Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-24

| is ready to give addresses of people who
| will vouch for him. The police look or
him with suspicion, altho inclined to be-
lieve his story. He said he wanted t.
| save his money to send to his wife sc
| that she can join him.
Davenport.
Whether the ice men of this city stanc
by the agreement that they are under
stood to have made-to sell closely b.
weight and to advance the price to 81
cents hundred pounds to retail buyers
there is not much doubt that they
have the start of good season TO,
stocking their houses. The January
thaw may open the river again, but
there is ice now in plenty, and the dan
ger of an ice famine here next summer
seems to be remote, says the Dmocrat
Ute.
The gasoline engine at the pump house
broke down last week and the tank was
soon empted by the water consumers.
Since Sunday there has been no water
in the mains. Hustllng three or four
blocks for water when the weather is
below zero gives fellow just appre-
citation of water works--when they are
In running order--and causes him to say
mean things when they are not. Marshal
Stapleton reports that there are no inn
mediate prospects for pumping. as he
thinks the engine is worn out.
Dubuque.
The board of supervisors has awarded
the contract of taking charge of the new
detention hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Jellison. The contract specifies that they
shall do all the washing, cooking and
cleaning. During the time that they
have patients they Will receive $3.50 a
day each and when there are no patients
they shall receive $3.50 each. A
letter has been received by the clerk Of
the district court from Governor Shaw,
in which that chief executive states that
John Marona, who was taken to the An
amosa penitentiary last Tuesday by
Sheriff Conlin to serve out a three years
sentence. must also serve out his unex-
pred term. Marona was sent to the PEN
itentiary from here about two years ago.
and thru the influence Of his attorneys
and few friends he was paroled. He
had a two and half year term to serve.
but got out In less than a year, leaving
about year and half on his first term.
He broke his parole by stealing, was ar
rested and convicted and given three
years by Judge Matthews. To this three
years will be added the remainder of his
former sentence, which will keep the
young man out Of trouble for over four
years.
Council Bluffs.
If the members of the firm OF, Tootle &
Jackson, who in the early days of this
country operated large merchandise
stores in this city as well as at st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, Omaha, Sioux City, Platts-
mouth, Neb, and Lewis, Iowa, were still
alive, they would probably have an OPP
portunity of realizing how it feels to
have "one's ship come In" A firm by
the name Of Ely Bros, at Holt. Clay
county, Missouri, has just unearthed a
large steamboat in one OF the old chan
nels of the Missouri river that is filed
with boxes of boots, shoes, hats and
other merchandise consigned to "Tootle
& Jackson, Council Bluffs, Iowa" From
the sources Of information now availa-
BILE 1t is believed that the boat was sunk
Ii, 1856 and none of the cargo was ever
recovered. The city of Holt, Mo-. is now
the time the boat was sunk the river
channel is known to have been close to
the. present site of the town. Attempt
after attempt has been made, in past
years to locate the old steamboat. as
there was persistent rumor afioat that
a large amount of money. both gold and
silver, had sunk with the ship. ELY
Bros, however. who have just sue
ceeded in locating the boat, state that as
yet they have not discovered the money.
Instead they aver that they have spent
$4,000 in searching for the lost treasure.
The firm of Tootle & Jackson has been
out of business for the past thirty-five
wears. but at the time they owned a.
store in this city 1t was located near
the present site of the Broadway Metho-
dist church. The members OF the flrm
have long been dead.