Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-22
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Fremont.
The public sale of George Barley
was well attended and the sale was yer.
successful, amounting to 400 Horse
sold on an average of $3.50 each. Cattl
sold remarkably well, considering tn
price of feed.
Fenton.
The Reporter notices that it is sur
prising the amount Of grain that is be
ing marketed. One day last week on
of the elevators in Fenton took in fifty
three loads of grain, and it feels safe IL
saying the other elevator received a
much.
Clarinda.
At a meeting of the school board re
Gently it was decided to employ an extr;
teacher in the high school. and Mis-
Mate Phillips, now teaching in thu
Shenandoah high school. was elected
at salary of $50 per month. Miss Phil
lips will resign her position in Shenan
doah Feb. and will commence he
work here coon.
Waterloo.
The Courier says: "Dr. G. G. Bickle,
and delegation, who are sojourning IL
California, are now at Los Angeles, ant
recent letter from there states Mrs
Buckley looks as il she had the small
pox, so badly has she been bitten by
fieas The insects are so Troublesome
that it was thought the visitors would
have to move from there.
Hampton.
The Globe states that Hampton is t.
ment In the business section this year
The frame building recently damaged
by fire is to be removed by F. A. Harri.
man, and in its stead modern brici
house will be erected. Work will bt
commenced on the new building as soor
as the weather will permit.
Valley Junction.
The Express says: Zone 'Eyck, of {
fireman on the west Iowa division Of
the Rock Island had the nerve to tel
US that while on No. 81 west last week
a rooster got on the bumpers at Adail
and rode to Atlantic, and would have
gone to Council Bluffs with them hat
not a brakeman come oyer and kicked
him off. The longer in the service the
longer the lies Next!''
Jefferson.
A couple OF young men from Carroll
are in Jefferson for the purpose of get.
ting up city directory. AS a starter
in their work they made a proposition II
the city fathers TO furnish one man, free
of charge, to assist In placing the stree
sign boards. now in the city hail. in po
stion, and their offer was accepted ant
the work is already commenced. Their
are about $50 of the boards.
Iowa City.
Many people were turned away from
the Christian church Sunday. disap.
pointed that they could not find room
in the auditorium to hear the revival
let. Mr.. Ill., the eloquent and earnes
young minister, preached two powerful
sermons There were eleven person.
added to the church Sunday, nine b.
confession and two by letter Altogether
1t was red letter day in the history
of the church. Interest in the meeting
continues to increase.
Des Moines.
G. I. Sundell, 1116 East Maple street
aged 10, died very suddenly just after
having taken a hot bath. Heart trouble
probably caused his death. Twen-
ty-fve cottages are to be built neal
the sanitarium this summer. This i.
one result of the extension OF the fall
ground line to Grand View park.
Sheriff Mattern announced Monday tha
the transfer of prisoners from the ole
county Jail to the temporary Jail will be
accomplished by the last Of the week.
Ottumwa.
The three Ottumwans who are mem
bers OF the Louisiana Purchase Expo.
sition commission, are much in favor
OF the appropriation OF s250,000, which
the commission will recommend to the
legislature as the proper amount tc
represent Iowa at the big show. Major
Mahon is particularly pronounced in his
views. Captain s. B. Evans seld r.. III
Moore. the two original members Of the
commission, were among the first to
advocate a large appropriation, anG
they, too, are highly in favor of using
at least quarter Of a million dollars.
Burlington.
Principal w E. Carr. OF the Sand
Ridge school, in Union township, Is con-
y
is good thing. And he knows that the
young folks appreciate its benefits. He
has about thirty pupils. His trustees
furnished him a library OF twenty lone
volumes. These books have furnished
entertainment and instruction to 21t
readers hence the great majority of the
pupils in the school have read every vol
ume in that little library And now the
teacher is planning an entertainmes,t
the proceeds of which will be devoted to
the purchase OF additional books.
Upton.
Frank Gay had load OF Jersey Red
hogs on the Chicago market Wednesday
Later he received word from his COM
mission firm as follows: Your hogs ar
rived on q good market and sold for
$685.. AS far as we can hear this is the
top of the market and did not gee any
hogs bring that price that were not
heavier than these, and we consider II