Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-04
EaaIe Grove.

Eagle Grow.
Peter Okland bought the Arthur
Nodland farm which was sold at auc-
ton last Thursday, bidding 1t IN at
$l4S per acre.
Rolfs.
| A corn sale last week that caused
the old timers to sit up and take notice
! was when p. c. Hubbell sold his crop
Of corn in the field to N. T. Blessing AZ
SO cents per bushel on a basis Of eighty
bushels to the acre. Think of It. men.
$40 per acre for corn in the field.
Coon Rapids.
Henry Lynn had bad runaway with
his team Tuesday evening. Mr.. Lynn
being thrown from the wagon. falling
on his head and shoulders and rem
dered unconscious. His injuries do not
seem to be of serious nature. tho he
is badly bruised and may be unable to
do any work for several days.
Eagle Grove.
Friday night about Z O'Clock Alfred
Watkins barn and its contents were
totally destroyed by fire. The fire
apparently started in one OF the man-
gers but It's origin Ia unknown. Mr..
Watkins had about seventy tons of hay
in the barn which was destroyed. The
barn was well insured but the contents
were but partially insured. No stock
was injured. Mr.. Watkins will erect
temporary sheds this fall and rebuild
in the spring.
Goldfield.
Something OF the damage that has
resulted in this community from hos
cholera may be determined when 1t IL
known local butchers are unable to Sc
cure pork for. the meat market trade.
The local market was out of hogs the
first Of the week and after a diligent
search were unable to locate a hog for
sale. At Renwick. too, we understand,
the meat markets have been unable to
furnish the trade with pork because OF
being unable to procure hogs.
Dubuque.
Failure of the committee previously
appointed by the Allison Henderson
Memorial Association to investigate
and suggest proper form OF memorial
for Dubuque's dead statesmen. Sena-
tor W. 3. Allison and Speaker D. B.
Henderson. has led to the appointment
Of new committee. which will take up
the matter at once. The new commit
tee is composed Of F. e. Bissell, ]. r.
Waller, j. H. Wallis. Eugene Adams
anu w. n. 1OEUcTt. Lei SbVuSduu wv
lars was raised to erect a suitable mon
ument All but few hundred dollars
has been collected.
ooldfisld.
Jesse Agard brought the head aAA
scalp of large male wolf to town.
last Wednesday. He had planned to
go after the wolves when the first snow
fell and was out early Wednesday
morning on their tran. BY 3 o'clock,
he got shot and downed his wolf.
Jesse followed other tracks but failed
to get near enough to others. Last year
he killed two wolves in this manner.
He went to Clarion Thursday and re-,
ceived $40 bounty. the last legislature
having raised tho bounty to that
amount. Aside from the bounty he has.
an extra fne pelt which should bring
him from So to 81.
Boone.
Messrs Charles Durbin ana Carl
Burris of this city have black eyes and
skinned noses az the result OF pc.
culiar automobile mishap while en-.
route to Goose Lake few days ago..
A party went over in the E. J. Marsh
auto and when passing over q culvert
near Beaver, they were thrown up to
the top Of the machine. blacking their
eyes and skinning their noses. The
culvert was a small one and the dirt so,
piled up that the men were pitched up
~ the machine passed over IL. Havin9
their decoy ducks. etc. with them they
could do nothing to stave on the bump