Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-08
Southern Io,pa. Items

due to broken ribs, he has been unable
to lie down, as q reclining position
gives him breathing difficulty not to
mention excruciating pain. He has
been under the care Of DR.. w. NJ Young
who feels that. while his injuries are
very serious. that he will recover NICE
~ II no complications set in.
Nevada.
The raise in the receipts OF the To-
cal postoffice has not only resulted in
emitting the city to a carrier service
as soon as the council arrange for the
naming Of the streets and numbering
OF the houses but 1t has also resulted
In raise Of the rental OF postoffice
boxes. This notice came to Post
master Mccall a few days ago follow
ing the semi-annual summary Of July
1. which placed the office in the class
which amounts to over $4,000 per year.
Under the new schedule the call boxes
will be raised from 25 to IS cents; the
small combination boxes As to so cents.
and the larger boxes 60 to Is cents. The
large drawers which have been rented st
IS cents will hereafter cost 81. The
the city council and as soon as they
the service will be established by the
government.
Shenandoah.
For the first time In many years
Shenandoah was a Waterless city
Tuesday night. Hundreds OF homes
were forced to get supper without
fresh water or go to some lucky neign-
Dor who possessed pump. From
shortly after o'clock in the afternoon
until nearly o'clock at night. the
standpipe was empty. altho the water
in the mains kept the residence ny
drants going with slight stream un-
til about o'clock. when practcaiiy
all over the city every MIGRANT was
dry and the pressure gauge IN the nre
station went down to zero. BY .
O'Clock the pumps were got to gong
AGAIN, and by 1880 next morning a
pressure Of forty pounds. about hal'
the normal pressure. was registered
First it became necessary TO dls-
mantle some OF the pumps for re-
pairs. which lessened the possible wa
ter supply. Then the burning out or
the motor at the pumping station
shortly after noon finished the Job, and
NH, in the evening there was no pos
sible way to pump water.
Carroll.
The contest over who should be the
n,,rchaser of certain shares OF Boyn-
ton Land and Lumber Company stock
nm asset Of the Cuibertson estate.
came to an end last week. when the
district court approved contract or
sale by which the property Is sold to
g. q. Bentley at the original contract
nr,ce. 500, 900. At the hearing IN
July the court found that the con-
trover.v is not SO much controversy
AZ between the creditors Of this es-
tate. or any one or more Of them on
tha one side. and the original pur-
chaser on the other. as 1t 10 as be-
tween the purchaser Charles u. Bent
isy and the party who has made the
proposal to purchase herein. and the
court finds that the equities Of this
case are with the original purchaser.
Charles E. Bentley. and for that
reason the court feels that the said
Charles E. Bentley. after having Sc
::.eA his purchase to the said salts
faction OF the court. should DO pro-
tected in this sale by reason OF the
work which he has evidently done in
/ Imas;SinE 1t possible to realise ON this
stock for the benefit Of the cfeditora
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