Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-08

IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Cresco.

Observation-Disclosures
Cresco.
The bowling fever seems to be on tn,
increase in our city, and both bowlin.
places are kept busy.
Toledo.
The Chronicle reports that with thu
first day of spring there We're onl,
thirty eight enrolled at the count,
home, the smallest number since Stew
ard LaDue has been in charge.
Allison.
! Sand and stone are being dumped OF
| the site of the new opera house. MI
Hazlet, the contractor, is making
strides to get an early start on the
work.
Hartley.
School opened again Monday morn.
| ing after being closed for three week:
on account of smallpox. Everyone |:
glad to hear the school bell and the
merry voices of the children once more
says the Herald.
New Hartford.
Z. w Booton was business visitor
in Des Moines the first of the week
buying material for his new printing
Office which he Will open sometime dur
ing the present month at Ridgeway
Winneshiek county.
Fonda.
The outgoing and incoming of peo-
Ile who are making changes on farms
make things pretty lively. Last Mon
day night there were forty horses lodg-
ed in one stable. belonging to persons
who had come to this county.
Mason City.
Contractor Mason says that with
good weather, the university building
will be completed within sixty days
The plasterers will start their work
next week. The excavations are in pro-
gress for another of the buildings
Davenport.
A farm sale that took place this week
and carried a consideration of $20000
was the subject of a deed filed Wednes-
DAY in the Office of the recorder. Ac-
cording to it's terms John Schroeder
and wife have sold to Peter Schultz
their fine place in Cleona township.
Reinbeck.
purchased dandy" new Winchester
rifle which he will use in holding down
his claim in Oklahoma. We presume
by all appearances that Charles has
made up his mind not to tolerate any
nonsense from the "sduatters." He eX-
rects to leave some time in April and
will be absent two or three months.
McGresor.
According to the News Eva r. Jor-
dan has flock of pure bred White Wy
andotte chickens that have made u rec
ord for themselves this past winter.
During the month of January from
eggs. During February, when three
pullets helped out the hens. she got
twenty three r>zen eggs.
Rinssted.
Recently while Anton Dahl. who lives
just east of Seneca, was busy grinding
some feed he accidentally in some way
got one of his arms caught on the
grinder and before the team could be
stopped it was badly lacerated and it
was only from the fact that the team
stopped when they did or he might have
the arm dressed by DIR. Bossingham and
he is doing nicely at this writing.
Jefferson.
The condition of Judge Church whose
convalescence from severe attack of
appendicitis was mentioned last week
has not been so favorable the past few
days, and on Tuesday DIR. Wright was
called from Carroll to counsel with DR..
Enfield as to the advisability of an OPP
Grafton. They decided not to undertake
anything of that nature at the present
as the patient seemed some better
Tuesday morning than he had been the
day before. He is now recovering.
Dubuque.
A few months ago letters were sent to
the superintendentS of the various rail-
roads running into Dubuque asking to
have the street around their depots
paved, which would greatly facilitate
the handling of freight. With the ex-
ception of the Great Western. all the
roads replied fayorably. Mr.. Edwards,
in a letter sent out from his office
Tuesday states tina this company will
not pave unless Eighth street from
Main to the depot is treate din a like
manner.
Madrid.
The Register News indicates that it
is not to be deferred from a good pur-
pose by an offended subscriber: Now,
will you be good. An old friend of the
R.-N. came in Monday and stopped his
paper because the R.-N. has been adj
yocating water works. We are glad to
see our arguments in favor of water
works take effect and consequently
have prepared half column on the
subject for next week. In a few years
hence it will be learned that home pa
per is mighty factor, after ALL in
up town and that it general
~ speaks the last kind word about de-
parted friends
T lama.
An abstract of the instruments filed
for record with the county recorder for
the week ending Saturday last shows
real estate mortgages filed to the enor-
nous amount of s114,100 in Tama
county and chattel mortgages to the
amount of $4,000 more. The transac-
lions for the week in this respect are