Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-31
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Grand Junction.
The Baptist people are frescoing the
interior of their church with Rev.
Hagermnn experimenting the job.
Reinbeck.
| Work has been progressing rapidly
on the NJ. E. church and it is thought
that dedication services will be about
Sept. 18th, and arrangements are go
ing forward to that end
Hartley.
| Martin Albright. one of our most
popular and successful farmers hauled
one load of timothy seed which brought
him $240. Timothy as we'll as other
crops are away up in yield this sea-
son.
Clear Lake.
The tax ferrets are doing business in
Cerro Gordo county. but with what de-
gree of success the Mirror does not
know It knows. however, of an estate
which settled the other day for 500 and
the county treasury Is that much more
to the good.
Laurens.
The Rock Island railroad deep well
! is now down about $50 feet and as yet
have not found sufficient water. They
and working in sand and water but the
water is too hard for the company's
use, and they are going on down for
better water.
Estherville.
A car load of very fine peaches were
received in this city Wednesday and
Immediately distributed to the grocery
men. They We're shipped in a cold
storage car direct from a Georgia or
chard and came thru in splendid shape.
They are being retailed at $1.65 per
crate-one bushel in a crate.
Ames.
Chas. Graves. janitor of the north
side school house, had the misfortune
to fall on his head from step-ladder
while at work in the school building,
Monday. He is suffering from many
bruises about his head and neck, but
no bones were broken. He will prob.
ably be confined to his home for some-
time.
Hampton.
The Recorder scenter says. THE alley
west of the county jail has smelt like
the tail end of a brewery ever since
Monday afternoon, when City Marshal
Jernegan took a hammer and smashed
72 dozen bottles of beer that had been
seized and condemned in Mayor NAL
lory's court. Robert Seney had the
beer a short time, but not long enough
to realize any returns.
clarl<sviIle.
Sherm Green has five acres of corn
on sandy soil south of town which
he thinks will go forty bushels to the
or no soy 10 no
would indicate as much. The
finest corn that has been brought to
this Office We're samples from o. w.
Spencer's farm southwest of town.
Competent judges claim the field will
yield sixty bushels per acre.
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Richard T. Hyter has filed PEE
tition ins the district court, asking that
she be granted a divorce from her hus-
band, the custody of her child, 800
temporary alimony and whatever per-
manent alimony the court may deem
proper. She alleges that her husband
has ben guilty of brutal treatment of
her and that he has also been guilty of
drunkenness. She was married to the
defendant in Victor, Iowa, in 1897. For
the past few years she has been living
in Cedar Rapids. There has been born
to them one child.
Waterloo.
The Waterloo Canning company has
had to abandon all hope of filling their
orders entirely with the canned pro-
duct OF the present season and Man
ager Drake has notified his customers
he will be compelled to take advantage
OF the shortage clause in his contracts
and cut down the supply to each cor
respondingly. as the result of drouth
and heat. Some corn fields that should
have gone 5000 pounds to the acre did
not yield over 500. less than ten per
cent of the average amount, and one
field OF forty acres that despite the first
drouth looked ms II it would surely
yield three tons to the acre, did not pay
to pick and has been sold for fodder.
The concern this year will not can
million cans. They had intended put
ting up over two million.
Sac City.
The canning factory Is In. operation
part Of each day, but is working only
q small part OF the force that it's ca
pacity will admit. The factory is re-
cstying limited quantity % corn each