The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-08-13
NEWS OF SIGOURNEY
The Days Doings Chroniclsd By
Special Reporter.

| is working in Sigourney Laborers
have been imported from all sides and
| about seventy-fiye men are now EN-
| ployed in constructing the new paving.
Nine blocks are being paved at this
time, which will make total of nine
teen blocks of paving in the entire city.
The contractors are the burlington
| Construction Co. the paving is SINH
lar to that put in last year and is of
quality unexcelled in the state. The &C.
ment curb and gutter work has been
completed and now all hands are put
to work on the concrete bed work and
a mammoth steam concrete mixer is
employed to eliminate much of the
manual labor. Above this will be built
a foundation Of Portland cement.
| which will be covered with sand and
faced with single layer of flint brick,
| tar filled. ALI material lece 'c;:ry for
the work is now on the ground and the
| job will be completed as soon as pos
sible. Each of the two streets running
| north and south on the east and west
sides of the square are being paved
| for two and one-half blocks more on
the north end and two blocks more on
the south end When completed, it
will be the greatest Improvement the
| city has known in years.
Cleveland Runyan has returned 10
his old home afte" spending 40 years
among the wrestlers OF the wesI He
| comes back with a record Of almost
continuous victory on the mat, having
conquered the champions of North
and South Dakota Idaho and other
distinguished wrestlers between here
and the western coast. He has been
thrown only nine times in thirty-one
matches. While yet new in the game
and young in years, Runyan has de-
veloped into a powerful man. He
knows the science OF the game and
has the alertness and muscle to carry
1t into erect successfully. he out
classes everyone in this locality and
is looking for more worlds to con-
quer' He is planning to import a
wrestler for a match here and may
make an engagement at Oskaloosa.
He challenges anyone in his own class,
| 1856 pounds, barring only those over
| 200 pounds. Here is chance for
young Turner.
| Geo. Renne, young man twenty
| three years of age, came to Sigourney
last week to dispose Of a few packages
of silver polish. While in the role
of a peddler he succeeded in appro-
priating number of articles Of more
or less value from some of the houses
at which he .eessitss4 As a -res,ast re
was arrested, given hearing and
bound over to the grand jury on va
rious charges. In default of $500 bond
he is being held in custody in the Kee.
kuk county jail, awaiting the acti(a
of that body.
The annual county normal institute,
which has been in session at the high
school building this week, will close
| with the lecture this afternoon by
Prof Holden, of the State College at
Ames. Supt Cap Miller has conducted
the institute and. while the enro llment
has been fairly large, the attendance
Is less than had been anticipated. Ex-
| eessiye heat and the fact that the ex.
animation have already been held, ac-
counts in part for the lack of interest
in the institute. 1t is very probaS,e
that there will be some difficulty ex-
perienced in supplying teachers for all
of the county schools before ne open
ing of the fall term.
Sigourney. Ia, Aug. 12-There was
a fierce electrical storm here last
might, accompanied with a heavy
downpour of rain Considerable dam
age is reported from numerous local
tiles. The barn on the Vern Utter
back farm, two miles south of this
city, was struck by lightning and fire
resulted instantly. The flames
spread rapidly and the entire struc-
ture and it's contents were burned to
the ground. No animals were injured
The Baptist church on North Jeffer-
son street was also damaged by a
stroke of lightning which ripped the
siding off one corner of the building
The cost of repairs will not, however,
be- heavy.
| ihV blith vi inc new
was laid yesterday on North Main
street. Des Moines flint brick is be-
ing used and the improvement the
work is making in the appearance and
condition of the street is encouraging.
The LATER store rooms on the north
west corner of the square are now be-
ing remodeled and will, when COM
pleted be occupied by John Reinert,
OF Keota. with a clothing and tailor
shop.
Ernest White, OF Brushtown addi-
ton to Sigourney, is building an addi-
ton of two rooms to his residence.
NV. Reineer is doing the work
VIM. GAYLORD. from Hayesville, was
a business caller in Sigourney yes.
terday,
DIR. Payne, from Richland, was in
the city yesterday on professional bus
mess.
Heavy Traffic.
The Iowa Central enioyed n heavy