Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-14
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

ing his daughter to watch while he was
gone. Venturing too close to the hre
her clothing caught and before her IA
thor could reach her she was so badly
burned that her life could not be saved.
She lived until Wednesday, when death
relieved her from suffering.
Mason City.
smallpox is visiting the southern
section of the county. Whlle there are
q number of cases as yet 1T mas ap-
peared in a mild form. The families OF
r. Tourtelotte, Henry King and Jacob
Shark are said to be afflicted, and there
some others.
Creston.
The surveyors at work on the cleo
trio railway have passed Spaulding
with the leveling stakes and are today
on their return to this city and are
placing the cross section stakes ana
grade stakes IL is thought that work
on the grade will commence Monday
morning.
Rowan.
The steam shovel started up work
west of town Saturday on the Great
Western and has been running right
along this week. - A part of the rock
for the foundation to the Bingham
block arrived on Monday and has been
placed on the ground ready for the ma
sons, who expect to begin work this
week.
Alden.
When the farmers receive their two
car loads of telephone poles there Will
be some of the quickest motions ever
made to scatter them out along the
roads. Now that they have made up
their minds to have telephones. the
same as other people. they do not IN
tend to hesitate about getting them to
working.
Cedar Rapids.
This coming season the ice dealers
of Cedar Rapids will charge the uni
form price of 20 cents per hundred for
ice. The practice of furnishing pri-
vate houses with all the ice they may
consume for $3.50 per month will be
discontinued. 1t requires about 10000
tons of ice to supply the annual demand
of Cedar Rapids.
Mount Pleasant.
John C. Winters has brought a dam
age suit against the c., B. & Q. Rail-
way Company for $1,000 damages.
which he claims on account of the tardy
arrival of some goods in a car from
Gridley, Ill. In his petition he states
that the car load of goods laid two
weeks in the railroad yards at Peoria.
He claims damage for rent. clerk hire,
broken goods and lass of time.
Mason City.
Rumors regarding the closing OF the
Park Hotel have been quite numerous
of late and last week Ole FELTON,. owner
of the furniture, gave out the state
ment that after Saturday the hotel
house until May 1, at which time his
belongings would so on sale. r. E.
Smith, the landlord, is absent from the
city and Mrs. Smith could not be seen.
Clarion.
e. p Newman is no more, except in
memory. Death released the spirit from
the tired body Wednesday afternoon of
last week at the home of his brother
in-law, Glenn Minor, in Minneapolis.
The remains We're brought to Clarion
and the funeral was held here under
the auspices of the Masonic lodges of
Dows and Clarion, assisted by mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias and
Woodmen lodges OF Bows.
Waterloo.
Master mechanics OF the different d.
visions are getting after engineers for
the practice sliding wheels when apply
ing the air. A recent notice posted at
the Waterloo shops says it costs the
company s11.25 to repair every wheel
thus damaged. All engineers are re-
quested to give the matter of the use
of the air brakes careful attention and
an endeavor will be made to cut down
the big item of expense to the company.
Bows.
The home of ]. H. Smith, southwest
of town, is under quarantine. A daugh-
ter. Mrs. Whitaker. OF Goodell, who
came to attend the funeral Of her bro
ther. John, received word that her hus-
band was taken i'll of smallpox soon
after she left home, hence the quaran-
ten. Mrs. Anna Olson sold her
farm to Cora Rood at s51 per
acre. Mrs. Rood in turn disposed of
the same to Ole T. Olson at s55 per
acre.
Waterloo.
A damage suit has been started in the
district court in which H.. C. Goetz asks
$1,000 damages from B. Clotilda Han
lon and L. c. Hanlon. The story back
CT the suit relates to real estate trans
action in which the plaintiff bought
piece of property in Waterloo of the de-
PENDANTS. He was given a warranty
deed, but found the property occupied
by the firm of Woodbury. & Hoxie, who
claimed to have a lease on the same,
and who refused to vacate until the
lease expired. For loss thus sustained
the suit is brought.
Mount Pleasant.
George Rath was arrested recently on
the charge of stealing coal, and pleaded
guilty before Justice Van Beck, who
has taken the case under advisement
before passing sentence. For some time
q man by the name of Smith of Lock