Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
erinneIl and Vicinity.

| Grinnell, Aug. 19.-Mr. and Mrs. 8.
Eliot Miller and their daughter Ruth
| are in Grinnell. coming from Minne-
! apolis. where they have been attending
;; Congregational conference. for an
over Sunday visit at the home OF Mr..
Miller's brother Editor G. A. Miller.
Their home is in Des Moines. The VS.
| iting brother and wife have daughter
who started from this country to Africa
as missionary, on the 1st OF August.
! Jacob Marks. grand patriarch OF the
T; grand encampment I. O. O. F., OF Ne
braska, was in Grinnell last evening
and visited the encampment mere, 10
their great delight and edification.
Eight times the Pirates had marched
out In the twilight and come smiling
to bat, only to go down to eight sue
cessive defeats Last evening for the
last time in the present series OF games
they stood up manfully against the
raw enous Tigers and made good up TO
the third inning, shutting out the
enemy and getting two runs for them
selves Then the hungry Tigers took
two and. in the last half of the fifth.
seized upon five more and the nnal
record stood to 6, the Pirates having
made phenomenal squirt in the first
half OF the fifth and scored four runs.
But the seasons record is nine games
played and nine games lost And yet.
everyone acknowledged the team has
played good ball turnout the season.
The twilight league games are prac-
tically ended, or will be SO when the
tie between the Giants and the Cubs.
who stand at the head of the list, Is
played off on Tuesday evening next
All protests Of games and all disputes
have been quoted and the records stand
rs at first declared. 1t is planned to
play a grand benefit game for the city
hospital, as was done last year. and
this will probably be done some after
noon next week. The pennant winning
team WILL In that case. contend against
the best picked all-star team OF the
league. The present standing of teams
is as follows: Giants and Cubs. 10
games each, percentage 700: Tigers. 10
games. 500: Athletics 600; White Sox.
444: Pirates. 900.
At the last quarterly conference OF
.he Methodist church in this city, held
early this week T. II. Buchanan and r.
c. Coutts were elected delegates to the
Laymen's Association of the Annual
Iowa conference meeting at Fairfield
en- the 9Th of September. r. G. Coutts
was elected delegate and NJ. T.. Hunt
alternate to the lay electoral confer
ence, which meets with the annual
conference once in four years: r. Fl.
Buchanan. n w. Cessna. and c. II.
Benson were appointed a committee to
extend an invitation and urge its ac-
ceptarce that the annual conference
stall be held in Grinnell in 1912. The
vote was also taken at that official
meeting to ask the conference to return
Pastor Elias Handy to this charge for
another year.
Prof. j. ID. Stops. of Iowa College,
has been engaged for several weeks
in teaching in summer school at Noun
tain Lake. Md. Recent word comes
from the public print of that city that
he has become the hero of the place and
time there by his rescue OF Professor
Levy from drowning while learning to
swim IN the lake. The danger Is de-
.crbed as having been very great and
the rescue one requiring great skill and
courage.
The annual Baptist conference OF the
Mt Pleasant church IN Rock Creek.
nine miles northwest Of this city. is in
session today and tomorrow. Elder j.
NJ. Marlenee, OF hNOHFIle. ana f-luSf
". VI. Jones, Of Missouri Valley, are in
attendance and charge Of the meeting.
Recent storms seem to have been
v.ry destructive to plate glass in this
city as two large plates have just been
replaced in the Leader store and one in
the hardware store occupied by Mr..
McKarahan.
Prof. R. f. Perring and family are
expected back at their home in this city
today after some weeks spent in visit
ing at Pendleton Ind
County Superintendent Miss Sarah A.
Carpenter announces special exam
nation to be held at the high school
bulls ling in Montezuma on Thursday
and Friday, Aug. "a and 25.
Poweshiek County Supervisors J. ].
Corrough, L. H. Saunders, and o. D.
Hall, Auditor j. w. Ross and Treas
urer C. c. Hunt attended the state
r., citing OF county officials at Mason
City this week. Treasurer Hunt was
IN the program for q paper on "Spe-