Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.
Eddyyills,

Inc sum OIL $l,ovV has Deen SuOscTlDeu
for building new NJ. E. church In Ed
dyville. 1t is expected to Increase the
amount to $4,000.
Mount Pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant will try to secure wat
er supply from deep wells has taken
options on land and made contracts with
drillers for the sinking of the necessary
| shafts.
davenport.
The Flick & johnson Construction
company has purchased twenty young
mules in southern Illinois at $3.50 each.
They have been shipped to Brighton,
where grading work is going on.
Fort Madison.
| al Glazier and Ed Colt caught about
a hundred crappie in short time one
day recently. The fishing season is now,
at its height and many people may be
seen every day returning with large
strings of fish.
lClarksvilIe.
The Shell Rock river at his point has
never been known to been SO low as at
present. Below Meyers dam it has as
sumed the appearance of mere creek
Above the dam the stage of water is
much lower than usual.
Grundy Center.
Mr. Martin Wander Ian, who has been
employed by Ex-Governor Boies for
| some time. has gone to Holland to visit
relatives and while in his native coun-
| try will wed a young lady whom he will
bring to Iowa with him on his return in
few months.
Abba.
\ A we'll was dug at the public park to
q depth of about twenty feet, when a
\ seam of black clay was struck. The
| park committee concluded to abandon
| the hole, and dig a well on higher
| ground, where 1t is hoped to find Il good
vein of water and no black clay.
Fort Dodge.
| The.,little son of Albert Crouthers
swallowed quantity of concentrated
llye on Wednesday and for time was
In dangerous condition. The prompt
attention of doctor and a stomach
pump brought him around, however, tho
his .hroat and lips were badly burned.
| Tana.
John Doyle, Jr., of Highland town
ship. while sliding off grain stack
Monday afternoon. struck fork which
was standing against the stack, tines
upward, and two of the tines passed
thru the thigh narrowly missing the
Femoral artery and large bone of the
leg.
Marenso.
1 Master Herald Hunter the s-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs James Hunter on
Marengo avenue was badly burned
about the chest and stomach Saturday
by spilling carbolic acid upon hims0lf.
While the burn is quite painful yet he
is resting nicely and will be we'll in a
/ short time.
jefferson.
Fred Anderson bought team last
week of Tom Smith, of Junction town
ship. and laid down 5000 for the span.
These figures have an 1888 ring in them.
Horses are going to continue to do bust
ness, as the best servant man ever had,
despite automobiles and flying ma
chimes.
i Cedar Falls. 10
II Heinrich Diereggs, Of Cedar Falls,
was found dead in his bed Thursday
morning. and DR.. Waddey, the county
coroner, was notified of the death. Mr..
1 Dieregge was 10 years old and there
We're no circumstances in connection
| with the case that Indicated death to be
due to any other than natural causes.
lndianola.
II This rainy weather Is very pleasing to
one citizen here, George w. Triplett. He
has quite number of cattle and the
scarcity of pasture was. causing him
4 considerable worry. But he as we'll as
the rest of our stock men will come out
all right for 1t seems the rains have
come and there will be abundant fields
of pasture yet.
Waterloo.
4 Snakes are fast becoming an article OF
commerce. Wednesday one express.
company handled two coa-Gs.--..ents OF
I them, one was received by parties here
and the other which consisted of three
large boa constructors and two lizards
about three feet long passed thru en-
route to parties at Burlington 1t is sup
posed that they are to be used by the
snake eating fiends.
Perry.
The Perry ladies who were up in
North Dakota the past week We're all Sc
we'll pleased with the country and its
future prospects that they invested
some of their hard earned money in the
land. Luella Tobert, Louie Cross and
Birdie Scarborough each bought quar-
J! ter section in Mccain county and Lima
Barnard a half section. Minnie Biglel
took a homestead Mrs. Robert Harris
is still in Dakota visiting her sons, an6
t will buy land before she returns.
Z oskaioosa.
Jim DeBoard was surprised Thursday
morning to get official notice that he
! had been included in the big land lot
terry at FL Reno His number is between
. 5000 and 5000 so that he will get a gooc
} farm. This makes seven Oskalooss
: people who have secured claims, in thu
/ drawing. an unusually good showing fol
our city The lucky ones are: Pete
!, Nelson, w. d. Titus ALT. Wooster, Free
3 Mccain and Jim DeBoard and Misse!
Anna LeLashmutt and Matte Parks
A low estimate on the value of the land
they will secure shows a combined fig
ure of from $4,000 TO s3o,000.
! Fairfield.
: d. B. Hedge, of Fairfield got an aver
age of only twenty bushels of oats from
thirty acre field. In his neighborhoot
the yield varied from fifteen to twenty
five bushels with an occasional fell
!, larger. A. F. Cassell, of Lookridge hat
a field of wheat which threshed twenty
eight bushels to the acre. while his cat
ran only twenty. L. w. Ireland, of Lo