Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-24
THE GRINNEL.L NEWS.
Many Still III Of the Grippe-Sma
Blaze at Ross Home.

Special to fines Republican
Grinncl. Feb. 24.-Miss Emma Sar-
gent, who has been confined to her
home for the past ten days by grippe,
is reported as considerably better.
Mrs. Dorr Barber is beginning to get
out from home again after three weeks
of grippe, followed by bronchitis.
Al the election of officers of the
convention at Des Moincs last week. G.
II. Ross of this city. was elected treas
urer.
Councilman John Campbell Of the
First ward. has had enough of the
grippe to keep him closely confined to
his home for some days, but is reported
as getting the better of the disease.
A lively little blaze at the residence
OF G. NJ Ross on Friday night last,
was prevented from becoming a serious
calamity by the presence of mind of
Mrs. Ross who used a blanket and Il
heavy rug to smother the flames. The
blaze started from the attempt to pour
some spirits of camphor from bot
tie into a dish over a gas flame and it
was while MIR. Ross was busy with the
the house that Mrs. Ross used her
presence of mind to smother the fierce
blaze upon the floor. There was enough
excitement to bring Il houseful of
roomers out of their beds but no call
was turned in for the fire department.
William Ditzler recently sold forty
two acres of land three miles south
west of the city, to Orison Holden, for
$500 Mr.. Ditzler bought this land a
few years ago and has taken and sold
enough wood from it to pay back his
original investment and for his labor
and now sells the land at nearly dou-
bic what 1t cost him.
George Maggie. who has been running
a restaurant-hotel in the relnodcled
formerly known as the Grin
nell House. on Main street, for the
past eighteen months sold out his bus
mess and furnishings of the house to
A. l.. Young. farmer from near Tur-
ner. Mr.. Young has but just sold his
farm to Mark Holmes. who
goes out of the grocery business here
to take charge of the farm, while Mr..
Young leaves the farm to come here
and take charge of the restaurant Mr..
Maggie will stay with him for some
time. until he gets the hang of things.
when he plans 20 SO to Des Moines
to engage in the manufacture of COM
putting scales with his brother there.
Joseph Gina of 1921 Reed street,
met with very serious accident Sat
urday forenoon while hauling a load
of coal for delivery from Neeley &
Son. He was walking beside his wagon
and stopped off a crossing into low
place under the snow. and by so doing
drew the team slightly towards him
md the wagon wheel Slipped and came
down upon his leg, crushing both bones
and making a very bad compound frac-
lure. He is man in middle life. prob
ably on the down hill side of fifty,
md will be kept for a long time from
the labor by which he provides for his
Family aside from the suffering and the
possibilities of the case. He belongs
% the Modern Woodmen and so will
nave their watch and care and some
)ecuniary compensation.
Rev Dr. Lyman Abbott will be, in a |
general way. the guest of Iowa college |
md the city of Grnnell and. in spec I
al, of President Main. on next Sat I
1rday and Sunday. 1t is announced /
hat he will give an address at the
,ollege chapel on Saturday evening.
md will preach in the Congregational |
church on Sunday evening.