Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-17
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

are at work on the piping. Ihey Will be
connected up in a few days and as soon
as the plasterers complete their work
the flooring will be put in.
Plymouth.
Journals: A. Losey is the champion
fisherman of Plymouth without a doubt
Tuesday night he caught what was
probably the largest fish ever taken
out of the river here. 1t was an eel.
measuring 80 inches in length. Mr..
Losey isjustly proud of his fine catch.
Glenwood.
Isaac Whitaker and family left yes
terday on a novel trip TO their old home
in Ohio. They go overland driving all
the way in light spring wagon with a
cover much like those the early settlers
came west under. They visit friends
enroutc at several places, and expect to
be gone all summer.
Humboldt.
Fred Lovrien reports his Mississippi
plantation fourishng He is purchas-
ing a car of horses and mules and will
ship them down at once He employs
nearly fifty men. and says it will cost
Slo,0o0.00 to get the ground in tillable
shape, after which it will rent for $4,000
per year.
>Terril.
Lightning struck within fifteen rods
of III. Blums residence four miles south
of town, last Sunday morning 1t struck
in two places and burned the grass and
weeds within radius of five or six rods.
The whole family We're out doors and
witnessed the strange occurrence. All
We're slightly shocked, but no damage
was done
Spencer.
$. G. Rutter. of Summit. had nine
yearlings and two year old steers killed
by lightning sunday evening. The ami
mails We're near a wire fence at the time
of the electrical storm. MIR. Rutter had
$50 Insurance on the steers. in the
Farmers Mutual. and by o'clock on
the following day, received the cash on
his loss.
Cedar Falls.
Miss Grace /. Norton has resigned the
principalship of the Cedar FAILS high
school, a position she has held for eleven
years, and has accepted the position of
instructor in the State College at Arnes
She left Thursday night to spend the
,'ii'.i!St Nass'.ipH Win Hst Paiehts,
. uust ata MIS-. norton, III NEWARK,
-Ns" YORK.
Clear Lake.
The boys who went to Oklahoma from
thia vicinity rctur,,af, sat,,,aay ,;.b,
long before the cxnor,.,d 10 Thy founf
things in the r,s,.rvation in !, ratl.,
Unsatisfactory condition. There arc ,
great many more people in the territor,
IMAM 'hefe are hofnes5eaes ana no mat
yer VIVA. happehs tnere are pound TO De
iii''is ui1apo'iie'iieies.
Iowa City.
There are now twenty-four patients
in the University hospital and the rec
ords show a large increase during the
past Year A great many ,nportan,
surgical operations have been per-
formed there during the past six month:
with almost uniform success. The board
lof regents recently congratulated the
medical faculty on the success Of this
institutions.
| Oseeola.
MY. r. NJ. keesey, of Liberty town
snip. is foiloWiag a business that Is
somewhat exclusive. He has fourteen
blue grass seed shippers In operation
On various fields thruoIt southern Iowa
Last week ne made a trip west anc
bought the right 10 strip thousand
acres Mr. keeney says he knows OF
| only one other man III the business il
southern loHa-a Creston man. HI
ssia fifty cents a bnshel for the bus
grass seed in the eilaff-that Is, as j
comes from the siripper.
Ksos,,,,,
Us, ,yael r. r. 1,ct.so, ,r,e,i.. !,
this place, learned that a Young man
also of this town, had been so obligine
az to walk into the drug store and buy
| a bottle OF whisky for a citizen Who's
ihablts forbade his buying liquor for him
SELF Mr. Jackson swore out an IL
formation against the young man. VINO
decided 10 stand trial IN the justice,
icourt rather than 70 have the case 60
TO the grand jury. The case was called
before Squire j. w. Harwoed and on 8
| plea Of guilty. fine OF $40 and costs wa
assessed.
(, Audubon.
!. month ago me local ,tra vi arr,. ,ro,
/ wax, expected 10 be heavy. hut now il i.
4 evident I. Mn be light This ia dis.
Iappointmeni to the lovers of that de
licious and timely havored fruit The DIR,
weather OF fe" Weeks ago inquired Y
s5me MI Mash expected to nave Loot
!quurta but NOW he thinks he Will on IN