Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-10
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

About mile and a half outside of Eagle
Grove as the train was speeding along
AT a good gait, the rails spread under
the engine and the coaches and some of
the box cars left the rails. Wonderful
to relate, the cars joggled along on the
ties for a short space and then climbed
upon the rails and the train continued
It's journey with no other Ill effects than
the severe jolting of the frightened
passengers.
Webster City.
a committee from the city council
waited upon the board of supervisors
Friday to see what the county would do
ito assist the city in bearing the expense
loccasioned by the smallpox epidemic.
The bills paid by the city aggregate
about $1,000 and an agreement was
reached whereby the county pays the
entire bill and levies a special tax on
the city approXimating about $3.50. This
settlement was reached after a thor-
Ieugh examination Of the statutes re-
slating TO the matter and is in accord
!ance with the law and seems to be just
TO the city and to the county.
Sioux City.
The district court mas been fortunate
this in its prosecution of criminal ac-
stions; seven different culprts have
pleaded guilty and are already under
sentence-more than half of the entire
number indicted by the last grand jury
This is an unusual showing and makes
a great saving of expense to the county,
as each prosecution will average a cost
of 5000 or $3.50 Several more convic-
tons are quite sure to result when the
remaining cases are put on trial. =
The Woodbury. county lakes and bayous
are swarming with fish, buffalo and
hullheads being the principal varieties.
Some anglers capture as many as 100
per day.
Boone.
Boone now has several cases of the
genuine smallpox. sunday afternoon
the police quarantined Ed Overton, the
proprietor of the North Side Barber
shop. Two other families in the same
block were also auarantined as being
lexposed A lady called at the Collins
| home sunday which is under quarantine
for smallpox. and held little CONVEX
lsation on the porch A policeman hap
lpened along and compelled her to enter
1.-The house and placed her under auaran-
| tine In the Fifth ward the following
cases are reported: BESSIE Pardee, Earl
Robert Marshall None of the cases
| are reported as serious but every PIE
caution is taken to prevent the spread
OF the disease.
Davenport.
A stranger claiming to hail from
| Boone, Ia. but who states that he has
teen among the clam diggers along the
upper Mississippi river. stated last nigh
that two clam diggers We're drowned
Friday night in the Mississippi some
where between Princeton and Clinton
According to mis- statement the tw,
men We're is and 90 years of age re
|.pectively. They had been engaged dig
Lying clans near Princeton aud had de.
Icded to move further up the river. The,
secured permission toattach their hnuss
boat to a steamer north bound ant
.left Princeton shortly before fnidngn
in tow Of the steamer. When the steam
Ter reached that place. sometime aftel
midnight the boat was still in tow bu
the clam diggers were gone. 1t wa:
supposed. he stated. that they had fal
Hen overheard and We're drowned.
Charlton.
4 Miss Edith Brant. of this city, instruc
4 tor of music in our pubic schools, ha
been appointed by President Mansfield
i Of camden.N. j.. to represent the mu
Isle supervisors of the public schools o
THE state of Iowa at the National Musi
Teachers Association. which meets IL
Bar Harbor. Mich, the first week Il
4 July. This is the second time Mis-
A Brant has received the appointment
q over supervisors of many more Years
II experience a somewhat anus
ling incident occurred in neignborint
4 town one day recently. One of the citi
xens. being in need of wood, thought h
would just help himself 10 some whc
was easy of access. but which did no
i belong to him, SO he started for 1t. I'm
.lagine his surprise when he found that
minister had preceded him and the WOO
Il was gone, So we have been informed
s says the Patriot, in reporting the Incl
ltent.
4 Des Moines.
The wife of Mr.. L. w. Nine of tn
Hunted Brethren church. residing a
l413 Maple street. had an exciting ex
|perience Saturday morning. About 10.s
Io'clock, while she was removing tn
clothes from a child's bed. man spran
out from beneath the bed, grasped he
q about the ankles. and attempted I
, throw her to the floor. She fought wit
the man and after a short time sue
ceeded in freeing one of her ankles. Sh
!. then kicked herself loose from the ruf
4 fans hold and succeeded in gettin
from the house. She ran toward
neighbours house. but before she &c
there she fell in faint. Her neighboi
: ran from their houses. attracted by he
screams. and came to her assistance
She was carried into home. wher
she revived. She then told her stor.
A hurried search was made for the boil
/. intruder, but he could not be found.
Dubuque.
The loss occasioned by the fire at tn
Richardson shoe factory has been az
susted satisfactorily to the two firm
concerned. The salvage. 1t is said. we
|quite good-sized amount, but all of
was sold In Chicago and the aggregal
amount of Insurance allowedNNn I'll
stock of both companies is said to /
si5. 900. The building, which was insure
for $4,000, was adjudged total loss, q
> were also all the fixtures OF both con
ranies and the machinery of b. F. Rici
ardson & Co. The machinery of II
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