Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

leaves daughter, Mrs. Samuels5n, OF
Council Bluffs.
Boone.
About fifty gentlemen enjoyed clam
bake mile and half east of town
Sunday. They went down in the morn
ing and stayed all day, and enjoyed one
of the best clam balses ever put on rec
ord, according to the News.
Muscatine.
Six boilers for Musser Lumber Com
pany's saw mill arrived Saturday night
and were Immediately switched to the
mill. Just how quick the mill will start
| is a question: it all depends on the speed
OF the boiler-makers, foundrymen, ma
chinists. plumbers and brick masoas. 1t
viii be three weeks at their best.
keokuk.
The ISeokuk street fair is in progress
this week and big crowd is expected.
The street fair association states that 1t
is not responsible for exhibitions. nor
does it guarantee protection to exhibi-
tons or persons having privileges. The
police will patrol the street day and
might and give every protection posi-
Bile.
Tabor.
There are two cases of smallpox in
Green township, about four miles west
of here, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Kennedy. They are George
Kennedy and younA man named
Crawford. Both came from South Da-
kota lately. A strict quarantine Is main
tanned. There are no cases. OF the dis
ease about Tabor.
Cedar Rapids.
AS result of the school census which
| has Just been completed ii is announced
that there are 9,o0S children In Cedar
Rapids Of school age; 1850 are boys and
4s4S are girls. The result Is very much
of a surprise as it is in Increase of only
forty children over last year. The COM
plete figures, however, are not vet ready
for publication and careful footings may
produce a different result.
oskaloosa.
Wcrk has begun on the mountings for
the great cannon which nave been lying
in the square for SO long. and the work
will be rushed to a speedy finish. Frank
Wetheral drew the plans for the cast
ings and they We're accepted by the city
council some time ago. The mounttngs
Will be chiefly of wood and the huge
guns will stand facing the street one on
each side of the square.
CenteriiIe.
a few weeks ago two children of
Isaac Exline, of this vicinity We're sent
to the Soldiers Orphan Home, at Day-
export the father being AMI old soldier
who is at present in the insane asylum
and the mother being dead. The names
|of the children, both of whom We're
; boys, were Otis aged IA. and Ernest,
aged 8. The eldest boy escaped from the
home recently and has probably re-
turned to this vicinity.
Sioux City.
In the Frazier damage suit against
the city a verdict OF s225 for the plain
tiff was returned Friday. The suit was
for 81. 600 damages. So The mssteri-
Gus patient who came to st. JoseDh's
hospital a few weeks ago in asmutiiated
condition and refused to give his name
or the particulars of the accident is still
at the hospital. where he is recovering
from the effects Of the injuries. The veil
OF mystery which has shrouded the case
has not been lifted.
CorreetionviiIe.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Cherry Red Pressed Brick
Company. of Correctionville, Woodbury.
county. 1t is organized with capital
stock OF $4,000, which may be Increased
| to SEE, COO on a vote of the directors. It
will manufacture brick. The incorpora-
tors are George A. Bailey, E. CT Galley,
Matt Markusen, ID. L. Heinsheimer and
C. E. Woodbridge. 1t will begin business
Oct. TO- and its first officers are Ito be
chosen at the first annual meeting Oct.
l.
Davenport.
There have been Very few vagrancy
cases that have come before the police
court in the past few weeks. The fact
OF the matter is that there are no per-
sons coming to the city who have to re-
main here long If they are willing to,
work, and the professional vagrant who
has struck the town in the past has lost
no tine in avoiding tramping In this
direction. Not only Davenport. but the
cities across the river have had a scar
! city OF professional Migrants during the
past summer.
Adair.
The Adair Gun Club held it's first an
nual tournament last Tuesday. The
event was we'll attended, thirty shoot
crs taking part during the day. The sil-
yer cup was won by j. Tarkins of Menlo
by his breaking nineteen birds out of
twenty. The best average for tha day
was shot by F. s. Crabill, of Atlantic.
with 1876 out of possible 1G0. The sec
ond best was made by A. r. Mcdowell.
publisher OF the Adair News with 1874.
and the third was made with 126 by
Thomas Baker. of Adair.
LIT. Dodge.
The return of Z. S. Coffin from the
east makes 1t probable that work on
the Coffin home for released convicts
Twill be commenced as soon as possible
or the weather permits, and will DE en-
closed before the snow flies. This has
Tall along been Mr.. Collins intention and
an early move in this direction IS an
lticipated. The foundations of the build
ling have. already been put in place, and
the stone is on the ground for under
pining, and the supposition is that in
1.-THE near future the home will be ready
to enter on the work which its kind
hearted originator has devised for it.
A case of smallpox was quaran-
tined on Friday at the home of Charles
Tornell, In West Fort Dodge. The pa
tent Is Mr.. Tornelrs little daughter
Edith, who, while not seriously III, is
reported to have well developed case
of the disease.
Cedar Rapids.
One Of the most cruel cases of deser-
tion that has come under the notice of
| the police in years was reported early