Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-09

Grundy Center.
Charles Smith, of near Berlin, has
bought a working interest with Charles
Burd and together they will manufac-
ture manure spreader which Mr..
Smith recently patented.
Aigona.
The Algona District Missionary
convention will be held here on March
9th and 10TH This meeting will be the
great central rally of the district. The
SUBJ di strict missionary conventions Will
begin at Britt and Clarion March Il.
1ristow.
George Ebeling of Bennezette town
ship suffered a very severe accident
while dragging out rock near here. he
had undermined a large one when the
earth gave way. burying him In the
ground. When rescued 1t was found
that his leg was broken.
Eidora.
The Eldora Touring mills, on which a
considerable amount of repairing has
been done recently, will be put in oper-
alton in a few days. Mr.. Dan Meader
having disposed OF the mills. George G..
Gilman will in the future have the man
agement of the business.
Burt.
Rev. ]. x McAulay who for the
past five years has been pastor of the
Presbyterian church here has resigned
his pastorate to take effect March 18th.
and has accepted a call to the Presby-
terrain church at Ladoga, Indiana, a
place about twice the size Of Burt.
Eagle Grove.
]. F. Ruckholtz was tried before
Mayor Donovan Saturday morning
on the charge of making threats
against the life of one of our business
men. The young fellow was placed
under bonds to keep the peace and
bound over to the district court at
Clarion
Rockwell City.
The sale OF the fine herd of Poland
China swine. belonging to Messrs.
Frank Douglas and Walter s. Bah
cock occurred Friday at the farm of
Mr.. Babcock, one-half mile from town.
The herd consisted of sixty EIGHT head
of various ages. and sold for ST.
075.
Haskins.
0. e. Thode met with a very painful
and peculiar accident one evening re-
Gently. When the wind began to blow
he stepped out on the porch at his
boarding place to close the storm door
when he was caught by the wind and
blown off the. porch, alighting on his
head and shoulders fracturing his col
lar bone and bruising his head and
shoulder badly
Glenwood.
The annual meeting of the Mills
County Teachers Association was held
in Glenwood Friday. Teachers from all
parts of the county We're present and
very profitable meeting was held. A
series of four round tables" was held
at the morning session, one each for
rural, primary grade and high school
In the afternoon.
Woodbine.
John Durkee, a blacksmith at this
place has invented a disc sharpener
that is attracting a good deal Of atten-
tion. Its essential feature is that it
grinds the discs with emery wheels in
stead of pairing off the edge of the disc
as many other disc sharpeners do. Mr..
Durkee has procured a patent and the
machine is in the hands of jobbing
houses in Omaha, st. Louis, Sioux City
and other cities
Gilbert.
One night last week some unkonwn
persons supposed to be tranps entered
thru the windows of Mr.. divers lun-
Der office and ransacked all the tills
and drawers but found nothing Mr..
Smiths gold ring worth Ten dollars
lay in the money drawer behind the
bell but they did not find It, The next
about eight O'Clock the
supposed robbers were seen to board
a train at Story City for Eagle
Grove.
Des Moines.
The population reports at the close Of
February have been received from
number of the state institutions by the
board of control and nearly all show an
increase. The hospital at independence
has 551 males and $50 females a total
Of 941 in the inebriate ward there are
81 males and females, "a In all The
Cherokee hospital has 355 males and
28S females, 643 altogether while there
ire 28sfnen dr1 the inebrtate ward. Mt