Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-15
IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Waterloo.


rs foreman of the round house last
night. He has been kept away by small
COX quarantine at his home. His little
child had mild attack of the disease.
Davenport.
John p. Paustain, thru his attor-
ney, Geo. E. Huhbell has entered suit
IN the district court against the Daven-
port Malt and Grain company in the
sum of $4,000, claimed as damages
sustained by the plaintiff while in the
employ of the defendant company.
Rockwell City.
This week Hon. j. F. Lavender, dis
tinguished member of the Rockwell!
City bar, announces himself as can
didate for the office Of district judge.
He has occupied positions of honor and
trust and both as representative and
county superintendent acquitted him
self with marked credit.
Tacoma.
Mr.. S. Needles, living in Tacoma, was
standing on something in his smoke
house, hanging meat and getting IN
readiness to cure the same. when ne
fell in such a way as to break his neck,
death coming almost instantly. 1t is
supposed that he was seized with heart
failure, which caused him to fall.
Honey Creek.
There is fear of an epidemic of small
pox here. Peter Brons, the mail car
rier between Pigeon and Honey Creek,
Is broken out with smallpox. He car
ried his route the same as usual on
Monday, and came to Honey Creek and
exposed nearly everybody The North
western depot has been fumigated, and
Mr. Southern is arranging to fumigate
his store and residence.
Sidney.
Fifteen students at the high school
with Prof. Maus as leader went to On
aha Friday for a visit with the high
school of that place and to take in some
of the many other places of interest.
AT the high school they were well re-
cefyed by the superintendent and pu-
pills. A visit was made to the slaughter
houses and stock yards at South Oma-
ha and the big railroad shops of North
Omaha.
Tabor.
Another case of smallpox has APP
peared at the Evans home northwest
of Tabor, the victim being the father
ease. DR.. Tweedy, the attending ply
stefan, thought the elder Evans would
not have the disease he having been
vaccinated several times and the virus
failed to work, but he has recently been
taken down. The case is a mild form.
The son is convalescent.
Oskaloosa.
AL Mendenhall's machine ship was
totally destroyed by fire Monday, to-
gether with quantity of machinery,
tools, patterns and quantity Of the
proprietor's patent rein holders that
We're about ready for the market. The
loss is about $4,000, with 800 insur-
ance. The origin of the fire is unknown
but 1t is supposed to have caught from
a stove that was in the building. Mr.
Mendenhall will rebuild the place al
once.
CenterviIle.
Ernest Hindley. son OF James Hind
ley, Of 1903 South Twenty second
street, this city, was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary at Corydon
las week for the crime of burglary
His companion giving the name of
Claude Sumpter and claiming Kansas
City as his home was sent to the re-
form school. Sumpter was IA years
of age while Hindley was 10. They
pleaded guilty to having burglarized
a farm house near Seymour.
Hull.
The school election held here was a
very quiet affair. The citizens were sc
We'll pleased with the way the schoo
affairs have been managed that they re-
elected the outgoing directors withou,
opposition. e. H. Reimann was re-
elected treasurer. also without opposi
ton. The termination of the election
pleases the women, for Mrs. j. S. Will
son. president of the board. is one Of the
directors reelected, even tho there are
two women on the school board
Muscatinc.
John Aaster who is in the employ o.
w. G. Block & Son, was kicked by 6
horse recently while feeding 1t. He hac
-FOUR ribs broken and several other in.
juries. 1t is thought that no serious in.
ternal injuries will result. Medical ale
was called at once and everything pos.
sible done to relieve the man. 1t Is
thought that now he will get alone
nicely, but he will necessarily be con.
hned for some time before he will b,
able to resume his work.
WaverIy.
A party of Great Western surveyor.
who have been engaged most of the
winter In making surveys for the pro.
posed cutoff between Waverly anc
Oelwein have received orders to dis.
continue their work and report at st
Paui. This has given rise to the rumo1
that the work is to be abandoned. to.
gether with all other arrangements
looking toward the proposed extension
of the system to Council Bluffs, or
account Of its having been absorbed
by the Illinois Central.
Clarion.
The Clarion Investment Company has
finally arranged the matter of transfer
of lands to be donated to the Grea
Western and the deed will pass this
week. The award of damage for the
Griffin land condemned and appraised
by the sheriffs jury, $4,000, was pait
Monday, and that tract and about thirty
acres within the deed of the Clarion
investment company, sixty acres in al
comprise the land required by the rail.
road company for its division building:
and side tracks.
Webster City.
Archie May, who was so severely in
5ured last Wednesday night near tht
White Fox school house, is still in
serious condition. The injury TO hi.
head is perhaps more dangerous thar