Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-17
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

thoroughly investigated and remedie!
applied.
Sioux City.
Capt 7. C. Prescott is heir to a con-
siderable portion of the estate of his
father, True Prescott, who died in New
Hampshire last spring. The will FLIED
here Friday bequeaths him 100 acre
farm in Polk county, Mimi, and resid
uary interest in considerable residence
property in Upton, Iowa, and four hous
es and lots in Sioux City. Leigh Prescott
and Bertha Prescott. children of Capt
Prescott, are equal heirs to other Sioux
City property.
Webster City.
Hugo Carl, over whom a suspension
| of sentence to the reform school has
been pending for some time, upon con.
lviction Of stealing, was ordered sent t
Eldora. He was convicted before Justice
Bonner of having stolen corn from the
Wilke cribs along the Northwestern
tracks. He has been before convicted Of
petty thievery. The county attorney de-
cided that upon this last conviction II
would be best to impose upon the boy
the pending reform school sentence. The
lad is not more than IL or Is years OF
age. but was considered pretty tough
character.
Davenport.
The unprecedented rush at the black
Ismith shops the past week came to o
climax Friday. Horses slipped along as
best they could until they reached q
smithy and then waited their turn to
be re-shod All Of the blacksmith shops
LOT t11f
AT one well known shop two men, one
doing the floor work and the other the
fitting. put on 164 shoes from $50 a. m.
until about at night. By the watch
they put on twenty-five shoes In fifty
eight minutes, and not all OF the horses
were docile either This kind Of work
is pretty near the record for speed To-
cally. according to the Republican.
OskaIoosa.
Dan O'Hearn and his Italians who
have been at work during the past sew
eral months in the vicinity of Lacey
cutting down the Lacey hill stopped
work for the winter season and were
paid off by Agent w. r. Sterrett of
this city and his assistant, ]. A. Lucy.
The Italians, numbering sixty-one.
were pulled to the city In their board
ing cars that have been standing in the
vicinity Of Lacey during the summer
Each Of the men We're paid a little less
than fifty dollars for the past months
work. special coach had been pro-
vided for the crowd and they departed
Saturday morning for Chicago via
Peoria.
Dubuque.
City Health Oflicer Frank Flynn
states that there are only about thirty
cases of variola In the city at present.
In discussing the prevalence OF the dis,
ease a gentleman stated at the city hail
that lately two or three children went
into grocery store in the upper part of
the town. with their faces covered with
pustules, and that the grocer ordered
them to leave the building and not to re-
enter IT While bearing such evidences OF
disease. It seems that in many homes
the disease exists and that heads OF
families refrain from sending for ply
stefan lest the yellow card of warning is
placed on their homes. OF course the
board Of health is not responsible for
this state OF affairs. but the persons
guilty OF such carelessness are amenable
to prosecution. In connection with the
1t was stated that child of
a very prominent and wealthy merchant
is sick with the dread disease and that
the physician attending the case has 80
far failed to report 1t to the city record
err
Upton.
The title to- $50 acres Of good land
IN Johnson county belonging to Cynthia
J. Williams. of hfassiiiion. Ia. has been
thru peculiar combina-
hon of circumstances. Up to 1895 Mrs.
Williams, who was good business wo-
nan. looked after her own property,
which included the farm in question,
altho for several years prior she had
been failing In health. At that time her
children insisted upon relieving her
from those cares Her son, ]. ]. Will
Jams. saw to the Johnson county farm,
laying taxes thereon, renting same, col
Getting rents, etc. They were surprised
recently to learn that the land had been
bought by tax sharks in 1898 for the
axes Of '94 and '95. Notice Of the sale
aad been published in the Johnson
county papers and had not been seen
,y any OF the family. The tenant on the
arm remembers that some Iowa City
awyer came to the farm and during
IN alteration regarding an account
or collection read some kind of q
notice to him. Thinking 1t related to
he account he attached no Importance
10 it and did not notify the owner.
rhe tax sharks have complied with all
nand $4,000 as consideration for
1&rn fp, tnl1 <c<
,nly few dollars. The owner has Of
cred to reimburse them for all moneys
advanced and for expenses incurred,
,ut the offer has been refused. An
lction has been begun in the district
,ourt to set aside the tax sale.
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