Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-23
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

the hill the holdback strap broke and
permitted the buggy to run upon the
heels of the horse. While the animal is
. very quiet one. 1t became frightened
and started down the hill on the run.
Mr.. Ockershausen was thrown out and
struck telegraph pole at the side of
the street, INJECTING painful injuries.
Woodbine.
NJ. l.. Eby has opened a law office in
the !. o. O. f. building and will do a
general collection. law and real estate
business. Mr.. Eby is we'll known in
this vicinity, having coached the re-
markedly successful foot ball team
here last fall He formerly played on
the great Iowa team during the height
of its fame.
Iowa City.
e. A. Miller was the victim of run
away recently. His horse started to
kicking as he was crossing the Ralston
creek bridge on Burlington street, be-
came unmanag eable and dashed across
the tracks and over the platform of the
Burlington depot. Mr.. Miller was
thrown out and badly bruised, but es-
capped without serious injury. The
front of the wagon was all kicked to
pieces.
Humboldt.
Farmers are all complaining OF the
lack of moisture. A small rainfall OF
thirty-three inches fell a short time
ago, but it did not hold to the soil very
much One riding thru the country
will often see great piles of dirt which
was blown up by the recent high wind,
one farmer southwest of Humboldt
having had a long line of his fence COW
cred up so one could walk over the top
of the fence with ease.
Avoca.
A transcript in the case of Iowa vs.
Charles H. Hilliard was filed in the of
fee of the clerk of courts last week.
The defendant is charged with embez-
Element as supervisor of Harrison
county. He has been removed from
office. The district court of Harrison
county granted change of venue and
sent the case to Avoca for trial. The
case against the other supervisor will
be tried in Shelby county.
Clinton.
Work has been commenced on the
new stock yards of the Northwestern
which are to be located on the north
side of Mill creek, across the stream
from the present yards. A force OF
about $50 men were put to work. with
q large number of teams. and the work
in hand is of sufficient magnitude to
keep this large extra force busy until
perhaps late in the summer. A steam
shovel had been set up on the ground,
and commenced the work of excavating
Monday morning. Two train crews are
employed on the work.
Walnut.
A wrestling match was pulled of
here Saturday night before a large and
enthusiastic audience. The contestants
were Frank Coleman and Dan Murphy.
Coleman won the first fall in twenty
eight minutes, the second in eleven and
half minutes, lost the third in nine
minutes and won the fourth in four
teen minutes, thus winning three out
OF five falls. Coleman weighed 160
pounds and Murphy pounds. A great
deal of excitement was created and
as to the outcome, the most unique of
which was $40 being placed by Chris
Spoo on Mr.. Coleman against a wafer
spaniel pup.
Des Moines.
President Harry Polk, of the Inter
urban Railway Company, is figuring on
telephones on all cars on the
interurban lines. During the past week
en- agent of a telephone company has
been here to confer with him on this
subject. The telephones provided by
this company connect with the trolley
wires via the trolley poles, and this
wire In return can be connected either
with the central exchange of the tele-
phone companies or with private wires,
so that connection with any tele-
phone can be obtained wherever the
cars may be, the same as thru an in
strument placed in business house or
private residence.
Clinton.
Two Clinton saloonkeepers have been
arrested for violation of the provisions
OF the mulct law, with regard to clos
ling. Anton Reiger had papers served
on him recently, the Information
charging him with keeping his saloon
| open after the prescribed time, the al
| legged offense having been committed
last Friday evening. Fred Steiner was
notified to appear in the police court to
answer to the charge of selling liquor
on Sunday 1t is alleged that he sold
liquor last Sunday in the rooms in the
second story of the block. over his so
| loon on Fifth avenue Both cases were
heard in Judge Fink's court Monday
afternoon. Mr.. Steiner was fined sec
and costs. Dan Fluke, has bartender
also paid fine for selling liquor on
Sundays.
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