Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-06
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

Coon Rapids.
at crossings, We're placed last week ant
| light the streets handsomely.
Bows.
| According to the Advocate George
Suit recently shipped 1.o15 pounds OF
turkey from his farm northwest OF
town.
Cedar Falls.
| The state normal school opened fol
| work Thursday, Jan. 2, and the students
are coming in with every train. Many
| new names appear on the roll who were
not registered before the holidays
Fruitland.
A petition asking congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the improvement Of the
Muscatine Island levee is being circu-
lated and is receiving the signature OF
almost every land holder on the island
Dubuque.
P. j. Schroeder. Of Holy Cross. the
newly elected superintendent of public
schools, arrived here Friday and took
lup his permanent abode. Mr.. Schroeder
came in few days ahead in order to
be ready to assume the duties of his
office next Monday.
Fort Dodge.
Paul Vasseur, the Indian who created
some excitement last summer by tenn.
porarily losing his mind us the result OF
over great indulgence in alcohol. is now
at the poor farm, suffering from con-
sumption. He is receiving good care
but his case is serious.
Webster City.
The fond hopes of the people of Web
ster City are almost realized. as the new
Illinois Central depot is about DONE I,
has been painted pea green in color
and the inside work is being completed
and 1t is expected the offices will be
moved into the new building about the
18th of this month.
laurens.
Henry Seelye has sold his Illinois
farm and received $4,000 for the same.
1t is as yet not known fact that Mr.
Seeyle is one of the dark horses that is
going to take charge of and erect the
hotel and gas plant, but he is one of
the men suspicioned as being most in
terested, says the Sun.
Boone.
James Ringland en- New Years day
fell from the escond story Of the New
Herman building to the basement floor
and was quite seriously injured. He
had been working in the rear of the sec
ond story and stepped over the edge OF
the floor and fell down the elevator shaft
to the basement floor. There happened
to be pile of sand there and this prob
ably saved Mr.. Rirgland from more
serious injury One Of his wrists was
broken and he was otherwise injured.
Sioux City.
Woodbury. county is about ready to
make it's quarterly collections of about
$4,000 from the saloons in the county.
The number of saloons in Sioux City as
shown by the reports of the assessors
is H. In the county the total is 80.
The saloons pay each $3.50 quarter
half of which goes to the county and
half to the city or independent town
in which they are located. This will
bring in something over $4,000 for the
quarter just ensuing. Besides this tax
the saloons pay the city license of
$25 each month.
Hampton.
The first shipment of over 1000 cars
of ties for the Chicago Great Western
extension was received in this city last
Saturday and the shipment was sent to
Clarion via the Iowa Central to Bel
mond. More than enough ties and rails
are already in the yards here for the
extension from here to Clarion, and this
additional shipment thus early indi-
Gates that the officials are going ahead
with the Sioux City and Omaha ex-
tensions in manner that would cause
one to believe that they expect to push
the work rapidly
Spencer.
The News says: IF. B. Chapman has
perfected arrangements for putting out
several acres Of strawberries in Spencer
this spring, besides gooseberries and
currants and other small fruits. A
strawberry bed is good for four or five
years If properly cared for and this Will
be quite permanent feature that is of
more than passing value to Spencer and
Clay county. A 5-year- old bed at Fonda
this year did yield as heavy crop of
berries as it ever did in its prime. The