/ Dubuque.
i The owners of the Indian mime To-
fcated eight miles north of Dubuque,
1 have refused an offer OF $40, 900 for their
] property. The offer was made last week
\ by representative Of the st. Louis
i Mining Company. who came here with
! the intention of purchasing It The lead
/ mine is the property Of four well-known
miners Of Sheriff. Mound They have
worked 1t considerably and there is evil
dence toSwarrant the belief that the
mine cners 2 fortune 60. them. The 81.
Louis concern was very eager to get 1t.
| but the parties at Sherrill's declined the
/ offer with firmness and will go ahead in
4 an effort to form company to work the
4 mine. In and about Dubuque mining
operations are being conducted on an
extensive scale and the work is employ
ling many men. a fair amount Of jack
land mineral is being put on the market
and brings good prices.
Millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the pub
llic to know Of one concern which il;
4 not afraid to be generous. The pro-
prietors of DR.. Kings New Discovery
4 for. Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
have given away over 10,00O.O0O trial
bottles and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has cured thousands OF
hopeless cases. Asthma, bronchitis, la
grippe and all throat, chest and lung
diseases are surely cured by 1t. Call on