Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-04
THE PRINCES LATEST GIFTS.

fornia. They never met until they
were introduced to each other recently
| in Washington. Yet the two men had
the same great grandfather, Richard
Bard, whose experience during the
French and English war of 1856 1850
was as thrilling as any romance.
|
The Des Moipes Register says April
10 is talked of as the date for the adj
journment of the legislature. 1t ought
to get thru by that time.
An important suit to come before the
courts of Mason county, Illinois, will
test the right of private individuals to
control navigable waters and their
Inavigable tributaries. Men of wealth
have leased or purchased most all of
the hunting and fishing grounds in
Tazewell, Fulton. Mason and Menard
counties and established preserves
which entities only members of the
clubs to hunt thereon. Recently three
hunters We're indicted by the Mason
county grand jury and will fight the
case with the financial aid of others.
They will deny the right of private in
dividuals to close the nayigable marsh
es and streams tributary to navigable
rivers.
1t is said that there are at present
Of !,
York city than in all the rest of the
country combined. The mileage in the
metropolis is 119; in the rest of the
United States 107.
The water board of ST. Paul are de-
manding of the city railway line a more
careful attention to stray electric cur
rents. which the board claims, have all
ready done $4,000 damages to the city's
water service by electrolysis Of the iron
pipes The company deny much of the
allegations made by the board and the
matter will be submitted at special
meeting called to consider it. The trou-
BILE seems to a lack of adequate con-
ductors to return the electricity 10 the
power houses and owing to this lack
the current seeks the water mains.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat no.
tees that March came in like a South
Carolina senator. Maybe it will go out
like a resolve to expel.
The mayor of the little town of
Fiorissant, Mo-, will according to re-
cent decision of the board of aldermen
receive an annual stipend of 81. The
salary of the aldermen was fixed at
the same amount and an ordinance
passed taxing all drummers for trade
$50 yearly for the privilege to sell or
deliver goods within the city limits
of Florissant. The town is a prosper
Gus one and has recently erected an
electric lighting plant. 1t has money
in its treasury and apparently wants
more.
The year '02 is already distinguished
by its record of great fires, and now
great floods are beginning to make an
Impression.
The inventor OF the gatling gun has
beaten his sword into plowshare and
turned his inventive genius from the
field of battle to the farm. One of the
exhibits at Louisiana purchase expos
ition will be pillow invented by Cat
ling and bearing his name. 1t is said
to be as great marvel in way as the
gun is in the line of destruction.
Krag- Jorgensen mowers and Colts
threshing machines are next in order.
There are In France 2,S64,O0O dogs.
an average of rs to every 1000 human
beings. Irish dogs, curiously, come
next, with a percentage of 70 per 1000.
England has only 3S per thousand, Ger
many 81 and Sweden only IL.
Woozy Willie-Lady, an unfortunit
man is goin' ter hev a funeral Could
you contribute cents?
Aunt Sally-My poor man, here it is.
When does the funeral take place?
WooZy WILHELM about tree seconds.
mum. I'm going inter "Jim's" hotel bar
an bury me face in beer-Judge.