Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-17
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.


drunk" and the balance were in hi
larious condition. Several fights were
averted, and after sorting out
all those who could stand up, they were
taken to the court room. NINE of them
We're given two days each on the stone
pile, and the others were to tried as
soon as in a condition to walk.
Ida Grove.
The joke is on the Ida county insanity
commission. Last Friday stranger
came to town and got crazy drunk.
During the afternoon he was taken be-
fore the insanity commission and adj
Judged insane. That evening Sheriff
Gemmill took him to Clarinda, arriving
there on Saturday afternoon. When he
turned his man over the superinten-
dent of the hospital questioned the man
and soon found he vas as sane as any
body. so he refused the charge. Both
Sheriff and supposed insane man re-
turned together the next evening.
Gravity.
The officers of the law pounced down
upon James Mann's place of business in
search of Intoxicating liquors. Some
candy buckets look suspicious and upon
examination We're found to contain, bot
ties filled with whisky. MIR. Mann was
arrested upon the charge OF keeping a
nuisance. Al the hearing the Informal
ton was amended so as TO charge the
sale ofintoxicating liquors to which the
plead guilty. and was fined
$40 In default Of payment of the cash
the prisoner was sentenced TO fifteen
days in the county Jail.
Alton.
\ canning factory will be built in AZ
ton. The farmers in the east ,.r.d of
Union county are the Stockholders
when the factory Is built and reasy 10
run it may stop because IL lack Of
sweet corn and tomatoes. The farmers
and gardeners are human. and if they
can not sell corn and tomatoes at a
price that Will bring them as much
money as they could obtain from rails
ing other products. the supply of corn
and tomatoes will not be Forthcoming
and the factory Mil close and the in
vestmeEt will prove failure.
Clarinda.
ia@ suits at ths May term of the Page
county district court. 1t will be for the
payment OF a bill of s34 fer oil furn-
islis-l about five years ago by the Con-
soliGated Tank Line Company of Knox
vile. The company presented a bill for
the oil at the time, bur the city council
thought that it was higher than had
been agreed on, and they returned the
bill for correction, The company did
not the present the bill again until The
nther day. when II was again refused,
and now the case will be tried IN the
district court.
Davenport.
The Democrat AYERS that nothing is
better calculated To give the average
glimpse of the face that
spring IS at hand than the fact thai Sat
urday strawberries were sold at retail
by the grocers of this town at the rate
of two boxes for quarter. The boxes
we're not much, it is true. and once hey
were emptied you could not tell which
side up they Mere meant to stand but
they cost only that, not matter II it did
take four of them to make fair fun.
quart. The fruit will steadily grow
cheaper from now ON as it is said that
there is good crop III the south.
Sac City.
The committee that has been solicit
ing subscriptions to the stock for the.
proposed hptelis not encouraged at the
Unless there Is u more genera!
response to solicitation FOR subscrip-
tions and unless some men of means
are willing To invest more heavily than
they yet promise the object must fall
1t is understood that r.. b. Rob-
inson, who has been in charge Of the
G., NJ. & st. p. railway station in Sac
City since the retirement Of Mr.. Weary,
will be given a permanent position as
agent at Iohrvilletin a few days and
succeed him here.
Akron.
Mrs, Laura d. Hall, OF this place, has
entered suit in the district court IN che
sum of $3.50 against the town of AK
ron for injuries sustained by reason %
a fall on a cement sidewalk in front of
the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
bank. The accident occurred
last January during Indictment weather
when the walk was slippery and the
town officials claim that MS they can
not control the elements. plaintiff has
10 case. - About three months ago
Joseph Kimball bought 100 acres OF
land adjoining town for $40 an acre.
Last week he sold the land To August
Herke at an advance of about $1,000
from purchase price.
Waterloo.
The rural free delivery mail carriers
appointed to take out the mall over the
six routes out of Waterloo were at the
postotiice early Monday morning, pre-
pairing to make their initial trip over
their respective territories. Six teams,
hitched to light wagons or buggies were
lined up in front of the office and
caused considerable discussion among
business men visiting the Office about
the rural delivery system. Inside the
addition of five men to the working
force caused almost a congestion, but
each man soon had his mail sorted out
and ready for the start. AS soon as
the Chicago mail came in the rural car
riers clambeTed into their rigs and at
l0:45 o'clock cracked their whips. gave
a cheerful get up" and started on their
twenty-five mile journeys thru the
country. radiating to every point Of the.
The pleasant weather and
good roads made the start an auspici-
Gus one. The routes average about
twenty-four miles for the round trip,
and the six carriers will visit 7S7 houses
daily, delivering mall daily to a,asS in
habitants turnout the county.