Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-22
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

mouse anu ltlVlteu 4tHe I1TtSlueHS W pay
the call on the occasion of his trip to
California during the summer. The
dispatch adds that the president will
consider the invitation. but in answer
ing Congressman Lane he stated that
at this time he could not give positive
answer.
DUBUQUE.
Fathers Halpin and Flynn are giving
confirmation Instructions to a class Of
about 300, including adults and children.
The sacrament will be administered at
ST. Patrick's church on the Sunday
after Easter, on which occasion Arch
bishop Keane will deliver sermon.
Cedar Falls.
According to dispatch from Akron.
o., the Cedar Fails Mill Company has
been absorbed by a new combination to
lie known as the Great Western Cereal
Company, which will enter into direct
Icompetition with the American Cereal
Company. The Great Western is TO be
capitalized at s2,oOO.0OO.
Malvern.
"A peculiar accident occurred out at
c.. w, Blacks farm the other day. They
have large boar whose tusks are
something ferocious to look upon. This
animal threw his head to one side and
struck one of the feelings steers on the
|leg with sufficient force to break the leg
of the steer, swapping it like a pipe
stem.
Sioux City.
The fee for fling the s6.000000 mort
gage Of the American Lnseed Oil com
lrany TO the Morton Trust company
lt.rustee, which was placed on record
lhere recently as mentioned, was $3.50.
| There were $4,000 words in it and the
1 filing fee is so cents for the first 400
words and 10 cents per 100 words above
lthat number
Burlington.
/ Mr.. Barney Waldin. the we'll known
Ifarmer and scotsman is going into the
Ionion business on a larger scale than
lever before He has just closed a con-
\ tract to supply a Chicago house with 81
600 bushels of onion sets this season.
An enormous amount of labor is in
4 svolved in caring for and harvesting a
slorop OF such dimensions
Waterloo.
w. r. Curtis is planning on building
l5eleven apartment houses on his west
side lots which are very prettily local ted
on Park avenue and Wellington, Piety
i Hill, provided he can interest other par
lilies in six of the houses. If built the
houses completed, including the lots,
will cost about $500 each. There VIII
/ still be room for a park, owned Jointly.
Belle Plaine.
The astronomy class in the high
school gets out before breakfast some
mornings to study the heavens. Tues
Cay morning the class was out at
o'clock viewing the planets Saturn
land Jupiter thru the new telescope UNI
Ger the direction of Superintendent
Lawrence. The use of this instrument
5Ishas added largely to the interest taker
lsby the students in that science.
i Creston.
Mrs. Anna Beard has brought action
flor divorce and her petition is. now OF
lille. She was married to John Beard or
slJan. /, 1899 She gives as grounds fol
i applying for divorce inhnman treat
Iment. She says her husband struck ant
q beat her and endangered her life. Sht
4 asks for the restoration of her nader
4 name, Anna Blair and 5000 temporary
|aiimony, and $1,000 permanent alimony
!. LeMars.
Robert Black is making arrange.
4 n,ents for bowling tournament to TAX,
|yiace in LeNIarss some time ne ut month
lille proposes 10 get all the BOWLING
4 teams from towns within radius o
i Il hundred miles to take part In ths
z clay. a purse of 500 will be given I,
/. the winning team and prizes will ais,
J. end highest scores during the tourna
q ment.
: Ottumwa.
Harry II. Oldham, of Eddyvisle. thr,
This attorney, has filed petition IL
bankruptcy before Referee y. w. Lewis
He schedules as his debts $22Sl.45. Hi
assets amount to $3.50. but So COO worth
of this was life insurance policy Ii
1.-THE Modern Woodmen of America
!, which has no surrender value, and TIL
!. I.remainder of the assets are said to b.
!, exempt March Q, 1901, has been set a
the date of the first meeting of the cred
), itors.
J fairfield.
AT the regular semi monthly sale hell
: I'm this city last week $50 horses wer
sold. Most of them brought satisfac
Itory prices. There We're buyers presen
3Ifrom all the great markets of the coun
try. and they seemed willing to pa.
Feven fancy prices for stock whicl
: Isuited them. There was most deman,
for drivers and heavy draft horses
Drivers brought from sl25 to sl65 pc
head, while fancy draft animals RAJ
: from $175 to $1S5.
Nevada.
81 The Representative reports that
) Shugart and party have returned fron
{ Ottawa, Kas., so much pleased wit
i the country that they bought land a
/ follows Frank Curtiss. $50 acres
3 James Lowell. 1856 acres: NJ. Gilmore, u
/ acres: Urias Brewer. 100 acres; q. Shu
) CART, 10 acres: total, 976 acres: tota
o payment, 320.2s0. Ottawa is beauti
: full city of about 5000 Inhabitants fifty
i cight miles south of Kansas City an
fifty five miles east of the west line Q
s Iowa.
Charlton.
The new high school building has bee
campleted and has been accepted by tn
school board. 1t is one of the hand
I soonest school houses in the state, bein
built of pressed brick and stone, con
tanning ten rooms, high school audi
forum with an elevated stage for schos
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