Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-22

been made him, but he has always
turned deaf ear to them. Last week
he was rendered a scholarship. includ-
Ing board and room, in Drew's Theo-
logical Seminary. Madison, N. j. and
as he was contemplating more college
work in the near future he thought he
could not afford to turn down this Of
fer, consequently his severance from
his work at Dunkerton.
Parksrsburg.
There will soon be established In
Parkersburg a new mercantile corpo-
ration, with a capital stock Of 5000,
styling itself the "Parkersburg Mer-
camille Company" e. F. Elmberg.
who has been in Parkersburg for sew
eral months. first as trustee In selling
the old Pollock stock Of merchandise
and later as owner OF the stock, Is the
originator of the new firm and will
have the active manager of the
corporation here. Two Of the lower
floors of the Brown block have been
leased BY the ne.. corporation in which
to conduct their business and they ex-
pect to begin operations by Oct. 1 II
Mr.. Brown Is able to get the building
completed by that time. The fixtures
for the new store will be costly and
elaborate. tho woodwork being quarter
sawed oak and the show cases all plate
glass. There will be but one counter
in the store and this in the grocery
department..
Manchester.
The city council Of Manchester found
itself in q most humiliating and en-
barrassing situation at its meeting held
last week. when final action was taken
on the street roller proposition. After
advertising for . roller contest and ex-
tending an invitation to different roller
and tractor manufacturers to bring
their machines here and demonstrate
them, the council found that the city
funds would not warrant the purchase
Of machine. A machine. such as the
good roads enthusiasts insisted upon
being purchased, would cost approxi-
mately $500, and set Of five dump
wagons would cost about $500 more
After the demonstrations were had, the
proposition was discussed pro and con.
Many citizens favored the tractor.
while the majority apparently pre-
ferded the wheel roller. AT q citizens
mass meeting, held in the courthouse
a vote was taken. expressing the wish
that the roller was what was wanted
by the citizens.
Grasttinser.
Friday night of last week, the house
on the Cain farm four miles south OF
town, was entirely destroyed by fire.
Ed. Arnett owns the place and has
been fixing up the premises consider
ably. Gertin Franklin, who works for
Mr.. Arnett, had been backing IT there
prior to the fire. Friday noon. Mr.. Ar
nett, in company with several Of his
workmen, got dinner at the house.
While they were preparing the meal
the gasolene stove exploded. setting fire
to the floor. They succeeded In extln-
gushing the blaze. as they thought,
and went out to the field to work. In
the middle of the afternoon someone
thought they saw smoke issuing from
the chimney They hurried to the house
and found smoke coming out OF the
corner Of the house. With the liberal
use of water they finally put out that
blaze, again as they supposed. Every
thing seemed to be all right when they
quit work at supper time and nothing
seemed to be wrong at 10 o'clock that
night as a party driving by reported
that he saw no blaze or smoke. The
next morning. however, when George
Forbes went by the place he noticed
that the house was burned to the
ground and at once notified Mr.. Arnet'
nv telephone.