Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-24
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on his porch. He asked DR.. De Tar's
opinion of the animal and the doctor
stated that the dog was undoubtedly
going mad. Mr.. Thomas coaxed the
dog into an Clubhouse and locked him up
to await developments. BY noon the
dog was in a raging state and frothins
at the mouth. Policeman Brady was
called to the scene and put an end I,
the mad animal. 1t was learned that
the dog belonged to a family residing
over the bottling works. So far as can
be learned no damage was done by the
animal before his condition was discov.
cred.
Manning.
On Tuesday Ohrt's restaurant was
the scene of some little disturbance in
which couple OF men, Cordel and
oliver by name, and woman We're
the actors. The two men were quar-
lre!ing about who should pay the boart
bill when the deputy sheriff stepped in
to demand peace. Just keep your,
nose out of this, or I'll slap you; this is
llnone of your business" exclaimed tho
woman to the officer. After repeat ting
these words couple OF times the wo-
man actually proceeded to carry ous
\ ner threat. AS quick as cat and be-
fore the officer could act. she grabbed
lone of his ears with one hand and gave
him a slap or two in the face with the
other. The woman is Cordell's wife
and the outfit are travelling thru the
country taking orders for pictures.
The Monitor says the men contributed
TO the towns fund.
Davenport.
Mayor Heinz has just been awarded a
lpatent on a check which he invented a
Icouple of years ago. ar1c which his firm
has used for some time past. 1t is a
piece of paper in four coiors The stub
1 is white, space over an inch wide next
Ito the stub is another color. a second
space of similar width is a third color.
land the check, draft or note proper is
lstill another color. The patent relates
Ito the second and third spaces divided.
lon a the top into nine divisions num-
libered from one to nine from right to
left. The numbers nearest to the check
proper stand for hundreds and those
farther away for ttlousan ds. When an.
aamount is filled in on one of these
checks, drafts or notes the numbered
lsids. is torn off diagonally. showing the
hundreds or thousands corresponding to
4 the size of the figures written in. 1t is
thus rendered Impossible to raise the
Figures without detection
Fcrt Dodge.
The Messenger claims that Fort
Dodge needs a first class hotel, basing
the above assertion on the fact that it
4 has 10000 population. four lines OF rail-
4 road. tifty-six trains daily of which
twenty-four are passenger trains. and
4 further that the registers of the three
!, principal hotels in one week recently,
land 1t was scarcely an average week,
), showed 636 arrivals, of whichsone house
Il alone had 406. SO The brick yards
& having the contract for furnishing tfe
paving brick for the paving OF First
avenue south and the intcrsecting
!. streets, are running at full capacity,
: They expect TO have enough paving
!, brick on hand to enable the contractor
Ito proceed with the work on the 18th
8. of May and Complete the district to be
lpaved without any Inconvenience from
!. 1.-THE want of brick The contract calls
II for the completion, of the work BY. July
I 4, but it is hoped that 1t may be com
lpieted by June 10.
Keosauaua.
Il Bert Galbraith, junior member of the
firm Of Casner g. Galbraith. at this
!, place. had a narrower escape from the
!. Ibone yard last Tuesday afternoon thar
'lhe cares to take chances on again. A
4 number of our local Nimrods went out
Ito the edge of town that afternoon tc
i tptactice shooting It clay pigeons. Wher
: 1.-The exercise was well over. one of thu
amateLrs. George Algire. was given q
hammerless gun With which to make {
Z few shots. Not being familiar, perhaps
with that kind of gun. he shot too
Z Equick. and one shot struck Cert Gal,
y breath. who was lying at the trap six,
-iteen yards from the lnarksman. in the
9 head just above the ear. Another sho
e also struck his hat, he was somewha
$ dazed, but was able TO walk to town t
y "a doctor. The wound was probed. bu
h 1.-THE shot was not located. Bert was a BIZ
e TO be at his post the next morning, bu
e he wants 1t understood that his pos
! Ihereafter is not at Il trap in front of thu
i. guns. All the boys have made some
Igood resolutions.
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