Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-28
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

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kester, of Grinnell. the charge being
malicious threat to extort." The de-
PENDANT was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $3.50.
Ackley.
7 In the builders line all workmen are
busy; not a carpenter who can drive a
nail but is employed; masons ard paint
ers are equally busy. The present seas
on ranks with the best that we have had
for several years, says the World.
Denison.
The Review is informed that the
books purchased by the Friday Club
with the proceeds of their cook book are
now ready for public use at the city IL
brary. There are eighty-nine volumes
IN subjects covering art, architecture.
biographies and essays.
Dubuque.
The search for the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guderian, who We're drowned two
weeks ago last Sunday, has been discon-
tinued. 1T is thought they have caught
IN snag or are held under some OBJ
struction in the river; or, it may be that
they have fioated down the river. They
are dead and gone, but 1t would be a
source of satisfaction to the children to
know that the bodies Of their parents
rested in the cemetery.
Iowa Falls.
The past week work on the new rail-
road has been pushed gradually TO the
southwest and President Soule of the
Construction Company Informs the SEN
tinel that he thinks track laying will
commence about July LIST. Bridge and
piling material is now coming in and
about 100 teams are at work on the
grade and l25 men. Sub-contracts have
been let for 5 miles Of the road and the
balance will be let as soon as the right
of-way is secured.
Shenandoah.
A bootlegger was caught in the act
of selling liquors Saturday by Constable
Simmons He made the capture just
after dinner and successfully landed
both bootlegger and Doodle in Justice
LIE Rarrow's court. The man who
is alleged sold the stuff is A. p. Baker
who works for John Scane and drives
the mail wagon between the post office
and O. & ST. l.. depot. The constable
had had Baker under suspicion for some
| time, and when he found him making
change in the presence of several men
and bottles he robbed him.
Boone.
A large consignment of piping which
viii be used in the construction of the
new central heating plant has arrived
and is being unloaded at this station.
Work on the actual construction will
soon be begun. -. Frank Briggs of
this city has filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the United States court
at Des Moines. So Before he left
Boone Special Agent Boylan went out
over the county and in company with
Postmaster Means inspected number
lof proposed rural routes which he will
recommend the government for estab-
| lishment. The new routes are three in
number and will be numbers A, and G
They will average twenty-three miles
| in length and will accommodate at leas;
thirty-tive hundred persons.
Oska1oosa.
The particulars concerning the death
of Carl Wiley have at last been received
The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs b. L
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grandfather who resides at Thornburg
arriving about p. m. After the first
greetings were over the boy Went 10
his room To change his clothes. While
there he noticed pistol lying on the
bed and not knowing it was loaded he
picked 1t up to examine it. In some way
he accidentally touched the trigger and
the charge struck him full In the face.
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blew almost the whole side of his
head off. Word was Immediately sent
10 Mr. and Mrs Wiley and they left fol-
Thornburg, but the little fellow died ir
great pain about o'clock, p. M, before
1 the parents could reach him.
New Sharon.
| The Star says: We have been in
| formed that great quantities of whisky
and beer We're delivered at the depot
| in this place Wednesday and Thursday
| of last Week, and out of this much
| drunkennesI and disorder resulted
| Fourteen young men We're before the
mayor Thursday and Friday to make
answer to various charges. including
drunkenness lighting and the insulting
| of ladies'. and each was assessed a fine
of ss.S5. all of which, save one was paid
| one young man from Lynnville being
taken to Oskaloosa jail to serve on, his
| fine. We have the names of all these
| young men, and all but four of them
are from out of town, several of them
from Montezuma. We choose to not
publish their names and solely for the
| reason that we hope that the fact of
being arrested and fined will be punish
ment sufficient to warn them against
getting into further trouble. We blame
them less than the conditions that af-
/ fords such abundant opportunity for
such trouble.
Burlington.
jim Brown, a big colored man serv-
ing twenty days sentence in the coun-
Ity Jail, was crazed by the heat late
Tuesday night and caused a panic
among the other prisoners. Brown is
| a powerful man and, when arrested last
Saturday evening caused the officer con-
siderable trouble. Tuesday night he
was, with several other prisoners, sit
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