Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-23

nerous trinkets, but watches and pock-
etbooks lying on it were saved. The hre
whistle called out a big crowd but pc
fore the fire company arrived every
thing on fire had been thrown out of the
windows. Mr.. Hamiltons loss was COW
cred by insurance.
Shenandoah.
While digging a we'll for ]. II. Shook
Saturday, r. A. Cool found a bone i'm
bedded in the clay fourteen feet be-
low the surface 1t was five inches
wide and flat at one end and round at
the other, about a foot long. 1t was
partially petrified but easily crumbled
when handled. He brought some of the
fragments down town and presented
one to a Sentinel reporter, who was I'M
able to decide whether the bone be-
longed to some prehistoric man or to
some monster of bygone ages.
Woodstock.
The last case of any Importance at
this term of the Wright county court
was that of Josephine S. Van Schoyek
against J. M. Van Schoyck, suit for
divorce. The parties are prominent
residents Of Woodstock township, where
the defendant owns over 200 acres OF
land. The judge rendered a decision IN
favor of the plaintiff, granting her a
divorce, custody of the children and
$4,000 alimony, payable in installments,
the last Of which is to be made on July
II, 1909 Also attorneys fees OF $500.
Clarion.
During the past week, according to
the Monitor. the Clarion mill has ship
ri, ID, Of no a
practically the same length of time 1t
met ready sale at sl3 per ton. The sup
ply Of loose hay is so limited that 1t Is
hard to get at any price. 1t seems
rather odd for this paper to record the
shipment of hay into the town for home
consumption, for it has been but a
comparatively short time since we an
naully mentioned the shipment of many
carloads each fall and winter to the
eastern markets.
Red Oak.
A. Bowman sold his fine farm of 205
acres west of the city waterworks, last
Friday to D. j. Carlisle, of Red Oak,
for $4,000, or about $112.20 an acre.
The sale was for cash. Mr.. Carlisle
gets possession of the west eighty acres
at once, Mr.. Bowman retaining possess
sion of the remaining los acres until
March /, 1903. The farm is fine one.
well improved, and includes large and
handsome residence, big barn, etc.
and also house and barn on the west
eighty acres. 1t is the highest priced
farm, considering number of acres, that
has thus far been sold in this section Of
the state.
Abba.
Henry Philips, owner of the Foster
mines, states that the work OF retim-
bering the old shaft has been completed
and that within a week the mine will
be running right along. He denies alb
solutely that 1t is his intention to aban-
don the Foster field and devote his at
tention to the mines near the city. On
the contrary he intends to shape his
business so that within few months
and probably in time for the winter
trade have new shaft put in at Fos-
ter which will go directly down to the
richest coal deposit Evidently Mr..
Philips has every confidence in the flu
ture of Foster.
Hartwick.
1t may not be known that the high
here in Poweshiek county, but such is
the case. A dispatch from Kansas City
Thursday says When C. C. Bigler &
Sons, of Hartwick, Iowa, paid $4,000
yesterday for Merry Hampton, the
highest priced bull in the world
changed hands. Merry Hampton was
owned by c. B. Dustin. of Summerhill.
H., and is said by competent judges to
be the greatest Shorthorn bull in
America The sale took place in Kan
sas City yesterday just before. the
opening of the Clay Shorthorn auction.
Bigler also purchased the balance or
the Dustin herd, numbering thirty
eight head, besides seven calves.
Carroll.
Mrs. Thomas Rohan, of Grand town
ship met with serious accident as she
was coming to town Tuesday afternoon.
This side of the Great Western crossing
on the Glidden road she was overtaken
by a runaway team hitched to a buggy.
The runaway outfit in passing caught
Mrs. Rohan's buggy in such way as to
throw her out and her head struck
wheel in way that laid her scalp open
by q cash of five inches. She was TAX
en- to Cur. Omer's house and DR.. Patty
soon responded to call and stitched up
the cash. Other injuries We're severe,
and she sstill a sufferer The runa-
way team going west crashed into a
wagon going west going west and came
near inhicting serious injury to the oc-
cupants. 1t is thought the horses were
frightened at the "dinkies" on the new