Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-11
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The DOings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


Thompson.
There will be great deal of building
done this year not only in Thompson
but on many of the farms in the vicin-
ity as we'll. Several farmers have al
ready purchased large bills of lumber
and material and will begin their i'm
provements as soon as the weather per-
mits and workmen can be secured.
Perry.
The sheriff of Pocahontas county
came TO Perry Thursday night, and
Friday morning arrested Attorney III. G.
Giddngs and Charley Paasch, who lives
southwest of town. The exact wording
of the charge is not obtainable. but in
effect they are charged with illegal con-
duct in procuring a witness to testify.
Mason City.
w. e. Davis, better known here as
yellow Hammer. became embroiled at
Austin few nights ago in row with
a railway employe and pounded the lat
ter up badly. 1t took all the policemen
in the town with the assistance of 9TH
ers to get Yellow Hammer in jail and
he will probably get severe sentence.
Stanhope.
Seven ladies of the Stanhope Chris
ton church have pledged themselves to
pay the expenses of Miss Mills, mis-
sionary to India, for day each. The
pay she receives is about 50 per day.
The lady is from Des Moines, and goes
as missionary from the Womans Board
of Missions of the Christian churches of
Iowa.
Lenox.
We understand that the quarantine
which has been in operation at the
Commercial House for some time past
will be lifted soon. 1t having been dis
covered that the disease did not neces-
state a continuance of same. 1t is also
said that the quarantine rules have not
been very rigidly observed by some in
the meantime.
Charlton.
Rev. b. F. Palmer. of the Baptist
church, who recently accepted cal!
to the pastorate at Charlton, has moved
his family from Keota to this place and
is now nicely located on Auburn ave-
nue.. nicknamed Sky Pilot avenue, from
hte number of ministers living thereon,
there being five on this street within
the distance of two blocks.
CenterviIle.
The report of real estate transfers in
Appanoose county amounting to $500 or
over for the week ending March T.
made by Law Brothers Company shows
a total amount of $141,307 for the week
This is record breaking week in the
history of real estate transfers in the
county, this amount of transfers never
having been equalled before.
CentervilIe.
EN- Sheriff G. E. Clinic has been ar
raigned on the two indictments re-
turned against him by the grand jury
on Wednesday of last week. He said
he was indicted in his right name, said
he had no attorney, but would secure
one received copy of the indictments
and given until the first day of the next
term of court to enter his plea.
Primehar.
A suit between Chris Fife vs. J@
Carlson was tried Monday to a jury
Carlson had hired out to Fife, but left
last summer and Fife retained his
horse because of balance which Fife
claimed was due. Fife finally brought
suit and attached Carlson's horse and
the defendant asked damages for
wrongful attachment The jury denied
Flies claim and gave verdict against
him in favor of Carlson for $3.50 dam
ages.
Fort Dodge.
Engineer E. NJ. Hooker, of the Cen
trail. will known in this city, died in his
room at the home of Conductor Chap
man in Waterloo, of heart failure. Mr..
Hooker ate his supper as usual, but
soon after complained of feeling chilly
and went to his room, where he grew
rapidly worse. A doctor was summoned
but before he arrived the young man
expired. He was sitting on a chair
when the end came, and fell back dead,
without a murmur of warning.
Iowa City.
The senior medical class of the Uni
versity left Saturday morning at 6:2O
for the Independence insane asylum,
not in the escort of body guard how
ever, but on the cordial invitation of
DR.. Hill, superintendent of the hospital.
The institution was practically turned
over to the medical students and their
friends who Were shown the inner
workings of the insane asylum. The
visit will undoubtedly be very profit
able one to the medical students. They
returned the same evening"
Pocahontas.
Pocahontas came very near having a
fire last week which bur fo,. early dis
covery and prompt attention. might
have proved to be quite serious About
{: 30 f. G. Whitney detected the smell of
wood burning in his bake room in the
east end of his store building. On eX-
animation he found smoke issuing from
George Patee. an ak and couple of
buckets of water the fire was located
and put out. 1t had burned thru one
thickness of board and was rapidly get
ting start. A range in too close prox-
unity to the wall was the cause. The
loss is small.
Hampton.
The Chronicle tells of one March Sat
urday that was the greatest business
day Hampton has ever seen. Money or
der receipts at the postoffice on that
day broke all records. and every bank
in the city did q larger business than
ever before transacted, the deposits in
two of the banks reaching nearly $780,
900 each. County Recorder j. w. Cum
minSs also got hit" by the landslide of
business that was going on and on
Monday he had over 100000 worth of
real estate transfers to record The