Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-21
VIA I They ARE DOING
Affairs 4f Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.

Ames, illustrated with cuts OF human
faces and forms showing semi-confluent
and discrete manifestations OF tn. dig
ease. The doctor eays much harm has
been done by few who think they
know 1t all and declare that this mall
ady Is not smallpox. These are the few
lwho have no interest either In the pro-
lection of the public health or to stamp
Iout the disease"
Otumwa.
Frank w. Eckers, OF this city, now
stationed in the Philippines as COM.
lmanderi of a company IN the Thirty
second United States infantry, in a let-i
liter to Joseph c.. Hinsey, received
"wednesday, states that he is about to
lstart on scouting expedition after q
noted insurgent general, whose name is
Mascardo. now the most prominent
leader. The captain had but little hope
of catching HE quarry but gays that he
lcannot afford to miss the opportunity
Ito make a name for himself which a
successful conclusion Of the pursuit
would surely do.
Hampton.
There Vas some chance OF the city
having another damage suit on hand,
but the matter was settled at the city
council meeting this week. II seems that
about three months ago Mrs. Warren
Jewell feel on the walk in front of H.
H. Andrews residence and injured her
fright ankle. The matter was taken up
by the council. and after some discuss
sion 1t was decided to settle the case
provided the defendant was reasonable
in her demands. The case was settled
h, 4,
clans charges. which Will be about ten
or fifteen dollars.
Davenport.
1t was a shocking accident that sew
|eral score people Witnessed at the cor
ner of Third and Brady streets Thurs
day morning shortly before 9o'clock. "A
horse attached to a stone-wagon fell
Ionic an iron hitching post at the curb
4 ing on the Brady street side of the
Davenport National bans and became
.Iimpaled in a horrible manner. The ami
NAL struggled away from the men who
quickly rushed oshiln and tried to hold
him down till a policeman arrived to
lshoot him. and put him out of his mis-
s|cry, and got upon his feet and walked
4 around to the other eide Of the bank
where Officer Stutz shot him.
Alden
Times: A chap in top buggy has
4 been going about the country the past
4 few days with a contrlvance designed
to milk COWS. 1t consists of an air
pump operated by foot power and eight
sIartiticial calves mouths attached to 1t
4 by means of rubber tubes. All the
4 milk-maid has to do is to sit down be-
Il tween two cows and. when everything
i is ready, act as If she is scorching down
/, hill on a bicycle. This milks both COWS
A lat once and is said to leave them Won
4 dering how long before somebody will
come along with patent cud -chewer.
The milk-maid in the meantime, will
have no use for her hands only to keep
off flies and darn stockings.
4 Watefloo.
Twomembers of the city police force,
Officers Hoxie and Bailey. We're sus-
pended Wednesday afternoon pending a
4 hearing of the city council of charges
Iagains. them. The ofrense with which
the officers stand charged is that of re-
ceiving moneysas bail from parties they
had placed under arrest and falling to
promptly report their action and turn
1.-The money in at police heasluarters.
1t appears that 1t has been the custom
for several years for the officers in
making arrests at night for certuln
misdemeanors to assess the parties the
amount Of the probable fine and. on
payment of the amount SO assessed. to
release the prisoners on their own rec
Iognizance.
Perry.
Laet Monday the local ministers
heard OF car load OF wet goods said
to be in the Milwaukee yards. They
swore out a warrant for the stuff and
placed 1t in Ed Elliott's hands to serve,
but he refused to serve 1t until some
definite car was specified. BY the time.
/ the car number was procured. suspicion.
had been aroused and the car was run
Into the yards and shipped out OF town.
The ministers were successful
Monday IN capturing tWenty-threel
cases of bottled goods labeled ST. Louis
lager beer. in the John McYey barn..
(which Is rented by Frank Alborn to
keep u horse In. Constable Elliott made
the capture. No one has as yet claimed.
the liquor and II is not known who owns
lit. The matter comes up for hearing in:
Justice Thornberg's court Monday
morning.
Fort Dodge.
Bound and fastened with cords, and
held down in the bottom OF Fred Han
cocks wagon. William Rerberisch, a
peripatetic umbrella mender, was
brought in from the Hancock farm
"Wednesday night and placed in the
city jail. Berberisch is charged with.
disturbing the peace and quiet OF the
Hancock farm and household. It seems
that the peripatetic individual was first
seen by a. b. Hancock. lying beside a
hedge He was not disturbed Later
in the afternoon Fred Hancock's little
boy went by the place and Berberisch
rose up and threatened to kill the
youngster and chased him for quite a.
distance, frightening the boy nearly to.
death. He then raided the entire place,
breathing vengeance and destruction
upon the entire community, saying he
would destroy them body and SOUL and
also threatening to burn the premises.
The Hancocks telephoned in to Sheriff
Dowd and asked what should be done.
Mr.. Dowd deputixed them to arrest the
fierce stranger and to bring him in.
Gathering up a posse they surrounded
the man and bound him with ropes