Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-15
The NEWS. FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.

Jettefson.
Evangelistic meetings are being held
a week at a time in the different
lchurches here.
Ida Grove.
Ida Grove is just now undergoing a
siege of scarlet fever, a number Of new
cases have broken out
Diagonal.
is growing in interest. Quite a number
lhave decided TO live a better life, as
stated by the Progress.
Grundy Center.
The Democrat is informed by reliable
parties that enough signers have been
secured TO the saloon petition in Cirun-
| dy county to comply With the inulct
law.
| Keokuk.
1 The adjourned meeting of the hod
carriers of the city was held at the gu
lperior court room Friday evening at s
O'clock and the hod carriers union was
Formed
| winterset.
| j. r. Burke sold tlis farm north OF
Earlham to Ham Lee of Penn town
ship. The farm changes hand al 4 n adj
vance OF 500 over the price paid for it
llsst November.
Crsston.
The ice crop may not be short, but the
sea son is Ice on Summit lake. is eight
inches, and when u few more inches
are added then the harvest will com
mencea in earnest.
| Conrad.
\ number of the young people Of our
4 city have organized an Amusement,
club, aud are arranging TO spend the
long winter evenings in dancing and
social amusements.
Bows.
/ Billy DeIong, the trapper, has caught
wenty-four mink 80 far this winter
the skins of which he sells at from 81.
TO $50 each He traps all along the
Iowa river be tween here and Rowan.
Charlton.
County Attorney Barger turned in
Sl.00l Al in fines during the past Yea ,.
which was 500 more than al any one
year for fifteen years County Clerk
Seward turned in az fees from the
clerks office during the year 1900, So
hoo.
ICenterville.
Citizen: Several Iowa cities are In an
uproar az to the comparative value OF
prlck and asphalt paving. Here in CEN
| ttrviile this question has not arisen.
We content ourselves With roasting the
lefty adnlinist ration for not keeping the
mud and snow off the street crossings.
4 Anamosa.
a local library is being Installed ii
this city by local. enterprisng mer-
chants. which will be complete ii, VERY
lidetail, and contain zoo Volumes care
fully chosen and selected, and contain
the best works of the best writers. The
and most notable writ
lingsof each author will be given.
Davenport.
OF the forty-nine deaths in this city
last month. according To the report of
1.-The physician to the board of health.
pulmonary tuberculosis, or consump-
lstion, claimed twice as many az any
llother disease, except pneumonia. Ii
caused the death of six persons or
about IS per cent of the entire number.
Creseo.
The Times says We have not heard
I.of any of the old-faahioned spelling
schools this winter Boys and girls. do
you know when these spelling schools,
We're in vogue. there We're many more
good spoilers than now? We. should be
pleased to learn of a series of spelling
matches in every township in the coun-
lty.
Eldora.
" II. Ley has sold his farm of lightly
al E)yn,
Reece for 500 per acre. MIR. Ley contem-
pilates moving to Oklahoma En-
ma Brooks met With serious accident
lrecently. While walking on the side
walk in the courtyard she slipped and
fell. breaking her ankle bone in two
places
Fort Dodge.
n. T. Nelson of West Fort Dodge
passed peacefully away while in the
deep sleep of age. at $40 Friday night.
He was % years OF age and his death
must be assigned to old age rather than
to any particular disease, as he was APP
parently in excellent health when he lay
down TO the sleep from which he never
Weakened.
Reinbeck.
u. G. Findley. living two miles north
West of town. has been losing his hogs
Irapidly the past week With what is
supposedsto be cholera. Mr.. Findiey
seems TO think however, that it is, not
cholera. They take sick all at once and
in few hours are dead He lost seven
nice ones in less, than two days as re-
ported by the Standard
Boone
The surveyors that were surveying
south of Madrid reached town Thurs
day evening. They laid their survey
line thru Madrid on the west side OF the
Des Moines & Northern road The route
between Madrid and Dies Moines was
found very satisfactory, finding it nee
es'saiy to lay III only one bridge of any
size and that very small one.
Ute.
gentleman from Wisconsin. Mr..
Witt. German, bought II. j. Over
ings 240-acre improved farm, three
miles east of town. paying $50 per acre
cash for it. The farm cost Mr.. OverlnY
about 81, 80 per acre nine years ago.
and he has put onto 1t something like
1850 in improvements. 1t is a good
farm. well worth the price paid.
Estherville.
All the merchants in town excert the
druggis,s have very senslbly signed
an agreement TO close at I o. clock in the
evenings except Saturdays the agree