Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-10
Northern Io1ua Items

! Marion.
! Joe Green and Russell Eckhart who
have been fishing near Stone City.
killed a rattlesnake which they found
swimming in the river. 1t was about
| four feet long and had nine rattles and
a button on its tail, showing that 1t
| must have been about 10 years old.
Monticello.
DR.. Fred Puelston. Of this city, left
Saturday for the Sandwich Islands, re-
naming there for Ave weeks for the
benefit Of his health. The doctor has
| been closely confined to his profession
al work since he resided at Monticello
and has had no vacation for a number
Of years.
Sac City.
To fill the vacancies caused by the
resignation Of Miss Grace Thielke and
Miss Isabel Pittenger, the Sac City
school board has elected Mrs. Sarah
Paine Hoffman. Of Iowa City. as teach
er OF music and history, and Miss Edna
Simonson. of Yankton, s. D.. as kim
dergarten teacher, the latter to receive
s55 per month and the former sos per
month.
/ Rockford.
| AS the passenger was going south in
| the vicinity Of the A. II. Evans farm.
sparks from the engine set fire to the
nearby oat stubble and seven or eight
acres were burned over before the fire
was extinguished by the neighbors. The
| fire burned to within a few feet Of a
| big straw stack. which, If 1t had caught
fire would probably have set the build
! inzs, as the wind was blowing from 1t
| to them.
Lyons.
At the conclusion of months ac-
tual operation of the postal savings
bank at the Lyons postoffice. which
was opened on July 5, the reports sent
| in showed a total Of fifteen depositors
with a sum Of 1925 to their credit.
While this is not all unusual amount
Of money in any respect, it will prob
ably prove about equal to the average
deposits in the various postal savings
banks during like period Of time. In
! fact, with the excellent banking facili-
ties in Lyons, it was not to be expected
| that a large sum of money would be
| deposited.
Story City.
| IA n. Torp has sold his farm prop
erty, located in the south part Of town.
and consisting of thirty acres and
a fraction, to Charles Reischauer. The
consideration was $4,000. or strong 5000
an acre, a price which is not consider
ed exhorbitant. Mr. Torp does not
give possession until the 18th of Feb
ruary, next year. His present plans
are to move to California. where he
has two sons. Mr.. Reischauer will rent
out his larger farm and move to town.
! where he can lead less strenuous life
and at the same time give his chill
| dren better school facilities
! kanawha.
| The George Hunt farm OF eighty
acres. east of Rikansrud school house,
! has been sold to IS. L. Wagner for $103
an acre. Mr.. Wagner is living on the
McCaskey farm in Twin Lakes town
ship and will move on his newly pur-
| chased farm March I. The place is now
| occupied by ISevert Nicholson. George
| Goodrich of Webster City has sold his
eighty acres one and one-half miles
west of town. known as the Warnock
place to T. ]. Nelson Of near Renwick,
a brother Of Nels "A. Nelson OF route
No. 3. Kanawha The price was 3104.
Eagle Point.
| Exceptionally busy scenes are being
witnessed daily at the quarry and
works Of the Eagle Point Lime Works.
The company is engaged in supplying
the government with large amount
OF stone for river improvement work.
in addition to the large amount Of
! crushed stone that is being turned out
laily for local street and other con-
:truction work. In addition to the
crushed stone that is used in Dubuque
his concern ships large quantities to
contractors in the surrounding country
/ where stone is not so plentiful as It Is
here The lime kiln is also running full
blast
Hampton.
James Donaldson, Of Chaplin, who re-
Gently left here for trip to Europe,
was the victim Of bad accident short
ly after his arrival at cambridge, Ire
land, one OF the first places he stopped
to visit. While being driven from the
railway station in bus the team ran
| away and upset the vehicle. and in the
| mixup Mr.. Donaldson sustained a
broken leg. He was Immediately taken
to the hospital there and given medi-
cal treatment, and reports indicate that
he 10 getting AionS a. well - could be