Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--YOur Old Home.


sides having several teeth knocked gu
and her face was badly bruised. Mis-
GAYLORD is the primary teacher at tt
Irving school. and had been riding til
horse that kicked her.
Webster City.
James Welch has just received a lei
ter from j. W. Hill, member Of III
firm which recently bought the cannin
factory machinery in this city. Mr. Hi
says the firm intends to operate the fac
tory next year providing the farmers
this vicinity desire to supply the corr
They have already ordered fifteen hun
dred thousand cans to be shipped to thi
city during the next three months, an
will want about twelve hundred acres Q
corn to I'll them.
Davenport.
/ The damage suit of Zimmerman vs.
Dorrance. trial of which was com
menced in the district court Frida,
the jury brought In a verdict for the de
PENDANT. The jury evidently felt tina
there was more truth than poetry i
Tinmermann's inadvertant statamen
that he didn't feel very bad over bein
arrested, Notwithstanding the fact tina
he was suing Dorrence for $1,000 dam
| ages for causing his arrest.
Abba.
The case of DR.. Bay VS. Monroe coun
lty will come before the Appanoose coun
| ty court at Centerville this week. TIL,
case was taken to Centerville for tria
on a change of Venue. 1t Is one wherein
DR.. Bay brought suit against the county
for something near $1,000 which h,
claimed was rightfuly due for service:
rendered at Coalfield during the small
pox siege at that camp. The board Of
supervisors rroffered to pay the 6octo,
but there was difference of $500 be-
tween what was charged and the allow.
ance.
Council Bluffs.
A new case of smallpox developed
Saturday afternoon at the residence OF
Charles t. Stewart, 226 South Sixth
street. colored coachman has con-
tracted the disease. Chambers wife is
also employed at the house as cook
Chambers gave first Evidence of illness
Friday but it was not diagnosed as
smallpox until yesterday afternoon, and
in the meatime Mrs. Chamberlain haG
been doing the cooking for the family
AS soon as 1t was discovered that
Chambers had the smallpox. the Stew
art family Immediately vacated the
house.
Creston.
The Advertiser says: Some boys had
rich time with an intoxicated person
yesterday afternoon on the south side.
The fellow was gloriously full and
found house where there happened tc
be no one at home. and laid down on the
porch for nap. School was dismissed
shortly afterwards and the fellow was
discovered by the mlschievous school
boys and the way they pelted him with
snow balls was caution. AS final de-
gree in his initiation they rolled him
bodily into the street into a snow bank
and when their sport was finished the
fellow had been pretty nearly sobered
up.
Cedar Rapids.
AS result of eating food, poisoned by
ptomaines. little Alice Scott, the 5-yeaf
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A
Scott, $40 South Sixth street. died at
o'clock Friday morning, having been il
since last Monday evening when she
some nut butter. Mr.. Scott was ais,
taken violently Ill Monday evening, but
he recovered while his daughter grad
ually grew worse, the skill Of four ply.
sicians being powerless to save her. II
appears that the cover Of the tin can in
which the food was packed had become
rusted so as to allow the air to enter
The matter will be closely investigated
Sioux City.
Another big piece has been sold out OF
the famous Barlow ranch ten miles cas-
of the city, Land agents have just con
cluded the sale of 274 acres to z. L.
Amick, who already had a 24O acre
farm adjoining this piece. The price
was $50 an acre, which is considered {
good figure, considering the fact the
there are no improvements on the land
The Barlow ranch originally comprised
5000 acres, and it is now reduced to l.
700. 80 : Slush ice is running in tht
river, but there is no immed
late sign Of the stream freezing up
The average date for the closing of tho
river for the past twenty years has beer
December 5.
Burlington.
The Hawkeye reports that there arc
more sore arms in Burlington today
han the town has known for many
years. They represent the good sens
md precautionary spirit of the people
they come from vaccination, which
Turing the fall and early winter has
been the order of the day in Burlington
One prominent physician, speaking OF
he unusual soreness produced by tn,
,accine this year said: II have never
Known it to fail. when the country /,
,oing thru siege of smallpax yaccina
ion took like wildfire. Almost every
.ase that l have handled this fail ha.
Produced beautiful sore and proves
he truth of tn theory that the preva
ence of the disease in any locality in
reases the susceptibility of the person
The doctor said of thu |
mallpox cases reported in Burlington
~ the health board not one of them Is
,nown to have been recently vaccir
ted, on the other hand. those who hay
'een operated upon seem to be perfect
y immune.
.eokuk.
OF John c. Moore, who recently re
igned as superintendent of schools
to enter the United State
rmy, Quincy papers says: John Clar
Ioore is probably the most distinguish
q parsonage that has ever enlisted II
he United States regular army at IL
ecruiting station here. A few month
go Mr.. Moore passed an examinatl
or admission to West Point. After IL