Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-18
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Tama.
Twenty-one Missouri mules were SOLD
at auction in Tama. Monday, at an av-
erage of s140.S0 per head. - South
Tama has organized a new telephone
route. There will be fifteen patrons or
the line.
Iowa City.
The surveyors for the Dows- Smith
electric line are busy at work on the
west side of the Iowa river. The sur
vey began just north of a point oppo-
site the waterworks, and the engineers
are working on two routes to Coral
vile.
Reinbeck.
Glib Houghton has sold his farm OF
240 acres in Grant, CTama), known as
the old John Whannel farm, to a Ger
man from south Tama. Mr.. Houghton
bought this farm about three years
ago, paying $50 an acre, and received
$40 an acre for tia net profit on raise
OF land of $500 in the short time he
owned 1t.
Indianola.
Miss Mary Berry was taken to Iowa
City last week where successful sur
gical operation was performed for ap-
pendicitis. Mrs. w. H. Berry accom-
panied and Mr.. Berry spent Sabbath
with them reporting on his return Mon
day, that all symptoms We're encourag-
ing. and that Miss Berry would return
greatly benefited.
Ames.
Miss Anna Richmond, who has been
seriously Ill since just after Christmas,
was operated on last Friday. 1t was
supposed up to the time of the opera
ton that her trouble was appendicitis,
but on making the incison 1t was found
to be an ulcer on the bowel instead.
Tho very dangerously Ill at the time
she is now making good Improvement.
Burlington.
1t may have happened before, says
the Hawkeye, but probably very few
Burlngtonians can recall weeks in jan
uary when the music of the carpenters
saw and hammer was heard over the
hills; when people took the risk of re-
moving the old shingle roof and replac-
ing it by new one; when painters were
busy at outdoor work, and builders
seemed to have plenty to do.
Sioux City.
A deed was filed on Thursday for the
sale of land which probably establishes
new record for Woodbury. county
rrices-s7o per acre spot cash. II. d.
schultz, of Bloomington, merchant
there bought for an investment, 155
acres in Lakeport township which has
been called the Thanker farm. the con-
sideration being sl0S50. Another Bloom
ington man has bought 100 acres for
sos per acre in Lakeport township. The
deed was filed Wednesday. the consid
Grafton named being $l0,400
Waterloo.
The Courier asks How old may a
hen live to be?" Mrs. William Powell,
of Orange township would like to know.
She thinks she has one that has about
lived the limit, and she writes OF the
biddie as follows: 1T may interest
some folks to know how hold u hen
may live. Eleven years ago, when A.
b. Homer moved to Waterloo, he left a
few chickens on the farm, among them
being a brown leghorn. The hen lived
until Yesterday. She went thru roupl
and cholera and had lived on three diff
ferent farms. layed great many eggs,
but never raised but one drove of
keokuk.
A trolley line is to be built from Keo-
l1uk to Mooar distance of about five
miles 1t is expected to largely increase
the country trade in Keokuk as the line
will run thru rich country. A com
pany Will be capitalized with $4,000.
The Gate City states that the line is
assured and means mucht to
keokuk, both now and in future years.
The first direct benefit to the city will
be the disbursement, as soon as frost
Is out of the ground, of at least 10000,
much of which will be paid out for la
Dor. or this sum $4,000 will be ex-