Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

romance, at Liebig's.
Save half. Come to our sale tomor
row. Read ad. Archie Parker.
Dinner will be ready 1t II a. m. car
nival week at The Paragon 119 East
Main street.
For brick sidewalks, sodding, grading
or excavating of CELLARS, see t. L.
Lloyd, new phone, 81.
Travelling Passenger Agent r. Kelly,
Of the NJ. & ST. L.. with headquarters III
Minneapolis, spent the day in this city
looking after business matters.
Sheriff John Steiner, of Dubuque
county. was in the dty today, having
in charge Master FLOYD Edison. who has
been sentenced to the industrial school
on charge of incorrigibility.
Hundreds are taking advantage of
the closing out sal. of boots and shoes
at the Hoyt department. store. Aou can
save money by mixing your purchases
there, as goods are being sold for cost.
Mr.. c. E. Banes, of Davenport, man
ager of the Armour & Co.'s business
east of the Des Moines river, arrived
in the city Tuesday and remained over
today looking after business matters
at the local pant.
Mrs o. w. Cook and sons. who have
been visiting the formers father MI.
John Slime. FOR the past few months
left this morning for Salt Lake City,
Utah, where they will meet Mr.. Cook
end make their future home.
If you want fancy China, either Hav-
Hand, German or French, sugar cream
sets, chop sets, salad sets, fruit plates,
cake plates, celery trays, don't forget
the Temple of Economy is headquar-
ters. Green trading stamps.
For sale-20O acres about six miles
from Marshalltown; two sets of build
ings; fenced and cross fenced; good
soil; large bearing orchard; $55 per
acre. A snap at the price. Address
Will H. Hill e Co., 1O7 East Main
street.
All groceries, boots and shoes in the
Hoyt department store are being closed
out at cost There are many bargains
to be had, and those who buy groceries
in quantities should avail themselves
of this opportunity. Trading stamps
with all cash purchases.
Rev. ]. Calvin Black, son of DR.. and
Mrs ]. X. Black, of this city. arrived
Monday evening from Faribault, Mimi,
where he has just completed his junior
year in the Seabury Divinity School.
Rev Black will be here until the 9th
prox, when he will go to Mason City
to take summer charge, the Mason
City church.
Work at the quarries of the LeGrand
Quarry Company, which has been re-
tarded considerably of late because of
the high water, will begin at full capa-
city within a few days. The lack of
men has also delayed the work some
what on the stone crusher plant, but
twenty-f five employees are expected from
Chicago this evening or tomorrow. The
Northwestern is using every yard OF
output from the stone crushing plant
on its extensive ballastinG being done
on the Iowa division.
Owing to the occasional rains re-
Gently the water in the river during the
last few days has been falling very
VI,
hood of eight or nine feet lower than
when at it's highest stage. 1t is
thought that the rain of last night,
which was very heavy at points north
Of here, will cause the river to rise
again. The rainfall this morning was
quite heavy, .16 of an inch falling. The
Platform at the union station was again
flooded and other low places about
town were overlooked.
The town of Melbourne is undergoing
considerable excitement as the result
of Harry Petermeir. after five days
illness, died with the disease, and there
is another case in town, that of Ed Ma
son. The cases are supposed to have
resulted from exposure to Mr. Ed Blsh-
Cd, proprietor of the Melbourne bowl
ing alley, where Mr.. Petermeir worked.
Mr.. Bishop was taken i'll with what was
thought to be a severe attack of tcnsl-
IEtis He was brought here, where his
trouble was diagnosed diptheria, and is
now Guaranteed at 500 West Linn
street.
Rev. ]. L. Beane. of LeGrand. owner
| of the team that ran away in this city
Saturday and collided with the car
riage being driven by Miss Ina Good
ale, resulting in an injury to the latter,
was in the city Tuesday. Rev. Seane
saws that his horses had never run
away before, and had been to the city
so many times and not been frightened
| that he had confidence in them. While
admitting that he did take a little risk
| in leaving them unhitched he does not
consider that he was careless, or that
he was more so than any other man
might have been under the circum-
| stances.
| The news in the T.-R. Tuesday even
| ing that dog catcherS We're abroad IT
| the city gathering UP unlicensed ca
mines caused a rush to the mayors
office by owners of dogs on which taxes
| for 1902 had not been paid. large
| number of tags was issued Tuesday ant
today, the work keeping one clerk busy
| the better part of office hours. The dos
| catchers have been busy rounding W
loose dogs which were not wearing the
aluminium tags, as provided by law, anC
bringing them to the city pound. Three
loads of dogs of every description anc
kind were locked up Tuesday. Thi
small boy with the eye to pecuniar!
profit also aided in the catch and sew
eral made of themselves self-appointet
! catchers, in order to procure the fee II
the neighborhood of twenty dogs Were
caught as result Of the first day:
work.
Manager e. L. Stoltz, Of Armour &