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

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fresh, cold water was close at hand,
that was most Inviting to drink and was
cold enough to keep milk in good humor
for twenty-four hours. They didn't
catch any f1sh, but they succeeded In
rounding up soft-shelled turtle which
was friend for supper Tuesday evening,
and Mr.. Spencer said 1t was delicious.
Fort Dodge.
AT its meeting Monday evening the
city council took up the old but ever
new question of paving and as result
of their deliberations resolutions of me-
cessity were passed, stating the advisa-
bility of paving several streets in the
city, and naming Sept. as the date of
grievance meeting at which these res
buttons should be brought UP for final
action. The paving will approximate
10000 yards in all.
Nevada.
Special Police Smith brought to the
Journal office Monday several ears OF
lcorn, which he had gathered while in
the country, which he says is fair
sample Of the early planting. Some OF
the ears are half or two-thirds filed,
while others show only few scattering
kernels, caused by the drying up Of the
pollen. This is the early planting. The
later planting issreported very good. so
those who planted late this year are in
| luck.
Iowa City.
The little boy OF ]. w. southwick, liv-
ing near Kalona, who swallowed a tin
Whistle two weeks ago. was brought to
town and taken to a throat specialist,
who applied the X-rays and located the
4 whistle in the esophagus behind the up
1 per third of the sternun. The whistle
was standing on its edge and did not
lay fiat. SO that the boy could breathe
and swallow liquids. The boy was taken
to the University hospital, where he was
to be operated upon Tuesday.
keokuk.
William L. shouse asks the Fort
Madison district court for decree of
divorce from his wife, Lena Shouse.
They reside at Keokk, where they We're
married In November, 1893. A divorce is
asked on the grounds Of cruel and inhu-
man treatment, and plaintiff alleges
that defendant used insulting epithets,
/ profane, indecent and abusive language,
and also threatened to cut his heart out,
and he verify believes that she would
have done so. therefore he quit living
with her. Other things unnecessary to
mention are also credited to defendant.
i Plaintiff asks custody of a minor child.
Abba.
AT a recent meeting of the Business
Mems Association of Abba a motion was
adopted appointing committee of five
to circulate petitions to be presented to
the board of supervisors to have the
lquestion Of building new court house
voted upon at the ensuing general cleo
ton. c. c. Atchison said when the mo-
ton was up for consideration he be-
! lieved the time was not suspicious for
the proposition. the burdens already as
sumed and the crops cut short by the
drouth would cause much opposition to
lit. j. 7. Clarkson replied that by the
time the bonds would become due the
Il development OF coal plants in the coun-
ty and the revenue derived in taxes
from them would justify the improve
ment. No other remarks We're made.
AS the Union puts it. 1T is now UP to
the taxpayers"
Davenport.
4 There have been large number Of
snake bites along the river this summer,
i campers being the ones who have suf-
. fered in the greatest number of In
stances. Whether the season has had
I anything to do with 1t or not is not
known, but venomous reptiles appear to
be more numerous than in recent sea-
sons. The latest case of the kind occur
red Sunday on the other side of the
! river. A party of young men were en-
J camped near Linwood. eight miles be-
low Davenport, and one of them, In
I passing thru the weeds on the river
bank Sunday morning was struck by 8
copperhead. snake that is exceedingly
rare in these parts. A member of the
party, as soon as the wound could be
barred, sucked the blood from it, while
others gave the wounded man all the
whisky the party had. The treatment
was successful and the patient in the
auar,inn wa q cnnsiferad out of danger.