Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-09
Dubuque.

OuouQue. :.
Repairs costing in the neighborhood
of s25, 900 or $4,000 will De made in the
; cathedral within few months. accord
! ing to an announcement made sunday
The building. which is one of the larg-
est Of its kind in Iowa. Will he mace
| into one of the most beautiful churches
| in the archdiocese.
Lake City.
| Rev. John D. McCord celebrated his
\ SOth birthday and the 50th ami
| versary Of his ministry sunday evening
at this place. He is hale and hearty,
and was able to preach TO large con-
! gregation composed of the people OF
! the Ave churches here. VINO met toGeth-
| err to honor him. The recital OF his life
history was very interesting.
Monticello.
Michael logan of Castle Grove town
ship, recently sold his farm consisting
of 800 acres to John Inabnet, for con
| sheraton of 5000 per acre. Mr. logan
bought this piece OF land four years
ago from his uncle. Patrick Hogan
paying $131 per acre. an increase o
$50 an acre in that time. This is thu
top notch for land in that township
Sioux City.
Edgar Flash. a tramp. was instantly
killed "Wednesday when he stepped di-
rectlv in front of fast moving {. r. q
q. freight engine. The accident OF
Cured at Third and Iowa streets al
1880 o'clock Wednesday morning. The
man was knocked under the engine anc
Il his head was crushed almost to pulp
His right arm was broken in two
places and his right foot was torn II
threads. The body was taken to tht
undertaking parlors OF Wesz & sam
uels, where the clothes were searched
and the mans name ascertained.
Forest City.
According to statistics prepared b.
Editor O. r. Chassell of the Iowa Meth
odist and read before the Northern
Iowa Methodist conference, there ha
been gain in the four conferences o
the state aggregating $3.50. The gain
for the year closing last October wa
1856. The total number of full mem
hers of the Methodist Episcopal churcl
in Iowa is now 166600. They are al
divided as follows: Des Moines con
ference, 59,Os6: Iowa conference, 24.Os2
! Northwest Iowa, 1885; and Uppe
Iowa. 4O.447. The increase In the Sun
II day schools Is even more notable. ag
eregating about $4,000 in all of the de
partments. This makes the enrollmen
Il i'm the SUNDAY schools almost exactl.
| that of the church membership.
! Cherokee.
| Congressman Scott will be asked t
call an election to designate post
master at Cherokee, whose term ex
pires the first of the coming year.
Howard has been circulating q ret!t!ol
for a popular choice and claims that .
per cent of the patrons Of the office de
sire an opportunity to take the desis
nation into their own hands. The petit
ton is worded as follows: I'VE. tn
undersigned patrons of the Cherokee
Iowa. postoffce. respectfully ask tina
| we may voice our choice for a post
master at this place by holding an cleo
ton. at which election said patrons @
the Office are to be allowed to vote 70
the party who Is their choice for tn
| position OF postmaster. the party thu
receiving the most votes to be give
[ the appointment. All candidates to b
l democrats All voters to be of lego
age"
Manchester.
The annual meeting Of the Delawar
County Farmers Mutual Fire an
Lightning Insurance association WE
held in the court house Tuesday after
l noon at which time officers were elect
ed for the coming year, as follow:
| President. Miles f. Blair: vice pres
dent, L. ]. Gates: secretary. c. A. Dur
ham; treasurer. F. NJ. Burbridge. Oil
ector for a three year term. F. -. WI
Hanson Of Hopkinton. Reports fro
the auditing committee. which had e,
amined the books Of the secretary an
treasurer found them to he in excellei
condition and the business OF the CON
pany in nourishing condition. Insu
ance in force at the preset tin
amounts to $1.447.12o: losses during u
past wear totalled S6.356.02: expense
for the year were only s427.27. An n!
sessment Of 5 mills was made IN II
policy holders. and the money derive
from this source will pay all claim
an expenses incurred by the office
during the past year.
Sioux City.
General attack on the methods en-
ployed by the Bell Telephone Compar
n in the handling, ding g! long distan'
charges was decided on n meetir