Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-04

task to keep them within the scope of
the Law. The mulct law provides that
only one entrance and exit to saloons ID
permissible. but the police claim sew.
eral OF them have back doors.
iowa CITY.
County Treasurer a. r. Cherry co.'s
iected -. 200 cash In taxes Monday. = : =
The board OF health held short meet
Ing at the city hall Monday night. DR..
Mueller, health olncer. reported forty
eight deaths during the past six month";.
a 326 dieinfecting machine vas ordered
purchased. Z = The board OF supervie-
org approved the last report Of Expert
Accountant Kierulff and have referred
the matter Of the recent 81 100 shortage
during y. Makers term to Attorney
General Remley for an opinion.
MAson City.
"A stranger at Sundell's Monday night
on a wager ate forty-two soft boiled
eggs. q dozen raw oysters and drank a
glass Of cream. 7 : The judges OF the
supreme court on Monday announced
the appointment Of new bailiff to sue
coed Ben Pray. The mantle fell on the
shoulders Of B. p. Kirk of Mason City
the home OF Judge ]. C. Sherwin. Mr..
Kinks appointment came as a surprise
to his numerous DEG Moines competi-
tors, who have been conducting a hot
campaign for the place for many days.
Dubuque.
II is expected that the work on the fed
.eral building will be rapidly carried on
from this period, andSIf the inclement
weather holds on until November the
structure will be under cover by that
time. As 1t Is now the work has been
delayed the past few weeks on account
OF the stone that was sent being cut too
short. Monday morning several oads
OF stone Of the right length arrived and
the work OF conjunction Will be carried
on rapidly. II the roof can be put on
this fall before the bad weather sets in,
the building will proba bly, be finished by
the spring; il not, operations during the
winter will have to be suspended and
work commenced again in the spring.
Moravia.
The Tribune says: 'Rowdy,' a "yal-
Ter" dog. mostly hound, belonging to
Morris Harris, liz the greatest dog trav-.
:eler in the United States. Last fall he
went to Oklahoma with the Jones boys,
and after month or two disappeared
and in just two weeks showed up at
home here in good shape. About three
weeks ago Orville Harris took him with
the party that left on an overland trip
to Denver, but after getting out into Ne
braska Rowdy didn't like the country
and started back. arriving here in just
five days. That dog has more sense
than lots of people: he knows good
country when he eees ii and should new
ser be taken out Of Iowa again.
Keokuk.
Farmers turnout this section are put
ting in greaf deal OF wheat, probably
twice as much as last year. The rea-
con assigned is that the good crop the
past year after the failures of several
previous years has encouraged the far
mers and they feel like the old time
prosperity In wheat growing has re-
turned. A loose COW straying near,
the railroad switch at the foot OF Fifth
street hill at the intersection of Cedar
street tossed a little 6-year-old baby in.
to the air Monday morning, but luckily
the baby was not injured. The little one
had been toddling near the sidewalk
when the animal came along and with
out any provocation picked the child up
on its horns and threw 1t about ten feet
in the air.
Council Bluff.
1t has remained for the women who
have been urging the appointment Of a
police matron to themselves discover
that by change in the Law, heretofore
forgotten in the current agitation Of the
matter, the appointment of such an Off
cial is left optional with the mayor in
cities the size Of Council Bluffs even
tho the population has reached the 25,-
900 point. This fact came out at a
meeting of the official board Of the
Women's Club Monday afternoon. The
code OF 81 provided that in cities Of 25.-
900 population or over the mayor shall
appoint one or two such officers. The
general assembly of 1898 amended this
law so that in cities of between %, 900
and $4,000 population it is left optional.
With the mayor, the language being that
he may" so appoint matron. Not un-
til the city has acquired population of!
$4,000 is it obligat tory on the chief ex-
secutive to make such appointment. AN
other change made in the law at the
came time was that there might be one
or more such officers. instead of two or
mail delivery routes in the city brought
about by the allowance of one more carr
rier, went into effect Monday, and now
there are fourteen routes instead Of
thirteen.
Sioux City.
Another desperate Jail breaking
scheme was unearthed at the county Jail
Monday morning by Jailer Gus Ander-
son, who found the inmates of the same
cell in which the two saws We're diaaov-
cred a few days ago had cut hole all
most thru the wall leading into the COR
rider. Jesse Nelson, the leader in the
movement. is now locked in the iron
cage. Monday evenings inbound.
Chicago passenger train on the Chicago
Milwaukee 81 ST. Paul railway narrowly
escaped plunging over the en,bankment
and trestle across the Correctionville
road in Greenvlle. just as the train
rounded curve east Of the trestle a
large bunch Of western range cattle
started TO cross, and moment later The
engine was blowing thru the thickly
masssd animals, killing thirteen of them
and injuring others. The impact Of the
collision lifted the engine from the track
and before 1t came to q stop it had
bumped along over the rails for dis
lance of about seventy-fiye feet on to