Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-25

in town, and will until May, when he
will put them on his farm eight miles
out, and run a regular buffalo farm.
He also has eight Aberdeen cows that
he will cross breeds with. A fine hide
for coats is secured by this cross. A
good COW costs from $500 to $500
which makes a buffalo herd a rather
expensive luxury. On the plains the
cows breed every other year, but when
we'll fed they will breed every year at
ter four years old.
Shenandoah.
Then Shenandoah suspects who are
confined in the Clarinda Jail on
charge of having murdered Oscar Mil
Ter at the Wabash sand house in this
city during the winter time tried to Ell
feet their escape from Jail by saving
their wa yout They had secured an
old case knife and from it manufact-
ured a saw with which the yhad par
TALLY cut thru one of the bars of their
iron cage when discovered. Sheriff
Foster has since taken one of them to
Bedford and another to Council Bluffs
for safe keeping.
Red Oak.
Daniel Artley met with painful and
serious accident Wednesday forenoon,
which will incapacitate him for busi-
ness for some time. He had gone to the
hay NOW of his barn to make some re-
pairs, when a defective board broke
with his weight, causing him to fall to
the floor beneath. In the fall he
struck his side against some obstacle,
causing the breaking of several ribs
and internal injuries of a serious ma
ture. Nh. Artley will recover from the
of pain and inactivity.
independence.
At a meeting Of the directors of the
Driving club last Thursday evening 1t
was voted to pay a dividend of SIS per
share on the stock of the club. The
club was organized In 1894, with $25
paid in on each share. Six meetings
have ben given at which a total of
nearly s125,00O has been disbursed to
horsemen in stakes and purses. The
club still has considerable amount of
assets in the way of suspensions for
unpaid entrance fees, much of which
will eventually be collected No steps
toward giving meeting this year have
been or will be taken.
Clarinda.
Real estate in Page county is on the
move and has been for a year, but the
greatest number of transfers have been
made since January / that have ever
been recorded in the history of the
county. For the period commencing
January /, 1902, and ending March IA,
1902 the transfer of both farm and city
property amounted to the unheard of
sum of s1.s49.562.19. and for the two
weeks ending March Z, they reached
$1,056 265.43. For the same period a
year ago the transfers amounted to
ssO1 ALSO, and for the same period in
1900 they were s501,167.
Fairfield.
Fairfield is now assured of an other
new manufacturing industry. Messrs.
Meek and Ketchum, Of Bonaparte.
have concluded arrangements for the
of handle factory,
bonus of $1,000 is given
them by the citizens of Fairfield. The
raising Of that amount is practically
certain. The factory will be located
on tract of land just north OF the c..
B. & @. passenger station, on which an
option has been secured. Twelve men
will be employed at the start and the
will be increased as the num-
Der business justifies.
Sioux City.
The suit of the First National Bank
against the estate of H. H. Clough. to
set aside deed to q 2SO-acre farm, ex-
ecuted by Mr.. Clough before his death,
and transferring the farm to his son,
IA. r. Clough, was dismissed Friday,
and a full settlement made. A stlpula- |
ton was placed on file and recorded in
the of the county recorder. BY the
stipulation the farm will be sold to B.
NJ. Stoddard. of Slse,ra for $4,000. or
the remarkable price of s89.2S an acre.
There are very few improvements on
the farm. and the price represents al. |
most entirely the value on the land.
Sac City.
In the case of the State of Iowa VS.,
Charles Pellersels, OF Sac City, the de-
fendant withdrew his plea of not guilty I
and entered plea of guilty of selling |
liquors in Sac county
within one year. The county attorney |
the plea in lieu of the charge
n the indictment. Pellersels was fined |
$50 and costs of the action and paid his
fine. In the similar case Of |
the State VS.. Ed Roos, of Odebolt a |
plea of the same nature was accepted |
and the defendant sentenced to pay q |
fine of SIS. which. it is understood, he
will pay. If not paid he will stand COM
nitted to the county Jail for twenty
i've days
Clarion.
The trial of the case of the State of
Iowa VS.. D. T. Blodgett was concluded |
Thursday. and the jury brought in a
verdict of not guilty. The defendant |
IN the case is an agent for school sup
plies, and sold to the directors of Troy {
township nine sets of mathematical |
blocks at $25 per set. He secured a
for payment signed by the
president and secretary of the board,
lna had 1t cashed at one of the Eagle |
Grove banks. Later the directors met
md repudiated the purchase and the
bank made a state case of it. and had
3lodgett arrested for obtaining money
lnder false pretense, the trial resulting
Is above stated.
saIix.
A tree was sold to the school district
lear by by A. F. Bigelow, and it fur
lished enough fuel to do the school all
vi and fbara 10 ,,,ora <bo,