Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-01
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

4 1foSitN OF ME-. T.. =. f.llSNolti' " tiiis
city. who has been the prime mover In
the project and who Will contribute the
hulk of tine means TO build and equir
tie hospital. 1t is estimated the hos
,sital Viii cost when all is completed
nearly $4,000.
Red Oak.
After long delay caused by failure
to secure material. the real work of
paving the streets is TO begin today
| eJuly so. says the Republican. large
force of men is to be employed and the
work pushed from now ON as rapidly
as possible.
Waterloo.
w. j. Pierce who lives in East Wa
lteroo township. is hauling new hay TO
1.-THE CITY He states that a piece of land
itrat yielded twelve and one-half loads
OF timothy last year Will yield an excess
q. thirty loads this year Mr.. Pierce has
nine acres planted To popcorn With
every promise of an abundant yield.
Davenport.
An army OF red ants. millions in NUM-
Der. entertained pedestrians Monday
afternoon on Fourth and Ripley streets
The insects We're. crossing Fourth street
d;agonally on their way to the court
house lawn. Ii there was one of the
Soomonic insects there We're nyriads
OF them. Where they came from is con-
iectural.
Clinton.
While playing with dog u. ]. Ham
,ton cut his eye severely. He had
stick in his hand which the dog was
playing with and when the dog sudden
ly let go OF it ii few back and hit Mr..
Hamiltons glasses, breaking one of
them and driving a piece of glass into
the eye. cutting it so that 1t is feared
he will lose the sight of his right eye.
Dubuque.
on his return home here Spealle:
Henderson brought many interesting
relics with him, including the chair he
sat on during the last congress and the
same one Mr.. Reed used when he was
speaker. He also has a highly polished
three-inch shell taken from Spanish
was presented to him b. an adnliring
friend.
time to come. Easa
Sioux City.
County Treasurer Magoun has COLI
lected up to this time on the mulct tax
from saloonkeepers in Woodbury. coun-
ty the sum of $4,000 for licenses for
the past three months. After August
/ Il penalty of 20 per cent will be adj
ded to the tax. The saloon men pay
$50 every three months. There are
96 saloons in Woodbury. county. and
90 of them have paid their quarterly
tax
Vinton.
y woman of good address. fine edu-
cation and Swedish extraction. claiming
that her name is Mrs. Linstrom and
that her home is Ninton. is held in Jail
at Charles City on the charge of OBJ
tanning goods by false pretense. She
appears to be a confidence worker and
her offense consists of beating Swedish
families for considerable sums due as
board. She was arrested at Mason City
on complaint of Mrs. Carlson, of Nora
Springs.
Iowa City.
Captain S. d. Pryce is in receipt of a
letter from three Iowa City soldier boys
Which Will be of public interest Cap
tain Pryce has been making an effort TO
get w. f. Congling. John +. Wilson and
i. w. Graham transferred to service in
lite Philippines, for which service these
men enlisted BY repeated letters To
Congressman Hull and others high in
circles he has succeHed in
having the men transferred to the
United States infantry, |
which will be the first to be sent to the |
islands.
Hugh Kennedy. of pittshurg. Pa
with his wife and four children. visited
his cousin, j. H. Stewart, a day last
week. all he could spare. He is one of
several brothers who have made more
iron than anybody. They built the
works at Niagara Falls. getting $500
a day for superintendent and they
have put in colossal works in China and
Russia. Hugh relinaushed a salary of
$4,000 q year in Pittsburg TO go to
Buffalo to construct works, and must
De there by Aug /. 1t is a remarkable
family of boys, and they have grown
Itch. but love work, says the Press.
Burlington.
y Well known citizen who lives in
he northern part of the county. made II
peculiar mistake on Monday He d
stopped at Mediapolis with a $50 horse /;
hat he had just purchased of Uncle /;
sam Wilson. He hitched the animal
o post attended to some business i.
and returned a few moments /,
ater unhitched a neighbours horse and
started home with the animal. He I:
anne to the conclusion that the ami
nal needed shoeing, took him TO
hop and had him fitted up all around
nd then started for home. While the
wner and the officers were seeking
Ugh and low for the bold, bad horse
hief. Finally the matter was explained
" telephone but Eli Will probably be +
eminded of his new horse for some
<eokuk.
Among the rare and special attrac-
tons at Rand Park. in keokuk. is a ,,
oair of buffalos, remaining of small.
.erd once to be seen there. Seventeen ,
ears ago a pair of these rare animals.
nee SO plentiful on the wild prairies
II Iowa, We're presented to the city by ii
lr. Miner. of Oklahoma, during the
ime when Hon. j. c. Davis was mayor
n the July after their arrival here, the
anne year, a calf was born. The herd
rev to five. A year or SO ago a pair
sas sold for $1,000, which We're eN- s
orted to Holland. and then the old fe-
male died leaving old Dick the origi- {
al male, and yearling heifer still as d
tmates of a spacious corral at the i
ark. r