Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-25
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

ncers StUtZ WIFI. MS WrlSu lDdQly SpIdlIieu
and his mouth bleeding. In his SLEEP
the man had walked out OF his bedroom
window in the Avon Hotel, falling to tins
paved alley below, a distance of about
sixteen feet. Tinsley is a porter at TIT
hotel. His injuries are not regarded as
serious.
Ctsumwa.
The local recruiting station in this
city, which has been in charge OF Fred
n. Vedder, was closed Tuesday, Thir-
teen men have enlisted for the United
states cavalry and infantry. Capt. G.
Is. Swcezey. of Des Moines, was In OF
tumwa, that morning and completed the
final arrangements for the transporta-
ton of the men who enlisted.
Museatinc.
The matter of building new court
house in Muscatine county has beer
considerably discussed in this city late
lily and it seems that almost every ont
Is In favor with the movement, as the
lresent structure is entirely too small
for the many purposes it is put to anc
much Inconvenience is sustained by the
county officials in transacting business
in the very small space allotted to them
| Charlton.
Nearly the entire population of Chari-
| ton have now or have had during Inc
l5result of vaccination. The smallpox
scare of the past few days has given TIL.
coctors all the work they want in the
llline of Vaccination. one doctor alone re-
ltrorting over $50 vaccinations. There ars
several parties laid up with sore arms
some being confined to their beds ane
others unable to work.
Vinton.
Court convened last week, but so fal
but little has been done aside from, pro
bate and defaults. The term will be one
OF the lightest for years, as there are bu
few equity and only one or two tria
eases. Many of the jurymen have beef
| excused. The grand jury has made Its
final reort and was discharged for tbs
jsterm. Six indictments We're returned
one of which was against Joe Vacourney
for burglary and one against Charles
Flemming for resisting an officer.
Washington.
S. II. Wallace says the two Milwau-
kee surveys in Highland divorce severa
| farmers houses and barns. The last ons
lscuts Jeffreys farm on Military road
hut a station may go in out there anc
compensate. 1t would capture lots o.
stock that goes to Ainsworth. The lin.
is said to be thirty miles shorter thar
any other from Chicago to Kansas City
And now the Rock Island talks of cut.
lSting north of .Ainsworth, shaving til,
cemetery and avoiding a very bad grade
while shortening its line. Ainsworth Is
the bottom of a saucer.
Creston.
In the district court Tuesday after.
moon Anna Beard obtained a divorc,
lhom John Beard. securing alimon,
amounting TO s525. Immediately afte
the decree had been granted Beard ap
piled for another license to marry Flor
Arnold. and it was issued 10 him. a
friend who was with Beard told the re-
rorters that Beard would be married in.
side of twenty minutes. The plaintiff
and tho defendant were in the cour,
room when the decree was granted
tanning second license.
Clear Lake.
Sure harbingers of the summer season
appeared in this city Monday Afternoon
on the personages of the Whitaker
family. four members of which arrived
from the south over the Iowa Contra
via Mason city. The whitakers will a,
once start at the work of improving
their hotel property and will make a
commendable Improvement in the build
ing of dining room and kitchen, both
much larger than the old ones which
We're clearly insufficient to their needs
MIR. Whitaker. enjoyed a very profitable
season with his Florida hotel.
Story City.
Messenger: Mrs. NJ Happiness WIS
adjudged insane last week by the in
sane commission and sent to the state
hospital. She has not been very strong
lately in bodily and mental health and
the more serious aspect of her condi-
ton began on the previous Sunday when
she made some disturbances in church
On Thursday she locked herself, with
her husband and son. in the house, pull
ing down the curtains and would admit
no one. The door had to be forced, and
everything was found all right except
Mrs. Hapness, who was all the time
raving about religion.
Mt. Pleasant.
Smallpox has appeared in Mount
Pleasant. in a Very light form. Last
Thursday night MIR. McElvlne, at the
request of DR.. Linn. visited the hony OF
Jacob Wright, in the northeast part oil
town. where he suspected that several
of the girls were developing symptoms
IF smallpox. The state officer state.
that he could nottell yet whether il was
the disease or not, but ordered the fam
lily quarantined on suspicion. However
at the home Of George Wright ii was
found that he was positively suffering
with a genuine case, and his home Was
ordered quarantined.
Boone.
The News reports that on Monday
afternoon Fifth ward resident sold his
COW TO another man in the Fifth ward
hut who lives in another part of tn.
City. A very kind and obliging neigh
Dor agreed TO deliver the COW to the new
owner for 81. So the animal was turned
over to him, with the dollar. On the
way to the house of No. the COW broke
loose and ran away with the kind and
obiging neighbor after her. Then the
COW gained. The man swore until the
Cow was out of sight. The neighbor was
up all night, down to the Lodges, out to
the new round house. at Moingona and
when last seen he was crossing the new
Kate Shelley bridge on hop, skip and