Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
Enpi,u -8rpubra jnma gneap april 4 1902

suItkdlt, Observation-Disclosures 8 :
and the nearest mills are at Modale
twenty miles south, Woodbine. eighteen
miles east, and Castana twenty fVe
miles north. This locality is thickly
settled and very productive. and such
an enterprise is badly needed.
Munson.
Albert DeHaven has settled with the
Rock Island railroad for the loss Of his
toto. accepting $4,000 as payment IN
full for all DAMAGES, loss of time, etc
Considering everything. this is pretty
fair settlement. Mr.. DeHaven will in
vest part of his money in an educa-
ton and will study for some profession
Thornton.
Charles P. Eli, of this township, has
a full fiedged case of smallpox. Charley
was not satisfied with letting the dis
ease run it's course over at Klemme, sc
went over and brought it home with
him. Such carelessness on the part OF
a man who has never been vaccinated
is astonishing. Dr. Weston reports him
not dangerous, but as pretty as a coach
dog He is at the residence of his faith
r-in-law, two miles north of Meser-
vey.
FontanelIe.
Forty acres of land mile west OF
Candy and which belonged to the Jas
Smith estate was sold at public auction
sale last week for 500 per acre. John
Gruber, the purchaser, owns the other
100 acres of the quarter section and has
bought this piece on which are all i'm
provements. The place is nine miles
from a railroad which makes 1t seem
high, but it is good land and is prob
ably worth that much as an addition
to the rest of the farm.
Ottumwa. ~
Louis Thompson, laborer about the
coal chutes at the Milwaukee, junction
in the West End, was badly injured
about $50 o'clock last evening by fall
ing from the top of box car to the
ground. His left wrist was dislocated
and one of the bones of the forearm
was broken. In addition to this his lips
were badly cut and he received num-
erous bruises about the head and body.
He was taken to the hospital by the po-
lice and will be unable to resume his
duties for some weeks. go
Oskaloosa. -
Work has been commenced upon the
new Hotel Lacey to be erected on South
Market street at the intersection of
Second avenue The building of the
new parts and the Improvements to the
hotel building now standing will entail
a cost Of fully 100000. Mr.. w. r. Lacey
has leased the building for a term of
ten years to an old and we'll known ho-
tel man in Nebraska and this gentle
man will spend fully $4,000 in furnish
ing the place; making the new property
worth fully 100000 exclusive of the
parts of the building now standing.
Moravia. g -
The editor of the Reporter. has WIS.,
tied the deer farm Of Mr.. Packwood
four miles northeast of town. Mr..
Packwood has a forty-aere park en-
closed by al wire netting fence over
eight feet high. In this lot which is
largely trees and brush, he now has
eleven deer. One pair is quite tame
and can be petted. but the others are
difficult to approach, and the visitors
get only brief glimpses of them flying
thu the brush. Mr.. Packwood came
here about one year ago to engage in
raising deer. His place is worth a
visit.
creston. !,
Oscar Moorman, aged 10 years, the.
son of gentleman who is an engineer
on steam shovel, whose family have
been living at Talmage, met with the
misfortune to have the thumb and two
fingers on his right hand torn off by,
the accidental explosion of a dynamite
blasting cartridge, which he was hold :,
ing in his hand, and in which in some
manner exploded The accident took
place Thursday and physicians from
Alton were summoned to attend TO the
injuries. He will recover altho his acT-s
cident will keep him confined to the
house for some time.
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On Monday morning. about $3.50 fire.
was discovered in the shed kitchen Of,
the Porter House but was put out Der
fore any serious damage; was done. The
loss from the fire is not the worst featri
ure connected with this affair. From
all outside. appearance At looks as. If
some one had made an attempt to burn
the building. There was, 9, lot of coal
cinders on the roof of the building as
if some one had put a shovel full of live
Goals on the roof which was only about
six feet from the ground and there was
a table sitting by the side of the shed
that made it easy to reach the top. 1t
was only by. accident that it was dis
covered at this hour and had the fire
got fairly started the way the wind was
blowing it would soon have burned the
whole building.
The Great Dismal Swamp
Of Virginia is breeding ground of ma
laria germs. So is low, wet or marshy
ground everywhere. These germs cause,