Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-28
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Maquoketa.
w. p. Tracy is organizing new brass
band for the city. The initial practice
occurred last Thursday.
Forest City.
About fifty pieces of delinquent tax
property We're put UP at autcion at the
court house last Tuesday. The sale
netted about $500.
Sheldon.
j. Short & Sons hog sale Wednes-
day was a great success. One hog sold
for s71 and the average price for the
whole lot was s31,5Q 1t pays to raise
good hogs, says the Mail.
Greene.
Twelve of our citizens went to Pierre,
S. d., Monday. the goth, to take UP
claims on some school land that had
Just been opened for settlement. The
Press understands that all who went
were successful in securing claim
Onawa.
Miss Roxy Robbins a school teacher
of Kennebec township, who was SO bad
ly injured by fall one day last week,
is found to be in a much worse condi-
ton than at first supposed. Her brain
and spine are injured and she Is thought
to be fatally injured.
Armstrong.
Journal: Thomas Westminster
Doughty and Ulysses Grant Crosby
walked eleven miles along the river
Sunday looking for place to skate.
They found a spot of ice 9x2S feet but
refuse to divulge the spot so the other
boys can go and enjoy themselves.
Denison.
Mr.. w. w. Cook informs the Review
that he has plans under way for the
erection OF fine $4,000 brick hotel on
the site of the present Wilson house. He
expects to move the present building to
the south end of his lots and to contin-
lie to use ii for sample rooms. etc.
Allison.
Instead of the price Of residen.A
phones being raised from 90 cents To 81
az stated in the Tribunes last issue, the
price will only be advanced to rs cents.
Business phones have been put In for
81 heretofore where casn was paid in
advance. now they will be $1.S5 cents
when paid in advance.
Spencer.
A bull calf less than year old and
Weighing S65 pounds, was sold by the
authorities of the Clay county farm to
H. j. McGrath OF Meadow township,
the price being 500. Another male calf,
less than three months old, was sold to
d. r. Hubbard at 800. They have some
choice cattle on the county farm, and
we are told that the books show profit
of thirty-nine per cent on the thorough
breds for the year 1901. while but little
profit was realized on the inferior COM
mon grades.
Esthsrville.
The gentlemen OF the hounds" had
an exciting fox hunt the first of this
week A fine specimen OF red fox was
started north of town, and for nearly
thirty minutes the pack followed their
quarry. Just out Of striking distance.
But Sir Reynard was too foxy for the
dogs. and by series of doubles evaded
his pursuers and was last seen by one
OF the boys about half mile behind the
dogs, giving them the metallic laugh
over the ridge OF hill, says the Repub-
lican.
Ellison.
Last fall ten Of our citizens got to-
gether and guaranteed sum sufficient
to get lecture course and agreed thaA
If there was anything after all expenses
were paid that should go to three funds.
viz the public schoold library fund, the
public library fund, and the fund for
N 4 az
like a very hazardous undertaking for
town no larger than Ellston to put in
a lecture course and pay out but pay
out it did and the sum OF $3.50 In excess
of expenses was divided between the
three funds
Rockford.
r. S. Hubbard bought at Spring,
Bank, Alta. ten miles west of Calgary.
Canada, the Dornac ranch. The sale
consisted of all the cattle, horses, farm
implements, wagons, sleiAhs, harnesses,
vegetables. grain. hay, chickens, part OF
household furniture and ai small tools.
This ranch has eighty acres OF fine TIM
Der on It, He also bought the Harper
ranch ten miles south OF Dornac ranch,
which sale consisted of part of the farm
implements, correls, feed, etc. This
ranch has forty acres of fine timber on
It, These two ranches together con-
tain 500 acres.
Mt. Pleasant.
The rev city water plant, which was
partially installed at the time. received
most severe test at the big fire on the
night of 18th. The pump and pipe and
boiler had only been put in place just
q few hours before, and If the fire had
occurred the preceding day very little
could have been done by the fire de-
partment AS 1T was 1T is certain that
the Touring mill and the elevator could
have been saved had the pressure been
strong enough, and two boilers been In
service instead of only one. The
streams were strong enough, however,
to prevent further damage.
Abba.
cato Addison, late of Keokuk, the new
cook at the George Harris restaurant,
lived In Abba twenty-eight years ago
and has since that time been In many
cities as professional cook. The Union
says he came to Abba from the south
at the close of the war with William
Welsh who served in the Thirty-sey-
Zenith Iowa infantry or Iowa Gray