Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-08
THE eRINNELL NEWS.
Special to Times-Republtcan.

Grinnell, Jan. S.-Yesterday forenoon
about three miles east Of town Mr..
Frank Reap's horses became frightened
at pile of hay in the road and ran
away. After they had run a short dis
lance they came up with II. B. Lame in
his mail wagon, badly using up the mail
wagon and its occupant. Mr.. Reap es-
capped with fractured arm, and later
found his horses in an orchard in the
edge of town.
There will be meeting of the HUI
name Society this evening in the high
school building.
The board of registration in the sew
eral wards Of the city sit Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week in
the places designated in the notice for
the special election which is to be held
on the 10th of this month.
Sheppard Marvin mas gone to Des
Moines, where he has purchased third
interest In the Hawkeye Plumbing
Company. Mr.. Marvin has made quite
a reputation as plumber here and no
doubt has made good move.
The Mutual Home, Loan and Savings
Association held its election Of direc-
tors last evening. The directors elected
by the stockholders Of the association
were as follows: j. r. Wilson, r. G..
Coutts, D. +. White, A. G. Hartman, j..
B. Bryan, j. C. Powell and o. T. FRS
bic. Mr.. White received the most votes,
having 727 in all, and accordingly had
to set them up" The election Of Off
GERS will be held next Tuesday night
The assets Of the association now
amount to a little over $4,000, and this
amount is steadily increasing.
Glenn Davis has arrived home from
Butte, Mont, and VIII spend a short
vacation at the parental home.
The bowling alley will probably be
in a few days, so that any one
belonging to the club. The alley might
Just as well be licensed and let the city
have some revenue out of 1t, as it is
now practically a public alley, altho all
agreements have been adhered to to
the letter.
W. III. Altzweig has resigned his post
ton as foreman of the trim shop Of the
Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
The gymnasium class will meet next
Monday night. There are now twenty
one members.
The Spaulding bowling team and the
New Sharon bowling team had
bowling contest Tuesday night, result
ing in the defeat of New Sharon by 211
pins. Van Der hyde had the largest
score in any one game played-225 pins.
Brock was one of the best players.
The funeral of Mrs. George See oc.
Cured yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sawyer returned
last night to their home in Oskaloosa.
They have been up to see Mr.. Sawyer's
father, who is getting along nicely.
There will be meeting Friday Of the
county Sunday school committee in the
Congregational church. They held
meeting there some three weeks ago, at
which time it was decided to canvass
the county in every township to see If
they could raise funds enough to sup
port Mr.. Butterfield for the year as
missionary, and they are to meet
Friday to see what success they have
had in soliciting.
The reason for the postponement of
the installation and annual banquet of
the Woodmen was that they had no
heat. In fact some water has run out
Of one of the radiators and frozen on
the joint, and no doubt the radiator it
self is filed up with ice.
The Misses Zimmerman and their
mother will build new house next
spring on the lot next to the corner lot
south Of the glove factory.
The Baptists and Congregationalists
unite in the week of prayer services
during this week in the Congregational
church, as the Baptist church is not
heated.
Mrs. r. D. Thackeray slipped Tues
day and severely wrenched the muscles
Of a leg.
The family of William Sparks was
1uarantined with scarlet fever yester-