Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-21
Northern Io1ua Items

signal service OF the c., N. q st. p.
Railway Company in Illinois. was
struck by . work train At Genoa, ILL.,,
and killed instantly. He was working
on the track ~ the time OF the acci-
dent and stepped aside to allow q dyse
to pass. Not seeing the work train
coming he backed onto the lower track
and was struck and killed before he
could &c I'D be be warned He va very popular
Cedar. Falls. ..ss.
Roger Leavitt has been appointed
by Hon. ]. n. Trewin -of the state
board of education as one OF . COM
mittee Of three to visit the institu-
tons for the blind at Washington, D.
c.. Columbus. Ohio. and Boston The
visits will be made during October
and will occupy about two weeks. The
purpose 10 to gather msterial for the
benefit OF the board in the manage
ment Of the school for the blind at
Vinton. which institution was placed
under the care Of the educational board
last winter by the general assembly.
Dubuque.
Market gardeners in the Immediate
vicinity Of Dubuque reports that in the
last few weeks great depredations have
been made In their gardens and potato
patches by the hoboes. They have dug
potatoes. picked tomatoes and ravaged
their gardens generally. Not content
with this they have in number Of
instances gone into the pastures and
MIXED the COWS. The farmers and
datrymen are on the alert and propose
to take the law into their own hands,
that seeming to be about the only way
, they can stop the practice and get jus
! ice.
Deep River.
Deep River took another step for
ward last week when her eitixens de-
cfded by vote OF 81 for to II against
the proposition to bond the town in
the sum Of $1,000 for the, purpose Of
putting in an electric light plant.
Ihirty-five women cas-. their votes in
favor OF the proposition, the number
Of women voting being "a. but two
spoiled their ballots. which were cast
OUT. When proposition IS UP for the
! benefit OF the town. and the women
are given chance to express their
preference one will always find them
on the side OF progress, as was illus
t-ated when the vote was taken on the
proposition to bond the town for the
purpose Of putting in water plant.
Sioux City.
J Instead Of being demolished. the
house at sos Nebraska street. which
| IS One Of the Oldest In SiouxEify. may
be moved to Grandvieyw park. At a
j council meeting Coun Gilman g. B.
Healy said that It had been suggested
| 10 him that the house be repaired and
| made one Of the relics Of the park
No action was taken but it was sug-
gested By Councilman jonathan w
Brown that Mr.. Healy investigate the
feasibility Of the plan. It developed
during the discussion that Mayor Smith
at one time lived in the house The
building. II developed, WIS Que Of the
| earliest log cabins and has for many
years been boarded over Il was cold
by the Davidson brothers, owners OF
the property and Is being torn down.
AsesswslI City.
/! q. c. johnson. foreman OF. the rang
I which Is digging the new city we'll, ~.
ports that he recovered his df1n from
the bottom OF the well after Il had bsen
1oee nearly month. About four weeks
80 the drill diamond came uncoVpled
and was left at the bottom. Since $hat
time they have been constantly tSying
to get 1t but Il seemed that II they
worked q 1t the Sides kept csviAg In
and peeventing their succesA Later
th1AoD seemed to be going bS1teeeAAd
~ tsAr that something mlaAG turn -
- oA1efnct Their work NAeY con{l1iuod
ssA 1000 ~ = mNfN afsse ss,lAs4<esS 80.
1 trdAy Alght. when shsy ct iaot Nbfs
/ ebl4 60 bring the lost dr1n 70 che an.
Eaco. The roeovefv Of the dffIl kaH heen