Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-18

Dubuque.
The contract for the new Service
Hall building, an adjunct to st. do
seph's College. was let to the Hennessy
CONSTRUCTION Company, Of st. Paul.
The bid was $50, ,S95. The structure will
be q two-story brick and basement. It
covers nearly block. .s
Dubuque.
The jury in the case OF A. H. Clarke.
trainmaster on the Great Western At
Stockton. Ill. who two years ago was
injured and who alleged the negligence
Of the railroad company was respon-
sible, returned verdict. for $4,000. The
suit was for $25, 900. and was tried In
district court here. vt a4
Alta. !.
one OF the largest land deals ever
put thru in this section was pulled on
last week when ]. H. Allen sold his
fine 240-acre farm five miles southwest
of Alta, to Gus Tournquist Of Galva.
The price an acre was an even $500.
Making the total $4,000. This is a fine
farm and the purchaser got full value
for his money.
Waterloo. ~.
Removals out Of waterloo, exceeded
|'the number OF families moving into
the city for the first time in several
years. The figures as derived from
the record furnished the city. auditor
by the transfer compa MES Of the city
is twenty nine families moving here
and thirty -four leaving for other
places.
odebolt. & m
Fresh ripe strawberries have been
picked from the garden Of J. p. Gore
ham right up to the hard freeze Of q
week ago. Mr.. Goreham has an ever
bearing vine in his garden that Is
wonder. Great, luscious berries have
come off Of them all fall, and the sup
ply appeared inexhaustable. With the
freeze Of week ago, however, the
vines gave up the ghost for this year.
Monticello.
The s. I. Fowler farm in Scotch
Grove township consisting OF 200 acres
has been sold to Paul Paulsen, for $751;
900 which il at the rate of $3.50 per
acre. Mr.. Paulsen owns large farm
adjoining the Fowler property. MT
Fowler has been spending the past few
wears in California. MI. Paulsen has
five sons who help in the farming or
his land.
Anthon. IL.
pave Hawthorne Of Anthon has just
had q little more hard luck. About
wear ago he was injured quite badly by
falling while attending his furnace. ana
two wears ago he suffered the fracture
OF an arm while cfanking an auto.
While cranking the auto on last Wed
nesday, he had the radius bone OF Ms
right forearm fractured half inch be-
low the fracture Of year ago. and Will
be unable to attend to his duties as
cashier Of the Anthem State Bank for
several weeks. 81
Dow City.
As Elmer Riddle was driving in With
q load Of sand from the pit mile and
a half northwest Of town his team be-
came frightened and ran across the
bridge leading to the race track, tear
ing the railing of the bridge and over
turning the wagon over the side Of the
bridge. five or six feet into the water.
the team, wagon. sand and driver all
going over together. The wagon and
harness were badly damaged and Mr..
Riddle was considerably bruised up.
but the greatest wonder II that he was
not killed.
Montieslie.
Either some person with the dis
position of a vandal. or = pair Of boys
without q conception Of right and
wrong entered the basement Of the
Methodist church, few nights ago.
and forced their way into the audt.
,torium where they defacsd some fur
niture with paint and did SOME chalk
marking on the newly frescosd wallis.
They also dumped quantity Of green
coloring matter into the paint that hA4
been prepared by the painters who are
at work there. They left the initials
Of two names In paint on the piano
cover, but Il 10 not known whether they
were the Initials Of those who did the