Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-23
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West Union.
Several cases of smallpox aresreported
in the country beyond st. Lucas, Fay
cite county.
Davenport.
Henry Jocobs Of 1907 West Fourth
street has the smallpox and has been
quaraEtined a home.
Dubuque.
The. proceeds of the "Trip Around the
World amounted to $500. This amount
will be given to the public schools for
library purposes.
Jefferson.
The city council, as a board of equals
cation practically finished its iabors
Thursday evening, making total raise
in assessments amounting to abou;
$4,000.
Boone.
Mr.. j. j. Dofflemyer closed the con-
tract with the. board, accepting the POI
sition of superintendent of the Boone
schools for one year at salary of ST.
500 per year.
Clear Lake.
A. w Baird expects to have his six
in a little over a week. One of them has
been sold 10 Cashier keeler of the First
National Bank.
Wall Lake.
], The new assistant principal OF the
| high school started her labors in the
Wall Lake schools last week Miss
Henriette NJ. Holmes is her name and
she came from Eldora.
| Pocahontas
! AT a meeting last week the council
| ordered 3. 900 loads of gravel to be placed
on Beulah avenue from the court house
I TO the depot grounds. Oh. we are get
lting there properly! exclaims the Rec
| ord.
.Sanborn.
Misa Lulu Smiley began hiccoughing
recently and continued it from Thurs
day until Tuesday. Miss Smiley has
been in poor health for several
months and for time it was feared
she would not be able to endure the
hiccoughing, but at latest reports she
was doing we'll.
Red Oak.
The council has decided on the build
| ing of a new city jail, work on which
will be begun Immediately. 1t will be
located just west of the fire house on
! Washington avenue. The structure will
| be of brick and will cost about $1,000. A
! city Jail is necessary Improvement
and the council is Wise in taking action
| favorable thereto.
Clinton.
Artemus Lamb is receiving treatment
| in hospital and since he has been Ill
/ has had an excellent opportunity to OBJ
| serve the good work that can be done in
4 such an institution, and as a mark OF
| appreciation for the good accomplished
| by hospitals has sent Agatha hospital
/ of this city check for $500. The gift is
a generous one and Is duly appreciated
Cttumwa.
/ Indictments were returned Saturday
against the eight men charged with as
saulting s. p. Grips and G. w. Hous-
ton. with intent to commit murder. The
men who are indicted are as follows.
Charles Pasnau. Fred Pasnau. Robert
Pasnau, Al Fowler. Lewis Jones, Henry
Mongerman. Frank O'Neal and Johr
curran. They are held under $4,000
bonds each.
Fort Dodge.
A meeting of the directors of the COT
/ fin home for discharged convicts will
probably be held next Saturday. wher
action will be taken for the immediat.
4 erection of the home. Meetings have
been postponed heretofore on account
| of the inability of all the directors 10 be-
\ present. 1t is thought that immediate
steps will be made for the erection OF
/ the home at this meeting.
Shenandoah.
w. H. Taylor has under consideration
the erection of first-c1ass hotel and 6
row Of business houses. 1t is not def.
nitely settled but is reasona bly, certain
to go. Mr.. Taylor recently bought two
i lots of Mentzer Bros IN the rear of theil
store and fronting fifty feet on Thoma,
avenue. This makes Mr.. Taylor six lot:
in body. 1t is his design to move tw,
buildings back to the Mentzer lots. thu
giving room for the hotel and business
j block. The upper rooms Of the latte