Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-23
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings Of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Norton, Kansas, after an absence of
nineteen years. The drove th1H aud re-
port their crops good, all but corn. late
rains having helped pasture.
Dubuque.
Late Wednesday p. m. case of small
pox was discovered on woman who
was at once removed to the pest house.
The case is a very mild one, and the
lady was not exposed to any other per-
sons.
Rockwell.
Alex Horn, of Bath, was in town last
| Wednesday and reported everything
lovely In that neck o. the woods. He
had just finished threshing 1000 BUSH
els of oats from ITO acres and wasn't
feeling bit blue over it.
Nevada.
1 Charles Ashford is very Ill at Terry,
Miss. where he went with a surveying
gang. He had been sick for two weeks
or more, his malady developing into ty-
| phoid fever. The latest advice was a
telegram from his doctor Thursday that
he was no worse.
Muscatine.
Representatives of the various bar
Der shops of the city met Monday ev-
ening and formed a union embracing
nine shops. Charles Hall, of Daven-
port, assisted in the work of organic.
ling and much interest was aroused in
the union movement.
IT. Madison.
1 A Fort Madison young man received
horsewhipping Monday evening on the
street near the Florence Hotel. The af-
fair was witnessed by several people
Only few lashes We're given when the
whip broke and the frightened mar
made safe retreat.
Davenport.
Iowa department, G. A. r., has issued q
statement addressed to posts all over
! the state, in which he says he protested
against the action of the state fair man.
agement in denying the usual courtesy
to veterans, but that it was in vain.
Clear Lake.
The tenth reunion of the Second Iowa
Cavalry association will be held at
Clear Lake, Ia, during the first week ir
September, 1901. The reunion proper
will be held on Wednesday and Thurs
day, September and upon which
days only will program be prepared.
Clarion.
Between thirty and forty landseekers
mostly from central Illinois, stopped al
Clarion Wednesday morning and vii
, put in a day or two in this locality look
ing at real estate. The excursion train
!, was made up OF thirteen coaches ans
they We're SO crowded that many wer,
=. Icompelled to stand in the aisles. IS
! lWebster City.
!. Rev. L. N. Mccall has been rendered
A.
In Bishop college, Marshall, Texas, the
, largest Baptist school in the south
. Altho this high compliment will be
: we'll as his friends, it is very probable
! that he will not accept the place.
r Mt. Pleasant.
Robert Johnson, the colored man wht
. spent several weeks in Jail, and mus
answer to the grand jury for shooting
craps in hay loft, says he has biz
/, kick coming because lot of straight.
. out gamblers were not only allowed OF
( the fair grounds. but We're not arrested
: when their offense was ten times wors
than his.
t Cedar Rapids.
n j. B. Forne, an employe of the B.. C
e r. & N. shops suffered sunstroke Will,
: at work in the shops Wednesday after
f noon. The ambulance was called ant
= he was removed to his home at 222 I
t avenue. Mr.. Forne was not feeling yer,
: well and become over heated while a
: work. 1t will confine him to his HON,
Il a few days.
d Burlington.
t Railroad men have hard time get
ting over the Burlington road west o
: Creston. The presence of so many worl
e trains together with the heavy traffic
a the taking UP of old track, the putting
G down of new and the cutting out ant
S reduction of some sidngs make the tasl
II difficult. The dispatchers feel the hard
t. ship as we'll as the trainmen.
e keokuk.
n The commissioners for the Insan
$ We're in session Tuesday to pass upol
$ the case of Miss Carrie Condit. She
5S years of age and her trouble, whicl
has dated from about six months age
is thought to have resulted from grir
g The board examined her and numbe
8 of witnesses and ordered her commit
IS ment to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant.
Z Ottumwa.
United States Commissioner Frank NJ
Hunter late Tuesday afternoon boun
y Mike Zimmerman over to the fedora
grand jury on the charge of violatln
the revenue laws by neglecting to obtai
II a license for exhibiting a freak horse a
Fairfield. Zimmerman was taken t
9 Keokuk and to Jail Tuesday evening b
e Deputy United States Marshal Fultor
pi in default of 5000 bond.
=, Ottumwa.
= Chief Gray has rounded up numbe
- of the alleged proprietors of disorderl
houses in Ottumwa and compelle
- them to pay fines as provided by law
- =, !" At meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Ottumwa Women's clu
- Monday night there were thirty thre
N applications for membership, all Q
lie which We're acted upon favorabl,
N This indicates big boom in the roll Q
20 members
= Webster City.
'e Some fine specimens Of corn were lei
at the Freeman-Tribune ONCE Wednes
= day by the rural mail carriers. on
:. OF the samples is from the r. 1. Burl
~ son farm in Cass township. The ear
re twelve inches long and contains 1,2C
'r Kernels The other sample is from tn
10 farm of John Thompson, ALEC in Cas-
er 1t was raised on sod of this years pillow
" ing and promises a yield or fifty bu
q I Il