Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-26

| cars, as some of these blocks of stone
weigh several tons and are many feet
thick and fully twenty feet in length.
This rock comes from the famous quar-
ries nj Bedford Indiana Stonecutters
are expected in Il few days who Will at
once go to work on the preparation of
the rock
Council Bluffs.
Smallpox has this year made its APP
pearance i'll the city much earlier than
usual. as the disease is supposed To
practically die out during the summer
months and remain so until November
or December This carly advent of the
disease is supposed to be Largely due
TO the cool. damp weather that has
prevailed during the summer months.
r. r. Ellsworth, who resides at the
reported 10 be suffering of the disease.
He was quarantined at his residence.
Wesley.
Several farmers in this vicinity re-
port the condition of corn as splen-
did. y large crop Will be harvested
if the weather continues dry and warm
until the 18th of September. The loss
on the low ground will be made up by
the increased acreage. j. D..
Plumb returned Friday with his herd
of Indian ponies and disposed of sew
eral more. Mr.. Plumb is a Methodist
preacher spending the summer in sell
ling horses and the winters in corralling
sinners, as the World puts il.
Boone.
The board of supervisors have been
much buster this spring and summer
than most people are aware of The
constant rains have kept the roads i'll a
bad condition and the bridges had to
be looked after and taken care of. II
is no easy matter to take care of the
surplus water along the highways, and
roads and bitches and drains We're
being constantly cleaned and new ones
opened A number of bridges were
washed out and had to be replaced
with as little delay as possible.
Marble Rock.
a company of nineteen farmers in
Niles township. this county, bought Il
complete threshing outfit last Saturday
at Il cost of $3.50 The Journal says
this trust is formed to do their indivd-
ual threshing instead of hiring others
to do it. During the storm of
Tuesday afternoon a bolt of lightning
killed a COW for John Schmidt north
of town. Mr.. Schmidt went out to view
the dead animal and expressed him
self pleased that it was the COW in
stead of the house that was struck.
Hardly had he expressed himself when
another bolt struck the house doing
considerably damage to the building.
No one was injured. Loss covered by
insurance.
Red Oak.
The Express says it is really aston
ishing what a fine display of corn has
been made this year despite the early
date and the backward season. True,
the corn isn't ripe but the ears are
simply immense. There is u stalk
of corn thirteen feet and eight inches
high standing in the First National
Bank. Ii it were longer it wouldn't
stand upright in the building. for ii now
reaches from floor to ceiling 1t bears
two good big ears the upper one being
just seven feet. eight inches from the
ground Ed Sickmon's farm northeast
of town produced this stalk, aud Ed
says he has more just like it, but the
Express declares it don't see how i'm
tllt Noiiti SuNll toIll Is W Dc S,uluclSu
by q man of his size.
Davenport.
There Was filed for record Friday af-
tornoon in the county recorders office
an old land grant bearing the date
of Dec. i, 1852. 1t WAS made out in
the term of President Willard Fill
mort, and signed by him. and his as
sstant secretary, Alex Mccormick. The
grant involves 16o acres of land To-
Gated in IeClaire's township 1t is
made out in the name of George H.
kennerly, a lieutenant in Captain Dav-
EXPORTS company of the Eighth regi-
ment of the United States infantry, for
gallant services rendered during the
war of 1872. The warrant is No. 11,S2o
and has been assigned by Lieutenant
George H. Kennerly to Joseph Henry
Curry. The latter has recorded the grant
on the books of Scott county.