Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-24
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

morning, coming from Chicago. He will
at once enter upon his duties here. as
pastor OF the Unitarian church. The
summer he has spent in Toronto. Can
ada, and Buffalo, New York. He was
recently pastor Of the Unitarian church
at Ida Grove.
Dubuque.
The steamer Monarch which passed
down stream Wednesday afternoon, had
In tow barges which contained ITO
tons of clam shells, bound for the fac.
tories at Muscatine. At the present
price for shells this cargo was worth
at least $4,000. The shells came from
points along the river between Prairie
du Chen and Lacrosse.
| Ottumwa.
A force of men employed on the
streets of the city began the work
"Wednesday of blowing up the rock is
land which is located just above the
Market street bridge and which di-
verts the current of the Des Moines
river so as to endanger South Ottum-
wa in time of high water. The work
will be done under the supervision of
City Engineer Brady.
Newton.
Last week j. c. Donahey of this city
sold his two hundred and forty acre
farm over in Buena Vista township to
H. ID. Sharp, of notwithstanding
$62.50 per acre for for 100 acres and
4 for the other 80 acres $60-the total
amount being fourteen thousand eight
hundred dollars. Mr.. Donahey bought
the farm nineteen years ago for seven
thousand nine hundred dollars.
Muscatine.
| The Journal presents drawing of
the proposed Hershey Memorial Hos
pital, and says the beautiful and much
needed hospital presented to the city
| of Muscatine by Miss Mira Hershey is
now begun. The location is on North
Mulberry street. When it is completed
this city will have an Institution with
modern appliances for caring for the
sick and afflicted. The material is red
brick with red sand stone trimmings.
Bloomfield.
The will of the late Stephen Saun-
ders, a pioneer resident of this county,
who passed away, leaving an estate
of 100000, one of the largest In the
county, was probated on Tuesday. Hon.
w. H. Taylor being appointed sole ex-
ecutor, qualified and gave bonds to the
amount demanded ;. The will divides
the property among the children and
grandchildren, Mrs. Saunders receiv-
ing. more than she would otherwise
have obtained under the law.
Indianoia.
Warden w. A. Hunter, of the Ana
mosa penitentiary, says of Mrs. Hos
sack, recently adjudged guilty of the
murder of her husband on circum-
stantial evidence. She Is model
prisoner. She is apparently reconciled
to her fate and seems to be content
/ when she first came to the prison she
4 refused to be comforted and was In
tears most of the time. Since then q
marked change has taken place in her
conduct. Her health is excellent
Council Bluffs.
In a suit in the district court five
| thousand dollars is the amount that
r. j. Brant demands of j. A. Wyatt
for the alleged alienation of his wife's
affections, which he asserts Wyatt ac-
lcomplishhed while he (BranO was at
work in South Omaha and unable to
return home to Council Bluffs until
late at night. Brant also charges Wy
| att with persuading Mrs. Brant to in
stitute divorce proceedings against
him recently and alleges that the two
have lived together in a room which
was provided by Wyatt.
Eldora.
| The Herald says: S. A. fisher, the
gentlemanly and obliging conductor
on the c. I. & d. railroad has been
riding over the twenty seven miles of
road for twelve years. making two
round trips daily, every day in the
week, except Sunday Let us stop a
moment and compute the number of
miles he has travelled over this track
during that time. Figuring 300 days
to the year, he would thus travel four
times twenty seven miles or one hun
bred and eight miles daily: 32,400 miles
yearly and 3SS,SOO miles in the twelve
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