Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-20
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


she was taken violently sick and by
o'clock the end had come. She was g.
years of age and had been afflicted
with asthma for some time.
Pocahontas.
Record: A paper was circulated
among the business men in town, one
day this week to provide for the salary
of a man to act as night watch and to
look after the gas plant. The signers
were liberal and we understand George
Pattee will be given the position and he
will begin his duties at once.
Sioux City.
William Fleming, who has grocery
and meat store at 1911 Fourth street
Sioux City. filed bankruptcy papers. He
gives his vocation as grocer and brick
mason. His assets are s2,751.24 and
Liabilities $5s3.1O. Joseph Geiger, a la
borer of Silver township, Cherokee
county. filed similar papers, with no as
sets and S909.5 liabilities.
Cedar Rapids.
Marshal Kozlovsky has about COM
pleted his canvass for the Christmas
treat to the poor children OF the city,
and good things that have been donated
by charitable people are beginning to
roll into the station. The 900 packages
necessary to go around will be put UP
Sunday and Monday by the marshal,
matron and other members Of the force.
Corning.
Sheriff Norris and his deputies made
a big liquor seizure at the Burlington
station recently. They secured 1876 box
70; IN yrI, eli In, ifrOc
and bottles eight cases of beer and one
key Of beer. The packages made two
good sized dray loads and they were la
ken to the Jail for safe keeping pending
the trial.
Webster City.
In a quiet and transformations manner
the Hamilton County Humane Society
is doing much good work in the inter
est OF dumb brutes. This society, as
many have heretofore believed, is not
limited to Webster City. but has for its
field the whole Of Hamilton county. II
is especially concerned in the care Of
horses whose owners tie them out in the
streets to suffer while they enjoy the
comfort Of fire in some store.
Fairfield.
Jefferson county now owes but $1,000
on her court house, represented by three
bonds Of $500 each. They may be paid
off with January tax collections. or pay
ment may be delayed month or two
longer. Seyenty-five thousand dollars
were Appropriated by vote Of the peo-
pie for the construction Of this building.
It cost, complete. s72. 1000 and the re-
mainder was practically covered back
into the treasury Bonds to the amount
of SCI, 900, 1874 at $500 each, We're issued
to raise the necessary funds, the first on
Feb. 2, 1891.
Waterloo.
Congressman Henderson has recon-
mended the appointment Of WIN. Sind
linger az postmaster OF Waterloo to
succeed I. c. Munger, the present in
cumbent, and the appointment on this
may be expected with
In the next few days. s*s Work has be-
gun on John Rector's new building at
the corner Of East Seventh and Syca-
more streets. The building will be q
frame structure 40xso and two stories
high. 1t will cost about $4,000. The
Nichols Manufacturing Company will
occupy part Of it.
Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler, the wife Of
Charles Wheeler. colored porter at
David Bradley & Co.'S, who resides in
the rear of ia Broadway. was found to
be suffering from smallpox Tuesday.
The house has been under quarantine
for about a week. as Dan Hughes. col
ored man who was boarding there, was
taken sick with the disease some time
ago and was not removed to the pest
cases Of the disease in the city this sea-
son, only one OF which has so far been
from quarantine.
Fl. Dodge.
The Holcomb- Lobb Company, of Chi
cago, was granted the contract for all
the fence posts which will be used
along the Omaha and Sioux City extern
sions of the Chicago Great Western.
The company was represented in the
city by W. H. Holcomb. The contract
calls for in the neighborhood Of 10000
posts altogether, to be delivered during
next summer as needed. This COM
pany has also the contract for all the
ties which will be used on the new
branches. which was entered into by
the Great Western some little time ago.
Des Moines.
Superintendent F, P. Fitzgerald of the
girls industrial school at Mitchellville
takes the ground that the age limit Of
girls confined in the institution at Mitch
ellville should be 81 years. instead of IL,
as the law now stands The paper read
by Superintendent Fitzgerald Wednes-
day morning on the subject age Limit
in state Reform or Industrial Schools"
brought out the liveliest discussion that
developed In the quarterly conference Of
superintendents and the
board Of control, which closed Wednes-
day noon. Judge Robinson of the board
agreed with superintendent Fitzgerald,
but Mr.. Cownie took exceptions to the
81 year age limit, while Judge Kline
gave no expression Of opinion
Grundy Center
Last Sunday afternoon while attend
ing services in the German Presbyterian
church. Miss Gertrude Wander Las was
sitting near the stove and celluloid
comb which she had in the back part OF
her hair caught fire from the heat and
burned very rapidly. Her hair quickly
caught fire and in trying to put out the
flames she sustained very severe burn
on her right hand. Others went to her
assistance and extinguished the flames
before she was seriously Injured, altho
she has an ugly scalp burn which will
be uncomfortable for some time. She
went at once. to her home and was at
tended to by a physician and le eating
along nicely. but is still unable to at
tend to her duties at Bigelow's store, as
reported by the Republican.