Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-23
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

morning on the excursion train to High
Bridge, where they spent the day, re-
turning at o o'clock in the evening.
Denison.
A band of gypsles We're in Denison the
other day and attracted great deal of
attention. The men folks We're busy
trading horses and the women telling
fortunes. Several of their wagons We're
quite ornamental and gave the appear
ance of palace on wheels.
Clear Lake.
"A. w. Baird, who some time ago built
eight fine cottages at Clear Lake, has
| disposed of them all, and most of them
were sold To Mason City people. The
cottages front on the lake and are all of
one size and color. They present very
| fine appearance on the lake shore.
Cedar Falls.
| The Womens Relief Corps has re-
ceived twelve new members. which
makes its enrolment just past the 200
count. The Cedar Falls Brick and
| Tile Company has made an assignment.
hts liabilities, are about $4,000 and the
| plant, which is a good one. with other
assets, will probably about equal that
sum.
| Waucoma.
At4 p. m. Sunday. after burning a lot
of goods inside. fire broke out in our
opera hall building. The G.. w. Bowers
building wac damaged to the extent of
$4,000, fully insured. The general stock
of j. A. Patterson was burned badly,
nearly $4,000 damage; insurance $4,000
Our fire company with its new engine
did noble work. saving great destruction
to the city.
Washington.
Press: Ida and Carl Roberts in Lon
don, at last account, rushing sights, to
get home in June. Ida went in at a
place to get a dish of tea, as they
call it, and the waiter asked, Rum in
!t?" 1t took her breath. but she gasped,
No. I'll take it clear" He brought a
decanter of rum, to her utter confusion,
and he must have thought she was "a
rum one" The bare idec, rum in tea.
Dubuque.
Fifty of the gentleman friends of
Speaker D. h. Henderson were his
guests at n fish banquet at the Hotel
Julien Tuesday night. Speaker Hender-
son had previously received a forty
seven pound salmon from a friend at
Portland, Ore. The big fish was sent
To the Julien to be prepared and when
it WAS served to the guests Ii was an
appetizing dish. The guests We're lead
ing business and professional men of
the city. Speaker Henderson sat at one
end of the table and otticiated as toast
master, and Senator Allison occupied a
place at the other end of the festal
board. Brief remarks were made by i
majority of those present.
Webster City.
Ben Sands, son of Up. Sands who
lives northeast of town, was taken TO
Independence Tuesday by Deputy Sher-
iff Sutton. The young man is about %
years of age and has always been feeble
minded. He is by no means in bad
condition, but of late has taken 1t into
his head to stay away from home, and
several times has run away and hired
out to farmers. Several days ago he.
went off with some horse traders who,
taking advantage of his condition. kept
him working for them few days and
then to get him away. as they had no
further use for him. scared him badly
making him believe they We're going To
shoot him. His parents thinking it We're
better that he should be receiving treat
ment, had him examined and taken TO
Independence.
Jewell.
The Record says: 1T was an appreci-
alive audience that greeted Hon A. e.
cummins at the college chapel last
"Wednesday evening The Speakers re-
marks were directed to and for the stu
dents and not calculated to interest the.
~ was an assemblage contrary to the
expectations of Mr.. Cummins. How
ever. the lecture thruout was one TO
merit much appreciation from all class
Ees. and to say that justice was done to-
the theme selected 10 but a mild express
sion of the real force and eloquent man
ner in which ii was presented. Mr..
Cummins is a fluent speaker, has head
full of good, sound. everyday logic. pre-
spnts 4 fine appearance and one can
readily see and also hear II they but lis
ten how it happens that he has attained
eminence as lecturer and statesman.
Sioux CITY.
The work at the Armour plant in pre-
paration for the killing of hogs and
cattle ia going buslly on, 100 men max
ing things fly. 1t is doubtful If the
change can be completed before June /,
but this may not deter the company
from beginning killing. The Increase
already indicated by the changes show
that the capacity of the plant will be
much Increased. There will be five kill
ing beds for cattle instead of two ana
the hog killing rooms will be enlarged
There will be changes also in the meth
eds Of handling meats which will much
increase the capacity The machinery
which is expected soon will in part help
in the increase of capacity. - The /
smallpox bills, passed over in the las.
two sessions of the board of supervis-
ors, will be brought UP again at this
session. The Tribune says it is exceed
ingly probable that the bills will never
be allowed. The board hesitates to au-
thoriZe the expenditure of more money
than is absolutely necessary, and shows /
a decided antipathy to the proposition
that the county should shoulder the ST. |
200 incurred in caring for the victims of
the disease.
Council Bluffs.
The union carpenters laid down their |
tools Manday and notified the employ |
ing contractors that they would stay out
until the new agreement. calling for a |
wage scale of 30 cents an hour. is signed |