Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-23
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

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will be a part of the hotel. He knows
to whom he can rent the hotel for q
period of five years and at wha rental.
If this rental Will justify the investment
as he thinks 1t will, the building will go
up. For Mr.. Taylors purpose is to
make fine hotel, equal to any In south
western Iowa.
Cherokee.
Cherokee is enthusiastic over the an
nouncement that the Great Western
will build its Sioux City extension. In
spite of the fact that this city is about
ten miles north of the proposed survey,
every effort will be made to induce the
company to include this town on the
right of way. y business mems meet
ing will be held shortly, and definite
steps taken to obtain a hearing from
the officials of the road.
IDenison.
Mr. g. w. Fargo, general manager OF
the American Express Company for the
western division, was in Denison on
Wednesday,, and purchased a fine driv-
ing team of Mr.. j. ~ Bradley. The
horses We're beauties and MIR. Bradley
had done much for them by the careful
attention and training he has given
them for the past year. The price paid
was Sl25, certainly a good price, but not
more than they were worth to a man
who can afford TO crafty his taste for
fancy horse flesh.
Jewell.
A very cad and trying coincidence oc-
Cured to ". Nj. Barkhuff at the time
of the death of his father, William C.
A few days prior to his fathers death
notice was sent to Mortamus that his
cousin, w. II. Barkhuff, residing at
Ocheydan, Iowa. was dying and sum
moning him thither. Upon his arrival
there he found his cousin dead and be-
fore interment took place he received Il
telegram announcing the death of his
father at home.
Waterloo.
The first real work on the new court
house, TO be built at the cost of about
$4,000, was begun Monday morning.
The erection of the new building will re-
quire about years time. but when fin-
ished il will be an ornament to the en-
east side witnessed Saturday the dis
graceful spectacle of a woman in 9
beastly state of intoxication. In the
Calumet addition she uttered oaths in d
way TO put pirate to shame. and in one
instance walked up to window ane
thrust her fist thru pane OF glass.
Webster City.
A company of about thirty boys was
lorganized the other evening by the pas.
tor of the Methodist Episcopal church
| for military drill, wholesome exercise
and the general promotion of manliness
MIR. Johnson has had wide experience
with such organizations of boys and
lynung men. He was captain of one oi
the first boys companies in London
Eng, and 1t is probable that he organ
lied the first company of boys for mill
tary drill in Iowa, under the name o
/ Epworth cadets. Mr.. johnson va.
chaplain of the Fifty-second Iowa regi
lment of volunteers with the rank Of
lcaptain. during the Spanish American
war. and is still chaplain of the Fifty.
second /. n. c., With the same rank
Sioux City.
County Auditor Jenness has beer
making the semi-annual apportionmen
of the county school funds to the fifty
nine districts of Woodbury. county. TIL,
report shows total of sl1,5Oo to be di
vided. This will mean So cents for eacf
lof the 2O,707 children of school age
There are 1900 children of school ag,
lin Sioux City and the city schools por.
ton win be s6,s24.s5. The money is Il
be applied to the teachers funds of thu
Ix-s ytp n v-iet h ,t,.,
the wires of the Black Hills Telephone
Company will be strung up in siou,
| City in few days. Manager r. Is
Rove of Harrington has telephonet
| that he has just disposed of $1,000,
make desired extensions.
Jefferson.
| A fox hunt was INDUCED in by somt
of the citizens of Hardin township Sat
lurday, the 18th, resulting in the captur.
lof genuine red fox. one of the rares
of animals in this latitude. Will Neal
| who exhibited the dead fox in the Be,
| office, says he has been about the neigh
borhood all winter. Saturday the hun
was organized and, after long, sterr
chase over fences and thru thickets tn.
dogs brought Sir Reynard to earth ane
| a blow from a club finished him.
The Green County Agricultural Socie
ty's grounds and buildings were solt
last week by Sheriff Thompson. undel
foreclosure proceedings. to Henry Hagg
the consideration being about $500
The premises include little more thar
forty acres. The society has a year ii
which to redeem. but from present ndi
cations there is neither ability nor in
clination to do 20.
Glenwood.
Ormsby the Walnut street butcher
makes practice of hanging out
| strapping big ham for advertising pur
poses in front of his place of business
4. 1t is also nightly practice to take thi
lham into the shop before closing, bu
last Thursday night he had more of
4 task than he had calculated upon. As HI
was wont to do, he stepped out on thi
particular night and encircled the han
The was only too glad to break loos
! from it, for he received most terrif
shock that almost sent him on his bacl
4 to the pavement. He recovered himself
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