Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-08
The NEWS FROM HOME.
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

{ IOWA NEWS ITEMS 5
Kensett.
Rev. Thompson closed a very success
iul series of special meetings last Sun
clay evening, at which he tells the News
that nine protested conversion.
Fairfield
1t is highly probable that in addition.
to paving the public square the council.
will provide for the paving of all streets
leading off the square for the distance
Of one block.
Ottumwa
On two recent days, Saturday and
Monday, the I'd and 4th, the real estate
transfers in Wapello county aggregated
Sl06432. In these transactions the mort
gage Indebtedness was reduced $3l, 107.
Keokuk.
The Keokuk Pickle Company has filed
new articles of Incorporation renewing
its old incorporation, which had expired
after the lapse Of twenty years. The
new articles state the stock as $4,000.
Waterloo.
City Health Officer Summer has sent a
sample of Cedar river water to iowa
City for analysis. The river is quite
roiley and if the analysis is good under
felt at other times.
Boone.
Work is steadily progressing at the
new c. & n. w. bridge. Three more
towers are to be built on the Ogden side
of the river. The railing on the sides
of the bridge is being put in place as
fast as the work is completed.
Washington.
A telegram from ST. Louis, Saturday.
a. m. announced the death, during the
might before, of John Werton.. the good
old man whom older people will recall.
In the los he was for several years as
ISOLATED with II. A. Burrell in the pub
LEGATION of the Press.
Iowa Falls.
Charles and William Cessna, of this
city. have invented and applied for a
patent on device which, If 1t proves a
success. will do away with both the
frog and the guard rail in railway
switches. The invention has been ex-
amined by some practical railroad men
who express the opinion that the new
switch is all right.
Newton.
On Feb. IS the amount of money
shown in the deeds left for transfer in
the auditor office amounted to $50, 030--
On March l. s173,7s0 was the sum in
volved- s253.sl0 for the two
days The journal believes this is d
record breaker, and the business aggre-
eating the largest amount ever trans
lferred in the auditors Office in Jasper
county in a single day.
| Burlington.
The public library has received SOM
valuable and extremely rare curios as
l;result of Mr.. Charles Buettners viist t.
Mexico. There are queer little idols
dating back to pre- roltec times; there
lssre beautiful onyx carvings, etc Mr.
Buettner has ever been a warm frent
l,of our splendid Institution, and is one o.
! the most frequent contributors to IL.
lstore of treasures and curiosities.
Algona.
Z tetdTk 1-uS1l has d MUM tiill lS 5ONC
Loo years old. He secured it from a maj
lin Minnesota and gave about $500 for Ii
LIT was made by one of the well-knowi
1 violin makers of that time and ther,
are only d few of the instruments In ex
listence now. Professor Powers took TIL
yiolin to Chicago last week and was of
tered $3.50 for il by Lyon & Healy, bu
Pearl thinks he can set better price.
| Fl. Madison.
The Santa Fe shops continue to rap
Idly turn out the engines that are sen
in for repairs and are slightly changing
She construction of some of them.
sixteen converts of the Second Bap
sItist church of this city were immense,
4 the Santa Fe bridge. A hole was cut Ii
the ice for the purpose. Quite a larg
Iaudience witnessed the impressive cere
A mony which was conducted by Rev
\ Underwood.
Adair.
4 The middle of last week John Fishe
received word from a lady in Californ
Slthat his son Ed. who has been seryin
4 in the regular army in the Philippines
sIhad returned there sick and that hi
physical condition was not SO serious
Il hut that he had become mentally IN
balanced. A subscription was circu
lated to raise money to pay MIR. Fish
l.cr's expenses to Frisco to look afte
his sou. The citizens responded freely
and Fisher is now en- route.
4 Missouri Valley.
The saloons In this city have bee
d running under that provision of the la
that allows cities of over 5. 100 people I
4 have saloons, providing so per cent Z
& the voters petition for saloons. Las
4 fall the petition. with so per cent of tn
i voters as signers, was presented to tn
county commissioners, who granted til
u prayer OF the petition. Then the Ant
saloon League began TO contest the va
l!dity of the document ON the ground
tkat it did not have the required nun
). tier of signatures. The findings OF til
+ court have just been handed down an
]. the petition is held to be insufficient
The case VIII be appealed.
q Clarion.
! The county auditors Office has bee
quite busy place the past few day
Beginning with the first of last wee
and up to Friday an average of eleve
deeds were filed for transfer. On FIR
lday and Saturday fifty-two instrument,
lswere fled, making total of ninety-si
for the week, and these are only
small portion of the number to be fllet
glance at the transfers Il
last week indicates very plainly the dt
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