Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-09
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

! IOWA NEWS HENS
Whittemore.
George Schumacher, Of this place
has filed a petition in bankruptcy
George is the young man who a couple
of years ago thought to get rich quickly
and purchased territory for a patent
fence of a smooth agent and gave his
notes for about $2T5.
Algona.
NJ. s. Mccoy has just sold the west
half of section / in Burt township to ar
Illinois customer at s52,50 per acre. Mr.
Mccoy sold this same piece a year age
to another Illinois man, who makes
$3.50 per acre on the deal. The land
is very cheap at the price paid.
Sheffield.
Richard Wilde, one of the best known
citizens of Sheffield, died Tuesday eve
ming after an illness of about a week
the trouble being hemmorrhage of the
brain. Mr.. Wilde was one of the Oldest
native born citizens of Iowa, having
been born in Dubuque in April, 1886.
klemme.
A small fire was built near the
Krouse blacksmith shop Saturday
night, just to see how quickly the fire
were needed. And they were quick
About three minutes after the alarm
sounded the boys had the fire put out
GoodeIi.
Lightning got in some work on Sat
urday in our town. Tom eastman had
three fine steers killed, q horse in Mrs,
Elders barn belonging TO ]. Fork was
killed and two valuable dogs, n be-
longing to l.. C. Whitaker and the
other to William Allaben, were found
dead on the following morning.
Vail.
A very happy welding occurred al
Vail Tuesday morning in the marriage
of MI. William Anderson, of Chicago
and Miss Katherine Farley, of Vail
The impressive ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. A, G. Martin, of Denison, at
the Presbyterian church which had
been most t%astefully decorated for the
occasion.
Florence.
During the storm of last Friday night
John Kelling's barn was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground
Five head of horses, three belonging to
Mr.. Keeling and two to his hired man,
we're also burned, together with fifty
sacks of cotton seed meal, some corn,
oats and harness. Loss, $1,000; insur-
ance, $500.
Grundy Center.
"a NJ, M IL Dpc{ uyhn hoe haan a rifi.
zen Of Grundy Center for twenty
years, and proprietor Of the Central
house until it was destroyed by fire in
1899, has traded his hotel lots and the
seven lots he owned north of Main
street to Mr.. Harry Taylor for a two
story brick hotel in Parkersburg, val
ued at $4,000.
corwith.
The Corwith Rural Telephone Com
pany has purchased the present ex-
change Of Mr.. Way and has a load Of
poles and other construction materia
on hand and will extend the present
exchange in all directions. The pro-
moters are elated over the way the
business runs and the farmers are al
working in harmony.
Algona.
Lew Burtis, whose arrival here sew
eral weeks since was noted, was ar
rested by John SwitZer early Thursday
morning on a warrant charging hin
with resertion from the regular army
It appears that Burtis is a member Of
Company K, Fourteenth United States
! infantry, and that his regiment is sta.
toned at Fort Niagara, N. Y.
Reinbeck.
Mrs. Sarah M. Fothergill, wife OF
George Fothergill, of Reinbeck, was
brought before the insane commission
ers at Grundy Center on Monday. Hell
mental condition was such that Tues
day she was taken to the hospital a
independence for treatment. Mrs
Fothergill has been in por health fol-
several months but hopes were enter
tanned for her recovery.
C%arnarvon.,
There was a cloud burst near Car
narvon Thursday evening n the right
| of way for some distance was for a time
submerged up to the rails. Hand cars
were SEM out going before all trains
The evening passenger passed over the
road while the water was yet high and
foaming and steaming. 1t appeared
dangerous and a wash out was expected
to be met with at In moment.
Fairfield.
Harley, a 9-year-old son of Gus Ain
who lives four miles northeast of this
city, was accidentally shot by a com
| panion Wednesday. DR.. Fordyce found
where eight or ten shot of small size
had struck him, on the right side of the
face, shoulder and arm, some of which
yet remain in the flesh. The lad was
playing In his fathers barn With some
! other boys, n of whom was handling