Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-02
News Notes From erfnneIl

Special to Times publican.
Grinnell, Oct. 2.-Ira Swain died very
suddenly at his home in this city on
Thursday evening, a an advanced age,
of heart trouble. He has long been
troubled by asthma and has been con-
finded to the house much of the time
during the past winter. He was one
of the early settlers in this vicinity and
was we'll known.
Rumors have been heard upon the
streets at several different times that
the electric light plant of this city had
been sold but none have proved true
until yesterday, when the announce
ment was made public that o. K. Cole
had actually sold out TO Mr.. J. A. Rad
ford, of Chicago. and that he had taken
possession the day before. The new
owner and operator is a mechanical
and electrical engineer of some twenty
years experience and has been con-
nected with the Commonwealth Edison
Company for a number of years. He is
said 10 plan TO continue his work as
consulting engineer, making this city
his home and center of outside. oper-
ations. He has a wife and four chill
dren who will come here to make their
home as soon as they can make the
necessary arrangements.
Joe Barber is visiting at the home
in this city for a week or SO before
going to Waverly where he plans to
spend the winter in office work with
his brother in-law. He has spent the
summer with the Clear Lake baseball
| team.
! A meeting was held last evening at
! the firernen's hall for the formation OF
an indoor basketball league for the
winter months from the teams that
composed the baseball Twilight League
that furnished so much good sport last
summer. The matter has been fully
discussed before and the formation OF
! the league is quite certain to be accom-
plshed speedily.
on Thursday evening, at the Meth
odist parsonage, Pastor Elias Hand.
spoke the words that made husband anC
wife of Austin r. Legg and Miss
May1ne Viola Gwin, both of this city
After brief visit at the home of 9
sister of the bride, living at Williams
burg, the young couple will be at home
here where the groom has charge O
the skating rink.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Brenninman, who
have spent the summer at Fort Collins
Colo, have returned to their home
here Mr.. Brenninman is engaged a.
the Rock Island freight depot.
At the sale on Wednesday at tn,
Doud and Billings farm near this city
cows brought as high as s55, corn IL
the field sold at s24 an acre, and shoat
at the rate of nearly 10 cents a pound
and other things in proportion.
Mrs. w. A. Dickey. living in tn
southeast part or the CITY suffered i
heavy stroke of paralysis the first o
this week, and lies in very critica
condition. She has had two or thre
light strokes before this and has bee
to a considerable extent helpless 70
some time.
Miss C. ]. Anderson. physical di
rector at the college, is in the city hos
pital here threatened with typhoi
fever.
Yesterday afternoon the senior an
the junior class Of the high school, too
picnic suppers and moonlight hay
rack ride with two teams to Westfiel
with Coach Clark and other teacher
for chaperones, and reported q delight
full time
j. Mrs. Anna M. Richard with he
daughter Fannie, started from here o
5 Thursday night to attend reunion c
the brothers and sisters Of Mrs Rick
j: ard, in Oklahoma, after which they wi
; visit relatives in Texas, Kansas an
Nebraska, and then go to make the
home with A. R. Richard in Dakota.