Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-25

tltlOn IN bankruptcy, naming liabilities
at S536 with no assets - Judge Ferris
has rendered. a decision In the case of H..
q. Moore. who pleaded guilty to a.
|charge of assault and battery He was
sentenced to pay fine Of $50 OF, go to
Jail for ten days. Moore threw stonesi
at q street car because It ran over and
killed his dog.
Vinton.
Joeeph Scott, the 15-year-old son OF
Mrs r.. Scott, vas the victim of a seri-
Gus accident last Saturday morning.
While herding cattle along the adside
Iise was thrown from hi. horse and when
found was unconscious. BY use a the
telephone, a doctor wac called and in
forty minutes was attending the pa
Itient.. He ie Still unconscious, however,
at THE writing, Monday afternoon, says
1.-THE Eagle.
Fort Dodge.
One hundred pupils began high school
singing Monday under the direction of
Professor Jones. The work is optional.
and only those who desire to take the
work are in the class. = : Twenty Ave
men or more We're in the city Monday
to- take out naturalization papers and
to be sworn in as citizens OF the United
States by Judge Whitaker. In the alb
sence of the judge most OF them re-
turned to their homes again.
Eldora.
The Herald learns that Rev. C. r.
Hunt has decided to remain in this city
and will not go to Indianapolis and ac-8
cept pastorate of Presbyterian
church. The Herald also says: Prof.
Noble of Gfinnell occupied the pulpit at
the Congregational church last Sunday
morning and evening and preached two
very thoughtful and interesting eer-
mons. The professor is a pulpit speaker.
Iof much more than average ability.''
Mason City.
The last vestige of the smallpox epi-
demic II is confidently thought has been
removed. Mrs. Headington, the last pa
! tent. was discharged from the hospital
tuesday morning. and as there have
been no new cases for over thirty days
1 the city is az free from the contagion
az If there had never been any cases In
1.-THE city at all. The hospital will be de-
serted from this time on. and It IL one
OF the places which everybody Will be
glad to gee unoccupied willie there is
such demand for other buildings all
lover the city.
Davenp
John Williams. the man who shot
himself in the. side Of the head some
weeks ago in his room at the Aliemania
hotel on the corner of Main and Front
streets, has so far recovered that he
expects to be able to leave the hospital
in q few days and return to work. The
BULLETS still In his brain and ii seems
| to give him no pain at present. The
wound has healed and he says he II
feeling as well as he ever did 1t is only
a question of time when the bullet win
cause his death. but still, that may be
years from now.
creston.
damage suit against the Chicago
Great Western railway was filed with
the county clerk Tuesday morning a..
II. Carter is the plaintiff. He ayers in
his petition that on the 18th day Of July.
1900. thru the carelespness of the de-
lfendant. mare and a mule belonging
Ito him broke thru rotten and dilapi-
dated fence, got on the tracks OF the
company and were killed by a passing
|train. All this he alleges. was due to
1.-THE failure of the company to keep it's
fence in repair. Carter valued the mule
at 800 and the mare at 500. He brings
lsuissf for damages. however, IN the sum
of $500.
Boone.
The police heard from the Anamosa
penitentiary officers Tuesday in regard
TO the two eupposed crooks that were
!ncarcerated here. and who the Boone
loMcers have held long enough to allow
q thorough investigation to be. made
No one seems to want the men SO they
were given short time to leave the city
lat noon Tuesday. and they way they
linked" out wasn't slow. In a letter
from the Ai1amosa states prison war
den ii was learned that one OF the men,
James Moore. was released from that
institution Oct u and the other. Rich
lard Preston, was released from Fort
Madison about the same time.
Waterloo.
The stockholders IL the First National
bank held a meeting Monday evening
and decided unanimously to increase the
lcapital stock OF the institution from
10000 to Sl5O.O0O. -. = Mrs Mat, Par
lrott. accompanied by Miss Christina
Parrot, of Schoharle.S N. Y. sailed on
saturday for tour Of the old countries
fof Europe. II the trip furnishes the en-
ljoyment anticipated II will occupy about
lone year. - : Z The report or the city
marshal for the month OF September
Twas presented Monday night at the reg
luiar meeting Of the city council. The
lreport shows that there were thirty
flour arrests. half Of which were on
Charges OF intoxieation. Assault and
battery and disturbing the peace CON
s,ituted the maj orlty of the remainder.
cash fines paid were $1,000: cash finea
due. 1920. The fines paid In labor
latnounted to about $3.50. 4 SIS
Webster City.
The Observation-Disclosures ayr about ae
msan and contemplate . trick that has
come to sits attention for rome time was
lpsrpetrated in the southern part Of the
Iepunty 2 few evenings ago. Snyder
Broe.s Of 6tanhope. have been drilling
q. we'll on the old sCnasles Dick farm
lncrtheast Of stanhope. and after four
Iorssfive months. Of hard work had gone
down 40 feet. much OF the drilling hav-
ling been thru hard rock. When they
lauit york q few evenings ago they felt
That a. fsH more hours OF drilling would
eocmplsts M ,ob. "a 1904 E.pply of