Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-06
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The DoingS of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


is not to so into effect until so ordered
by the court, which means suspension
of that part of the sentence, says the
Advocate.
Dumont.
The new steel rails for the Chicago
Great Western railroad arrived here the
first of the week and large force of
men is at work. This is an improve
ment that Will make travelling over this
road pleasure.
Armstrong.
Republican,. We heard man say the
other day that he was raised on farm
IN Illinois and had husked lots of good
corn in that state, but never had he
kusked better corn there than he was
husking now in Emmett county.
Nevada.
Work on the proposed line of north
and south railway thru this city has just
been commenced north of the North
western railway on Indian creek and the
Intention is to push it right along until
the weather closes down upon such
work.
keokuk.
The fact that smallpox prevails in the
vicinity of Keokuk has led the board of
health to issue an order to the effect
that every person who has not been
successfully vaccnated within the last
three years be vaccinated before Mo-
vember 6, 1901.
vinton.
Squire Cornell had busy day last
Tuesday in disposing of criminal bust
ness. Last Saturday Peggy" Maple
was arrested for bootlegging. AT his
trial he was found guilty on four counts
and fined $50 on each count. Not having
the cash he was sent to Jail for sixty
days.
Dubuque.
Work on the new library is being hur-
ried along at lively rate. The foun-
dation is all complete and the laying
of cut stone has commenced. A car
load of steel for the structure has ar
rived and If this weather continues the
building will be- well under way before
winter sets in.
Ft. Dodge.
The ella monsters which have at
tracted so much attention in the win
dows of the Berryhill News Company
have been sold to the Lincoln park au-
thorities of Chicago, and were shipped
in specially prepared box to their new
home, where they will be on exhibition
with the other animal curiosities at the
park
Buffalo Center.
John Anderson Forthun, living about
eleven miles north of Buffalo Center,
while out driving in the sheep Tuesday
evening, became suddenly Ill and COM
menced to yomit. They carried him into
the house. where he sood died. The ex-
act cause of his death is not known.
He leaves son and two daughters to
mourn his loss.
Charlton.
Frank Burlington, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
d. S. Burlington of this city, who came
home this summer from the Philippines,
where he had been for two years in the
service OF Uncle Sam, went to Des
Moines last week, where he enlisted in
the First regiment of the regular army
and started Immediately for San Fran
cisco, from whence he with his company
expects to sail soon for three years SER
vice In the Philippines
Massena.
But few of the farmers have not yet
then we hear of one who has finished. In
the latter class William Greenwaldt, Jr.,
is No. /. Reports are to the effect that
the yield is twenty-five to thirty-five
bushels per acre, with an occasional field I
which produces as high as forty-five and
another as low as twenty bushels per
acre The average yield will be appar-
entity about two-thirds of crop.
Audubon.
Myrtle Graves was in last Saturday
and reported that he was gathering
corn. His corn yielded thirty bushels to
the acre $50 T. Cochran who recent
ly sold his farm southwest of town for
SIS per acre, has bought $50 acre nice
ly improved farm in Charlton county.
Mo, about one hundred mlies from
Kansas City, and expects to move onto
1t March 1. 1t is in a good section of
the country.
Hampton.
t. w. Purcelrs new press for the
Chronicle was installed recently. Tn
says the Globe, his water
motor is of insufficient power to drive
the new machine and new engine
must be added to his facilities-an adj
ditional expenditure Of money not anti
cipated, but one which will be of adj
vantage in the end, for the standpipe
water pressure could not be relied upon
at all times, If adequate at any time.
Clear Lake.
Charley Grimm and DR.. Langford took
a drive down in Mount Vernon town
ship about ten days ago and down by
Mr.. Carpenters farm the doctor discov-
cred what he took to be a large hawk
sitting on q fence something over 500
yards from the road. Mr. Grimm
brought his long range rifle to bear on
the bird and killed 1t. On picking 1t up
they were astonished to find it was a
large American eagle, measuring seven
feet and ten inches from tip to tip. The
eagle has remarkably handsome plu-
mage and has been nicely mounted and
will grace a wall in Mr.. Grimm's office. |
Alta.
The potato famine will not be felt in
Alta If present indications can be relied
upon. Every day hundreds of bushels
of the tubers are stored for winter use
while more are sold to the merchants
and farmers of adjoining towns and
counties. The yield of potatoes in this
seems to have been better
than in any other portion of northwest |
Iowa, says the Advertiser. Many
only ten to fifteen bushels per acre are
out from twenty to twenty-five
and some thirty and forty bushels. OF