Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-28
IOWA NEWS ITEMS


Des Moines.
Albert Jackson, shot while resisting
arrest by Officer Ira Miller, is said Il
be very low and may die. Jackson wa:
caught by the policeman Juggling goods
out of store.
Clear Lake.
Fire destroyed the barn and granar,
of Amos Thomas Thursday afternoon
The fire company responded quickly
but 1t was with the greatest difficult!
that the fire was kept from the near
by houses.
Allison.
D. F. Selix, farmer living near Are,
dale, was brought before the board o
commissioners last Wednesday and ad
judged insane. 1t is hoped that a shor
course of treatment at independence,
will benefit the unfortunate man.
Latimer.
Latimer will have a compressed ali
system of water works. The towr
council at its meeting last week EN-.
powered the mayor and clerk to con.
tract with j. L. White of South Bend
Ind. for the completion of such sys.
tenn.
Red Oak.
The last vestige OF doubt as t.
whether Red Oak was to pave or no
was removed Wednesday when thu
contract for pavement was signed b,
the city and the successful bidders
Messrs. Magden & Shelley, of De:
Moines.
Bows.
AT their regular meeting Wednesday
night the Modern Woodmen decided
to hold a picnic on a grand scale thi:
spring, and the date was fixed fol
Tuesday, June 10. The reform schoo
band of Eldora has been secured fol
the occasion.
Kellogg.
fine $4,000 school house will bs
built this season at Kellogg, to take The
place of the building burned here {
short time sgo. AT the special election
the vote gave large majority in favo'
of bonding the district for $500 t
raise the necessary funds.
Alden.
There are some of the oldest looking
corn cribs at the Illinois Central dep
that ever happened. The wind storm
several days ago made them that way
Some are bottom up, some are on the
side and others are partly both. The
big colony OF cribs is pretty badly de-
moralized.
Buffalo Center.
Dug Cole got track of she vol
near his place the other night, and fol-
lowed her nearly to the south line Of
the county, where he found a den o!
seven young wolves, all of which he
secured and took the scalps to Fores
City, for which he will get SO each. The
two old wolves got away.
Woodstock.
Principal w. S. Boyer. of Holmes
was elected Monday night to succeed
Mr.. Benson as principal of schools
Mr.. Boyer was elected at a salary OF
$50. Mrs. Boyer. an excellent teacher
also, is an applicant for one of the sub
ordinate positions. The wages for the
two grade teachers were fixed at $35.
Lake View.
Alb Sisley has purchased 500 acres
Of land at s25 per acre near the towr
of Appleton, in Minnesota, giving in
part payment his residence property
and livery barns in Lake View. valued
at $4,000. The city of Appleton is q
thriving place of S1,S00 inhabitants
Mr.. Sisley expects soon to move to APP
pleton.
Montezuma.
Isaac Gerard, who had his foot am
putated week ago to stop the prog:
ress of gangrene, died "Wednesday
morning at 7 o'clock. He was rs years
of age, and was one of the early set
tiers of this place. The funeral serv-
ices were held at the M. P. church FRI
DAY afternoon at o'clock, conducted
by Rev. II. c. Dameran.
Bristow.
While watering his horses Thursday
evening Bessie. the little daughter OF
Benjamin A. Angel, of this place, hae
the misfortune of being run down BY
one of the horses which stepped on the
little ones face and chest, dislocatine
the child's collar bones from the sterun
alarm for a short time.
Council Bluffs.
During Thursday night a severe hal
storm passed over the city. Gardeners
report considerable damage to tender
vegetation. Glass coverings of hot
beds suffered. one gardener reported
all but half dozen glass broken in {
50x6 foot bed. Fruit trees were con-
siderably damaged, the buds being
stripped from the branches.
Reinbeck.
The city council has erected sub
stantial building, 12x1S feet, with q
ten-foot ceiling and two rooms, on the
site of the old Fletcher house, south OF
A. Methefessels, and it will be used
for detention hospital. Monday
evening Will Bean, who came down
with smallpox last week. was moved
with his mother to the hhospital.
VilIisca.
When bids for the new school house
were opened last Friday it was discov-
cred that no bid came within $4,000 OF
$4,000 of the $4,000 for which bonds
We're voted. The school board has
called a special election to vote an adj
ditional tax of $4,000, to make up the
deficiency. At the present time the dis
triet is out of debt. The plans provid;
for ten room building.
Hampton.
The Reporter says the smallpox still
Fingers there being now and then d
new case. Truman Jones has been
ouarantined at the home of his father
on the corner of Walnut and Seventh
streets for over two weeks, but was re-
leased yesterday A. S. Wolf, who
works in Raper's bakery, has a we'll de-
yelnned case and is uuarantined in a