Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-13

The contract for the building of the
treasury department at Washington to
the Charles Gindelle Company, OF Chi
cago. for the sum of $46,1OO.
Fairfield.
What Is believed to have been a fly
ing machine passed over Fairfield about
go Monday afternoon at height var
riously estimated at from 500 yards to
one mile. 1t moved rapidly over the
city in southerly direction.
keosauqua.
The tWenty-four-acr wheat crop
raised on the Kerr formerly s. ID.
Fellows) farm, adjoining Keosauqua,
was threshed, yielding 712 bushels,
which was delivered at the depot to
G. p. Whitney, from the machine, at
SO cents a bushel, amounting, all told,
TO s697.76.
Williamsburg.
The creamery burned to the ground
Monday morning. IA spark from the
smoke stack caught in the roof. and,
owing to the previous dry weather,
the fire spread rapidly. The estimated
loss is $4,000, of which s1,7OO is covered
by insurance. The building was
owned by the Troy Creamery Com
pany, and a meeting of the stockhold-
ers has been called to decide upon flu
ture action.
Bloomfield.
Newton Battin, president and Will
liam F. Dupree. secretary of the Third
Iowa Cavalry Association, have issued
the official announcement that the re-
union of the Third Iowa cavalry and
the Thirtieth Iowa infantry will be held
in Bloomfield on September % and "a
Of this year. Some one without au-
thority, they state, has given out a
different date but the 23d and oath are
the only dates ever talked Of by the
committees.
Des Moines.
A novel pillow will be exhibited at
the state fair by Mrs. j. L. Thompson,
wife of the editor of the Iowa BY
stander and also connected with the
state archives department The pill
low was made from ribbons cut from
acquisitions sent to the governors of
[Iowa from every state in the union.
The ribbons from the state seals were
clipped off yhen the old acquisitions
were cleaned and Mrs. Thompson
made them into a pillow.
Clinton.
Twenty-four huge locomotives of the
Pacific type have been ordered by the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com
pany, for service on the Iowa and Ga
lena divisions Of the road. The engines
are now being constructed, and the
first consignment Of the steel monsters
is expected to reach Clinton in few
days. The big new engines, which will
| be of the six driver build, will be put
| in service hauling the fast passenger
trains of the road. The present engines
are all four drivers.
| Leighton.
| On Tuesday. Aug. 81, the town of
Leighton will hold an election. for
the purpose Of deciding whether or
not the town shall be incorporated
as permitted by an order made last
week by Judge Preston in the district
court. The court only permits in.
question to be submitted to the resi-
dents Of the town and 1t is claimed
that the proposition will carry with a
liberal majority Another election will
l
clerk, town council, marshall, etc.
Knoxville.
| Jenkins & Davis commenced the fall
work OF threshing at Tom Hindman'
place north OF town Tuesday, and
turned out 500 bushels Of fine tai
wheat in eight hours. The wheat was
hauled directly to the cars and sold t<
Mannix & shivvers for 81 per bushel
Five hundred bushels from q tract Of
twenty acres Is certainly not bad, con.
sidering present prices. Mr.. Hindmar
| also has twelve acres Of spring whea1
which will probably go twenty-five
Bushels to the acre.
Earlham.
| Fattened and ready to be shipped to
Chicago for the market Monday morn
ing. twenty-nine head of cattle fell
dead from the heat on a farm nea,
Earlham Saturday afternoon. The cattle
were very fat and Il Is believed that
this fat superinduced the heat. This
cattle were found in the field almost
Oh top of each other In their s.ssss-.s =
get In the shade OF small shed. Naxl-
ham Is said to have. led OF In the heal