Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-31

maple inlaid floors, unique hot water
heating system, etc, and the barn is
of good dimensions with cement floor
and mo .ern in every way There is
also t,ranary with a storage capacity
of 10000 bushels, equipped with ele-
waiting machinery. The consideration
for this beautiful farm home was s15.-
6SO-$9S per acre, cash.
Grundy Center.
Four head of cattle We're killed out
right and another so badly injured that
it will die, by the west -bound passcn-
ger train at the crossing about a mile
west of Grundy Center ID. Johnson.
who lives eight miles northeast of
Grundy, was driving a bunch OF ten
cattle to town and the animals were
just passing over the crossing when the
! train came along and knocked five of
them into the ditch. Johnson says the
engine did not whistle and that he did
not see or hear it until the train WAS
almost upon them
Sioux City.
! just about two weeks before her
SON. Karl j. oliver. was found dead
in an alley in Sioux City, Mrs Karl
Oliver. of Norway. died Justice Oliver
of Sloan. n brother of the dead man,
suffered Il double bereavement. for on
the same day that Coroner Carver tele-
phoned him that his brother had died
he received letter from Norway hear
ing the news of his mothers passing.
Mrs. Oliver had Worried much over
karl's remaining in the United States
away from his Wife and children in
Norway Oliver was It dcscrter from
the army in Norway.
Hampton.
William Det'ries. who lives north
west of town. met With Il Very bad
accident. resulting in the loss of two
fingers on his left hand. the other fin
gers badly mashed and his wrist and
arm severely bruised. The accident
happened While he was assisting in
running corn shelter Il; the home of
| his neishbor, Fl: III. koenen. west of
town. With others he was AT work
iabout the shelter and in some manner
got his hand caught under a side drive
chain. He had on heavy pair of
mittens and this the physicians say
had considerabl bic to do with saving his
entire hand from being totally mutt
! lated.
| Waterloo.
While he formal transfer of the
water works system Ia the city of
! Waterloo will npt take place until to-
| day or Tuesday. when representa-
tives OF \. w. Harris & CO. will be
III the city for the purpose, the city
will i'm reality he owner of the plant.
| and system from Jan 1 lasi ana all
| interests thereon from that date Will
be the city's. This means that the
| water rentals for the first quarter of
the year, most, if not all of which is,
now paid, will belong to the city. This
amounts to between $4,000 and 81.
and will aid materially in the expenses
of making the necessary extensions
and improvements
Dubuque.
Word has been received from Day
EXPORT that Capt. y. j. Whitney. one
or thc' oldest rlNermen on the Missis-
sippi. has retired from active service.
Captain Whitney is known from ono
end of the big stream to the other. and
his giving up of activities on the Faith
er of Waters is of especial interest
here from the fact that he was one Of
the men who built the harbor at Du-
,,buque years ago, and many other gov
eminent works along the river. He has
lust celebrated his SD birthday. He
has been active constantly, and even
last summer had big government
contract for the establishment of a
suitable landing place for boats at New
Boston, Ill.