Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-25

person next Monday cannot enter the.
schools. That is the ulttmatum of the
board and Superintendent Kratz has
been instructed, to carry 1T out.
The improvements to be made upon
the government building in Sioux City
will consist Of repairing the roof, which
has become leaky in places all plas-
tered walls and ceilings will be cleaned
for painting and three coats of paint
are to be applied. The court room Will
receive some especial decorationain gold
leaf. All the woodwork in the building
is to be revarnished and CLOSED and
the radiators will be cleaned and re-
bronzed About $4,000 is to be spent.
Burlington.
The Hawkeye says there are a few
practical jokers in Burlington One Of
whom is Jim. He has two associates.
When the first of these entered the Of
flee yesterday afternoon, he found u
note, saying: Dear Partner:I have
been pinched. Help me if you can"
The address of the justice shop was APP
pended. Partner No. never stopped
to wipe his glasses, nor to draw his
breath, but rushed off to the j. p.' es-
tabhshment. Three minutes later on
the third member of the firm dropped
in and ere he had removed his over
coat, he read the message and sped to
the relief of the unfortunate partner.
There We're three more What they
said when they discovered that Jim
had simply been compelled to serve as
juryman would not look we'll in print.
But, some day. they will get even With
Jim
Council Bluffs. vi 5SFHEE
Bonnie Barton, aged 10 years. who
threa tened to run away from home be-
cause his father wanted to sell his
Bantam chickens, was arraigned i po-
lice court Monday morning. Sunday
afternoon his father had fouud him in
the Northwestern yards waiting for a
freight train and had delivered him
into the hands OF the police. Bennie
was very mad and sullen when taken
to the police station and, said, that he
would run away IL he ever was given
the chance. After spending Sunday
night in the jail his temper claimed
down and when taken before the judge
Monday morning he had relented some
what and seemed sorry that he had
ever allowed the sale Of his favorite
Bantams to come between him and his
happiness at home. He was released
and sent home on weeks trial for
good behavior.
Iowa City.
The most important arrest of the year
was made by Sheriff A. Hoffer at Scion
Thurslay afternoon when he took II. 6.
Palmer. alias George Brewer, into Gus
stody on the charge of stealing sheep
from the farm of j. q. Adams and his
brother, Myran Adams. j. q. Adams, a
prominent farmer of the vicinity of So
Ion missed ten head Of sheep which
Were stolen from his pens on the night
of September 10. and January twelve
head were stolen from the farm of
alyran Adams. The thefts We're re-
ported 10 Sheriff Hoffer who went quiet
~ at work and the arrest is the culmin-
alton Of his effort covering period OF
a mouth and a half. Palmer, alias
will have to extricate himself
from net of extremely damaging evil
dence if he escapes a term of years in
the penitentiary, where he has already
served a term.
Carroll.
The Carroll Herald says E. NJ. Par
sons has been feeding few sheep on
fiss big farm west of town and he is
pretty we'll pleased With the first ex-
sperience. Last September he went to
Omaha and bought 1,600 of western
,yearlings which he shipped to his farm.
he fed them with the usual care, tho he
had had no experience With sheep. But
along about the close of the year his
stock was IN excellent form and he sold
400 head in Chicago. Later he sold $50
more and these topped the market. Not
for six months had their equal been
seen in the market. Last week repre-
sentative of Cudahy came from Omaha
and bought the rest of the herd and
shipment Will be made this week. Mr.
Parsons considers his sheep venture an
entire success and gays that he Will buy
q similar lot next autumn. He Is feed
ing 400 head of cattle now and has over
800 head of hogs all doing splendidly.
Algona.
Samuel Wayne was in town Monday
trying to strike up a trade With Clerk
Carr for a piece of land he owns He
says he goes TO Oklahoma in about TWO
weeks. He is one of a COMMITTEES which
will locate about 10000 acres of land
which actual settlers will take at once
and develop. Several in Bancroft are
Interested in the scheme. $50. a
number of young men in town have
guaranteed the payment of the short
age of George Bailey, city treasurer.
and the prospect now is that everything
will be Strengthened up at once The
bondsrnen will have to carry the heay-
lest burden, but Mr.. Bailey,ssfriends be-
lieve that he will devote his entire en-
ergies for a series of years to paying off
these claims, and that in the end they
Will all be reimbursed Mr.. Bailey has
certainly found some very loyal friends
in a time of need, and their present ac-
tion ought to encourage him to take a
new tack in steering his future course
says the Upper Des Moines.
Clear Lake.
Monday was an ideal day for ice boat
ing and the fleet of fast ones took full
advantage of the favorable conditions
and pulled off a series of four cham
races. The course used was the
one TO the stake near the Forest City
roads, which is used for boat races, in
the summer, and back to town, making
a fye-rnile course. Each race was to
sail over the course twice, the first boat
in on the last heat being the winner OF
the race. In the morning strong,
steady, full sail breeze was blowing
from the northwest, but in the after,
noon this had died down to a shifty,
fitful wind. which blew steady at no
STAGE of the parao E7o,,,.. Hoo T., 49,