Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-07


Harvey Bros, have sold their hard
ware business formerly owned by
George E. Francisco to j. H. Sandy, in
voicing the goods.
Odebot.
Rev. w. L. Bollinger, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church here, be-
lieved the church should have a part
in Fourth of July exercises. He ar
ranged for big day in his church
Sunday, July4. Over 200 flags were
ordered for the Sunday school. At ii
o'clock the pastor preached on a patti
otto subject. In the evening patriotic
concert was given.
Williams.
OF the $1,000 assessment on the Will
liams drainage district, f1fty-five indi-
viduals paid the sum of $5,703.04 at the
State Bank of Williams, or little
over one-half of the total amount. A
portion was also paid to the First Ma
tional Bank of this city, and some to
the county treasurer at Webster City
The bond against this district will be
very small.
Hampton.
| A few days ago S. j. Parker received
about two dozen carrier pigeons from
a party at st. Charles ILL.,, with the re-
quest that they be turned loose inlme-
diately on their arrival here. They
came in at $3.50 over the Chicago Great
Western, and We're at once turned
loose, and after circulating around the
depot once or twice pulled out straight
for the east and evidently did not stop
until they arrived at st. Charles, max
ing the entire distance of $50 miles al
the rate of about forty-seven miles an
hour.
Dubuque.
"A barrel of wine almost quarter OF
a century old was found in an isolated
portion of a cellar at the Wales hotel
recently. 1t is native California wine
and when the barrel was deposited
there just twenty-five years ago it con
tanned ffty-two gallons. When 1t was
looked over and resurrected few days
ago it's contents were measured and il
was found that it had evaporated ex.
actly one-half, in other words it con-
tanned just twentysix gallons. VIVA
is left is rare old stuff and not hard te
take.
Webster City.
S. B. Richards has filed anothe,
petition in the office of the clerl
of the district court in the fore
closure proceedings against w. II
HELEN & Son of Williams. He nov
asks that writ of replevin be is.
sued; that the sheriff be instructed t.
take possession of the property ant
deliver it to the plaintiff. Plaintiff ais,
claims that he has been damaged II
the sum of $50 by the unlawful deten
ton of said property by the said w. n
HELEN & Son. 1t is alleged that ther,
is still $40, with interest, due on tn,
purchase price of said property.
McGresor.
H. r. Williams, president OF the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound rail
road, has transferred Henry Noble,
veteran engineer, who has been thirty
one years in the company's service
from Mitchell. s. D., to Seattle, Wash
to take the first train out from Seattl
on it's new road. During his man,
years of service on the road he ha
never had an accident. This is TIL
reason President williams selected hil
for this run, and gave him the honor o
taking the first train out. Mr.. Nobl
grew to manhood in this city. and Is TIL
eldest son of the late Judge Noble.
Waterloo.
Contracts are now being advertise
for the first concrete school building /
Black Hawk county. The directors G
the Oak Ridge district evidently be
lieve in doing things up right. Tn
new building which they will shortl
erect will be as nearly modern in con
struction and equipment as possible "a
! a country school. The building will b
erected Of concrete blocks and will hav
a tower with bell. The building vi
| be 90 feet square. and the recitaAio
. lroom will be 24x32, with a hard nlApl
. floor. The entrance to the buildin
will be erected Of cement. and 1t wi
be modern in every detail. The co:
! will be $1,000.
! Many other new school buildinl
: will be erected this year thruout til
) county. In Bennington township tW
{ new school houses are being erecte