Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-29
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

line indicated by the surveyors stakes,
which they say run within $40 feet OF
the buildings, the county farm will be
CT no further use to Wapello county as
an insane asylum for feeble-minded and
decrepit people. The road is not inclined
tc change its route or to buy the farm.
keokuk.
On Friday, after being out half hour.
the jury in the federal court brought in
verdict for the defendant in the libel
suit of Tyndale Palmer against the Mus
catine Journal which has been occupy
ing the attention OF the court here for
several days and nights.
VilIisca.
Last week occurred the death Of
'-Aguinaldo." the cute little Filipino dog
that was the mascot of Company b in
the Philippines. He was known all over
town and answered to the name of "Ag-
sie.'' A Spanish doctor gave him to
Carey Victor at Apollette in the islands
and .Aggie" was with the company in
ell their rounds and was brought home
ly Victor.
Shenandoah.
II. NJ. Gait Thursday purchased the
j. H Houser farm west of town for s13,-
500. It consists of 200 acres. Mr.. Houser
has thus made s4.4s0 in four years own
ership. !. Mr.. j. n. Bright reports
the shooting of q fine fattening steer IN
his pasture recently. Dozens of hunters
ipfest the river near the BrighS pasture
and the supposition is that some one ac-
c.dentally killed the animal. A steer OF
that kind is easily worth SIS.
Oskaloosa.
The Home Telephone Company Is
building new line to the north and
west of the city. Work was begun Sat-
,irday and it is thought the line will be
ready for use within week or SO. Ihe
country districts seem to be showing up
unusually well and there are now about
eighty rural phones. This Is the eighth
line that has been put in and there IS
good prospect of two or more by the
time the new switch board is ready.
Dubuque.
a gypsy asked man residing up town
If he wanted his fortune told and he an
,,wered in the affirmative. The queen
Then told him to place so cents In
handkerchief which she handed him and
lie complied. She next told him to fold
the handkerchief UP into a small Dali
and leave 1t in the palm of his hand.
Then she looked at his palm minute
,,nd told him a lot OF stuff and, grab
l,ing the handkerchief, started OIL. He
called to her to give him his so cents
lack, but she yelled out, That's my fee
Tor telling your fortune" He saw that
the Joke was on him and set up the
cigars.
f,oeahontas.
The bitches for gas mains are nearly
d completed. excepting the street and al
ley crossings. When entirely completed
we will have have about three miles of
Inains. Work on the power house,
which is to be 19x261s feet, has been be-
gun. This is to be brick structure one
story in height. Just now the council
and gas company are dickering over
the street lamps. The company offers
to put in as many as wanted for 81 per
month apiece, while the council think
81. 40 is enough. The exact number OF
street lamps to be put in has not yet
ljeen determined. but 1t probably VIII not
be far from thirty.
Fort Dodge.
A general overhauling and cleaning up
of old material has been going on at the
Mason City & Fort Dodge shops for the
past few days. On Nov. l, when the
Mason City & Fort Dodge becomes the
Great Western, everything will be in
,.ip-top shape, and an Invoice can be
made without trouble so that the Great
Western people can know just what
they have on hand. On Nov.
the Great Western stationery will take
The place of the Mason City q Fort
Dodge blanks all along the line. All
freight bills, letter-heads. bill-heads, re-
iIorts of all kinds. and everything will
bear the name of the Great Western,
and the name of the Mason City & Fort
Dodge, so far as writings are concerned,
Will be consigned to Oblivion.
Boone.
Whitcomb's Park has changed hands,
tile deal being closed whereby the park
has been transferred to p. Arie. The
papers were drawn up and signed on
Thursday of this week. Mr.. Whitcomb
has given the public the b-st of attrac-
lions during the past summer and the
GrOWuS nave peeIl ldTSe. Ollly d suoTl
time ago the entire set of buildings We're
totally destroyed by fire, the amount of
destroyed being $4,000. While
Mr.. Arie will not build on the property
this winter he will next spring erect
6rst-class buildings. Some OF the finest
buildings in this city are the property OF
Mr.. Arie. The buildings at the park will
be erected on the same principle, the
best tina. money can build. A summer
theater will probably be built and good
list of attractions will be given. The
park Will &c known as Aries Park"
Waterloo.
On the 18th of last month w. "A. Cow
ley had two COW hides stolen from his
Slaughter house in Mount Auburn, Ben
ton county. The hides We're brought TO
this city and sold to w. r. French on
Lafayette street for s6.44 by jeff Bell,
OF LaPorte. A letter received Friday by
Mr. French notifies him that Bell has
been arrested and taken to jail pending
the grand jury session. Bell is junk
dealer of LaPorte, who has made 1t a
business of late to travel over the coun-