Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-06
Tho GrinneII News.

! Special to Times-Republican.
! Grinnell, May Cdr. U. NJ. Hibbets
accompanied by Mrs. Hibbets, is now
in attendance upon the meeting of the
national conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Baltimore, to
Which meeting he was elected dele
gate from this district. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hibbets will visit other points of
| interest in the east before returning
| to Grinnell.
The local chapter of the O. u. s.,
will have a special meeting this even
ing for inspection under the eye OF
| Deputy Grand Matron Emma Beck
man. of Grundy Center
Rev Elias Handy, of the Methodist
church of this city, is giving good evil
dence of his especial ability as a
money raiser for church and benevo-
lent uses. AT the recent dedication
of the church at Mystic, in Appanoose
, county. where he was in charge, and
something over $500 was needed to
! clear the building of debt, $1,000 was
raised, and at the general benevolence
collection at the Methodist church in
this city last Sunday, the unusual sum
of $3.50 was raised.
Chairman c. w. Garter has issued a
call for a meeting at the city hall this
evening for the purpose of forming a
Cummins club.
Very hopeful reports come from the
committee and others interested in the
work of raising the last of the pledges
and money for which the citizens OF
Grinnel are promised the Waterloo,
Pela & Southwestern railroad. 1t is
announced that the entire $4,000 that
was to have come by the township tax,
but failed to do so. has now been
pledged, and that over $500 of the
81 900 to be raised for preliminary
work is in sight.
Frank Thackery, who recently sold
out the Metropolitan restaurant to c..
C. Phelps and F. S. Edge, went to St
Paul on Saturday night last. and from
there planned to go to look over some
of the irrigated land propositions OF
Idaho, and then on to spend some time
on the western coast.
Miss Caroline Sheldon, of the Iowa
College faculty. plans to spend her
summer vacation across the Atlantic,
mostly i'm France and Spain.
At the regular meeting of the city
council last evening, in addition to the
ordinary routine work, arrangements
We're made for the signing of the con-
tract recently let for the extension or
the sewer system in east Grinnell and
of the water mains in the same. The
work of putting in cement sidewalks
is going on at far more rapid rate
than ever before, owing to the deter
mination of the city officials to have
no further cause for damage suits
against the city from defective wooden
sidewalks.
Mrs c. f. Childs has the honor and
the pleasure of entertaining Miss Mary
Jewett who. for thirty-six years, has
been a missionary in Tabriz, Persia.
but on account of failing health, mas
given up that work and spends her
time in this country visiting the ms
sionary societies and interesting them
in the Persian work.
Mrs. N. o. Pilgrim, who has been
great sufferer for many weeks. died
Sunday evening last. The funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon from
the Baptist church, Rev. j. A. Hurley
officiating.
Oliver Ssco died at the home of his
son. near Newburg, Monday evening.
after long illness, at the age of Is
years. Funeral services We're held at
the Congregational church of Newburg
at 10 o'clock this morning. He leaves
family of seven children, of whom
Mrs. j. N Hartzell of this city, is one
On Monday evening last, at her home
in this city, Mrs. William Pickhardt
died of cancer. The body will be talk
en- from the home at IL o'clock tomor-
row morning to the German Lutheran
church in Malcolm township, where flu
neral services will be held in the after
noon.
Funeral services over the body Of
Mrs. Norman Pilgrim, who died after
a long and severe illness at her home
in this city Sunday evening, were held
at the Baptist church this afternoon,
Rev. j. A. Hurley officiating. Mrs Pill
grim was SO years of age, and leaves,
in the family, a husband and two chill
dren. She is also survived by a faith
er, four sisters and one brother.