Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-25
Friday, July &c, 1899.

The citizens OF y Orth FIRST avenue
are signing petitions 10 nave walk on
the east side of the Woodbury. block
lowered 70 grade. and ,hus do away
with the steps that are nuisance at
all times and menace TO life and
limb in the winter"
The shower last nigh- laid the dust
most agreeably and refreshed vegeta-
ton. but the farmers would have been
pleased without IL
About 30 per cent Of tee oats crop
is harvested. Fifty bushels TO the acre
viii be a poor yield this yeat.'
The connection of the Third avenue
sewer with Linn creek was made last
week. and operations were transferred
10 Lincoln street between First street
and First avenue. Thence main vii!
be put in south so long a. the money
holds out. But for the water works
elephant the city would te Financially
able 10 put in the necessary sewerage
turnout the city."
The Central sold twenty tickets 70
Clear Lake tourists the past three
days"
The, northwest basement room in
the court' house. which is being I'm
shed in hard wood for the state X. OF
p. insurance headquarters. Will make
magnificent office for both summer
and winter Some day the county will
be taking in quite a revenue from
basement rent when the floor is I'm
ished"
Josiah Dillon returned 20 his home
in Bangor today after Two years stay
on the island of Jamaica. where ne was
~ nc isarV
Friends Of this state. Mr., Dillon was
, passenger on board the Inflated
Lorenz D. Baker. which took fire and
sank in mid ocean on the l6th of this
month. The crew and passengers were
picked up by the whaling vessel
Franklin, and carried to Boston. The
Lorenz D. Baker was fruiting steam
er owned by Boston hrIn. She took
fire at midnight and burned until noon
the next day: not till an hour before
the mai explosion did the Franklin
make its appearance. Half the pas
sengers were still on board when she
arrived the others were clingins u
the wreckage. and all were saved but
TWO ship men. Mr.. Dilloh's account OF
his work on the island and his event
| full journey Will be full OF interest tc
| his friends
| Saturday. July q, 1889.
| Grinnell correspondence: Two Of
| our young men started out on their BIZ
cycles last Thursday for a tour of the
northern part of the state. Ben Kicker
| and Paul Douglass, boon companions
and the best OF boys. had long planned
the trip. When they started the rain
started and the last heard of them
| they were at Gilman and had writer
| back for a gin-presumabl to start
a shooting gallery on the circu:
grounds"
The grapevines are fairly groanine
with their loads of fruit
Abba Union: Ben Falls, the genia
day operator at the @ depot, severed
his connection with the road and OF
Monday morning departed for Mar
shalltown. where he Will work for thu
4 Iowa Central, with bette hours AM
better pay than he has been receiving
Ben is good operator, courteous an
obliging with those who have bushes
with him, and is popular with tn
young people. We are glad to know
that he can come down and visit owe
Sunday and continue the pleasant &C
quaintance formed with our people
Reece Caudle, of the firm of Carter
Caudle general merchants, of Bangor
and his two little daughters were in
jured in a bad runaway accident. Tn
team became frightened by Kit
dropping in North Fourth street, ra
] west in the alley north Of Main, the
| north on Fifth, back to Third, dow
Third 10 State, and thence east to
little beyond Center street, where tn
horses ran into d large maple tree i
front Of the Rus" Forney home
Caudle, who tried to stop the horse
directly after they became frightened
was knocked down and run over, an
was unconscious when picked up. TIL
younger girl was thrown out in fror
of the w f. BATHS home. at the hea
of Grant street, and the other girl, VIII
was carried in the mad flight of tn
horses, sitting on the axle and doubl
! trees between one wheel and the WACO
box, was thrown out when the horse
I struck the tree The call was clos
one for both girls, but neither was in
jured seriously.
Sunday, July %, 1889.
The Marshalltown baad gave tt
first of a series of concerts at the dirty
ing park, charging an admission Of
cents and playing before an audienc
of $50 people. There was certainl
nothing Objectionable to the most r.
ligiously inclined"
Monday, July 20, 1889.
Thru some misunderstanding VI
Ham Miller drops out Of The Two o.
/ phans,' and by doubling Mr.. Fred Pa
tee takes his role.
Word comes from California tn;
Senator Arnold and wife, Mrs. Sci
Arnold, and Mrs. Willis Stone. will a
rive soon for visit
J' Miss Laura Jones returned hon