Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings Of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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dictments were found against several.
so-called tax dodgers at the recent ses-
sion of the grand jury.
Birmingham.
| A mad dog was shot in the streets of
hit several other dogs, and tried to bite
quicker than the dog.
Belle PLANE.
| The local potato famine was broken
Tuesday by the receipt of car load of
500 bushels OF tubers from Minneapolis.
They are being sold at SLIGO per bushel.
Jefferson.
In the district court r. NJ. Marquiss.
who has been in Jail for some time on a
charge Of defrauding several Rippey
lcitizens pleaded guilty and was sem
ltenced to two years in the penitentiary.
Hubbard.
In the case of Thompson Bros. and the
new railroad company of Iowa Falls the
4 Jury awarded the former gentlemen $3.50
last Tuesday as damages for cutting
thru their 160-acre farm in Buckeye
4 township.
McGregor.
The tax ferrets have caused to be paid
into the Clayton county treasury 49,
S39.S6 and adjusted on $4,000. There
seems to be some people whose memory
needs jogging in regard to taxable mon
4 ey and credits.
Audubon.
Mr.. Horton announces that he will
commence work in two or three weeks
on his opera house block and put in the
/ foundation at least this fall He does
not expect, however, to complete the
building until next spring.
Coon Rapids.
The little daughter of Frank letters,
about 10 years old, was savagely at
tackled by their dog one day last week
and her arm badly bitten. The mother
and father dubbed the dog away and
thus saved the child from possible
death.
Spirit Lake.
Samuel st. Clair has good crop of
peaches. Mr.. st. Glars peach orchard
consists of only a few trees but they are
we'll filled with the delicious fruit II
takes lots of labor to raise peaches here,
as the trees have to be laid down and
covered up during the winter.
Spencer.
Mel Mattson's two little boys, in the
absence of paternal watchfulness, tried
C. little experiment with bottle of gas
cline last Monday. The experiment was
a success, as result Of which the bows
are feeling decidedly uncomfortable
One Of the boys was burned quite serl.
, ously and will perhaps be unable to en-.
joy the first week or so OF school.
:, oskaloosa.
The great work Of altering the grade
at the Lacey hill on the line of the Iowa
Central road is going forward at a rapid
rate. Much work has been done, but
there is yet much to be accomplished
before the work is completed. The steam
, shovel is now making its third cut thru
, the great bank Of clay, and thereAs still
another cut to be made. The dirt that
comes from the cut is moved both north
and south to fill in the says.
Mt. Pleasant.
w. s. Martin, whose farm is Just
across the river and west of Oakland
was In the city last week. He left al
Bowman. Holland & Harlan's real es.
tate office some specimens of corn
which he raised on his farm this year
The ears We're fully foot long, well
filled and solid. Mr. Martin says that
he has placed low estimate on his
crop and that he has thirty acres tina,
will make sixty bushels to the acre. This
does not SAVIOR Of a corn famine.
keosauqua.
Mrs. Ben Johnston, of Keosauuua
was adjudged insane the first of the
week and taken to the hospital at
Mount Pleasant for treatment. It is q
sad case, indeed. the first symptoms OF
insanity appearing since her husband
United States Consul Ben Johnston, re-
turned to his post of duty at utila, Hon
Guras, about six weeks ago, having
been at home on three months yaca.
ton. their daughter, Mrs. Lee Daughri-
ty. going to utila with him to remain
until October.
Red Oak.
II Judge Mccoy, the tax ferret, keeps
UP his record Red Oak will have enough
extra money to pave without levying q
special tax or borrowing money, says
the Express. Up to the present time 81,
.09 has been paid in at the treasurer
Office on account of back taxes and
Judge Mccoy will be back later to coll
, lect more. The two highest amounts
| paid in so far were by Red Oak parties
s533.90 and 1854. The east side Of the
, county has also been caught pretty
hard. several persons being held up 70,
, $500 or such matter.
Pacific junction.
John +. Coad. Of Omaha, is spending
some time on his farm near Pacific
Junction. Mills county, this month. The
farm comprises about thousand acres
, and the corn being late planted will be
every bit as good as 1t was last year
Most Of 1t went into the ground after
May Is, and was young enough to es-
cape the hot blasts which burned out
the tassels and pollen Of the early corn
The average height Of the corn is eleven
feet, and there are some stalks thirteen
feet Ave inches Pretty good for an Off
year. The farmers on the gumbo soil
seem to be rolling In wealth this year.
ottumwa.
! Next Wednesday morning Mcintosh
Bros, of Milwaukee. Wis. who have the
contract for the building Of the portion
OF the new Milwaukee cut -off from Rut-
ledge to Cone will start out of this city
with number OF sub-contractors and
will go over the entire length of the
route they are to build, and will perfect