Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-07
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

I Council Bluffs.
| The Nonpareil has received lette,
from Bigelow, Mimi, stating that w.
d. Conyers, former resident of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, met death there a day or two
ago in threshing machine accident,
Mr.. Conyers was killed while in the
act of putting a belt on threshing en-
CINE. The belt slipped off the wheel.
catching him around the neck and
shoulder, throwing him against the
machine. There were no apparent in
juries except couple of cuts on the
face and back, but he was fatally in
jured internally. The letter says that
Conyers has a wife and four children
in Council Bluffs, but search last night
failed to reveal their whereabouts.
viIIisea.
|. The strange disappearance Of Amos
| Means, well-to-do farmer here, still
remains profound mystery. He liter
ally dropped out Of sight the day fol-
lowing last Decoration day, and not the
| slightest trace has since been obtained
of his whereabouts. No cause can be
assigned for his action, except mental
arrangement. He possesses a fine
farm, we'll improved, having on it one
of the SWEETEST country residences in
this country. His wife has notified the
police of all the neighboring towns
and cities, sending out 1000 descriptive
circulars, but with no intelligence so
twice before, but only for a few days
or weeks.
Bedford.
The city Of Bedford has puzzle on
it's hands that equals If not surpasses
the famous Chinese puzzle. We have
the stand pipe, the water pipes and all
the connections complete, and yet no
water works. And no one can tell
when we will get them. No one seems
to have the key to the situation. The
trouble emanates from the well. In
fact, the well has been the cause of all
the trouble. For several weeks, nay,
months, workmen have been laboring
with that we'll. In spite of all that can
be done, the sand persists in coming in
as fast as it is taken out, and it seems
as tho all the surrounding country
stood in danger of being undermined.
This constant drain has disastrous
effect on the machinery In the electric
light power house adjacent, as 1T has
settled several inches. Even the pump
ing out of the water affects the plant.
Spencer.
Corn husking in a moderate way has
begun in Clay county. Farmers are not
in a hurry to put their corn in crib yet
in large quantities, fearing that it may
mold, especially of the weather should
be warm and damp. Reports differ
widely in regard to the quality and
quantity of the yield. The favorable
weather of late has dried out the corn
very rapidly and greatly improved it's
condition. But still more dry. cool
weather would further improve 1T.
There is but little, if any, really soft
and frostbitten corn; it may properly
be termed shrunken, or chaffy, being
light in weight compared to bulk.
There is agreat difference in the char
acter of the corn, even in the same field.
some ears being quite heavy and sound,
while others are light and shrunken
Feeders generally report cattle and
hogs doing well on this corn, but say
a larger quantity in bulk is required for
a ration. Fortunately, says the News,
the acreage is large and the yield per
acre fair, so that even if the quality CT
the corn in inferior, the large quantity
in measure compensate 70.
oIn other directions.