Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-09

present and the future warrant it. With
three churches here like the new one an
increase of 100 in average attendance
could be easily reached, and possibly
200.
Spirit Lake.
Important improvements are nearing
completion at Manhattan Beach. The
hotel has been raised a story. which in
creases the capacity of this popular re-
sort. A dance pavilion 6OX1O0 feet and
bowling alley have also been provided
for the amusement of summer visitors
$50 Spirit Lake has done an unusual
amount of home building this year, but
her energies in this direction are by nc
means exhausted. A number of enter
prising citizens are maturing plans fol
giving shape to good homes next year.
keosauqua.
The delinquent tax sale t the county
treasurer's office last Monday was one
of the most interesting ones in the his
tory of the county. AS a rule heretofore
bid as low as one-eighth was likely tc
be the minimum, but on Monday the
bids didn't stop at any fraction with SC
small adenominator. The majority OF
them went up into the hundredths and
one piece was bid off at one-siXteen
hundredth. Plenty of money looking for
investment, together with the exceed
ingly low rate of current interest was
no doubt the cause of Mondays special
activity.
Rockwell City.
Perhaps the largest real estate deal on
record in Calhoun county was consum-
mated the first part of last week by the
real estate firm of Hunter & Barber, OF
Rockwell City, by which over 1,200 acres
OF the very finest of Calhoun county
land was sold to Illinois parties and
brought in over $4,000. OF this 155 acres
was sold for George L. Brewer to Gerd
Ehler, of Champaign, ILL.,. and 4S0 acres
in the Huffman farm just east of town
was sold to his brother, w. w. Ehler, at
the same time. Mr.. Brewers land av-
eraged about $40 per acre. and the Huff
man land sold for sec. 1t all lies near
to Rockwell CITY, The two BROKERS,
who are wealthy Illinois farmers, expect
to move hereaand improve their proper
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Ogden.
Reporter: Some remarks have been
made of the fact that no relative of Mr..
Pinkham met the body at Lawrence,
Mass, upon its arrival at that place.
Mr.. Pinkham had but very few relatives
living, sister, Mrs. Leavitt, at one
time resident Of Ogden, and her
daughter, appear to be the only blood
relatives living. The cemetery lot was
purchased many years ago and several
al ttx,a 1Nt,rt AI frSN 7 40
does not live at Lawrence and was too
Ill to attend and the daughter was in
Maine. and Mr.. Hiland, with the body,
arrived one day earlier than she sup
posed he could. The exercises were the
Sunday following his leaving Ogden,
and was by the Oddfellows and Miss
Leayitt was present He was buried by
the side of his wife.
Ottumwa.
The Courier says Ottuma had distin-
guished visitor in her portals the major
portion of last week. This parsonage
vas w. Bergen. alias Barton, alias Bon
.ner, seventeen year convict alleged
fraudulent mortgage expert and all
around confidence man. The presence
Of Mr.. Bergen was kept very quiet In
this city. He was brought here to APP
pear as witness in the Kane perjury
case, which was given such sudden
and sensational end in the district court
Thursday. Bergen is the man whom It
IS alleged bunkoed Kane out of nearly
81 900. and is the cause Of the trouble be-
tween Kane and c. r. Norton. of this
city. Sheriff Suits brought Bergen here
Monday, getting aim from the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison. He was kept in
close confinement in the county jail un-
til Thursday afternoon, when he was
returned to Fort Madison and again en-
tered upon his long term. He has been
in the penitentiary but a few months.
and this was probably his last visit to
the outside world for nearly seventeen
years