Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-22

operations ID the whole river bed. It IL,
no easy task to be . successful clam
fisher. The man whu works hard makes
$3.50 or g q day. The clans are bought
at 30 muchsa ton. from IS to III being
the prevailing offerings. The shells are
graded according to color and variety.
A shell without color il dead shell
and Is valueless. The mussel shell Is
the best and most frequently abounds
in these waters.
Ottumwa.
The proprietors Of the Ottumwa box
car loader company have purchased
site in the city and will soon COM
mence the erection of factory. The
buildings to be erected will contain an
office. machine shop, erection room,
foundry, blacksmith ship and pattern
room. A sidetrack will be put in from.
one Of the railroads and the entire ar.
rangement and equipment will make it
an up-to-date plant.
Creston.
The Advertiser reports that a half
dozen buns were arrested Friday night
and placed in the city jail. Next
morning Mayor Skinner passed judR-
ment upon the tramps and decided that
the condition Of the crossings and the
pavements needed attention, SO he i'm
posed q ten-day sentence upon the
gang. The sextette sailed forth
thereafter with bracelets on their
ankles to fulfill the mayors wishes
and thereby earn square meal by the
sweat of their brows.
Conrad.
Friday morning Charles Keefer sat in
his wagon on Main street for half
hour waiting for his team to make up
their minds to carry him out into the
country, while well meaning but mis-
guided citizens offered suggestions on
how to make the team move sooner
than they wanted to. They went, after
all kinds OF methods had been tried
and of course the man who made the
suggestion that proved successful ex-
| perienced a thrill OF satisfaction as he
felt his hat band tighter, says the
Record.
Davenport.
II Secretary NJ. j. Eagal, OF the Dav-
lenport Business Mems Association. has
his will and way We shall have Admiral
Dewey here in Davenport June 13-
during the encampment of the Iowa
department Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic. Admiral Dewey is to be at
Grand Rapids, Mich, few days prior
and it is known that he is due there
June II. On that occasion he will be
the star attraction OF the Grand Army
encampment of the state He will have
a day between for travel and will still
be able to get here June 49, before
breakfast, probably, and in time to be
the lion of the hour.
Iowa City.
The jury in the Strausser case, after
being out from 2 O'clock Friday after
moon, We're discharged Saturday morn
ling at 9 O'Clock by Judge Wade on the
plea that they couldn't agree on YER
diet. The jury in this case, the Repub-
3lican says. did its part in making a
farce Of the trial. strausser was in
ISdicted for selling liquor Illegally. The
4 sale of one drink in Violation of the
mulct law constitutes crime. Straus.
User held a federal license. and three
witnesses testified that they had pur-
Echased liquor there and their testimony
remains unrefuted. The instructions
of the judge We're plain and indicated
that a verdict of guilty should be
brought in.
4 Keokuk. Il,
An understood black and woclly dog
4 trotting leisurely along Sixth streets
y and yet going at rapid enough gait