Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-19

bowling parlors late Saturday night.
Edevoured a few pies and took fVe
dimes from the cash register, which hc
broke into by prying with sort of
buggy spring. He was captured by
NightWatchman Ewing on the east side
Of the square later While trying TO
break into y hardware store.
About 100 teachers are IN attendance
at The Washington county normal y
stitrte. which convened for two
weeks session.
Muscatine.
Col. D. V. Jackson, who was at the
head of the Fiftieth Iowa regiment,
and has been county attorney of Mus
catine county. will succeed Judge Bran
nan on the district bench. Col. Jack
son was the choice of the bar of Mus
catine county in a spirited fight in
which Hanley and Richman We're can
ddates for the nomination The con-
vention is to be held in Davenport
this week The other three judges of
the Seventh district, Judges House.
I3ollinger and Wolfe. will be renomin
ated. Judge Brannan retired volun-
tarily after twenty four years on the
bench. The nominations are made by
a bar convention.
Cedar Rapids.
The $4,000 damage suit of Lavlna
Hilscher by Carl Hilscher against the
Chicago e Northwestern railway has
been transferred from the district
court Of Cedar county at Upton to the
federal court in this city. A synopsis
of the petition was given in the Gazette
at the time it was filed. The plaintiff
ella inns that she M n Of n h.
western passenger or rather showed off
, because she had passed the station
which was her destination. She clair.s
not to have heard the station called
out by the brakeman and that she was
permanently injured by her election
from the train and has been a partial
or complete invalid ever since.
Forest City.
A serious accident occurred last Sun
day afternoon, near the junction
school house. in which Miss Anna
Nicholson sustained broken leg and
Miss Tillie Lewis number of severe
bruises. The young ladies. We're out
riding and while turning corner
near the junction school house, the
buggy was upset. throwing them out
on the hard ground with the above
result. j. r. Lewis a brother of Miss
Lewis was in another buggy just be-
hind when the accident occurred,
and brought them to town, where
they received the necessary medical
attendance. The horse in some way
got tangled up in the wheel of the
buggy, and was also quite badly hurt.
Muscatine.
Milton Shearer, the mayor of Let's,
and a number of citizens of that plac 2
We're in MLscatine recently, having
brought with them the 12-year-old son
of the Rock Island agent of that place.
who was TO be examined under an X
ray machine belonging to DIR. A. J
Weaver. Ore of the boys legs is
shorter than the other, and 1T was
thought the bone was diseased and
called Cor such an examination. A
young man in the party, who had been
in the army in the Philippines, was al
so examined. He had been shot and
the bullet still remained in his body,
sometimes causing him considerable
pain. The bullet was located close to
the ribs on his side and a photograph
made, showing it's exact location. He
will probably have it removed in a
short time.
Waterloo.
Col Alva Page has just received
well-earned recognition from the state
of Iowa by receiving from George A.
Lincoln, state game and fish warden
a commission appointing the colonel Il
deputy warden. The commission diff
fers from that of most deputies in
that the authority conferred is not re-
stricted to airy locality, but is made CO.
extensive with the state. Under this
commission the colonel has the power
to arrest any one whom he finds violat-
ing the fish or game laws Of the state
District court convened Tuesday
morning and adjourned until Monday.
June %. The case of the Waterloo De-
velopmant Company VS. the b., c. r. &
NJ Railway Company was tried Mon
day and the court took the matter un-
der advisement and 1t will be decided
during vacation.
Ft. Dodge.
The grading camps in this vicinity
have recently undergone a visitation
Deputy Dairy Commissioner H J.
Evans, of Des MoineS, who has been
investigating the quality of butter
which is being furnished the men there
employed. Mr.. Evans conducted the
elimination for the purpose of de-
termining whether or not oleomargar-
inc, product which cannot be used I'M
less labeled, was being used as butter
by the laboring men. One camp of the
Great Western at Harlan, occupied by
men who are at work on the grading
for the new Omaha extension was in
spected by means of a serach warrant,
and sample of butter was taken
which is believed to be an oleomargar-
inc product. 1t will be analysed and it
is reported that if the suspicious of the
inspector are confirmed arrests will
follow among those who are guilty of
furnishing it.
Mason City.
A good many people in this city
witnessed a big blaze northwest of the
city about ten o'clock Saturday night
Some thought it was the Northwestern
shops burning but as fire always looks
to be much nearer than it really is
The fire was the burning of the largo
house on the Hughes farm, about
three miles northwest Of the city, pc
longing to the Ed Hughes estate. The
Shecketigasts boys rented the farm
That day MI ana Mrs. Sheckengasts
had gone to Rockwell for a visit Ed
ana Charley were at home when the
storm set in. They noticed that it was
fierce hut of course did not realize
the danger. Suddenly there was a