Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-17
THE CITY in BRIEF

Andrews.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Lawler, of 90
i South Fifth avenue, are parents of
daughter.
There are bargains from the oil
Paley stock yet left at Hellberg's. Man
spring novelties will arrive thi
week.
The season for carly rising will 500
be With You ard formers should loo
to their alarm clocks. Hellberg has tn
right kind.
In last evenings T.-R. lady spent
jquarter in advertising for her los
pocketbook and today it was returne
With "a enclosed.
The Busy Bee Circle Of the l.. o. I
Nj. will meet at the home of Mrs. Wood
nansee, los North Third avenue, OF
"Wednesday afternoon.
| Mr.. A. IA. Sheldon has returne,
from New York where he was callet
three weeks ago. on account of tn
illness of his aged mother, who die
shortly after his arrival
Hellberg carries in stock mere silver.
| ware than all the other jewelry store.
in Marshalltown combined and henc.
can always slow the very wedding
present a customer desires. z
Mr.. Hannah Krottish, of Sutherland
O.Brien county, who came to DR.. vii
son ten days ago to have bad eye re.
moved. has almost recovered from the
operation, so as to wear his artificial
eye.
Mrs. A. n. Simon is quite Ill at hel
horne on North Third street. 1t was
necessary for her to submit to a surgi-
cal operation Monday and she is rest
ing as easily as could be expected to-
day.
Superintendent Charles Kranz, of the
New England Granite Company, who
has been making his headquarters in
Davenport since the first of the year.
has decided to again make his head
quarters in this city. He will still
continue to maintain Davenport Of
flee, however.
A few bargains In gold watches from
the Paley snerifffs sale stock still re-
main at Hellberg's. When Hellherg
bought the entire lot he did not expect
to sell them all Immediately, but the
Christmas rush exceeded his expecta-
items. lie has only few left. bu.
these are exceptional bargains ut TIL.
prices Hellherg can afford to sell them
Mr.. Irving j. Buck. who has been
employed in the T.-R. counting room
n little over three years as bookkeeper.
leaves tonight for Fond du Lac Wis.
where he has accepted position with
the advertising department of the
Daily Reporter. Mrs. Buck and chill
dren will join Mr.. Buck at Fond du
Lac within the next few weeks. Mr..
Carl B. Johnston, of this city, succeeds
Mr. Buck with the T.-R.
Mrs. Mary Themes, of Burlington,
by her little daughter
Marie, arrived in the city Monday ev-
ening, called on account of the illness
of her daughter Noretta, who is pu-
pill at ST. Mary's institute, and makes
her home with her grandmother, Mrs.
Ann Costello. of COL East Linn street
The little girl is suffering an attack
of pneumonia. While she is quite i'll
her condition as yet is not considered
dangerous
l.. B. Follansbee. OF Peoria, travelling
inspector of the Illinois and Iowa Car
service Association, spent Monday in
the city inspecting the car service of
the various roads and investigating
some of the claims with view of adj
justing them. Mr.. Follansbee looked
over the service in general and found
everything to be quite satisfactory. No
very great trouble has as yet been ex-
perienced in this city. as the shippers
have been educated up to the COM
rules and appear to be DESTROYS
of abiding by them, and assisting the
roads in every way possible.
Mr.. L. r. Willard. who has been In
Pittsburg. Oil City and other Pennsyl-
vania points in the oil region for the
past ten days, arrived home Monday
The object of Mr.. Wizards trip was to
ascertain the cause of the delay to
about forty cars OF oil that had long
since been overdue. Mr.. Willard found
a peculiar state of affairs in existence
on the eastern roa6s. and he learned
that cars of oil consigned to his firm
had not been moved twenty miles in
six weeks. The cause for the unusual
delay was found to be that the rail-
road companies are moving coal in
preference to all other freight, and in
many instances 1T was found that cars
of oil had been taken from their point
of consignment and placed on the first
siding, where they had been allowed to
remain.
Mayor r. A. Buck, of State Center,
was in the city Monday for the pur-
pose of consulting legal advice on mu-
nicipal affairs. The council of State
Center recently passed an ordinance
ordering certain public road crossing
vacated, in order that the town might
secure gates at the other railroad cross
ings The Northwestern solicitor is now
asking that qu!t-claim deed be
granted by the town to the company.
the strip of land lying be-
tween the road vacated and the conf
pany's right of-way. The council does
not intend granting the request, and
rs the railroad company has minated
the validity of the ordinance
Mayor Buck is going to be sure OF his
ground in contend.rg that the ordi-