Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-27
orinneII and Vicinity.

Special to Times RepuOHSAA'
Grinnell. Jan. 27.-Miss Margaret
Christian started last night Tor Ne"
York, where she plans to Doard Tue
steamer Caronia on the 30th OF TINS
month for Europe. The steamer Will
make stops Of a few hours eacn AZ
Madeira, Gilbralter. Algiers ana reacn
Naples on Feb. 10. From there MAss
Christian goes to Rome, Florence ven.
ice and then to Paris. where she Will
meet her sister. Miss Jessie, II the lat-
ter does not come to Rome. Iney
plan to tour Switzerland tosetner
later and perhaps extend their travels
into other countries.
william Bolles. of Barnes City, lost
q stock of goods valued at $1,000 by q
fire last week that destroyed the build
ing. His insurance was $500. The
building belonged to Charles Harris
and was valued at $500 and mao W.
900 insurance.
Perry NJ. Sparks. living between
Malcolm and Montezuma. mourns the
loss of the end Of the thumb OF MIS-
right hand, which an ungrateful pig pit
off as he had his hand under the pig
irving to lift it over the fence into the
pen from which it had escaped.
The recently employed chief engineer
at the CITY water works has made an
exhaustive report to the city council OF
the condition of the machinery at the
plant and of the immediate needs there
as we'll as of some others that Will pc
imperative in the near future. he says
the boilers have been too hard pusneo
and have gone too long without prop
or INSPECTION and cleaning and that the
brick work about them will need reset
ting very soon. The old air COM
pressor is SO badly worn that 1t mas
to be speeded beyond its limit and this
creates a waste Of steam power. me
new compressor is doing fine work but
is fast becoming too small for the WORK
deyolving from it. He recommends
modern air compressor which Will save
from Is to 80 per cent over the OLD
style. The pressure pumps, while still
in good condition and doing good WORK
should be replaced as soon as the city
is in financial condition to do the re-
placing.
Considerable interest is being shown
in the test that has been provided Tor
Friday of this week on the question OF
the desire of the women of the city OF
Grinneli for woman suffrage. There Is
to be a mass meeting at the Colonial
opera house on Thursday evening, at
which the subject will be under general
discussion, the leaders being well
known speakers from Des Moines. An
honest effort Is being made to BRING
the question out fairly before the peo-
pie and TO induce the women to turn
out and vote their preference on Fri
, day. The voting is to be done in the
superior court room and 1t Is planned
to have the approaches and surround
ings of the polls SO as to be unob1ec-
tionable to the most fastidious.
Word comes to GrinneM OF the re-
cent marriage of Miss Bessie Waters
formerly Of this city. to Mr.. Frank
Maty, and that they are at home at 5l6
West Second street, Sioux City.
Ex-Mayor r. q. Coutts spent several
days in Chicago at the cement show
and visiting his two sons. Dwight and
Harry, and followed that by attend
ance on the brick and tile association
meeting in Des Moines.
Harry Frey. of the sophomore class
in college here and for two years on
the football team, was taken to his
home in Rock Island last week with a
| we'll developed case Of appendicitis and
the expectation Of undergoing an OPP
Grafton.