Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-30
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

near by. told Mr.. Lee now the COIN ma Il-i
pened to be there. A young man had
asked her company on a. certain occas-
Ion and she had accepted his invitation
on condition that he would put half
dollar in the mission box. The young
man complied With the condition very
promptly.
Rockwell City.
a curious accident happened on Sat
urday, the goth. Frank Poolcr and W..
NJ Marshall hired a livery team of Will
cox Bros. to drive out in the country,
and when a few mics sol theast of town
lost control of them. The horses ran
into a barbed wire fence and cut them-l
selves SO badly about the throat that
both of them bled to death.
Oskaloosa.
The plans of the Oskaloosa federal
building and the drawings have been
completed and are being printed in the
office of the experimenting architect.
Congressman John r. Lacey received a
letter Saturday morning from the archi-
tect who has charge of the plans stat
ing that they We're completed and that
the blue prints are now being made.
Iowa City.
The annual complaint against SHARING
fish at the Terrill and Coralville dams
has been made. The Republicans in
formant states that men arc taking
wagon loads of tiah out daily in this
manner. Ninety-two new cases
have been filed for the May term OF
court, which begging the 9Th of next
month. There were but fifty eight last
term.
lGrundy Center.
arrived in the city last Thursday with
his spring delivery OF plants. fruit trees
evergreens. ornamental trees and.
shrubbery In this delivery he had H..
$50 apple. plum and cherry trees, about
Loo evergreen trees and over 1000
strawberry plants. This is one of t he
largest deliveries made in Grundy Cen
ter in years.
lama.
The C.. NJ: & st. p. improvements al,
this place willSconsist in the moving of
the Mater tanks ard pump house to a
position on the north side OF the tracks
in the west end of the yards; the south
side-track Will be straghtened; cement
abutmelt,s are now being put under
the crossing on State street and steel
hangers viii be strung for the placing
of the curbing.
Mason City.
The city council is discussing the mat
ter among themselves az to what they
ought TO do in case of fremen respond
ton but what some of the fremen arc
al
false alarms and receiving no compen-
sation. and there is disposition on the
part of the city council TO change the
rule. which would meet with the an
prevail of the people.
Keokuk.
The poll books. as made for the fan
election of 1900 in the city of ksokuk
and corrected for the city election April
1. 1901, in the First. Second, Third.
Fifth and Sixth wards. show that there
are 100 voters between the ages Of so
and 80. 2ol between the ages of 10 and
So 1al between the ages of SO aud s5. AS
between the ages OF s. and 10. iis be-
tween the ages OF IS and so 10 between
the ages of so and 50, between the
ages of So and 90, i between the ages OF
80 and 95 and one between the ages OF
100 and loo. The Fouth ward is omitted
from this list as the registrars failed 10
record the age Of the voters. as re-.
CURED.
Glenwood.
The three cases brought by the An
derson estate, Mary A. Wright and Ada
Burgess against Mills county. resisting
payment of delinquent taxea claimed 10
he due, and resulting from the investi-
cations of Tax Femeter Wcllman, have
been compromised. Wellman was repre-
scented by Attorneys Gillilland and Ge-
nung, who We're instrumental in arr
ranging the compromise with the other
lawyers. BY decree of the court the
Anderson estate must pay $751; the or
iginal claim being sl.44o The claim
against Miss Burgess was $17S. which
wa, GU, down to s1l7.ss. and Mrs
Wright's tax was reduced from sll7.10
to $3.50.
Spirit Lake.
\ citizen in a position to know cites
the ract tnat one year AZ. he s1u;d
locate over twenty-five vacant dwell
ings in Spirit Lake, while at thu pres
ent time it is the hardest Kind Of
sirable place to live. Several new resi-
dences have been completed and occu-
pied during the past year, and upon the
customary basis of averaging papula-
ton by the number of families there
must have hcen a gain of over hum
drea in this time. With the compile
ton of the considerable number Of new
houses now i'll course of construction.
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