Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-15
Mt. Pleasant.

During this year Mt. Pleasant Will
see the advent of several factories, two
of which are especially important, the
canning factory, which is now in
course of construction, and lock fac
tory.
Mt. Vernon.
\ strong wind one day lately blew
down the smokestack on the Updike
elevator. Ii was $50 feet high and GER
tainly made a crash when it fell. About
forty feet of the old one will be raised
by the wrecker and used until new
one is erected.
Bedford.
While Cal Bristow and his son We're
narrowing with a four-horse team
| lightning struck and killed two of the
| horses and injured two others. The
| boys hair was scorched, but he was
otherwise uninjured. Cal Bristow es-
capped With slight shock.
Let's.
A force of men is here this week
working on the new block system
which is being installed by the Rock
Island. The crossarms are being
put on the poles for the wire which
connects the rails. There will be
three se,Daphores on the big curve
east of Let's.
Malcolm.
o. D. Hall, while here this week.
made arrangements for the putting of
a new wooden bridge at the north
corner of the Corrough place, and four
concrete culverts-one near j. D. Car
penter's, one near Lawrence Lidka's,
one near Dean Eichhorns, and one
north of the James Corrough farm.
Princeton.
While Mr.. Coffin was blowing his
field near the city recently, his plow-
share struck something in the ground
which on investigation proved to be a
human skull. Further search revealed
the complete skeleton of an Indian
The arrow, flint, pipe, and beads were
also close at hand.
keokukI
Early Wednesday morning at his
home, occurred the death by hear
failure of one of Keokuk's best known
and most foremost citizens, Capt. /. A
Sawyer, who for years has been a ia
mliar figure upon the streets of Keo-
kull, and who had a wide acquaint.
ance, being prominent in the business
and social life of the city.
burlington.
The annual alarm with regard tt
the peach crop, which is being sound
ed, apparently is not unfounded, so IA
as this city and immediate vicinity ar,
concerned. Trees that fairly brok,
down under the load of fruit last year
show never a blossom this spring. 4
i, is thought that the superabundance O
blossoms last year may have somethin,
to do with their scarcity this year.
\ Hedrick.
Postmaster Jack Morrison Of He'd
g rick has received word from the wa
department that one of the new bat
! teries recently erected in the defense o
!; Manila has been named Battery Nor
rison, in honor Of his son, Capt. JOIN
Morrison, who was killed in an engage
I ment in the Philippine insurrection
few years ago He was a gallant soldie
and this is a deserved honor to hi
{ memory.
Cedar Rapids.
Beautiful Mound FARM" the home
stead of the late Judge Greene, Wi
soon be made an addition to the cit
: Of Cedar Rapids. The property, com
prising 295 acres of the most beautifu
land in Linn county-the only acreag
: property abutting the present plat .
, the city on the east, has been sold t
the Mound Farm Real Estate Compan.
The services Of an expert landscap
! engineer will be engaged at once an
J the work of plating the property
!! something after the style of Verno
! Heights and Ridgewood. will be com
Z menced at an early date.
3 Davenport.
: AT a meeting Of the executive com
4 mittee of the Davenport Playground
5 Association held in the office Of ID
D Jennie McCowen, the sites for fou
: Fairgrounds were chosen, and on tfles
! grounds playground apparatus will b
/ erected as soon as possible and super
visors will be chosen for them. Th
. grounds of the old high school or Lir
} coin school building, and those Of tt
Z Monroe school, near Division street @
4 West Third, will be grounds for bot
boys and girls, and each will be
al charge of two directors, man and
woman The Mueller property c
d West Fourth street, has been offere
for the use Of the children, and tn
ground will be for boys only. 1t wi