Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-16
FROM ALL OVER low a
The DOings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

tney are alone, andftnat the young la
dies make so many goo goo eyes at the
gentlemen that they can't see their own
work, so the boys have been barred
from the factory and are compelled to
wait outside. On this account several
of the girls have refused to come back
after supper and number Of them
have quit their jobs altogether.
Carroll.
Threshers report better yield Of
small grain than was at first expected.
r. Rogers informs the Herald that his
oats turned out quite well. The early
oats ran forty five bushels to the acre
and the late thirty-five. This is better
than farmers have looked for, but re-
turns keep pretty close to that figure.
Deputy Auditor Laughlin is at
the hospital, where he had an operation
performed on his left lower limb. Three
inches of bone was cut off the stub and
part of the nerve. He is getting along
nicely and will be at his post Of duty
in a short time.
Newton.
Alva Pearson Is out $4,000 by having
his threshing outfit destroyed on last
Wednesday night by fire on the William
Harbolt place. There is no doubt about
the origin of the fire, as the water tank
vas plugged up and 1t was some time
before any water could be obtained from
that source. Fred Kono, of Ira, states
that this was the same farm on which
His machine was set aflre and destroyed
several years ago. $50 The congre-
cation of the Christian church last sun
day gave a unanimous vote to retain
hair oofC r IT,
ing year, and raised his salary to $500 a
year.
Clarion.
Two right-of-way men for the pro-
posed Des -1Ofnes & Northern railway,
were in this section last week. The Clar-
ion understands they contracted with a
number of Norway township farmers for
right of way thru their farms, paying in
each case small sum to render the con-
tract valid in case the road is built.
Thomas Sturgeon sold s57 acres of the
Daniel Hill land last week. Two of the
buyers We're Illinois men, who took 120
and 4s0 acres respectively. Ammo Krist-
jams purchased 217 acres. These three
paid an average of $50 per acre. The
remaining forty acres, with no build
ings. went to Henry Rickens for $5S.
Aigona.
The Upper Des Moines says: "Algona
is making great mistake In allowing
the wholesale grocery to close out. The
books of the company show that 1t is
doing over a $4,000 business month,
and is on a paying basis. The capital
ought to be here to keep 1t up. now that
II has weathered the first two years. II
1t gees it will be hard to ever start an-
othe' Cur commercial exchange ought
to mogs in the matter, and make an eff
fort at least to interest some grocery
man." NJ. Del. Parsons. in
spite of the short crop, will have 200
bushels Of apples. He gets 81 a bushel
this year easier than he got IS cents
last. So Judge Quarton will build
n fine home on his lots in the south part
OF town next season.
Fort Dodge.
One of the heaviest and most impor-
tant court dockets in the history of
Webster county will confront Judge
Whitaker when he opens the August
session of the district court in Fort
Dodge on Wednesday, Aug. 81. The
criminal docket contains several cases
of more than usual Importance, pre-
eminent among them. of course, being
the case Of the state of Iowa and George
sBricker and Oliver Bricker, who have
4 been held to the jury on charge Of
numbering Charles Guild and his son,
Clarence Guild. several weeks ago. This
promises to develop into one of the most
sensational murder trials IN the history
of the county. and public interest is
more than ordinarily turned upon 1t. On
the docket for this term Of court there
are altogether 1T2 new cases, of which
nine are criminal, 1877 civil and twenty
six probate.