Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-24

Thoroughly digested. and perhaps put
to the test of practical experience.
IOWA NEWS Items &
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Warrington.
or Sunday, Pastor Gray OF the Bap-5
fist church resigned, and asked his
friends to accept It, to take effect Aug.
20. or sooner II both parties assent. 1T
was granted.
Aekley.
Veterinarian L. Leach Is authority
for the statement that more horses and
mares are dying this spring than for
lmany years: due to sickness and from
effects of parturition.
Keokuk.
The second trial of Frank Fields on
a charge Of killing William Stewart on
the morning OF February %, began in
the district court Monday and will oc-I
cupy the most OF this week.
4 Earring.
Baptismal services were held at the
lcreek east of town Sunday afternoon in
(which both the Christian and Evangel-
lical churches took part Eight persons
were baptised and one was sprinkled.
LeMan.
Judge Wakefield has handed down
his decision in the saloon consent petit
tion case ard set aside the finding Of
the board of supervisors. The court
holds that the statement of general
|3consent is insufficient and gives judg-
|ment accordingly.
4 Oeheyedan.
I. June 14th will mark the first gradu-
Eating exercises to take place in the
i Ocheyedan public schools, and the
lIsweet girl graduate will no longer be a
4 stranger in our midst. says the Press.
!. The class is composed of four young
ladies and two young men.
lCenterville.
Ex-Gov. F. NJ. Drake returned satur-
day night from ST. Paul where he Menl
!. land accompanied to this city. Mrs.
lCatherine Messenger. Of Vancouver,
Y Wash, sister TO the ex- governor's wife.
Mrs Messenger vii Visit with her
{ brother-in-law for some time.
Davenport.
ii The carpenters are still upon a strike
J. tho nearly all Of them are at work, hav-
Ring been employed by contractors here
d and elsewhere who are friendly to la
q Dor. q The date of the Davenport Wis
lit of the I3oer ENJOYS, is a IS far from be-
i ling fixed, or even appropriated, as ever
i Iowa City.
Y The examination Of witnesses in the
~ 49,.
r Monday evening at 4:30 o'clock, the
!. defendant being charged With reckless
; driving and causing the death of Emily
: Cook. The prosecutors have subpnnaeG
4 lover twenty witnesses and the examin-
alton is proceeding very slowly.
!. Sac City.
: Between 200 and 500 acres of swee
. corn have been engaged by the canning
!. company. Farmers are taking out tn,
! seed corn and some have planted al
! ready. Sweet corn for the factory vii
: be planted as late as June 1. The worl
: of building goes forward rapidly. Th'
!. Office and husking shed are practical,
! complete and the brick work on tn,
other buildings is over half done.
i Charlton.
r Walter Clauson met with quite {
o tsevere accident Sunday afternoon. HI
: and another boy Went out in the pas
Iture, caught blind horse and clam
: bered on. The horse ran away and int
a barbed wire fence, catching yount
Clauson's leg and cutting it nearly off
4 "A physician was called Immediately. II
. had to take seventeen stitches In 1t. TIL
: boy was resting easy Monday evening.
3 Fontanel!e.
IS "A f!teen-year-old lad Of this tow
e was arrested for using Glen Mar
8 Iquarts pasture as hunting groun
u contrary to personal entreaty and re
L |quest The mayor imposed fine q
ten days in the bastile and after serv
" ling one day the nine days were sus
Ipended. The boy was prevented fror
n going to the show. and would glad
been suspended.
7 Nevada. 81
z, E. W. Clifford of this city, who ha
been in New York city In the interest
!. OF the d. & o. road, and Mr.. sLawler, 4
y the firm OF Lawler & Reid. New Yorl
= who have the contract for the construt
ton of the line of road, arrived in th
= lefty Tuesday morning. Mr.. Lawler
y here to commence active operations.
lis understood that all the eub-cOntracl
"a for the construction will now be let an
e work will commence along the route.
3 magnolia.
4 Mr.. league killed pelican one da
- recently in field three or four mile
I south of here. There were three of Il
!. large birds feeding when he fired an
- crippled one, which came at him for
10 fight. He undertook % shoot agai
a but the gun missed fire and he ran u
Ia the road with the bird close behind. Il
= finally killed his assailant with, clu
n 1t measured eight feet from tip to h
1e OF the wings and weighed twel,
pounds. /, +. 49,
ID Ottumwa. ;i' J:s
~ The Janhey Manufacturing compaT
is has just closed an important busine
IN transaction with the Sprankle Nanufa
Turing company, Of Kendsilville. Int
Of whsreby the latter VIII ~ cohsolidat,