Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-26
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.

The Republican states that Improve
ments in Estherville this year VIII
figure up at least to S150,000.
clarksvilie.
The German Evangelical People VIII
do nothing toward purchasing grounds
or erecting new church until Slb0o
has been subscribed. Nearly this.
amount mas been sutsrt5as-
Mt. Pleasant.
Ed Scarf, of Trenton township.
killed one of the largest specimens OF
the lioot owl ever seen in Henry coun-,
by. The head of the night bird was
large as that OF small child.
Ames.
The contract for the new horticul-
tural laboratory OF the Agricultural
college, was let last week to w. j. Zit-
terall, OF Webster City. The con-
tract calls for a two story building
35x5o to be completed by the first of
the year.
jefferson.
Mr.. a. A. SprAgue, who last spring
sold his home farm and went to Kansas
to seek a new location, is back here
visiting friends. He has not yet found
anything that suits him as well as Iowa
farm land, and thinks he will either
relocate here or in eastern Nebraska.
Ottumwa.
The committee having the matter
in charge have received information
from Elder j. NJ. Bailey. OF Richmond,
KY, that he will accept the call re-
Gently rendered him to the pastorate
OF the West Second street Christian
church OF this city.
Newton.
Sac City.
Chris Roth, of Levey township, has
fled a petition in the district court
claiming of the Illinois Central railroad
company ss63.42 for loss sustained by
reason of fire escaping because of neg
ligent operation of the railway and
destroying hay, pasture and other prop
erty belonging to the plaintiff.
Oeiwein.
The large bulletin in the southeast
corner of the district court room is an
innovation. On this bulletin is dis
played each day the title OF the cases
docketed for that day, and is con-
yenfent guide to those who enter the
court room, as 1t saves the trouble of
making inquiry about what Is going
on. 1t is also help to the newspaper
reporters as well as attorneys and
others.
Tama.
The state VS.. John Dexter came up
for trial before Justice A. w. Guernsey
Friday. The charge against Mr. Dexter
was cruelty to animals. Ht. was fined
SO and cost. Upon the removal of
cause fine to be RENTED. The News
understands that parties having stock
lin Mr.. Dexter's pasture had failed to
pay the rent and he shut Off the water
thinking this would induce the parties
to pay UP, but it seems only to have
got him into trouble.
Hampton.
The parties who We're stlrting in to
circulate petitions for the mulct law
lin Franklin county. have decided to
wait until after election, as there Will
not be as heavy vote cast this No
yember as last. Sixty-tive per cent of
the voters must sign; that is sixty-five
per cent of those who voted at the
last election, and no man who did not
vote at the previous election can sign
the mulct petition and have his name
count.
Mrs. Tabitha Shelley, who is near
ing her four score years, and has
been totally blind for the past eight
years, is keeping house by herself,
most of the time, in her cottage on
East Marion street. OF course her
relatives come frequently to look at
ter her. but as a rule she. prefers to
live alone and be her own boss. How
she manages to build her fires, do her
own cooking and look after her var
ious household affairs is surely a mys-i
terry. But she does it, and is usually
happy and contented even in her blind-
ness.