Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-27
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The DoingS of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

mis- sudden ana severe ColQ snap ap-
pealed directly to his sympathies, and
he promptly acted in the most practical
way for doing the most good. He pre-
sented the Women's Alliance with SOC
bushels of coal to distribute TO the poor
as they saw the most need.
Dubuque.
Charles Palmer sues the city of Du-
buque to recover $50. Plaintiff alleges
that his horse and wagon rolled down
over the retaining wall on Seminary
hill, causing damages to the amount
asked. He alleges that the city did not
have any protection at the point men
toned to prevent just such an accident
as occurred, tho no fault Of plaintiff.
Davenport.
George Lingroen, the West Four
teenth street grocer. who left the city
a few days ago. just ahead OF several
attachments on behalf of firms here to
which he was indebted, is back. He
says he has been down in Arkansas on
a business trip of Importance. He has
placed his business in the hands of
Isaac Petersburger as trustee for the
benefit of his creditors, and the latter
will all get an even break on what as
sets there are.
Shenandoah.
The Sentinel says: "The rural mail
carriers have consulted the liverynen
and others who keep horses in town and
they have found that it'costs about SIS
to $40 per month to keep team in good
condition that works every day. When
that is deducted from their salary 1t is
seen that they have only. a trif1e over
$40 month on which to keep their fam
lies and themselves. They are the most
poorly paid of all the employees liz the
United States service"
Washington.
The Press says: About forty mules,
with CALLED necks. from the frozen Mil
waukee grades thronged town and
raised their tuneful voices and eloquent
rat tails, on Friday. They will rusticate
while. loaf and invite their souls, and
sing melodious lays. They may go to
Brighton to haul rock for bridge piers.
'ss The Presbyterians fear that Pastor
Stark may accept a call to a church in
Frankfort, Ind, with $4,000 a year
usufruct He is celebrating. DR.. Holmes
said "tfle woman who calculates Is lost"
Clarion.
The John Pearl farm changed hands
again last week thru w. j. French, who
sold It to e. A. King for $50 per acre.
This is the third transfer for this land
within year. Mr.. Pearl. the original
owner, sold last spring for s62. The sec
ond time 1t brought STE, and 1t has now
reached the $50 mark. This is one OF the
best pieces OF land In the county. ac-
cording to the Monitor. $50 At the ]. III.
Thomas sale on Tuesday OF last week
mich cows averaged $22 each and 2
year-old steers s27 each.
Burlington.
The ice has grown too thin to permit
of further operations at present. The
work of harvesting the frozen crop has
been suspended until another cold
spell" adds a few inches to the thin
crust that now covers the rivers and the
sloughs Even II 1t were practical to
pack the stuff, 1t would not be fiji for
delivery to customers. The ice men.
however, are not discouraged; winter
having just begun, and the regular De-
cember and January thaw is almost
sure to be followed by q season of very
cold weather.
Council Bluffs.
Three new cases Of smallpox were
reported to the health officials Tuesday,
but as all of them are in families that
have already been under quarantine for
some time past, 1t will not require that
any more houses be placed under quar-
antine or that any of the patients be res
moved to the pest house. The victims
are mother and son in one family and
"a young son in another This now
makes total Of thirty nine cases that
have been In the city SO far this season,
several OF whom have already been dis
charged. Practically all OF the cases
are very mild.
Glenwood.
Last summer o. L. Templeton offered
Ia prize Of new suit OF tailor made
clothes to the Mills county farmer
bringing to his place of business the
heaviest fifty ears Of corn raised in this
county. In the offer was also included
a tailor-made dress for any woman who
should chose to enter the contest. This
week the prize was awarded and it fell
to George A. Phelps OF Center township.
George Is a young man and we'll known.
The corn is OF the yellow Dent" vari-
ETY. and the fifty ears weigh sixty-two
and one-half pounds. Average length is
thirteen and one-half inches.
Waterloo. /.
County Auditor Foote has almost
completed the compilation of the taxes
to be collected in Blackhawk county
during the year 1902. Both the taxes
and the total valuation of the assess
able property has shown large increase
over last year. The total amount OF
taxes to be collected in $346,905.S so. The
total amount collected last year was
only $2T1. 6s9.79. The total valuation OF
the taxable property of the county is
IS, 95S. 533. This is a large Increase over
last year, the valuation being ss,491 1851
This makes the consolidated county and
state assessment about Is mills.
erosion.
officer Mason was notified Monday
afternoon that crowd of sports were
indulging in the brutal pastime Of fight
ing bulldogs in the rear of a barn locat-
ed near the corner of Montgomery and
Walnut. and upon visiting the scene
found about fifty men and two vicious
dogs, who We're bloody and pretty bad
lily chewed up. An investigation dis
closed that the fight had been arranged
for a bet of IS per side, and officer Ma
son promptly arrested the owners Of the
dogs and took them before Mayor Skin
ner, who imposed fine of 81 and costs
amounting to $685., which was paid.
lAlgona.
Elery Garfield applied last July for 9
natept IN a hen ting furnace of hia in.