Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-06
Grinneli News Letter.
Special 90 Times Republican.

Grinneli News Letter.
| Special 60 Times Republican.
Grinnell, Jan. George Barnes ha:
quite recently sold his farm residence
of ten acres, adjoining the city limits
on the south. and formerly owned BY
A. o. Price, to William Hvans. who
In turn, has sold his farm near KEEL
| logg, and will take possession of his
new purchase about the middle Of the
present month. The consideration was
about $4,000. Mr. Barnes has not We,
decided upon new home.
Grinnell Camp Royal Neighbors OF
| America, has the following list OF Of
ficers ELECT for the ensuing term: Ora
Gle, Laura Seiberth: vice oracle, Mary
Bradley: past oracle, Lulu Davis;
chancellor, Jane Rich: recorder
Blanche circuit; receiver. Orilla White;
marshal, Emma Seiberth; inside sentry
Alice Fry; outside sentry, Eliza Car
rlgan; physician, e. f. Talbot; man
ayers, Charles Brown, Cora Dawkins
Carrie Kingdom.
There seems to be an increasing de-
mand for horses in this vicinity, and
prices are ranging higher than in re-
cent years. A carload was brought
here on Saturday last, at prices rang
ing from $3.50 to 1925, and buyers are
now quick to take horses that they
would not have made an offer for two
or three years ago. Ordinary wire cut
and other blemishes will not bar a
horse now, il he be OF good size and
fat.
r. G. Coutts, of this city, who closed
q contract some time ago with the city
of Brooklyn, for the building of city
hall. to cost in the neighborhood OF
$40 900, may be delayed in the con-
struction if not shut out entirely, by
the action taken by some of the Brook
Ign citizens, who seek in the present
term of court to prevent the author
tiles from proceeding with such struc-
ture, and to compel them to refund
to the city the amount already paid out
for a site for such building.
The Grinnell Water company, which
owns Arbor Lake and it's immediate
environment, created for the purpose OF
furnishing an adequate supply of SOFT
water for the manufacturing needs of
the city, as we'll as for the purposes
OF a pleasure resort for the citizens,
held it's annual meeting and election OF
officers, with the following result:
President, II. w. Spaulding; vice
president, D. S. Morrison; secretary,
p. p. Myers; treasurer, G. III. Hamlin.
Judge X. Z. Wilcoxson. of Sigourney,
will preside at the January term OF
court in this county, beginning on
Monday next. There Is a large amount
of business on the docket, there being
seventy-nine probate cases and seven
ty-two cases on the civil calendar, with
eighteen criminal cases. The case OF
Whitaker against Curtin, in which Mrs
Whitaker, of this city, seeks to com
pei Rev. Father Curtin, of Brooklyn,
to fulfill an alleged contract to buy her
residence property on Fourth avenue at
$4,000, is on the list The case OF Bus
we'll against Boswell, in which new
trial ID asked to set aside decree OF
divorce previously rendered is also OF
interest here.
The cold wave predicted by the
weather man, began to reach us here
Yesterday morning, when the mercury
stood at three degrees above zero and
continued steadily, accompanied by
SOnleJllaE2 OF a snowfall III tliS silISA
noon OF yesterday. until this morning,
when the thermometer marked sixteen
degrees below.
Charles E. Penfield, about 81 years
of age aal old soldier and member OF
Gordon Granger post Of this city. is
reported quite i'll for the past few days.
The same is also true of j. II. Kirk
patrick, another comrade living east Of
the city.
The committee Of the farmers instt-
tute, which will complete its organf-
cation on Wednesday next Jan. II, at
the corn contest, has formulated con-
stitution and selected officers to act
until the first annual election shall
have taken place. The officers so Sc
lected are: President, John Evans;
vice president. H. A. Woodford; secre-
tary, b. A. Abel, treasurer. Andrew
Lincoln. An executive committee was
also named, consisting Of e. w. Arm
strong, Martin Eischhorn, Lyman
Longley, Mrs. L. NJ. Smith, and Mrs.
G. A. BoneWell
A very pleasant time was enjoyed
at the /. o. o. F. hall last evening,
when Mrs Hutchinson, of Malcolm, in
stalled the officers of the Rebekah de-
gree lodge.