Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-05

used in the family of Isaac Barrett in
jackson county. The "roaster' is de-
vice consisting of a cylinder in which
is a spring which turns automatically
a lower appendage equipped with
hooks On these the meat was fastened.
and the arrangement was hung before
the fire place. slowly turning. The rel
ic is a curious and interesting one.
Nodaway.
Architect Welch. of Clarinda, has the
contract and is now completing the
plans for IS 900 church to be built for
the Methodist people at Nodaway. the
first station east of VilIisca. 1t to be
"a gem of building in both external
and internal appearance and finishing
and will be a creditable addition to the
town. 1t will seat about 500. the seats
and finishing to be birch in mahogany
finish.
Carroll.
Louis Determan is in Chicago receiv-
ing treatment for rabies. Last week
one of his COWS seemed to be affected
and he sought to treat her by thrust
ing medicine down her throat. In the
process one hand was scratched in some
manner. Shortly symptoms developed
that caused alarm, with the result that
he went to Chicago Thursday night. 1t
is stated that he is improving, but got
there none too soon.
Hartford.
Ed Fitch lost valuable horse on his
farm in a peculiar manner one day last
week The animal was hitched to a
buggy Mr.. Fitch was driving out of
the yard when the horse stepped on the
handle of a scythe that had been left
on the ground in the driveway. The
scythe blade struck the horse across the
abdomen. cutting thru the hide and all
lowing the intestines to pour out upon
the ground. The animal died almost
instantly.
Algona.
Mr.. McBane, who lives some six miles
southeast from Algona, thinks he owns
the largest and also the smallest horse
in the county. The first mentioned is a
Percheon stallion weighing
/ $50 pounds and the other is a diminu-
tive Shetland stallion. The contrast is
striking when they are seen together.
= *a Harvey Ingham sold his residence
to e. F.. Smith for $4,000. The corner
lot opposite the Congregational church
rot included in the sale.
Vinton.
Last Friday evening little Nettie
Corbett was shot in the back of the
hand by a toy pistol in the hands of
Tony Beninato. The young dago had
loaded the pistol with powder and wad
and then pressed the muZZle against |
the girls hand and discharged it. The
injury to the hand will not be perma-
nent but it will be some time before all
of the powder disappears from it and |
the wound heals. Beninato was ar
rested and taken before Evans who
fined him $40 and costs which the boys /
father paid n generous application of |
a small stave would greatly assist in
working reform in so bloodthirsty a
young fellow, in the opinion of the
Eagle
keokuk.
Keokuls has recently lost one of her
oldest buildings. The old ST. Peters
church building at Tenth and Ex-
change streets has been torn down,
and now the piles of debris are being
from the premises. In a box
IN the corner stone WAS a paper record
ng these facts: This corner stone was
aid on the Goth day of April, A. d. 1856,
oy the Rev Matthias Loras, first bish-
up of the diocese of Dubuque, compris-
ng the entire state of Iowa. Our city
1T this day is in very tiourishing con-
lition: the bushes done here is very
arge and rapidly Increasing: the pop-
llation of keoluk is about 10000, and
S also increasing rapidly. In the
course of the ensuing season, we eX-
,ect the cars to be running from here
o Bentonsport on the Keokuk & FIT.
Oes Moines railway, and to Montrose
IN the Keokuk & Mt Pleasant railway.
rhe president of the United States is
franklin Pierce: the governor of Iowa,
lanes w. Grimes; senators from Iowa
n congress, George w. Jones, James
Harlan; representatives, Augustus Hall
md James Thornton. u