Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-11
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The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

engaged in building parsonage for the
pastor.
State Center.
Miss Ethel Woolston, of this place,
has been elected principal Of the Glenn
ons schools, with Miss Ella Barnes as
sisItant
Humboldt.
A pacing mare driven by Will Ross
ling stepped in a small hole and broke
her ankle recently. She was valued at
$1,000, and had mark of 2:25.
Clear Lake.
Aaron Grimm and John Palmeter
We're out hunting the other day and shot
twenty -nine chickens. This Is the best
the Reporter has yet heard from.
creston.
AT an evening session of the district
court, Judge Towner presiding, Mrs
Clara Russell was granted divorce
from John Russell. Mrs. Sadie Gun
bingham was also given decree sep
Iarating her from the entangling alliance
with William Cunningham. the charge
being adultery.
Waterloo.
The Illinois Central will have dou-
Bile track extending from Waterloo to
Freeport before this time next year.
said a prominent official Of that road
Saturday In answer to reporters
query as to whether there was any
foundation for the rumor that was in
circulation to that effect.
Ottumwa.
An indictment was returned Saturday
against former city stenographer John
III. Wright for cheating by false pre-
lenses. Wright was arrested several
months ago. charged with Irregularities
at the city hall and has been in Jail ever
since. Judge Sloan fixed his bond at
$1,000, and 1t has not been given as yet.
Eagle Grove.
An application has been made by
James lines, Sr., of Reinbeck. for re-
ceiver for the Eagle Grove Electric
Company, the action being against
James A. lines and George lines.
James Porter has been appointed re-
ceiver and has qualified. 1t is under
stood this action was taken by the elder
.nnes to protect his interest in and
mortgages against the plant.
Shenandoah.
The order has been issued for the es-
Establishment of free mail delivery in
Shenandoah Dec. 1, with two carriers
land one substitute and thirteen street
collection boxes. Engineer Bryte
says the city is now consuming 100000
gallons of water daily. The supply is
still abundant, pumped from six wells
and the works are in good shape, re-
curing little Improvement or repairing
in three years.
Iciarinda.
During the month OF August 210 per-
cons took examinations for teachers
certificates in this county. OF this num-
Der ne-third-seventy- some
after making two or more attempts.
number of those who failed We're old
teachers. The standards have beer
raised all over the state, and the ten
dency is growing to raise them even
higher. Examinations are more rigid
and markings are closer than ever be-
fore.
Davenport.
BY her attorney, Mrs. Christina Jod-
genber has commenced an action in the
district court to secure divorce from
her husband, Louis. She states In her
petition that she and the defendant
were married in August, 1892, and that
all might have gone well if the husband
had not developed an alleged appetite
for strong drink and begun a course OF
cruel and inhuman treatment. The
plaintiff asks for the custody and care
of her minor children.
Madrid.
Mcdowell Bros. have had more orders
for digging wells at present than they
have been able to FILL Mr.. Nash, the
owner of the we'll machine, has pur-
chased another machine for the service
They will begin to run night and day
Farm wells as we'll as town wells are
ging dry, so there is great demand for
water all over the country. Six mer
had spoken early Monday morning fol
wells to be dug. but it was Impossible
to get the order filled as soon as want.
ed.
Hartley.
The Herald says: "E. B. Steece is an.
other of our prosperous farmers He
owns a half section three miles east Of
Hartley, paying $40 per acre for it, anc
he would not take SIS per acre. Think.
| 1t too good to sell at present prices
Even this dry year he Is piling up mon.
ey in good shape. He has seventy acres
OF corn that will bring close to fort,
bushels to the acre. His oats will weigh
forty-five to forty eight bushels and hi!
barley thirty-four ard half. He hat
$500 worth of timothy, and with hi.
stock of cattle he is Independent as {
king. not owing a dollar on the whole
! thing.
Sac City.
c. w. Welman, the tax ferret, goel
to Atlantic to finish some work and vii
return to Sac City In October to assis
in completing the work of collection
here. UP to Wednesday evening there
had been paid in thru his efforts ST.,
/ 039.S1. while about the sum of $500 NOR,
had been essessed by the treasurer o.
agreed upon by the parties interested
There are also few unsettled cases un
der consideration. Mr.. Welman expects
to collect so per cent for his services, a,
lprovided in his contract, having won ii
4 a district court one case In which {
lcounty sought to set aside the compen
sation provided in the contract becaus'
lit was in excess of the Is per cent al
Ilowed by law. Mr.. Welman's contrac
lin the case he won was made before TIL,
Ienactment of the law, as was the con
tract in this county. 1t Is probable tina
1.-THE board of supervisors will settle ae
Il cording to contract.
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