Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-12
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

staying with him for the last month
and it was Mr.. Lyden's custom to call
Fred at 6 o'clock in the morning. Sun
day morning Fred was not awakened
at the usual hour. and thinking some
thing was wrong, went to his room
where he found the dead body of Mr..
Lyden.
Logan.
The land transfers recorded at the
court house Saturday surpassed all
previous records in the county, they
amounting to something over 100000,
There were 1O3 instruments filed so
it will be seen that some Of the deals
We're good sized.
Ottumwa.
The receipts of the Ottumwa post
office for the month of February were
s3,9S6.17, as against sS,52e.09 for the
same month last year. The increase
is s457.Os, or 13 per cent. This Is a
good showing for the usually dull
month of February.
Blairsburg.
c. e. Brown has sold his farm OF 160
acres adjoining the town of harrisburg
to Mr.. Williams. from Lee county,
Illinois, for $40 an acre. Mr.. Brown
paid s45 for this farm two years ago.
A SIS raise (and the crops) in two
years is pretty good investment.
Storm Lake.
A. A. Smith, publisher of the Ruena
Vista Vidette, has recently purchased
three new presses two jobbers and one
Hoe press, on which the editions of the
newspaper will be printed, and also
Vidette will be one of the best equipped
weekly newspaper plants in Iowa.
Davenport.
Willie Sievers, lad employed at the
Davenport pearl button factory, re-
ceived facial injuries Saturday by being
struck by pieces of an emery wheel
which broke into number of pieces
While it was in operation. 1t was nee
essary for the physician called to make
a number of stitches in the forehead
and about the nose.
CIarinda.
Jahue Ridenour was arrested on
Feb. 90 on warrant sworn out by
Mary Lee on the charge of stealing
board valued at less than cents. ia
hue was tried by a jury before Justice
of the Peace M. G. Hoge Monday and
was acquitted. The county attorney
stood for the state and George I. Miller
for the defense.
West Bend.
S. E. Cook met with very pain
full accident Saturday, by trying to
stop team from running away by
being caught between two wagons
breaking two ribs and his collar bone
this is indeed a very sad affair for
Mr.. Cook as he has more than he
could handle and this will lay him
up for some time.
Iowa City.
The members of the Baptist church
held business meeting Sunday and de-
cided to call Rev. C. II. Wheeler, of Bel
videre, ILL.,, to fill the vacancy made by
the resignation of Rev. Charles S.
Brown. Rev. Wheeler has filled the pull
pit several times In the past few months
and has made a favorable impression
and it hoped that he will accept the
call.
Clear Lake.
Word has been received here of the
death at his home in st. Louis of o. C.
Shedd, president Of the Creve Occur
Ice Company. Mr.. Shedd was we'll
known in Clear Lake where he and his
wife spent two winters. A few weeks
ago he suffe I'D terrible fall while
ice packing at Hannibal
Mo, but he was supposed to be out of
danger when pneumonia set in and
caused his death.
Essex.
Charles Read, one of the pioneers of
Page county, died at his home, two
miles west of Essex last Friday. The
deceased had been unable to leave his
home for five weeks. Mr.. Read came to
Iowa in 1864 and to Page county two
years later. He moved to this town
ship n the early los He was mem
Der of the Christian church and at the
time of his death was past so years old.
He leaves wife and several children.
Council Bluffs.
The weighing OF the mails at the
Union Transfer station, is now fairly
under way, and results in an unusual
amount of activity about the station.
Chief Clerk Srearer of the Sixth d.
vision of the railway mail service, has
been at the station practically the en-
tire week experimenting the work,
while Assistant Superintendent VIII
liam III. Penn of the Sixth division has
everything Is being conducted proper
ly. While absolutely accurate figures
are not yet available on the amount
of mail that is being weighed daily