Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-25

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spring The potatoes are fine ones and
Shenandoah potato eaters will consider
themselves lucky to get them. The po-
tatoes cost Mr.. Field over $4,000 at
wholesale.
Carroll.
Those who have an idea that peaches
cannot be raised in this country, would
change their mind if they looked at the
orchard of James Turner just north of
town. MIR. Turner has only few peach
trees, but they stood the severe winter
of two years ago and tho only four
years old he secured bushel off two
trees Monday morning. The wind blew
them off and broke some of the
branches. They grew so closely that
they were real curiosities. One small
branch foot long which he brought to
the Sentinel office contained twelve
peaches, and they were delicious, too,
says that paper.
.Ft. Dodge.
President A. B. Stickney and his son,
General Manager c. s. Stickney, OF the
Chicago Great Western railroad. arrived
on Friday afternoon, on special which
was sent north over the new Manly
Junction extension as far as Lisle. to
meet them. They spent the afternoon
and evening in Fort Dtvge, in Discus
sion of the plans for the extension of the
Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad to
Omaha and Sioux City, and left early
next morning on a special for Lshigh.
where they spent part of the afternoon.
No statement could be secured from
President Stickney with rega.N 10 the
purpose of the visit.
Cedar Rapids. s.
Mary Kenyon has commenced suit m
the district court, asking damages IN
the sum OF $4,000 from the city oil Ce-
dar Rapids. She claims to have been
permanently injured as the result oil
falling upon defective sidewalk.
Joseph r. Novotny and Tracy Novotny,
who give their occupation as ..machinlst
and machinist's wife" of this city. have
fled a Joint petition in the federal court
seeking to be relieved from their joint
and Individual debts. which in the ag-
gregate amount to sS,Ss3. Their assets
are listed Of s4,7l6. Forty-five hun
dred dollars of this amount, however, is
in the form OF. life insurance policies
and tools claimed to be exempt under
the provisions of the statute.
Dubuque.
Contractor ]. B. Miller who last
March was awarded contract for the
building of portion Of the Bee branch
sewer filed claim Monday with City
Recorder Langstaff for damages to the
amount of 1892. Miller had great
deal Of trouble relative to his contract.
His bid was very low and contractors
jconversant with the character OF the
work, demanded declared that he would
lose money. Shortly after Miller began
work he stopped. When asked for an ex-
PLANTATION by the city council he was not
given right of way by the Chicago Great
Western railway company. He made
other allegations also. Then followed
a series of wrangles between Miller and
|. the council. Meanwhile Lincoln avenue
was torn up and people clamored that II
be put into passable condition. The end
/ OF the matter was that the contract was
taken away from Miller and given to
Steuck & Lehman. Thru the leniency
OF the council Miller's bondsmen We're
not made to suffer. In his petition to
the council Miller alleges that his fall
sure to perform his part of the contract
was due to obstruction placed in his
way by the city.
Sioux City.
Articles of Incorporation We're fled
with the secretary of state by the Tay-
lor Manufacturing Company, "a new
venture in the Sioux City industrial
world It's capital stock is $4,000 and
its incorporators are c. w. Taylor and
Mabel Taylor. The company will pro-
duce various furnishings that have
heretofore been manufactured else
where. - The work of laying new
pound steel rails in the Illinois Cen
trail from Cherokee into Sioux
City has progressed as far as James,
and the work will probably reach Sioux
city In couple of weeks. There has
been some delay occasioned by reason
4 Of the failure to get bolts that are use.
in the fish plates, which hold the rails
together. The great steel strike made It
{ Impossible for eastern concerns to I'LL
orders. Word has come, however, that
the shipments ordered will; be sent out
at once. $50 For the first twenty days
OF September Of this year the supply OF
hogs received at the yards shows an in
crease of 200 q day over the correspond
ing time in 1900. The receipts SO far this
month have been 1882. which is gain
of 1000 hogs over last September Since
the first of the month prices have been
going up steadily. and the market has
had q good tone to 1t. The gain has
been Sc cent, or an average of over 3
cents a day for the first twenty days OF
the month. Hogs are selling for silly
more per hundredweight than on the Isl
OF August of this year and S1.60 more
per hundred than q year ago. Last Fri,
day farmer sold two loads 0i nogs on
the Chicago market that netted him
more than his entire farm was worth
upon which he had grown the feed for
them, and a car of hogs on this market
will bring in theneighborhood of sl,50o.
A Night Of Terror.
lawful anxiety was felt for the wid-
ow of the brave G1n Burnham, Of Ma
chais, Me-, when the doctors said she
would die from pneumonia before morn
ing writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who at
tended her that fearful night, but she
begged for DIR. Kings New Discovery,
which had more than once saved her
life and cured her of consumption. AT
Ter taking it she slept all night. Fur
sther use entirely cured her" This mar
yelous medicine in guaranteed to cure
all throat, chest and lung diseases. On-
~ so cents and 81. Trial bottles free at
George P. Powers drug store.
For Over Fifty Years.
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