Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-10
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

Snapp, j. b. Johnnsen, w. NJ. Hotze
p. e. Johannsen, Joshua Aston, j. f
Reed, j. w. Griffis j. H. Perry and
Robert Lippincott The officers are:
dent, j. b. Johannsen; cashier. p. F.
the German Bank of Walnut, this coun-
ty.
Guthrie Center.
On last Wednesday night mutual
telephone association was formed In
this place. Articles of incorporation
which are printed in this issue of the
Guthrian give the scope of its business
The following officers and directors
were chosen: President, w. I. Conner;
Vic epresident, ]. d. Brown; secretary
A Land; treasurer, H. K. Dewey.
Wesley.
A tourist car of emigrants left here
for points in the state of Washington
Monday evening via the Northern Pa
lcifc. Alex j. Tweed and family. Con-
rad Zolkaske and family went In the
car to make their future home there;
C L. Falk and son Fred went to look
the country over, the latter intending
to locate if pleased with the country.
Davenport.
q. HI. johnson, the man who built the
| Illinois Theater in Rock Island, made a
call upon Davenport Thursday to look
Tito the matter of building combine
ton hotel and theater here. In Rock
! Island Mr. johnson received the bonus
of the first night seat sale at the Hill
nois at $40 per seat and 1t is suggested
that he follow the same plan here for
the theater.
Rowan.
i The revivals in the M. E. church
closed last Sunday evening. A large
crowd was in attendance and the meet
| ing was one of the most interesting
held. This revival has been one of the
most successful ever held in the town.
Some have pronounced 1t the most sue
cesssful. An exact count of converts
was not kept v. Hid notifies us
| it was betwee1.>.--.y and fifty.
/ Lyons.
| Captain William York, of the steamer
Musser, had q lovely pearl in his pos
session the other day. The gem was a
| perfect sphere and about the size of
large pea and said to weigh twenty
four grains. The color and luster APP
peared perfect to an amateur. The
pearl was found by Captain York's
brother in Mississippi clam at Nc
Gregor, Iowa. and is valued at some-
thing like $500.
Arlington.
The N. H. RENTS house took fire
in a closet in the second story Wednes
day afternoon, but it was discovered
in time to be extinguished before seri-
Gus damage was done. Holes We're cut
into the roof and water poured upon
the flames. The origin of the fire is
la mystery, but the discovery was very
fortunate, otherwise Arlington might
have celebrated the anniversary of her
fire in a genuine manner.
New Hartford.
The building committee of the Bap-
tist church has let the contract for
building the addition to the church.
The contract calls for a solid brick
addition to the old building, while the
latter will be brick veneered. The
price does not include >ws, seats
nor furnace, for which Sc. ate con-
tracts have been made. The total cost
of the repairs to the society when
completed will be about $4,000.
Eagle Grove.
James Francis had painful accident
a few evenings ago. He started to put
more gasoline into lamp that was
burning. The fluid ran over and took
fire. The boy took the lamp and ran
out doors with it. While he was gone
the bottle he used to fill the lamp also
fra nd ha {,,
that out, too. His hands were severely
burned, but he is in luck that the lamp
did not explode before he got it out of
doors.
EstherviIe.
Mrs. JOY, of Jackson, Mimi, under
went delicate surgical operation at
the hospital in this city today. 1t was
one of the operations that are rarely
successful-extra uterine pregnancy |
but this one performed by Drs. Port
man, of Jackson. and Adams and An
derson. of this place, Is almost sure, by
the condition of the patient at the pres
ent time, to be successful. There is
I othing now that seems unfavorable to
her recovery.
Newell
An interesting suit was tried before
Justice j. p. Lawton last Friday after
noon, in which DR.. +. C. Foley, secre-
tary of the Citizens Lecture Bureau, /
vas plaintiff and l. w. Bane was de-
PENDANT. The plaintiff was ably repre-
sented by F. i. Faville, while the de-
PENDANT was his own attorney. The
action was brought to recover $3.50. the
price of two season tickets to the lee
ture course, which the defendant sub
scribed for and afterwards refused to
take and pay for them.
lama.
The Oskaloosa company, of which
Senator Penrose, of Tama, is a mem
Der, is pushing its proposed electric
road between Oskaloosa and Tama 1t
is at present contracting for right of
way. 1t is the purpose of this COM
pany to extend it's line on north of
Tama to Traer and Waterloo-provide
the Toledo company does not get ahead
Of it. While the latter seemed to have .
been meditating considerably the past
month, we understand 1T is TO begin
surveying out of Toledo this week.
Carroll.
Switchmen in all the yards of the
Northwestern have been given an in i
2rease of salary of from SO to SIS per
month. The helpers in the Carroll
Yards are all affected by this increase,
also Night Foreman Moores Carroll
an also hoay, ,.a;,aj ~ tl,n