Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-23
Southern Io,ua Items

, country. You would not think to look
; at Mr.. Brown that he had even lived
, that long, to say nothing of being on
one farm for that length Of time. Even
in the early lays he never lost faith in
the good old state, and has always
declared that you can't beat it. In the
matter, Of which Hiram Brown has
done real we'll, bat his greatest
achievement has been in the raising of
family Of which he is justly proud.
All his sons are now doing for them
selves and are meeting with a full
measure Of success. For the past few
years Mr.. Brown has rested from the
harder work ,f the farm. and his son
Hubert has taken up the reins.
Hamburg.
And old bell with history was re-
moved from the belfry of ST. Mary's
Catholic church here and shipped Sat-
urday to Fort Madison. The bell is
considerably over a century old. 1t
was first used as a signal on the
steamer Osprey, which was owned by
the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith.
He sold the steamer to Capt. Pliny AL
Word who, years later, gave the boat to
his brother tn-law, John La Motto,
who used it as a wharf boat at Mont
rose. The bell was presented to his
friend, Father John G. Alleman, of Fort
Madison, in charge of church just es-
tablished there. 1t was the first church
bell in use in the Mississippi valley
and also did service as a fire bell In
1872 it was replaced by other bells and
was given to Father Pape under whose
charge st. Mary's church here was es-
tablished.
Malvern.
The worst fears Of the members of
the families and their friends were
realized, when G report was received
last Wednesday afternoon from Chi
caso, that the dog killed. the Friday be-
fore, after biting Edwin Wills and
Esther Underwood. was afflicted with
rabies. This was suspected from the
first and the little Underwood girl was
taken to Chicago for treatment at once.
Mrs. Eva Wainwright left for Iowa
City with the little Willis boy, where
he will be given treatment. and it is
hoped the children will recover with
out any bad results. Many dogs have
been bitten and will no doubt develop
the disease. Many persons have had
their dogs killed and many more strays
have been gathered in by Marshal
Jones. ESxtra precautions are being
taken to prevent an epidemic by
hydrophobia.
Mount Pleasant.
The city council is to be commended
upon the great improvements which
they have made at the Forest Home
cemetery on the edge of the city. Sew
eral years ago the council purchased
twenty acres Of land Just north of the
city at cost Of $4,000. There was
much opposition at tho time but events
have proved that the old council knew
what they were doing when they made
this purchase. A landscape gardner
was engaged to lay out the addition
and he has wrought a most wonderful
change. When completed the new ad-
dition will consist Of 1000 burial lots
and at the price fixed will sell at an |
average Of $50 per lot. The entire cost |
Of the improvement including the orig
inal purchase price Of the addition viii
be about $4,000 and the value of the |
lots is estimated at no less sum |
than 100000. AS fast as the lots
are sold the proceeds will 20 into the |
cemetery fund and after refunding the |
general fund for the initial layout tho
balance will be permitted to aceumu-
late and thus become an endowment
for the purpose OF caring for and de-
veloping the Forest Home cemetery
ana the old city cemetery. The i'm
u certainly . good one.