Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-29
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.

Toledo.
The Indian Industrial School has
closed for the summer vacation.
c. A. Williamson lost $50 worth of year
lings from clover bloat. Mrs
Ed Harrison has sent her three young
est boys to the Soldiers Orphans Home
at Davenport.
Audubon.
j. w. B. Cole has thirty-fve stands
of bees, while his brother, d. d. Cole
has twenty-seven stands. William Sny-
GER east of town, is also quite an ex-
tensive bee raiser. The honey crop
promises big this year. j. w. B. Cole
thinks he will have 500 or 600 pounds.
Dubuque.
1t is expected that the driving of piles
for the Eagle Point high bridge will be-
who will have charge of the work of
constructing the bridge. is here and will
remain. 1t is said that in making sound
ings depth of thirty feet of water was
found in some places.
Burlington.
Revenue Collector Kemble estimates
the decrease of receipts for the southern
Iowa district. as a result of the changes
~ me revenue Ia. law, NV which 80 INTO ERECT
5,,a.. -, s'.o" 70 a.i''u..'' ne
~ .',',',,. ~ uuu a',nos. eAe'ieis 10
VIZ apoiieioil Oh ao.eslNe stamps ana
eiie feauceloh on certain taxes.
Cedar Rapids.
The deal for the new Mercy hosnita,
property on the corner of Ninth street
and Sixth avenue has been closed ard
is now the property of the sisters Of
Mercy. The nurchase miro voc se ,so
The Improvement of the nronertv vii,
not be made until il has heen dacidsd
what viii be done with the old building
action VIII be taken by the council.
Fenton.
The Reporter states that the hri,,7,n .,
season for Fenton nae .nnarentIv ,,,s :
commenced for this year and nro,,i.os,
being very active FROM nov, m ny
foundation for an M n churcb ;s nv,
oonnleted and carneptar ,yort viii soor
commence. This will no a huiIdinr ef,,,
3s faet nice,y finisbsd whioh 49,, 80,
Mated viii, cost abo,,t % ooo New d,yeIl
ings are being. erected and new school
house will be built before fall.
G;,rndv Centre.
The contract for hui,s;n, tho nan,
Rantist ch,rcb hoo haa,, Lot =. ~
a,rruner- ror 8, $50. rne-edmcefs to be
completed by Dec. i. 1901. Tho u.orl. NJ
removing the old church has been com
menced, the bell being removed from
the tower on Tuesday. The hell was
bought during the ministry of Rev n
NJ. Archer IN 1901. and bears his name
ard the names of Hon. p. B. Ellis ana
Deacon George Rea and the Ladies, Aid
Society.
No..
Mike Bracco. our California fruit
merchant, thinks he has found fortune
on his eighty-acre farm three and one
half miles southwest of Monroe. In
sinking deep well on the place the drill
struck a rich vein of deep red ochre
fully sixteen feet thick and $50 feet be-
low the surface, which is pronounced of
the very finest quality. If any reliance
can be placed in the experts who have
examined it Mike would not take a
thousand dollars per acre for his farm.
lama.
A shot was fired thru window in tho
residence of Hueh McAn,,tv ~, r,,a,r.
while the family was away from the
house. The glass was shattered, the
bullet making ragged aperature about
TWO inches In diameter. The bullet was
iound on the fioor near the window.
wNich raot indicates that 1t was fired at
long distance from where it was
iound, possibly from the woods south
vest OF town-a mile from the McAnul-
y rouse. HAD any one been sitting in
lroht OF the window when the bullet
struck II ne Would have been seriously
injured, or worse. says the Herald.
Grano.,.
The Des ,t,i,s. d;st.;a. -
na,lian,ent Of ,ha Ir.,., ''i, nas. .sl "a
church onensd wsdrssda'. e.n'. =!
The. tinted Rrs,bran oh,,ro, 80 ., noon ~. ~
p,esi1,,g MA, w n 60. - ..,,s ei,s =
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