Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-28

and at that time was tie only colored
person In Monroe county except Henry
| Jones who has been a resident OF this
city since 1853. He had to live inside
the corporation of Abba or be kid
mapped" by the hunters of fugitive
slaves. He came here on the under
ground railroad" and remembers the
| Kansas border war, the Dread Scott de-
olson and all the excitements about the
| war
Red Oak.
| Last Tuesday afternoon a good pro-
portion of the property owners on the
pubic square met at the mayors office
to consult with the city council upon
the paving question. After a confer
ence it was decided that a majority of
the property owners will permit them
selves to be assessed for paving one
half the width OF the street-thirty feet
and in addition Will donate to the city
the cost of twelve feet more, thus meet
| ing the suggestion of the council that
they pave thirty feet from the curb line
in front of their property. 1t will cost
| the city $1,000 or more to do It's part
Shenandoah,
\ The Sentinel notices a strange coinci-
| dence in recording the fact that Thurs
| day morning Mrs. j. w. Barnhart and
1 daughter. who for number OF years
| have been living nine miles west of
| town. left on the %" train for Butler,
| Mo, where Mr. Barnhart has purchased
| property and to which place he went
| last Monday AS Mrs. Barnhart and
| daughter We're boarding the train. Jor-
den Pierce and family, of Elliott, Ia,
stepped Off the train, coming here to
Visit Mrs. Pierce's brother. j. w. Barn
| hart was recognized by Mrs. Pierce, and
| they enjoyed a short conversation while
the train waited in lieu of their intended
| visit.
Spirit Lake.
| Ernest Peterson, OF Fredsville, Ia,
| who purchased the Arey farm last sum
mer, furnishes the Beacon an interest,"
ing statement of the past years bust
ness of the Fredsville Cooperative
Creamery Company. This creamery
| paid the farmers in the vicinity Of
| Fredsviile al, 220.9O cash in twelve
| months besides exchanging butter for
milk to the amount OF s6,96l.31. The av-
erage price paid for butter was 2lA
cents per pound. From sixteen cows
Mrs Peterson received $4,000. He is an
enthusiastic creamery man, and makes
| this statement to encourage the farm
ers of Dickinson county to give atten-
| ton to cows.
Council Bluffs.
| The coming of the Great Western to
| this city next summer has attracted
one more large grading camp. the pro-
| prietors of which, Malone & Doulen, ex-
| pect to secure a contract for grading as
| soon as they are let. The company has
| recently completed ten mile grading
contract along the recent extension of
| the Northwestern from Nelson to
Peoria. Ill. They have about thirty
five teams with them besides several
car loads of grading machinery and
have established their camp In the old
Queal lumber yard at the corner of
Fourteenth street and Third avenue.
This now makes the second camp that
has located here this season, the first
one being that of Egan & Connors, who
have their camp south of the city.
Dubuque.
| The Telegraph states that alarming
reports have been made concerning GER
| tain farmers who reside in Dubuque
county and who persist In coming
fact that they have smallpox in their
family. The smallpox situation in the
| city is practically under control now
and the health authorities are desiious
of conserving the public veal by keep
| ing out persons that have the disease
| in their families DR.. Michel, assistant
| health physician. was notified that sew
| eral farmers who are quarantined We're
i &t,:., ~. l.,
| farmers is an ex-member of the board
of supervisors and DR. Michel made an
| effort to locate him for the purpose of
| putting him under arrest, but the eff
| forts proved futile. The health officere
state they have several or the farm
srs under surveillance and that IL they
| appear in the city again they will be
| arrested and confined in the detention
| hospital for three weeks. There was no
| new cases reported at the city hall Sat
| urday morning. A number OF recoveries
| we're ordered raised.
Waterloo.
James Black. the dry goods man. has
purchased of l.. S. Parsons, the double
store now occupied by the Black BUSH
| ness and the adjoining building on the
| south. the first floor of which is rented
by the owners of theLogan House bowl
ing alley and the second floor in use by
Mr.. Parsons himself with his music
business. The price paid was $4,000.
The property in area is 60x140, three
20-foot front lots on East Fourth street
between Water and Sycamore streets
A good index of Waterloo's progress
is shown In the Parsons end of the
transaction. Years ago Mr.. Parsons
was heavy buyer of real estate at
prices no one else seemed anxious to
indulge. He has profited greatly by his
foresight. In the year 10, or there
abouts. he paid $3.50 for the lot where
the building now occupied by the bowl
ing alley. stands. In 1882 he moved off
the little wooden shack and built the
present structure. In 1890 he purchased
the middle lot for $4,000 and in 1892 the
third lot for $4,000. In 1892 he built the
double store building. The total cost
of the lots was therefore $3.50 Esti-
mating $4,000 for the buildings his
profit Is In the neighborhood OF SIS. 900
almost doubling his money to say moth
ing of almost an per cent investment
for several years
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drives away suffering and disease
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