Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-15
IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Grand junction.


| 1t is probable that there was never
such difference in the quality of the
corn crop in this section as there Is
this year. Some fields are very poor
the yield is light and the quality is
| poor. Other fields are good and the
quality all right.
New London.
A. W. Holland held his sale of Po-
land Chinas Tuesday and it was one of
the largest in the country this fall. Fiji
ty-nine head We're sold at total of
$13,041, an average Of 1921 per head.
Top boar price was $500 and top sow
price was s1,310. The highest priced
litter was 1925. The sale was held
in a large tent and there was good
attendance.
Burlington.
Burlingtonians, who expect to eat
| turkey, duck, geese, chickens or any
| thing else on Thanksgiving day, will
either have to buy what they need or
get some one to invite them to the
feast There will be no rafflesi in Bur-
lington this year, neither in saloons,
restaurants, amusement places nor
elsewhere, and neither on Thanksgiv-
ing day, nor before nor after. That is
the order that has been issued by
Mayor Unterkircher, and Chief Hiltz
will see that it is obeyed.
Bloomfield.
The case Of w. J. Steckel VS.. the
Midwestern Electric Co., suit on note,
has occupied the attention of the court
for the past two days, and Is not yet
concluded. The case of Henry Bailey
VS.. T. B. Jennings was tried last
week. Jennings, who is a physician,
of Drakeville, was charged with the IL
legal sale Of liquor A permanent in
junction was issued and a fine Of $500
and costs assessed against him. The
case will be appealed to the supreme
court.
Fairfield.
The home Of Mrs. Samantha ]. Clapp
was ruined by fire. The flames started
about 10 o'clock in the northwest por-
ton of the building and had gained
| considerable Roadway before the alarm
was sounded and the fire boys could
get water on them. The house was
badly damaged, and, while most of
the household goods were removed,
they have sustained much injury thru
hurried handling. Mrs. Clapp carried
$500 insurance on the building, and it
will nearly cover her loss in that par
| ticular.
Nevada.
John Connolly, one of the oldest and
best known citizens of the eastern por-
ton of this county, died suddenly at
ali nf
vada township at about o'clock
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Connolly
was past eighty years Of age and had
been feeling and manifesting some of
the natural feebleness of age; but he
had been in his usual fair health up
to about half an hour before his
death. At that time he complained of
pain in his heart, and the members
of his family gave him hot applica-
lions and other simple home remedies;
but his condition was not recognized
by those about him as serious until he
suddenly fell backward and died.
Oskaloosa.
w. H. Bovee, Saturday, was allow
ed damages in the sum Of $50 against
the city of Oskaloosa in the district
ance in the form Of an open sewer
in the south part of the city, passing
thru the land owned by the plaintiff.
The stream, according to the plaintiffs
contentious, was formerly clean
spring water stream until the construc-
tion of the city's septic tank in con-
i,ection with their sewerage system,
the offal refuse from which is dumped
into the stream, causing it to give off
noxious odors, detracting from the
value of the Bovee property and maxi
ing the home almost uninhabitable.
The plaintiff also contended that the
anne nuisance had ruined the sale of
fis vegetables, causing him to be dam
aged altogether to the amount Of So
00G. The case was tried before Judge
Willcockson Saturday on its merits,
with the above result asAanlanAn