Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-25
Waterloo.

Waterloo.
w. F. Wood has sold 100: acres in
Lincoln township to William Dew for
s22.4O0. This is $40 an acre, which
lis pretty close to the high water mark
for Blackhawk county harm land
Maasn city. ssssa
The Western Electrfc Telephone
Company asked all the farmers on its
lines in north Iowa to test the seed
corn and report the test; Thirty thou
sand farmers will be reached.
/ EstherviIIe. I.
The nterprising little town Of Ring
sted. Emmett county, will build an up
to- date opera house this spring. The
house will be thirty-six feet wide by
seventy four feet long and eighteen
feet high. Everything in Emmett coun-
ty is on the BOOM, A
Bellevue.
| Archbishop Keane has announced the
appointment Of Rev. Father Flynn. OF
Cedar Rapids. to take the place of Rev
Father Eardley at Sabula and Green
Island. Father Flynn is recommended
and should prove worthy successor
to Father Eardley, recently transferred
to Belmond.
Maquoketa.
! Willie Leslie the 11-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs Sam Leslie, was burned
so badly by the explosion Of a Kerosene
can that all the skin came from his
lface, hands and other parts of the
body. He was lighting the fire and
did not know that there were live Goals
lin the stove. The oil exploded blowing
the can to pieces.
West Union.
| Representative William Larrabee. OF
Fayette county, will probably be atcan-
didate for speaker of the house In case
The is reelected to the house. AS he
has had two terms he can not very
well ask another. but it is reported
that there is disposition to re- elect
| him. as he has proved to be one Of the
most useful members Of the legislature
Dundee.
While attempting to light fire in
the kitchen range John Wolf was
burned severely about his face and
hands. Mr.. Wolf had placed the, fuel
in the stove and was about to strike
match, which broke and fell into the
can of kerosene causing an explosions
He was knocked down. and before the
face were severely burned.
10 Mars.
Rev. G. W. Carr, who was pastor OF
| the First Methodist church in LeMars
for several years, ts dead at Seattle
Mr.. Carr was pastor Of the local
church when services were held in the
frame building which stood at the cor
ner of Seventh and Clark streets, and
was pastor of the church when the
present structure on the corner OF
sixth and Clarke streets was erected in
1893
Usage.
| Frank Lohr has purchased the Jud-
son Day farm of 240 acres, located one
mile west of Usage. Mr.. Lohr pays
s11O per acre and gives in part payment
the large brick house at the corner of
state and Fifth streets. To show some
| thing in the advance in the price of
land it may be Of interest to note that
less than ten years ago the late w. L.
Eaton, who owned it for many years,
sold this farm for $50 per acre.
Moorland.
Fire discovered in Ben Peterson's
barn in the heart Of the town about 3
g. M destroyed the barn, and adjoining
buildings belonging to. the Moorland
Mutual Telephone Company. Three
head of horses were burned. The total
loss sustained is estimated around
i @l;VVv. Tine teispiio:s.Se GU ar..y's ..:ss
il partially insured. The origin Of
the fire Is not known. For = time ltaal