Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-21

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Or. Nichols physician and surgeon.
106 East Main.
Black wool dress skirts from $l.39 up
at Newcomers.
The largest line of iron beds ever seen
is at. Densel & Wilbur's, South Center
street.
We have Just received handsome
line Of jardinieres. C. d. Lusby & Co.,
S3 West Main street.
The wedding of Mrs. Lydia McNally.
OF this city, to Mr.. s. c. Gillespie, also
of this city, will occur next month IN
Minneapolis, which city is to be their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Lloyd arrived
home Wednesday, evening from their
two months stay in Aurelia, Spencer
and Fort Dodge. The trip, which was
taken for the benefit of Mr.. Lloyd's
health, proved to be a beneficial one.
The trip home from Spencer was made
overland.
DR.. NJ. E. Witte, superintendent of
the hospital for the insane at Clarinda,
accompanied by his wife, arrived in the
city this morning from Des Moines.
where he has been attending the quar-
terly meeting Of the superintendent of
state institutions. and will be the guest
a few days of DIR. e. NJ. Singleton and
wife.
HI. r.. Milhiser, of the County Sabbath
School Association says the coming
county convention TO be held at State
Center next week, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, the Goth and 9th inst,
promises to be the largest and most in
teresting ever held in the county. Rep
resentatives from each township and
school in the county are expected to be
present. Questions of unusual import
ance pertaining to work for the coming
year will be considered
The En- Avant Literary Society, one
of the five of the high school, and the
only one to postpone the election of Of
ficers at the meeting last Friday, met
"Wednesday evening after school and
named the following officiary for the
coming school year. President, Mr..
Willie Long; vice president, Miss Edna
Sears; secretary, Miss Maude Sails
bury; critic, Miss Harriet Savers; ex-
ecutive board members, Misses Theresa
Mcconnell and Edna Burroughs.
Conductor S. b. Chapman, of the Cen
trail. who has been off duty for fort
night, during which time, in company
with his wife, he attended the reunion
of his old regiment. the Twenty-f1rst
Iowa, at Dubuque, and visited in Ne
braska with sister. is in the city for a
few days visit with his sons, Messrs.
f. NJ. and Will Chapman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chapman will remain until tomorrow
morning, when they will return to their
home in Mason City. Mr. Chapman will
resume his run Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Houck, of Washington,
who was called to the city month ago
tomorrow on account of the death of her
brother. j. +. Wilson. the Chicago
Great Western brakeman who was
murdered, left for her home this morn
ing. Mrs. Houck has been visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
T. T. Wilson, since the terrible affair
The Wilson family. so Mrs. Houck says
are all of the opinion that Sheriff Nc
Pherson is on the correct trail in the
Nevada suspects, and they hope that
some evidence can be brought TO bear
that wall clearly prove their guilt.
A brush party. which has been in the
process of planning since the last pic
mic came off Wednesday evening at
the Dew Drop Inn. Two big camp fires
We're built by which to prepare the
supper and incidentally to make it
Hight enough to see to eat. When the
supper was at length prepared it was
an elaborate one and the evening was
altogether such a success that every
one was anxious to claim the picnic as
theirs. The crowd was Misses Bessie
lOliver. Adalee Hole. nellie Whitton,
Lulu Huffaker and Orpha Stephens;
Messrs Guy Meeker, Emmett Beeson,
! Charles Tucker, Will Black. Frank
Townsend and Charles Whitehead.
Mr. Will Willard. of Grinnell, who has
been in the city q little over two weeks
Supplying the assistant science position
in the high school. which was made va
lcant by the resignation of Mr.. George G.
Albee just prior to the opening of
school. returned to Grinnell Wednesday
evening, where he will remain until the
batter part of the week, when he leaves
for Cambridge Mass, to enter upon his
post graduate work in biology. The po-
sition has not yet been filed. and fol
/ the present the classes will be heard ir
the best manner possible. The position
has been offered to young woman, but
as yet II is not known whether she car
be released in her present position.
j. T. O'Reilly and John Walsh, o
Chcago the two Northwestern men ar
rested by Sheriff Mcpherson upon I
Echarge of assault and battery, We're ar
raigned before Justice Allen Wednes
day afternoon. The charges agains
the men We're changed upon arraign
ment TO more serious one, that of as
sault with intent to do great bodily in
jury. The prisoners waived examina
ton and were bound over to the gran,
jury, being placed in Jail on default o
$500 bonds. In Justice Burritt's cour
this morning four city cases wer
heard. All We're for intoxication. Pa
. Corrigan and Frank Smith, stranger
arrested by Officer Clark Wednesda,
, might, We're given five days, as was ais
p. w. Welsh, arrested by Officer Kurz
: John King OF the Soldiers Home, ar
{ rested by kurZ, was discharged with