Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-19
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

West Bend.
J. S. williams and J. Spence went
cunning on q. recent afternoon and
brought in seventeenth rabbits as q
| trophy of the days sport
Muscatine.
/ During the past IL months ending
Dec. 4, the Muscatine city water works
has pumped 201, 39S,S50 gallons of water
from the great father of waters ant
| forced it thru the water mains int
the city. More than one and one-thirt
miles of mains were laid this year al
a cost Of $4,000.
New Sharon.
] N. Gavin, surveyor of Mahaska
county, has rendered his resignation
to the board Of supervisors and 1t has
been accepted. He is now S4 years o.
age and retires to avoid the work the
position entails. The Star says he ha.
held the Office many years, and de-
iserves a we'll earned rest.
Newton.
/ The new Carnegie library will BIZ
formerly opened next Monday evening
December %. A program is being pre-
pared which will consist of short
speeches. Miss Alice Tyler, secretary
of the State Library Commission OF
Iowa. has been invited and it is expect
ed that she win be present.
Lanesboro.
This town only a few months old, or
| the Omaha line Of the Great Western
is rapidly assuming an air of progress
siveness. Active building operations
| have been going on since the birth Of
Iowa's up to date little city. Already
thirty buildings have been erected and
as many more will be constructed in the
very near future, weather permitting.
Union.
| A number of the country people OF
this locality are complaining of Sunday
hunting The number of hunters and
the reckless way they shoot makes ii
| unsafe to be out of doors M. w
McClain was at Marshalltown, Tuesday
where he purchased a winters supply
Of hard coal. He paid $3.50. Mac
brought the coal back with him, so as
to insure safe delivery, says the Star
Lake City.
DR.. w. S. Sweet, formerly of this
city, now resident of Denver has APP
piled for divorce from the young lady
school teacher to whom he was mar
ried at this place on alleged grounds OF
cruelty, arising from a fiery temper
His wife was Miss Emma Rowe, who
taught school here more than one year
and was held in the highest esteem by
the board of education, her pupils and
by all who knew her.
cIarinda.
In the district court in the case of
o. C. Russell VS.. Fred Harson. the de-
cision of the lower court was sustained
IN favor of plaintiff for the loss of an
animal. The amount involved was $40
which was the price of COW the plain
tiff claimed was foundered on green
corn in the field of the defendant. The
defendants fence around the corn field
was defective so that the plaintiffs COW
got into the field without his know, :
edge.
Hampton.
Arthur Knuckey, lad about four
teen years old, and son of w. A.
Knuckey of Mott township, four miles
north of Hampton, met with an acct
dent Tuesday that narrowly escaped
being a very serious one. He was
shooting at a hawk with Winchester
rifle, when the gun burst at the breech,
and piece of the lock struck him just
above one of his eyes. He was i'm
mediately brought to town and taken to
DIR. Hackers hospital where the
wound was dressed, and while the in
jury is serious it is not thought that
the skull is fractured.
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