Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-30
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Auburn.
Il Material for the new telephone ex-
| change is being received at the depot.
H "A force OF men will arrive soon after
Christmas day to begin work.
Cedar Falls.
Joseph Bancroft s. Son shipped 1000
n Christmas trees, seventy barrels OF hol-
n " and 5000 yards OF evergreen roping.
Ito help along the Christmas Joys
Davenport.
H There are two more cases OF smallpox
in the city. There are now seven in all.
Three Of them are in the Miller family,
lin which the disease first appeared.
n Odebolt.
II The station boys moved into the new
H depot Sunday morning, and now have
| the incest quarters between Tama and
n Sioux City, according to the Chronicle.
jefferson.
Mr.. Ralph Bowley lost four head OF
cattle last week from the effects OF hy-
drophobia, the effect on the animals be-
ing similar to that in the y. G. Bowley
herd three weeks ago.
Fcnton.
B. L. HOLSTER last week sold a team
OF four year-old colts to Joe Scheutt for
$500 AT some Of the public sales in this
vicinity horses have sold for $110.
Horses are worth money Of grain Is
high, declares the Reporter.
Perry.
Mr. and Mrs L. L. Naylor, living five
miles southwest OF the city. celebrated
their fiftieth or golden wedding anni-
versary on Christmas Their children
were all home, some OF them from other
states A fine time was enjoyed by ALL
williamsburg.
Tribune: ]. H. Hughes is a
drawing parsonage. he draws friends
from all sorts and conditions Of people,
and last week ct Marengo church
fair he drew fine COW; Henry chuck
LED over his good luck, sold the bessie
to butcher and laughed again
tArmstrong.
The journal says: "Dr. Thompson In
forms US that the number of cattle dy-
ling from the so- called corn stock disease
Is increasing. He says that at least q
dozen have died In the Vicinity Of Arm
strong every day the past week. Keep
i your cattle out Of the corn stalks. You
may save many by feeding them in the
yard.
Acldey.
The World states that the electric
light and heating plant was hard
/ pressed for fuel during the prevalence
1 of the extremely cold weather Of last
/ week. The furnaces were kept going
/ day and night, and one boiler, used only
/ in cases of emergency. was pressed into
service. The amount of coal consumed
In an average day is eight tons.
Eldora.
Ledger: Ambrose Miller has returned
| from Franklin county, where he was
employed by tax ferrets. He reports
that the ferrets In that county un-
4 earthed about $1,000 of back taxes and
they We're given 80 per cent of that
amount for their services. Nearly $780,
| 600 have already been collected in Har-
din county and the work is not yet COM
pleted.
4 Audubon.
The merchants voting contest which
| first started here last spring ended
! Tuesday night. Votes rolled in toward
/ the last The agricultural society came
/ out best, and will get prize of SITS, and
the Columbian Club came out second
best and will get $40. There was but
4 two prizes in that contest. The firemen
were third and the Catholic church
/ fourth.
Hampton.
/ King Shifflet was taken with light
form of smallpox last Thursday and Is
row quarantined at the Hotel Phoenix.
1 He has the disease In about as light
form as 1t is possible to have it, and
is around his room and takes his daily
smokes OF course all persons In the
hotel were quarantined and on one al
lowed to enter the place except the
| physician. is unfortunate for the
Landlord, q. D. Wells. but the aushori-
tiles did the proper thing In making