Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-12
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

WelIsburg.
j. X. Brouwer has rented his 400
acre farm near this place and purchased
a large tract of land in Minnesota,
which he and his sons will operate.
OsceoIa.
The voters of Osceola by large ma
jority have granted franchise for the
construction of system of water works
to be erected at once. The plant will cost
$4,000.
odeboIt.
W. P. Adams has completed the ship
ment of his last years corn crop of 200,-
600 bushels. There were 2O2 cars. and all
of 1t went to New York for export, via
the lake route.
Iowa Falls.
Meier Chandler the harnessmaker,
who. for two years past, has been in the
employ of j. d. Mckay. of this city, has
received notice that he is one of $50
heirs to the Drake estate. in England,
which, according to newspaper accounts.
amounts to sSOO.000,oo0.
Carroll.
The Sentinel says the outer foundation
wall for the Northwestern round house
is completed, all but the south end. Sew
eral of the pits are excavated and the
stone work for the pits is being put in.
The outer wall of the round house is
about 600 feet long. Over thirty men
iHg is being pushed as rapidly as posi-
Bile.
Hampton.
S. r. Smith, of Geneva township was
in the city Tuesday with his last load of
watermelons for this season. Mr.. Smith
broke all records this year for melon
sales, having sold ss05 worth of melons
from three-acre patch. He has been
raising melons for the last ten years and
last year he broke all previous records
in sales, his receipts from his melon
patch last year bringing him $780,
Dubuque.
A very sudden case of insanity oc-
CURED in the Iowa Iron Works shipyard
Tuesday afternoon. One OF the men,
who was working at the punch, without
any premonitory symptom, suddenly be-
came insane and ran about the place in
n way that caused CONSERVATION among
his fellow employees. He was seized and
restrained and after the excitement had
sbated he was taken to his home. He is
reported to be improving.
Grundy ccnter.
4 A statement OF the tax ferrets' work
in Grundy county is presented in the
Republican. 1t shows, as far as the In
vestigation has proceeded, that the
amounts that have been omitted by the
assessor or concealed by parties owning
the property aggregate for the years 1896
to 1901 inclusive the great total Of 81, 1885,
523 The largest sum was found for 1888,
a total Of s1,03s,2s5.
Leon.
According to reports quails are more
numerous in Decatur county than We're
ever known before and hunters will en-
joy rare sport during the months of No
vember and December. The peculiar
whistle of these birds may be heard
every morning. A flock OF them were
observed in the court house park early
Sunday morning and as they rose one
few against Ross Sanders paint shop
end fell to the sidewalk lifeless.
/. A party OF three sports from this city
drove to Denver Wednesday. They took
their guns along in the hopes Of finding
come prairie chickens. No prairie chick
ems hove in sight and they got tired of
waiting for them and let drive into q
flock of tame chickens as they passed a
farmers house. The farmer happened
to see it and to know them and came to
town that night. He was going to have
them arrested, but they finally succeed
ed in persuading him to take $40 bill
and say nothing.
Tama.
The grading and sanding Of the roads
south Of the river bridge is progressing
most favorably and rapidly. The south
Tama farmers are doing their share,
rauling the sand, in an efficient manner
which demonstrates the value of organi-
cation and appreciation of q good inn
When these roads are COM
pleted they will be a special mark of adj
miration and an incentive for other COM
n,unities to work their roads in sensi-
Bile manner. The good roads work inau-
gurated in south Tama will spread, in
the opinion OF the Free Press.
Newton.
Mr.. B. w. Brown, of Prairie City, was
in town recently on business. He thinks
there will be full half potato crop. He
tells of one renter who has forty acres
OF potatoes planted that will probably
ret him $500. He pays 5000 rent for the
land. Two hundred dollars from $4,000
leaves $4,000. the renters profits for his
years work. Pretty good, says the Jour-
raj. This revival meetings at the
Baptist church are still in progress and
growing in interest. The audience room
has been we'll filed nearly every night.
There have been some conversions and
others are interested.
Davenport.
The fine manufacturing property in
the western part of the city, to which
the council recently gave Nagel Bros.
the right to extend a SWITCH was pur-
chased for them Thursday, the price of
s6,00O being paid to the Davenport Ele-
yator Company for it. 1t has a frontage
on Paxton street of 770 feet and is $50
feet deep at one end and ninety at the
other. Plans for the mill are on the
boards of Architect Hansen, and as
soon as they are completed bids will be
asked for the contract let for the imme-
ciate construction of the mill. Before
long Eureka Rolled Oats will carry the
PANE of Davenport wherever they go.
Indianola.
E. b. 1go is the victim OF smallpox.
The disease was SO pronounced Satur-
day by the state board of health. Mrs.
Ego and the baby had the disease in a
mild form, but recovered without the at
tending physician knowing the nature Of