Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
--Your Old Home.

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to come forward with their subscrip-
tions the papers that were rendered him
represented $4,000. Just before the SER
vice closed Benjamin Barr. who had
come from the First Presbyterian
church to the sudden death
of j. S.. Conner, made public the am
nouncement that he would contribute
500 to the new church fund. This
leaves but s15,400 to be raised before the
minimum sum hat will be expended on
the building of the new church has been
reached.
Huntington.
The Hawkeye says last ear WIGS a
good one for Burlington builders. They
had no cause to rejoice over its death,
and might be slow to welcome its sue
would be as full Of business as was the
one which has slipped away. One prom
inent contractor says that he now has
jenough work on hand to keep him busy
thruout the coming season, and that 1t
would be impossible for him to accept
any more contracts for 1909. He does
not do much wor In the city. But the
situation right here at home Is consid-
cred very favorable by those in position
to know.
Iowa City.
Floyd Stevens of Pleasant Valley was
the victim Of an accident Monday after
noon, and his escape from the same I'M
injured was almost miraculous. He was
Hauling oats and attempted to drive
down the steep hill off of South Du-
/, 80, 49,, III 1,r ~o~<1EP - II ,.rx,
Smiths house. Owing to the icy condi-
ton of the hill the horses were unable
to hold back the heavy load. and became
|entangled. the wagon upset and the con-
tents and driver We're hurled to the
ground, all sliding down the steep en-
|bankment. The wagon a smashed to
pieces and Floyd was buried under the
heavy sacks Of oats. Fortunately he was
uninjured when he succeeded in extri-
eating himself from the load Of grain.
Washington.
X. A. Burnett. clerk for Frank L. Will
son for eighteen months. decided to go
into the telephone business with his
brother In Fall River, Mass, SO on Sun
day he asked Frank to let him out.
Late Monday afternoon he told Frank
he lIdu COIICluQGu " tdhG Ills UIluG Will
him! He then owned that he and Ella
Cunningham. the pretty daughter of the
postmaster, We're married by Bro. Logue
Saturday evening. 80 very quietly that
not even her brother Charles knew of
the affair till Monday evening. They
were bound not to let It leak out. to
avoid the usual hullabaioo at the sta
ton. They slipped off via Narrow
Gauge at TAO Monday evening, and the
next morning the own heard OF it, and
tongues buzzed like an excited beehive,
according to the Press.
Abba.
DIR. q. E. White. of Knoxville, was In
the Union Office for a few minutes
Tuesday. He was ON his way home
from Galveston, Texas, where he was
with scarlet fever, but now GONZALES
ing. The doctor returned via Beau
mont where he saw the great oil walls.
The Lucky Dime, and Victor Oil Com
pany's well is the largest in the world,
flowing 10000 barrels IN twenty-four
hours The Lucky Dime Company own
tank cars. and are now shipping oil to
various points In Texas and Louisiana.
The company expect to pay their first
dividend to stockholders In the early
part OF 1902. There is plenty Of oil there
and no trouble to see it. but the great
est trouble at present Is transportation.
Cedar Rapids.
The semi-annual meeting Of the Cen
tral Iowa Homeopathic society held
Tuesday at the Grand hotel, was of
-, ~ ,fnrae n~ oNeor1jn. No. 1~o,
tunity for the discussion Of questions of
Importance not only to the medical pro-
fession but to the public In general.
The meeting lasted but one day but
what it lacked in length as compared
with other like gatherings it made up
in enthusiasm. Interest in the subject
In hand never Jagged, from the :ntor-
mai opening OF the session with an
elaborate banquet at noon until closing
of the meeting at 5 o'clock In the after
Dol The Central Iowa Homeopathic
society as its name indicates, includes
the territory OF central Iowa, and.is not
connected with the state association ex>
cept as its recommendations would
naturally weigh with that body as be-
ing the sentiment Of a considerable por-
ton OF the state.
Dubuque.
In showing that the total arrests In
1900 were 1910. and in 1901 only 1914, the
difference In favor of the last year be-
ing 1l6 the Telegraph says: 1t shows
that crime in Dubuque is on the de-
crease and that If 1t We're not for the
offenses committed by the nonresident
class this city would be practically free
from crime. As will De noted there
were more arrests for i~ntoxication than
for any other crime. showing conclu-
that there Is still lots Of work for
temperance workers. But In this re-
spect 1t may be said that there has
been a great falling Off in the number
of arrests ON the charge Of intoxication
that of last veal In 1900 there
We're 647 arrests for drunkenness, while
In the year just closing there We're 510-
a decrease of 1877. In the circumstances
1t is only fair to state that this falling
off is due in no smal measure to the
efforts of Archbishop Keane and other
temperance workers. If there is pro-
decrease every Forthcoming
year 1t is safe to say that a drunken
will be a rara avis in the streets of
Dubuque within a few years. To show
the police have been vigilant and
at the same time quite successful in fer
out the perpetrators of crime it
may be said they have arrested and
brought before the grand Jury twenty