Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-29
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings Of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.

feet deep for James Eckels, hitting
quarry rock at fifty three feet, with soft
blue stone below; plenty Of water, cold
and almost soft.
Burlington.
Chief Lemberger found Officer Lee
asleep on his beat, and now Sam wan
ders about with long face and with
out club or star 1t was an ill-starred
right for him. when the chief started
cut on his rounds.
CenterviIle.
The Citizen reports this: The story
comes from the rural districts that the
farmers are cutting down trees in order
that their horses can eat leaves. This
rounds very unusual, but 1t is said to be
true, and the condition of the pastures
surely justify extraordinary measures
Montezuma.
The Democrat reports that "a farmer
who does his trading at Montezuma
purchased some nice large red onions
from one of our grocers here, picking
out the choicest OF the lot. Nothing
strange about that, but the aforesaid
onions were all entered at the Malcolm
fair as his own raising!"
Creston.
The 20" car repairers have been
working ten hours for several days.
Equipment is needed and bad car orders
are repaired with dispatch. There is not
a department of the Burlington's bust
ness at this point that does not require
more time OF the workmen and the ex-
pectation is that increased hours will
come soon.
Muscatine.
The largest car load of melons
shipped from Muscatine this season was
forwarded recently to Kansas City via
the NJ. N. & S. road. The melons were
sold by T. B. Holcomb. The car con-
tanned 1900 melons, averaging forty
pounds each, and the contents Of this
car weighed $4,000 pounds. The fancy
lprice of Is cents each on the track here
was paid for this car Of Muscatine
Island product.
Davenport.
| Suit has been instituted in the district
court by Title Hasch vs.. the Davenport
Pearl Button Company, in which the
1 plaintiff asks the sum of $1,000 to cover
alleged damages. The plaintiff states
/ that she was put to work by the COM
pany at "sorter' and that the ma
chine was defective. AS result of this
| she claims that two of her fingers were
caught and crushed in the machine and
row che wants $500 apiece for the fin
i gers.
winfield.
Winfield has been growing the pas
few years and number Of hne bricl
business houses have gone up. There Ii
Il nice new school house, a splendid
opera house that will seat 600 people, {
new Presbyterian church, a number Of
modern residences, and now Mr.. Lind.
ley is getting the foundation ready fol
the new bank building in the business
I district. The Improvement in the towr
ir the last three or four years is yer,
marked.
vinton.
Last Wednesday piece of scantlinG
falling from the building struck Franz
Gray, a carpenter working for M. s
Sutton on Ben Corbett's house north OF
the river, inflicting an injury from
which he died Thursday evening about
5 O'Clock. The blow knocked him down
i hut he got up in little while and wa.
1 brought to town. 1t was thought al
first that the injury was not serious. bu'
a blood vessel was ruptured, causing
hemorrage of the brain.
IG,arinda.
Mr.. Thomas Stevenson has beer
bringing beautiful and delicious peache.
to town during the last few days. Three
years ago he planted little peach or.
chard on his farm mile and a hal
southwest Of town and this year he ha.
over 100 bushels of large and most ele.
4 giant peaches to SELL He brought to thu
Herald office a limb not a foot lone
which had on it ten large and perfect,
formed peaches, and that is only sam
pie of the way the trees are loaded. Mr.
stevenson has every reason to feel sat
ished with his experiment in peach cul
ture.
Rockwell.
Il The Photograph editor says: well
4 we rode in an automobile, we did for {
fact, and went at a twenty fve-mil
gait. 1t was thru the courtesy of H. d
Bruening. of Ackley, who with his wifi,
and daughter came sailing into towl
i yesterday on this modern vehicle of hi.
own make. It's adaisy and no mistake
and the first one seen on the streets o
Rockwell. It's motor power is steam
III SeHeTdleu ny LUZ iuSi. ~ ud;
heavy pneumatic tires, rides easy ant
makes an easy run Of fifteen miles al
hour. 1t is the coming conveyance
Mason City.
The Minneapolis Building Company
which has the court house and tn
Memorial University building unde
way Of completion. are rushing botl
Jobs with all possible rapidity. Alread.
the military college building is assum
ing good shape and the masonry work Il
up good twelve feet above the founda
ton. A large force Of men are work
ing here and Foreman Lawson has {
force of stonecuttsrs working under
tight shed during the rain, when there i
any, and all weather getting ston
ready for the masons. At the cour
, house things are moving slowly and
will not be long until the decorator
Rave finished their stunts and then Wi
come the final cleaning UP and the NOV
ing in.
, Sioux City.
Twenty car loads Of peaches. from TIL
groves Of Missouri and Arkansas, vii
be put on Sioux City sidetracks thi
week. From Sioux City the wholesal
. houses will send the biggest part of tni
= lot to the small surrounding towns. Thi
: is the big week OF the season in peach
es for Sioux City, and housewives VIII
want this fruit hereafter must not onl