Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-19
DR.. Janss. surgeon and physician.

DO YOU smoke the Middle West?"
George j. Allen. scientific optician.
Drs. Fry, Homeopathic phys. surg
House painting in the very best man
ner Inquire ut Simmons Book Store
There will be AN excursion over the
Chicago Great Western TO st. Paul anc
trip.
After this date we will give another
reduction of % cents on Gray Bros.
shoes. The price is now $3.50; sizes
to. 5. all widths Bromley's Shoe Store
j. B. Welker of LeGrand, the aget
father of Deputy County Treasure
Alva Welker and Mrs. G. III. Smith is
very i'll at the home of his son, corne1
OF Eighth avenue and Bromley street
MIR. Welker's ailment is stomach anc
bowel trouble. His condition is yer,
critical.
AS a result of the heavy rains NORTH
TIE river again rose about foot during
Friday afternoon and night. 1t Is
thought, however. that it will not sc
higher, as it was about stationary al
noon today. The rainfall for the twenty
four hours ending at Z o'clock thus
morning was 30 OF an inch.
Harry BOWL. a blacksmith was ar
rested by Special officer Ira Boswell at
noon today on being found in the COM
pany of "a couple of Tama Indians, each
,l,.t, Nj, III
posed that BOWL had furnished the red
men with liquor. He Was brought be-
fore Justice Burritt. but on the lack OF
evidence was discharged.
DR.. Day l.. Wilbur of Palo Alto Cal.
nephew of Messrs. ID. C. and A. l.. Will
bur. of this city. arrived Friday even
ing from Chicago. and spent the day
here at the A. Il. Wilbur home and as
the guest of his cousin. Mr.. Fred VIII
bur- Dr. Wilbur. altho a young man
occupies the chair of physiology in the
Leland Stanford University, and lis the
university physician. He is on his way
tc ST. Paul and Minneapolis from ar
eastern trip. having visited Philadel-
phia. Baltimore, New York and Wash
ington.
Rudolph Henry. foreman of the Re-
Hector, sustained a Very painful. tho not
serious. injury Friday evening 1T about
o'clock when the edition of the paper
was being run off. The folder COM
menced to show signs of working poor
ly and Mr.. Henry placed his right arm
between the machinery in order to re-
lease the knives of the paper cuttings
that had become congested. In remov-
ing his arm it was caught between two
small cog wheels, with the result thai
the forearm was quite badly chewed
and mangled. The press was inmedi-
ately stopped and certain portions OF
the machinery had to be taken apart
before the arm could be released. Mr.
Henry was extremely fortunate in that
he was not more seriously hurt.
Messrs. A. Nj. Clark and C. A. Seely
of this city, and Wilson Chase and John
Williams, of Oskaloosa, leave this city
tonight, over the Great Western, for
ST. Paul, and from there start for
keremeos, b. c., for a stay of a month
or so in the interests of the Eclipse
Mining and Milling Company, of which
they are stockholders. The gentlemen
are anticipating a most pleasant trip
and expect to find matters connected
with the mining property in excellent
shape. Recent assays of the mine
speak wonders for its fertility, quartz
having shown both gold and silver
valued at from 1890 to s1.47O.46 per
ton. After their stay at Keremeos the
party will go to Vancouver and from
there down the coast to Seattle and
Portland. They will take the western
route home, via Ogden, Salt Lake and
Denver.
Marshalltown citizens are suffering
some very bitter experiences with q
new genus gnat. The new member OF
tie family culicidsn that has put in his
venemous in his attack than the ord-
nary gnat. and scarcely any one who
las been bitten by the little rascal has
escaped poisoning almost as equally Sc
We're as a bee sting. So poisonous is the
fly that as result of the sting eyes
have become swollen shut, jaws have
teen increased to twice their ordinary
size and necks have resembled the APP
pearance of newborn carbuncles
There seems to be veritable pest o!
the insects in this locality at p1esent
and some naturalists have assigned as
the cause for their presence the unusual
amount OF water in the lowlands, Great
ing an ideal breeding place for insects
of all sorts.
Two cottages, with all modern Inn
rrovements, to rent at Simmons Book
store.
The bridge employees of the county
are making very fair progress with this
rev bridge that is to be put in ovel
the low place on the East Main stree,
road. about one mile east of the lc6
Powell home. The false work has beer
commenced, and the work of driving
piing will begin very soon The
Few bridge will ford the old bayou
where an iron bridge formerly stood