Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-01
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Ackley.
Il. A. koler has returned from his tril
| to the western coast. and will resume
| his position as agent for the Iowa Cen
trail a this point in a few days.
Eldora.
! Postmaster Harris has orders from
the department. at Washington author
izing him to extend the operations OF
rural free delivery from the Eldora
postoffice, to commence on Friday, Nov
Is, 1901
| Boone.
Two more blocks of good paving have
been added to the many other blocks OF
paving the city affords These were
completed Last week and are from Story
to Allen on Seventh street and Allen
street from Seventh to Eighth.
Fairfield.
Friday Treasurer Hopkirk called in
four court house bonds and two poor
house bonds of $500 each. This leaves
only four court house bonds, or $4,000, to
pay before the building will be free from
debt. 1t is a good record for jefferson
county.
Abba.
Revival meetings are in progress at
Union Chapel. and good interest is
manifested An encouraging number of
conversions have taken place. The pas
tor Is ably assisted by Mr.. and Mrs G..
II. Argo, singing evangelists, whose ex-
cellent singing is drawing card.
Upton.
Good Roadway is being made by the
paving contractors. The work OF grad
ing is now nearly complete and the
curbing is three-fourths done A large
part of the material to be used is all
ready here and two car loads of ma
chinery to be used in preparing the as
phalt arrived at the close of the week.
A 2-year-old babe Of Horace Seeley of
Washington county climbed to the top
of a fifty-foot windmill tower. The faith
err discovered it. and was. of course.
greatly alarmed for the safety of the
little one. He had presence of mind
enough to tell the child that he was
coming up to play with it, and then car
ried it down.
Creston.
There is larger demand for Union
county land this year than ever before
in the history of the county. One real
estate dealer told a reporter tina. his
firm has sold $50 acres of land since last
Friday. The constant increase in the
price of land does not seem to prevent
sales. Parties from other states are
buying heavily which is indicative of
their faith in the county and the belief
that the land will even advance over the
present market
Estheryilie.
Forty progressive business men Of
Estherville viii sign $4,000 note toi
permit the city to go ahead with the
of the electric light and I
water works plants. which were inter-
rupted by A. f. Loughs injunction suit.
Those who have voluntarily come for
ward and signed the $4,000 note since
he Democrats last issue are: j. c. Low
.ll Fred p Miller. William Tweedy O.
J. Brown. E. w. Backman, f. c. Will
Jams and Carrie D. Buchanan.
owa City.
Frank Mullin writes from Ironton,,
No., to William Murphy telling of the
discovery in southeastern Missouri
'outh of Fredericktown OF the biggest
# the state, at depth of 225 feet The
IRE runs 80 to 50 per cent pure lead, vein
,bout twenty five feet thick. Prominent
Experts say there are 250,0o0 tons Of ore
n sight and proven. This big find is
'ery close to the tract of land owned by
owa City and johnson county people.
clinton.
Anna Bohnson thru her attorney, has
proceedings in the district
curt against julius Carlson, from
whom she asks damages to the amount
t $500. In her petition plaintiff alleges
hat the defendant sold liquor to her !
on Christ Bohnson, five different
lines, contrary to the state law. She
sked damages to the amount of 500
or each sale, half of which Is to go to
he school fund as directed by law. in
ase plaintiff wing the suit. Plaintiff al
sges her son is but 16 years of age.
henandoah.
The damage to the armory by the re-
ent cyclone was arbitrated last week, ;
nd the loss fixed at $40. The wind {
anne near pushing over the walls of the
and as it is there is a great {
likelihood of 1t being necessary to tear ,
own a part at least of the south end
nd side walls 80 that they may be re- =
uilt. Guy Holden, son of j. w.
Iolden. of this city, has peculiar af- I
lotion. He went west several months
go and has been employed in the rail- {
bad office at Junction. Arizona. About ,
We weeks ago he was taken sick with I
hat the physicians called tonsilitis. He {