Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-19
The GrinnelI News.


Grnnell, May 19-William NJ. Hays,
who has been spending the winter at
the home of his son in Texas, and with
a daughter in California, has returned
TO Grinnell looking much better for the
change of climate. Mrs. Hays, who has
been for the winter at her old home in
New York, arrived here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Nicely announce
the birth of a daughter at their home,
on Saturday last.
County Attorney H. E. Boyd, of NAL
com. has been obliged to go to the
hospital in Chicago, for treatment for
chronic rheumatism, from which he
has been a periodical sufferer for a
number of years.
O. K. Cole and A. P. Haines are
away together, for two weeks BUSH
ness trip into the central and southern
parts of Florida.
Grinnel has in prospect not only
some miles of paving and the estab-
fishing of a gas plant, but a change in
the near future in the system of light
ing her streets and alleys The present
contract for city lighting expires this
fall, and a general plan, tho not worked
out as yet in detail, has been decided
upon, by which more light, better dis
tributed, and furnished at less cost,
will be one of the noted improvements
of the city for this notable year of city
| Improvement. The present idea is that
| the incandescent system of electric
| lighting will be adopted, with lights at
all corners and, if deemed necessary,
also in the center of the blocks, and
either over the sidewalks or the park
ing. The Grinnell Electric Light and
Heating Company has already been in
conference with the city council on
this matter, and a harmonious and
mutually beneficial arrangement will
no doubt be made in the near future.
George Martindale, who has been in
the employ of the Spaulding Manufac-
turing Company, and was formerly SUI
perintendent of the cemetery grounds
at Hazelwood, died at his home on
West street, of cancer, at $3.50 o'clock
on Monday evening. The funeral took
place from the home at o'clock this
afternoon, with Rev. Elias Handy con-
Quoting the services.
The oldest inhabitants" living along
the line of Bear Creek unite in affirm
ing that they never saw the creek Sc
high before, nor so much damage done
by it as on Friday last A number Of
bridges We're washed away.
Floyd Breedon, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Floyd Breeder, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
made his parents a visit, upon the com.
pletion of his course of study at Ames
He reports that he has just signed
two-year contract as superintendent o
the electric light works at Charlton
which are owned and managed by tn,
city.
An organization has just been eff
| fected of the alumni of resident mem
bers of the Calocagathian Society o
Iowa College, with the following offic
ials:
President, Mrs. r. M. Haines; vic
7 president, Mrs. p E. Somers: secre
/ tary, Mrs. Austin P. Haines; treasurer
Miss Mildred Warburton; executiv
committee, all the officers and Mrs S
j. Pooley. Mrs. A. L. F'risbie and Mis-
Louise Miles.
: AT a meeting Of the city council,
resolution was passed expressing tn
= willingness of the city authorities I
n sell a portion of the cemetery propert
f recently acquired from the Odd Fellow
= to the Catholic church for the cor
Z sideration of 81 900 IN the nlat as dc
e signed for park purposes.
: About a month ago, announcemel
d was made in these columns of the ver
unusual occurrence of the birth OF triI
9 let calves and all we'll formed, Twin
: and thriving. This was on the farm
e Alex Devereux some seven miles sout
d of this CITY, Now comes a resident
E, the city, Jesse Saville, living on Sixt
IS avenue west, with the original recol
d for the city, of this kind. This late
d trio are also thriving.