Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-08
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


before the insanity commission Friday.
but was declared to be sane.
Primshar.
The election held last week resulted
in the authorization of the town council
to bond the town for the construction OF
water works and lighting plant.
Nevada.
o. B. Alderman of this city has trad
| ed for the Gibson $4,000 stock of hard
ware at Maxwell. The stock will be in
voiced and Mr.. Alderman will take
possession Oct. 10.
| Elkader.
| Clayton county 10 already richer by
Sl2.4O1 as result of the tax investiga-
ton recently instituted. In 1896 an
omission of $4,000 was made in the as
sessment of one Elkader estate.
Iowa Falls.
The school buildings of this city are
| to henceforth have waving from them
fine large flags, emblematic of our coun-
try and its institutions, for the school
giving population as well as other peo-
pie to see each day.
| Ottumwa.
Seven years in the penitentiary was
the sentence passed upon John Seaman
Friday by Judge Moon for holding up
and robbing John and William Lydon
of Fairfield in this city July 20. when he
secured something over $40.
Iowa City.
According to the Republican, Joe
Huffman, prominent farmer near the
city, says that his corn will go 100 bush
els to the acre this fall. This is some
thing surprising, and at the same time
very encouraging. Not many farmers
this season have corn that will come up
Sioux City.
The DeerIng Harvester Company has
assented to all the amendments sug-
gested by the mayor to be incorporated
In the lease to the river front property,
and as soon as the lease has passed
thru the hands of the city attorney the
mayor will sign It.. A provision was in
serted at the mayors suggestion requir-
| ing the building to be erected to cost
not more than $4,000 nor less than $l0,-
900.
Brooklyn.
b. F. Booth. was in this vicinity last
week visiting among old friends and
introducing to our people safety hitch
device OF which he Is the inventor, pa
itentee and sole manufacturer. 1t is a
device for attaching to buggy shafts
and does away with traces and single
tree, neither being necessary in hitching
horse to single rig. Mr.. Booth Is
now resident OF Indianola, where the
safety hitch Is manufactured.
Creston.
"A dispatch from Washington announ-
ces the receipt of bids and opening Of
same by the treasury department for
the construction Of postofiice building
at Creston. The bidders were George
w. Corbett, Washington, D. c., ,500;i
August Gindele Company, Chicago,
s10l, 900. The treasury department re-
serves the right to reject all bids. and
the dispatch does not state the accept
ance of either Of the two offered.
Upton.
Hog cholera, the disease which is the
dread of nearly sall stock raisers, has
made It's appearance again at several
points in this locality. The hogs of J..
P. Mathews are among those affected.
DR.. Wirick was out at his place Thurs
day trying a new remedy which is rec
commended. The treatment consists in
Fascinating with an anti-toxine. He
treated eighteen animals in that man
ner. The experiment win be watched
with much interest.
jefferson.
Mr.. E. B. stillman Is making plans
for the erection of handsome new
brick home for, the Bee. on the site Of
i the present ONCE, this fall. The new
Office will be one story, business Office
and editorial room In front, composing
room in the center and cemented foo.
press room In the rear. ~ Rural free
delivery routes Nos. and 2. carriers
Fred w. Anderson and Walter
Knowles. started on Tuesday morning.
Each carrier delivered about sixty
pieces of mail over his route and COL
llected about 8. dozen pieces.
cIarinda.
w. w. WEIGH. has just finished remod-
| cling the farm house of Ernest G..
Strong in Nebraska township, making
| 1t now one of the best ana most Hastily,
arranged farm houses in this section.
The house now contains ten rooms,
bath, hot and cold water turnout, and
all modern conveniences, and is heated
! by hot air furnace. There Is a hand
some oak mantel over the fire place and
the parlor and hall are finished in quar-
tered white oak. An eight-foot veranda
along the south side and part of the
west side OF the house has an octagon
tower in the corner.
to this
IT. Dodge. "
The present indications are that pota-
toes will retail at less than IS cents per
bushel, says the Messenger. Just at the
present time the grocers are in guam
Diary to know just what to do with re-
gard to the winter supply Of potatoes.
II they are put in the cellars now there
is great danger OF heavy loss from rot.
If allowed to wait until later in the sea-
son and the farmers of Minnesota keep
| the potatoes in the ground, there, Is
danger of them freezing. In addition to
Minnesota potatoes. there is a good
crop in Wisconsin, and Green Bay Of
ferings are equal in price to those of
Minnesota.
Mason City.
F. H. Cook while working in the sand
| pit a mile east on State street, made a
remarkable find Saturday morning.
Twenty feet below the surface he
struck some hard objects and an exam
nation revealed the perfect bones of a
|mastadon which lived in prehistoric
times. The bones form complete joint
| OF one of the mastadon's limbs and are
| In a fine Sta Ia 'rf gnresaryation Mr.