Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-28

Young man was struck at the waist, the
running down his clothing to
his shoe which it cut completely from
his foot. 1T was a narrow escape iiom
something more serious.
Hartley.
The weather the past few days has
been very favorable To the CROWN OF
crops and corn is making rapid strides
and With warm weather from now on
Will make an excellent crop. small
grain is Very good and all ii nov needs
is warm and dry weather to ripen n
harvest it. Taking everything into con-
sidera,ion the farmers of this part have
not much room for complain as ali
crops give promise of an unusual yield.
Fonda.
Last Monday Louis Fuchs, one of the
practical and wealthy farmers o. lhls.
township. sold two carloads of cattle on
the Chicago stock market. which
brought him $4,slT. There We're thirty
eight head of cattle in the bunch, aver
aging in weight 1,4t5 pounds each. He
received $50 per hundred weight.
which averaged him about $12l.5o per
head. He shipped TWO loads two weeks
aso, and has four more loads TO market
L - ~
soon.
Sac City.
DIR. G. 70. Adams has received FROM
Secretary of State John Hay creden-
tials as a delegate on the part of the
limited States to an international SAM
taly convention which is to be held
in Washinston, ID. G., october 10, 1902.
i'm pursuance of the resolution OF the
q. E.. ,A,,,,t;n,a A n1atin}n Com
ference. Thc object of his convention
is to encourage friendly cooperation
between the health organizations of the
several republics in the matters OF
quarantine and sanitation.
Jefferson.
The Bee learns that a subscription
paper containing more than SLOT per
month has been secured by the Jcffer-
son band boys among the business
i men of the city, and a series of week
1y band concerts will soon begin. This
is the largest subscription for the pur-
pose eyer taken in jefferson. y = y We
have had about thirty inches OF rain
fail in Greene county thus far during
the year 1902, which is a good average
amount for an entire year. figuring
from the history of the past.
keokuk.
A Keokuk alderman and contractor
said the other day: Il never saw labor
Sc scarce as right now. I've been in
the business for twenty-five years. and
l never before saw it so hard to get
~laborers as now" Asked about the kind
OF aborers he said: AN kinds-even
the commonest kind. Why, We're pay
l $3.50 L... o. n -. - ,;-I>. ,,A,- wv,
Kept an advertisement in 10Th keokuls
Iapers for a hundred men wanted. and
we've been to all the towns in his sec
Gin. McNIanus is up north now trying
to get some men for us"
Leon.
All we need do to prove the profit
ableness of farming is to refer to the
experience of intelligent farmers on the
broad acres of Decatur county, avs the
Decatur County journal. About six
years ago our friend. j. III. Merrill,
came from Illinois, With a large family.
and rented n farm northwest of Leon.
He had no capital and was obliged to
borrow $3.50 from a friend before his
departure from Illinois. Today he owns
a fine farm of $50 acres northwest of
Leon and has $4,000 worth of stock and
grain. He has cleared nearly $1,000
each year he has lived in II county.
Mr.. Merrill contemplates building a
new house on his farm this fail.
Newton.
The Journal gives an example OF
"horse sense The other day a couple
CO people were down on he banks OF
! Skunk river for a kind of picnic. They
drove a faithful old horse, and when
they had chosen a place for their dinner
took the harness off the horse and
turned him out to grass. After dinner
they swung up u hammock to take a
quiet siesta. They noticed that the
horse was restless. rubbing against the
trees, going thru the bushes. etc. Final
ly he came up to the hammock and put
lis nose nearly into the faces of the oc-
oupants. Finally the gentleman got UP
and found two big horse flies on the
horse, which he killed, and then the old
horse quietly went his way and CONF
menced eating grass. Ii that was not
reason, what was it?"