Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-02
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Sloan.
The largest shipment of eggs ever sent
cut of Sloan left there Saturday, con-
sisting OF 2o,2Ao eggs.
Neville.
a Sac City man is at Neville collect
ing 1920 on subscription to locate a
new Touring mill there. of seventy bar
fels capacity, and is having the desired
success.
Cedar Rapids.
Few know that ex-senator Pettigrew
Of South Dakota. was once "a resident Of
Linn county. He was school teacher
North of this city and Ben Helms was
one of his pupils.
Dsnison.
1t is surprising the number of new
houses there are under course of con-
siiuction in Denison. says the Review.
one scarcely goes block without see
Ing some Improvement.
Morning Sun.
a. NJ. NJ. Dornon. superintendent of
our city schools. has been elected 10 the
superintendency of the osceola. Iowa.
public schools. Mr.. Dornon has been at
the head of our public schools since
september, 1891.
Cedar Falls.
The board of trustees Of the State
Normal School recently bought two new
boilers. of 215 horse power each, of the
Cilscity (Pa.) Boiler Workers. The three
old boilers, of fifty horse power each,
We're traded in toward the new ones.
Hampton.
Il. L. Coldren closed large real es-
tate deal last week with L. A. Little. by
which MIR. Little becomes the owner OF
200 acres of land in Bonneville county,
Minnesota. This is the largest individ-
ua sale of land made by any of the
agents here in years. if ever, says the
Globe.
Sully.
Morris White and Arch Finch have
been engaged on a big job of horse
Shooting, having started in Monday, the
I'D, to shoe fifty head of the Taylor
herd of horses, thus getting them in
shape for shipment east They expect
tc complete the task by Saturday,
May 4.
Vinton.
Thursday evening the armory was the
scene of an interesting spectacle. the
inspection of Company G., Iowa Nation-
al Guard. Col. Olmstead. the inspector
general. with Mai. Hume as assistant,
reviewed our company. reporting it in
excellent condition. \ score of S2ia WAS
made. which is, d gain of thirteen points
ever last years inspection.
Fort Dodge.
The surveyors for the Great Western
are still at work in the neighborhood of
the city. They have driven little white
regs Seemingly all Over the east part OF
the city. If the road follows these PEGS
1T will go thru some peoples hen coops.
some peoples bedrooms and cut off
some peoples front porches, according
to the Chronicle reporter.
Centerville.
C'itizen. 10th: About 800 Italians pas
sed thru the city on the Rock Island tins
morning en- route fer Oklahoma where
thsy Will he employed on the new raii-
road The advantages of Daso labor
ever American is in, its cheapness as
they can live on food that would starye
s,i American. They will do an equal
amount of work al three-6 fths the wa
StS Oh American
Waterloo.
All but two of the striking quarry
men and shippers who walked out of
the Bartlett krapfel quarrles Monday
morning We're back again the next
morning at the same wages, sl.75 for
quarrymen and $3.50 for shippers. Two
Of the men refused to return to the la
fpf. md, stood tt,sj,.
Weakened as they saw the probability of
other laborers taking their places at the:
old wages.
Sioux City.
w. Il. Williams, who has been at the.
Samaritan hospital for some time on
account of a terrible burn in the throat
from accidentally drinking carbolie.
acid, was released from there Monday.
He is unable to swallow any food and
VIII probably never be able to take
Iourishment except thru tube in the
stomach. He has been gaining in weight
recently and seems to be on the high
road TO health. 1t is thought that he
viii be able to work again in short
time.
Burlington.
In the district court Tuesday one of
the cases disposed of was that of the
State of Iowa vs. Levi Rogers, who vas
proven common thief The judge. in
passing sentence. said the. 10 W.:
known the defendant at the time of his
trial for his first known CRIME, and had
therefore taken more than usual inter-
cst in the case. He said: You haye
had three chances TO reform. and have
not taken advantage of any of them.
VIII sentence Vol 10 z tern; Of .i,-s wears
at hard labor in the state penitentiary
at Fort Madison.
Mason City.
The sale of lots at the Roberts addi-
ton Monday was Very successful and
the lots brought exceptional prices.
They sold all the way from $500 to 500
and one lot was bid in at 5000. John
Dun cried the sale and the bidding was
spirited ard fast. The total amount
was nearly $500. Fish Commits
sioner George L. Lincoln arrived In the
city Tuesday morning with couple Of
dcnzen cans of small fish from the gov
ernment ponds a Manchester which he
dumped into Lime creek. There were
about $4,000 of the little fellows in all,
mostly pickerel, pike and bass.
Davenport.
John kroeger young farmer living