Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-12

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For the Times Republican.
Alnes. Feb. 1l.What a day Sunday.
February g. 1901, Mas for a weather
sprophe like Hicks, Ihs writer MAS in.
#Grinnell and in his minds eye he had
reiiS!s that Professor Hicks had lrophe-
Sled big snow storm and blizzard on
that amte. And w had it. From day
light U dark ii showed and ii Bowed
Drifts two and tlliss feet high the
faithful encountered d their Way q
church. t was actua1lv unsafe to allow
children . go To sunday school. And 4
the iiinneilites II seemed as tho every
railroad IN Iowa would be blockaaeei.
The iowa Central train from Peoria
was ten hours late rlisnNeanle reports
from Chicago OF the same storm that
cost chat city $4,000 % clea. the
streets Md the great HICKS pfcsum-
ably remarked after consulting the sun
moon and stars, observing the condition
Isof N'enus and Mars had weeks, f not
months ago, in the writers minds eye
Fforesten and predicted lhis great snow
storm.
Rit Mpnday morning down came IL
/ tirinnell y preacher FROM Iowa Fails
mhp said We had nice aay in Iowa
Fails yesterday. And the condurtoron
the train south said there was no snow
Tin Union. The writer concluded ii was
Asssis 10 venture away flpm home AR
irving here ut .A.aes. not fifty lniles
away from Hicks great blizzard nf
!. sunday, on Monday no snow MAS 10 be
4 seen. At Boone the dust was actually
isbloNing in the streets. Further NEST.
/ at tilidden. it Mas The saine--rlo snow
sno storm. no blizzard L did seem
Strange after btceniiEg a H!cksite for
}5the writeito find opposite weather
i5condii!ons Then IL flashed on the
Writer the explanation. Hicks does not
locate in any particular place eitil.r his
storms or rice weather.. 80 Blizzard
4 Hicks was all right III tirinnsli on SUR
day. February 3. just The same Far
Weather HICKS hit ii all right on the
sAne Gate in Anes.
One goes away from home To the New
York sun 70 gu this:
An Iowa congressman tells a story.
abeat Judge I,nthili. who presided in
the Eighth JUDICIAL distric, 81 Iowa
years ago and Was something ofaa hui
Iinprist. In Cetas county the case sof
Dillon vs.. GranG9ll was aalled on ii APP
neal from TIL sion of a justice Of he
peace. A mernfs Of the bar arose and
said he Mould suggest TO the court the
d-cease of the spreilee. Another LAM
yer arose and suggested the death OF
the appellant. The judge remark e1,
thaf the clerk would pass the case. as Ii
would probably be heard before an
otfia' tribunal After court the follow
ing Hnes wefe found On a sheet o. iegal
cap On the Judges desk:
s; This appeal cas- was brought to our
Cedar district court
And passed ave by the judges award
in
That as death had claimed me right, j,
was fitting that the fight
5 Should be fit on the other side Of Jor-
dan.
If The counsel who we're feed in shs trla
10 proceed
Had received enough pay for theh
I boardii
TO finish up their task they should
change Of venue ask,
!, And take it to the other side OF Jor.
dan.
When the beaten and the beat and III,
lawyers ali meet,
They can then Try their action ac
Z cordin'
! To the higher Law IN force, for bette
or for worse.
: In the courts on the other side o
n Jordan.
i The proceedings Rad prior to the judg
ment Of the squire.
Which plaintiff was desirous 6
~ avoidin'.
~ If taken up thar may be settled at tn
When they get ii to the other side Z
Jordan.
y Railroads don't make a town. TIL
-.Itown of Herndon, in this state, prove
1.-the statement. Fifteen years ago TIL
town had several small stores and bi
RI brick block of three fine store room
II. and hotel building that cost over $40
as 000 1t was In the palmy days of the
gas wells Big prices were paid Il
- land. Prospective manufactures We
mentioned, gas to be the motive powe
1t was even to be piped to Dies Moine
al and render useless their coal mine
id But the gas. tho it burned. didn't bul
long enough The pockets We're n
deep enough. Scientific men called
marsh gas. not the genuine product
petroleum. And gradually the town
S. Herndon went back. In a few yea
~ stores were vacant and, in some cas-
al have since fallen down. The 500
al hotel was finally occupied by famili
~ who kept house on large or sms
a. scale and to day the business part
he the town consists OF one store, dept
postoffice, a small hotel and three Ii
~ cry stables. Just why in town of IL
ia size and a junction point at that thr
nv livery stables with six Representative
go who work each arriving train, are d
m ing a good business is hard to expla
In fact the livery business of Hernd
Nv is the business. More capital is invest
ar in it than in any other line. And o
M, ~ o,,ra fheso li.,nr,r men ara n