Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-27
Webster City,

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Surveying is in progress and work
on the new heating plant will COM
mence in a short time. Lateral con-
INJECTIONS will be made with every
third building. The buildings on each
side will be connected from the pipe
thus laid. A meter will be used the
same as measures the electricity and
water supply Of the city at present.
Hubbard.
The members OF the Zion church gave
their pastor, Rev. Dammann and wife,
| a happy surprise last Thursday even
| ing. They were made the recipients
| of a fine $50 sideboard. A number
of our town people have been out nut
ting the past week. Nuts are plentiful
and those who have visited the woods
have laid in goodly supply.
Fairfield.
Secretary John r. McElderry esti-
mates the expenses of the Jefferson
county fair at little less than $1,7OO,
and that, with its appropriation from
the state, the society will have about
$500 in its treasury for this year. .
Sheriff Wright made a trip to Ft.
Madison this week and turned over
to the warden of the penitentiary Will
liam Mcdonald, under sentence for
leightcen months, and William Nagle,
/ for two years. Both men We're cons
victed Of grand larceny, DEMONSTRATING,
at the present term of district court.
Montezuma.
Supervisor Moler has ordered two
cars of crushed stone from the peniten-
tiary at Anamosa to be used In fixing
the crossing at English on the Brook
Ign road. The Republican says he be-
llieves that proper grading and a COW
ering Of crushed stone will obviate the
difficulty that has manifested itself
there so long. That road has been the
means of much complaint In the past
and Mr.. Moler proposes to fix 1t IN
such a way as to prevent an impossible
condition every time the creek gets on
q rampage. Under a legislative enact
ment stone for the use on public high
ways may be procured at the peniten-
tiary by the payment of the freigh.
only.
Sioux City.
The new owners OF the Sioux City
Traction company are Swift & Co. and
Armour & Co. This ownership will con-
tinue Indefinitely unless the attempt
to effect a merger of the stock yards
and packing house interests shall be
successful, in which event the street
railway system of Sioux City, along
with the stock yards, hotels and other
auxiliary properties of the several COM
panies, will go into the general pool.
The system consists of fifty miles OF
lines, which comprise all the lines
which originally were owned by the
Sioux City and Leeds Electric Railway
Company, Central Traction Company
Riverside Park Railway Company,
Sioux City Rapid Transit Company and
South Sioux City Traction Company.
The present capital stock Of the COM
.pany is $1,2O0,0OO.
Iowa City.
The court has granted decree of di-
vorce to Annie Dubal as prayed, from
her husband, Joseph Dubal. The de-
PENDANT, Joseph Dubal, is allowed 5000
out of the homestead property, said
amount to be paid to him by the plain.
tiff within thirty days, and title to said
property is confirmed in the plaintiff.
Mrs. Dubal is to pay her own witnesses
and fees of the sheriff for serving MOTTO
es, and the balance Of the costs are to
be paid by Mr.. Dubal. Mrs. Dubal gets
the custody of the minor son. This
case has occupied considerable time
in court, and friends of either party
have watched for the outcome. Mrs.
Dubal claimed inhuman and cruel
treatment, desertion and drunkenness
as the grounds for divorce, while Mr..
Dubal denied all the charges and in
cross bill preferred similar charges
against his wife-with the exception of
drunkenness-and asked that her peti
ton be set aside and that his petition
for . divorce be granted.