Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-20

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Missouri Valley.
Another rural telephone line Is being
put in to accommodate party OF farm
ers living northwest OF here. There are
six lines of rural telephones now COM
nected with the central ONCE in this
city.
Boone.
The contractors have begun work
on the paving Of Seventh street from
Storylto Allen and on Allen from Sew
enth to Eighth. The concrete work
will be the first on the program and
will be rushed as fast as possible.
Cedar Falls.
w. II. NJ. Atkins has completed the
school census of this city, and reports
the number OF children Of school age.
as 1906, 794 girls and 712 boys, an
increase OF So over 1900. The
contractors are going ahead with the
Odd Fellows building, corner of Fourth
and Main Streets according to the or
|iginal plans.
centerville.
Reece johnson, who presented a
claim against Appanoose county for
5000 as damages for personal injuries
sustained by falling thru Hickory
bridge, has brought suit in district
court to recover the amount mentioned,
the board of supervisors having re-
jected developments of this kind and It
is understood that the case will be con-
tested in the courts.
Council Bluffs.
A transcript was on Tuesday filed In
the federal court In the case of Frank
Higgins against the Chicago, Milkwuaee
& st. Paul railway for 5000 damages
for loss of the right leg of his 17-year-
old son while engaged as brakeman
for the company on Oct q, 1889, the acct
dent occurring near Cambridge, Iowa.
The case has been recently transferred
from the district court,
Iowa Falls.
E. S. Ellsworth and G. E. Shaw were
lat Denison one day last week inspect
ing the new depot recently built by
the Illinois Central at that place. It
is q fine structure, one hundred and
twenty feet In length, built of pressed
brick with stone trimmings, and fitted
with all modern Improvements. In
fact the Sentinel thinks depot such as
Denison has would be almost good
enough for Iowa Falls. The structure
cost about $4,000.
Newton.
Ensign w. B. Wells passed thru New
ton on Monday to Washington. hav-
Ing been summoned thither as a witness
in the investigation of the part enacted
by Admiral Schley at the battle Of
Santiago. AS Mr.. Wells was on board
the Brooklyn. at the time OF the battle,
he Will be among the important. Wit
nesses. II has been three years since
Mr.. Wells had been in Newton. and
both he and his friends were delighted
at the privilege of seeing each other, If
but only for moment. 90
Waterloo.
Fifteen fiat cars of ties to be used in
the Denver electric line arrived over
the Great Western today. Three cars
came yesterday making eighteen in
all. The steel has not yet arrived
and anxiously awaited by the builders
1t is understood that the ties will be
laid soon. There are five miles OF grad
ing ready for the ties and by the end
of the week three more will be in read
mess. The tie gang will not catch up
to the graders now. the grade being
$50 far advanced that the men will finish
grading before the tie layers can catch
them.
Fort Dodge.
Chronicle: Thomas Smell, of Clinton,
Ill, hale and hearty and looking 90
years younger than he really is, is in
the city. Mr.. Smell is the largest
single owner of real estate inside the
limits of Ft. Dodge, nearly every vacant
lot belonging to him. Mr.. Smell is here
on important business, 1t being stated
by; one in position to know, that he
will meet a we'll known dry goods mer-
chant from Burlington and confer with
him on the erection of handsome
new business block to be five or six
stories in height and of the best ma
fterial and architecture possible. This
business man is looking for location.
having huge stock. He wants to settle
in Fort Dodge and will do so IL he can
secure building. The results of the
conference between the. two gentlemen
will be looked forward to with interest.
Nevada.
The Republican reports that Messrs.
Ellsworth and Weldon, of Iowa Falls.
and Engineer Young, all of the Iowa
Falls railroad. were in town over Tues
day night. Representative citizens OF
Nevada have also been in Iowa Falls