Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-14
WHAT They ARE DOING
Affairs of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

throwing him out. A bruise on his fore
head would indicate tina; he was killed
instantly by contact with either the
frozen ground or the hog rack. He was
thrown into a very swallow crek, not
deep enough to drown him. The rain
that night. however caused the creek
to rise and carry his body about 100 feet
down stream, where it was found the
next morning. Deceased was 34 Years of
age. He leaves u wife and four chill
idren.
ODEBOLT--C'hr a citizen who
resides in the southeast part of town
has beer missing corn from his crib for
some time. Al first he attributed the
theft to rats; but the losses became so
heavy that he finally concluded that a
two-iegsed rodent was the thief. Ac-
epf9ingly he placed a st.ing in tha crib
where the intruder could not avoid
touching it. and connected the other end
With a bell in his bedroom The Other
night the alarm sounded. and the Own
#er Of the premises made a sneak for the.
crib. where he found a man in the act
nf filing sacks with corn Further. de-
ponent saith not. No prosecution thus
far. We understand that the corn is TO
be paid for.
0TTtr AIW,A- The necessary number
ef names 10 the consent petition Of the.
.saleon Keepers have bean secured ard
the document viii be fled. The prime
movers of the movement say they have
2.l2o names. OF 20t more than is neces-
Is'ars- 10 secure a majority, They also
say that they have rejected large
number of names because they could
not be found on the poll books blu. that
every name that VIII be sent in to the
board has the voting number of the per-.
son attached, the number OF his ward
and everything necessary TO identify
him. They also say that 500 more names
Ecould have been secured had IL been
necessary and that they do not think
any Of thc Signatures can be Knocked
off the list fer amy reason.
MoNILE The 2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Sehuldt MAS fatally
Eburned last Saturday afternon while
playing with a pine stick and the heat
ing stove Excepting ar older brother
lprohablys5 on s years OH. there was no
lone in theilouse al the time the accident
IneGunred. the father being away and
the mother having taken a basket and
gene olit 70 gather cobs. The fire WAS
communicated TO the child's dress from
the pine stick which IT had been pokne
Iinte the fire. When the mother returned
ID the house She found ier child with
1.-The clnthing from the waist ip entirely
burned off and great burns on the body
shoulders and neck a physician was
summoned, but the child died While the
lharns were being dressed.
W.aTt.RLO0-A petition IN bank
Irnptcy Mas filed Monday morning III the.
office q teferee EIoNie. which mas sex
eral peeiiar features The petitioner is
lGcrneliiis surcaiusky q carpenter liv-
ling il Waterloo. The amount Of in
i.debtedness IS about s3en the smallest
amount scheduled in any case OF mis-
l.eourt. The petitioner states he has
NEITHER real estate nor personal proper-
lty 10 offset this and asks that his sun
lday suit Of clothes. slndry small alti-
lcles IF working clothes and one small
lsafchei be exempt from assets. : 8
At special meeting Of stockholders
held Saturday night the Cedar Valley
| Manufacturing Company amended its
PARTICLES of incorporation to increase its
lpaid -up capital to $4,000 from $4,000,
with privilege of raisingsto $4,000.