Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

says he served eleven months In the
Fort Madison penitentary for burglary.
being released about Jan. L last. He is
about &c years old and has every char
acteristic of a man who has had expert
ence in thievery.
Jefferson.
BY the terms Of deal which became
effective on March 1 Mr.. G.. s. Turri.l.
became sole owner and proprietor of the
Souvenir. buying out the half Interest
ef the partner. Mr.. v. H. Iovejoy. The
latter remains with the paper in sala-
ried position as local editor and business
manager, and the new deal effects no,
change in the business except so far as
title 10 the property is concerned. The;
sideration was $4,000. Mrs. T.
G. Phillips has the incest lot of spring
chickens yet reported at the Phillips
home. south of town. She has a flock Of
300 springers, all incubator hatched and
all giving promise of being ready for
the frying pan by June /.
Leon.
The case of the State VS.. Oscar Steen.
was tried before a jury which returned
verdict of guilty. and Judge Towner
sentenced Steen to the penitentiary for.
a term of two years. This case Is as
follows: Oscar Sieen aud William
aTombley went into a conspiracy to de-
fraud a girl from High Point township,
this county, out of her property, she
owning forty acres Of land. BY recon-
mendation from steen the girl mar
red Tombley. altho she had never for
merly known him. They had been
n ell
;suaded her to sell her land, which She
did, and he got possession of the money.
$500, and deserted her Steen also left
the neighborhood about the same time,
leaving his family. After short time
ne returned and was rather rash with
money. which aroused suspicion, conse-
louently he was arrested with the above
result. Tombley was convicted and SEN
fenced year ago and mas been serving
his time since then.
ESatula.
While Jim Petersen was sitting in
Charles Lambert's restaurant he went
soundly asleep. and in spite on all en-
iorts made he could not be awakened.
The boys in the restaurant at the time
shook him. tipped him over in the chair,
and tried many other means without
success. Jim would get up. walk about
the stove and again seat himself In a
chair without The least difficulty. but
his eyes We're tightly closed and towards
the last resisted all efforts to wake him!
up. Finally he walked out of the res
taurant and proceeded down the street.
towards home, some of his friends fol-
lowing him to see that he arrived home
safely He Went down Main street for a
couple of blocks, then turned east
towards the river at the corner just
west of G. G. Eldredge's residence. and
going the river bank waded out INTO the
cold water up to his knees which awak-
,ened him with start. Jim had not the.
slightest recollection of his actions and
could hardly believe his friends state
ments when told what he had done.
.LeMars.
Jacob Hernepout, who had been con-
fined in the county jail ia. a few days,
became violently insane on the st, and
1T was feared that he would do himself
an injury as he dashed himself against
tie side of the cell in which he was cor
fined and inflicted several wounds on
himself. He imagined that he was be-
ing pursued by persons VINO wished to
poison or shoot him. His mania is due
10 brooding over troubles superinduced
by protracted spree. He had been
drinking heavily for the past month and
his condition is no surprise to those who
know him. He was sent to clarinda.
The annual meeting of the golf
club was held at the Office OF j. u sam
mis-. b. Nicholson was made president,
\ 4 Tr1,1rr ix.tx,
ledge was reelected captain of the
green. The executive committee are A
A. a. Cline, Is. +. Yates. l.. T. Cumber-
halch p. l.. Brick. j. T. Sammis and
T.. A. Dalton. The club has eighty-five
members and the finest of golfing links
in the northwest. This is Its third sea-
son.
Rockwell City.
L. c.. Nagel is here from Big Rock to
superintend the preparations for build
ing Nage Bros. big Touring mill here
The Milwaukee company has not YET
laid out the side track, but surveyors
are expected here soon. AS soon as the
track is laid Mr.. Nagcl Will go back to
Big Rock and begin shipping mill ma
terial here. They hope to have the mill
ready for operation by August /.
Andrew Wood & Company have decided
or another big Improvement, made
necessary by the rapid increase of their
butter and egg business This is an
other brick building, or rather large
addition to their butter factory that viii
nearly double its present floor space.
The building is now 30x5p, two stories
high. of solid brick. Mr.. Wood has
bought NJ. Knapp's lot on the west and
VIII make the addition 20x50. two stor-
les. Calhoun county soil has been
changing hands at the rate of a million
dollars a month. For the twenty-nine
days from February 16 to March is,
inclusive, in the year 1901. the Advo-
Gates weekly abstract of the county
show real estate transfers
to the large sum OF sl.o63,-
ll1.63.
Waterloo.
Bernard Wright. the eight year old
son of Engineer Douglas Wright, had
most miraculous escape from being in
atantly killed Saturday afternoon BY
two barrels of lime, upon which he was
riding In dray wagon, falling out and
himself falling between them. He in
company with some other boys had been
catching passing buggies and wagons,
on the north side of the Illinois Central
yards. and riding short distance and
then Jumping off, and the passing dray.
loaded with barrels of lime, caught their