Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-01
Man Imprisoned for Non-Payment
Of Dog Tax Sues the City.
HE WANTS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Cherokee Man Journeys to Denver for
Wife, But is Dissappointed-Judse
Granger,Who Retires From Bench,
Has Been Long in Public Service.

waterloo.
The sequel to the, Fred jerks dog
tax case came to light this afternoon
when petition was placed on file in
the county clerks office asking dam
ages in the gum of $4,000 against the
city of Waterloo on the grounds of
false Imprisonment.
December ~, Fred jerks, the local
weinerwurst vender was called before
Mayor; Krapfel and sentenced to Jail
for the non-payment of dog tax and
fines accruing therefrom. The mayor
based his authority on that section in
the city ordinances, which incarcer-
ates a man upon neglect to pay his
tax. .
jerks owned "a dog for consider
able. period, He had not paid his dog
tax despite the. efforts of the city to
collect Finally he was brought be-
fore the mayor and fined. He still
procrastinated about paying and was
warned to do. SO lest he be- sent to
JAIL. No. impression being made on
jerks he was finally arrested and TAX
en- to Jail.
Cherokee. 49, 3. 81
1t was. sad love story that l.. P.
Cline, a school teacher of this place,
told the Denver police. He came all
the way from here to meet the girl of
his choice and be married to her on
Christmas day. Instead of meeting
and marrying her, he finds that he is
not only minus bride, but also is out
$165. The villain in the plot is said
to be Harry X. Ferguson, clerk of
Delta county, Colorado, who, Cline
thinks has secreted her somewhere in
Denver.
Des Moines.
Judge Charles T. Granger, who will
retire from the supreme bench this
month, has served the state of Iowa
I longer continuously than any other
man in public life. He had begun to
practice law when the war broke out
and enlisted in Company X, Twenty
seventh Iowa infantry, being elected
captain. At the end of the war he
returned to Iowa and served term
as county superintendent OF schools
Of Mitchell county.
In 1869 he was elected district at
torney, holding that Office until he
was elected circuit Judge in 1878. Al
the expiration of his term in that OF
ace he was in 1877 elected district
iudge. holding that office until the end
4 Of the year 1888. when he became su
nreme Judge, which Office he has held
until he voluntarily relinquished il
that he might retire.
Oskaioosa.
Mayor Wray received letter from
Congressman Lacey this morning tell
ing him that Oskaloosa may. secure
Ave cannon for park decoration pro
viding the city will pay the transpor
tation charges. The guns are known
+ as 30-pounder Parrott guns and would
& make an excellent showing.
pes Moines.
The Milwaukee railroad company
is figuring on constructing line oil
road which will almost parallel the
line of the Des. Moines & Northwest
ern from Mason City to Boone.
cIarlnda.
A railroad change of considerable
Importance will take place on January
1, when the Humeston & Shenandoah
train, running from Humeston tt
Shenandoah, distance of ninety
miles, and connecting on the east witt
the Keokuk & Western, will be com
bined with the Keokuk G. Western
and both roads will GO by the name O
< the latter. This change is made by
I the g., B. & O.. which road has owned
both roads for some time.
4 Sioux City.
The petition of consent under which
the saloons of smaller towns Of thu
county have been operating has final
ssIy been Knocked ont for good but Tho
Knockout blow has come SO late in thu
K game that it is not likely 1t will have
any more serious effect upon the sit
uation that to throw the costs of liti
4 cation upon the saloon men.
Dubuque.
A gentleman who is PROMINENT.
connected with the temperance move
ment in Dubuque, having for its OBJ
ject the enforcement of the mule
law, says that the work has not b.
4 any means been abandoned, as som,