Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-22
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

not some one been right there to eX-
tinguish the flames. Mr.. Harding was
not injured In the least by the shock.
GoIdfeld.
Godlfield is having a smallpox scare.
A couple of cases are quarantined near
Thrall. and it is said one of these was
in Goldfield before the character OF his
ailment was known, and that great
many people were exposed. Results are
being closely watched.
Washington.
Dave Monro paid Charles Lower 60
cents per bushel for 5000 bushels or
corn-sl, 500 at one whack. Beef can't
be low on GO cent corn and $40 hay.
This corn had been held over from the
years when c. L. grew seventy to elgh-
ty bushels per acre, says the Press.
Anamosa.
The city of Anamosa has just granted
a new franchise to an electric lighting
company there. The city is to pay
s6s.16 each year for 1000 candle power
arc lights, all night every night or $oi
for the same lights on moonlight
schedule. The franchise is given for
ten years.
Rowan.
While Bob Morris, son of Wilfred
Morrsi, was at work in a field near
James Brooks farm in Iowa township
Saturday afternoon, that lightning
struck and killed both of his horses and
injured the boy, SO that he has since
been confined to the house. 1t is SAID
that one leg was blistered from the
knee down.
Cedar Falls.
Monday morning S. A. Bates made
voluntary assignment of his stock OF
groceries to II. S. Gilltey, and the doors
were closed to take an inventory. MIR.
Bates friends regret the misfortune
that has come to him. He has kept a
first class grocery store, employed most
efficient and obliging clerks, and 1T is
hoped the suspension may be only tenn
porary.
Mt. Pleasant.
John Hallehan was found dead Sat-
urday evening in clump of brush
west of the TX" line track in Saunders
grove The deceased was unmarried
and about 40 years old. For the past
five or six years he has been employed
by Purdy & Norman as a stone cutter.
ioOhN
and Sheriff Norman took charge of the
remains and gave him decent burial
Vinton.
Great preparations are being made
at the fair grounds for the meeting OF
the Cedar Valley Race circuit, as well
as we'll as for the annual Benton coun-
ty fair The dates of the former are set
for July and 4 and the latter for Sep
TENDER 3, 4 and 5. A stable containing
thirty box stalls is being built and the
track is being worked daily. 1t is the
intention of these two associations to
give lovers of good horse flesh a chance
to see some fine tests of speed and both
meets will be largely patroni2ed.
Waterloo.
Deputy Game Warden La Tier is still
fish law of the state. AS the result of
his efforts three more men were arrest
ed and taken before Justice Kuhr s..
Two of the men We're fined $50 each.
which they paid The third victim was
Ace Cole. The justice sentenced him to
| imprisonment in the county Jail for
thirty days. The men were all guilty
/ of fishing with trot lines, thrown more
than half across the river and using a
number Of lines instead of only one as
| the law provides.
Usage.
A law case of unusual Importance
and interest is OCCUPYING the district
| court in this city just now--the case OF
| w. D. Runge against j. III. Chairman
| and wife. Last fall or summer Mn.
/ chatham listed his farm of 100 acres
! for sale with Sawyer 81 Woodland for
! S67.50 pc racre. They induced Mr..
Runge to buy it at that price and $50
was paid to bind the bargain, the ball
ance to paid In cash on delivery OF
deed. Mrs. Chairman refused TO sign
the deed and Runge is sueing to compel
| Chairman to execute his contract or pay
! damages for failure to do SO.
Waterloo.
1 For a few hours Monday there was
! in the United States express office in
| this city a good-sized steel wire bound
! box, containing one Of the most pois-
onous reptiles of the plains, q deadly
| ella Monster. 1t was being shipped
from Salt River valley, Arizona, to Il
gentleman at Palo, near Cedar Rapids.
/ The monster was about eighteen inches
in length, and in many ways presented
| the appearance OF a big lizard, but its
1 forked tongue and wicked eye gave
| those who looked at it something of the
feeling they have had when reading OF
/ the deadly work of these venomous
reptiles.
Sox City.
Mayor Caldwell has decided that
hereafter prosecutions against persons
for the maintenance of nuisances ouch
as smelling offal heaps and piles OF
garbage will be made in different
manner Heretofore such offenders
have been prosecuted and fined after
due notice has been served upon them
Hereafter a notice to abate the NUS
lance will be served. If the order has
/ not been complied with in twenty four
hours the city will have the nuisance
! removed at the expense of the owner
occupant or agent of the premises and
for each day of failure to comply with
the order forfeiture of $40 will be also
charged to him.
Cedar Rapids.
Tipsie clark, the young girl who
swore out the information against her
father Spencer Clark, on the charge
of incest, has disappeared and can not
be found The hearing OF Clark was
set for Tuesday afternoon, but because
the officers have been unable to locate
the girl the preliminary was continued
| RI Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
girl appeared in the office of County
Attorney Clemans and asked If she
might withdraw her charge. She was