Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-11
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The D0ings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

considerably short Of the theoretical,
as obtained by the foregoing figures.
Still we feel safe in asserting that a
good five miles of new graveled roads
have been built within the year.
Newton.
Lester Laird, an old Newton boy now
principal of the schools of Fremont,
Neb. has secured a gift of $4,000 from
Carnegie for public library at Ere
mont providing the city guarantees
S1,5o0 per annum toward keeping it up.
49, w. s. Vance. who recently sold
his big farm near Kellogg, left Monday
morning with his son-in-law, w. j..
Kelley, for the great west. Mr.. Vance
has purchased magnificent stock
ranch of five thousand two hundred
acres-2.2l0 acres OF it under irrigation.
Mr.. Vance has gone out to add some
Improvements and get better acquaint-
ed With his possessions, with iikeli-
hood that he will move T. that country
in the near future The removal OF
such man and such family leaves a
vacancy in Jasper county which will be
very difficult to fill, says the Record.
Algona.
Henry Reid and wife OF Union town
ship are planning to start about the
first of May on a trip to their old home
in Scotland to spend the summer. Mr..
Reds mother is there, and tho he has
been absent from Scotland for thirty
three years the old scenes will be en-
joyable to revisit Mr. Reid first set
tied in Upper Canada. He went to
Chicago right after the great fire. in
fact while the ruins were yet smoking.
FIR and Mrs. Reid were married III that
city the following year They came to
Iowa soon after. and Mr.. Reds first
work In the county was on the Milwau-
kee railroad extension in the cut north
of town. Mr.. Reid came to kossuth
with only about 500 capital. He is now
the owner without incumbrance Of 400
acres of land in Union township and is
counted one of our rich and deserv-
ing men. says the Republican.
Centerville.
Bill Hampton charged with maintain
ing liquor nuisance, was given a pre-
liminary hearing in Justice r. Hender-
sons court Monday and was bound over
to the district court and his bono was
bondsmen he was taken into custody
and committed to the county jail for q
period of four months for violating an
injunction issued by the district court
restraining him from selling intoxicat-
ing liquors. Hampton was brought be-
fore Judge Fee at the last term of court
charged with contempt and q fine OF
5000 was assessed against him, four
months in jail being fixed as the penalty
for non-payment commitment to issue
at the discretion of the county attorney.
Hampton promises to leave the county
and go to Colorado and the commit
ment had been withheld to permit him
to leave but as he did not do SO County
Attorney Probasco had the commit
ment served yesterday.
Perry.
Jack Ousley, the colored gentleman
who holds forth at Tom Whites bar
her shop, got up a possum supper Mon
day night to which he invited the bust
ness men of the city In general. Twen-
ty-five responded to the invitation, and
We're on hand promptly at $3.50 p. m. to
partaka of the supper, at 81 per plate.
which was served in the basement of
the Shortley building. Jack sent to Chi
cago, and got seven young possums,
which he had Mrs. F. A. Carpenter pre-
pare for the big supper. They also had
English dressing seasoned with onions,
ham gravey, shortening bread. corn
pone speet potatoes, cranberry sauce
and buttermilk. Mr.. C. H. Kerns acted
as POSTMASTER of the evening, and the
Chief Reporter states that he made
right smart one too Several toasts, be-
fitting the occasion, were responded to
in humorous terms. None enjoyed the
evening more than the good natured
colored man, and while he says he
didn't make a cent off the venture, he
was glad they all had good time.
Jack came to Perry from Des Moines,
and under the Cleveland administration
was bailiff in that city.