Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-27

Teachers Association, to be held a.
Washington, Iowa, on April and D.
State Game Warden Lincoln was home
Monday and put In the day replying tt
an immense pile of correspondence tina
| had accumulated on his desk during nj:
absence at Madrid, Iowa, where he Wen
to look after the prosecution OF q mar
named Thompson. charged with vioiat-
ing the law by shipping quail out of the
| state. The defendant was found guilty
and sentenced to pay fine of 500 ane
costs. which he did. promising Mr. Lin
coin that hereafter he will observe al
the provisions of the game laws.
Sioux City.
The union carpenters of Sioux Cit.
will this spring ask an increase In wages
| from 25 to 80 cents an hour. This VII
be the first effort made by the union fol
a higher wage scale. j. j. Lessen
Iich will build handsome modern
three-story brick annex to the Chicago
House this spring. The building Will &c
up Immediately north of the present
hotel and will face west. 1t will cost IN
the neighborhood of $4,000. There VIII
be basement under the whole length
building are 36x150 feet. 1t will be
heated with steam and have all modern
appurtenances and appliances.
Iowa Falls.
The Sentinel claims that Weber &
Bennett are about to put an invention
on the market that will revolutiontZe
the ordinary Lennox gasoline engine.
The new engine has no gearing and is
controlled by ball-bearing governor,
which gives 1t uniform speed. The
mechanism is very simple. The piston
rod works directly on the balance wheel.
and there are only two springs about
the whole contrivance. The complete
engine has been made in their shops
here in the city in less than months
time. A patent has been applied for
and the firm. before long. expects to add
sufficient men to produce all the ma
chimes any trade may demand.
Washington.
Press: Blackbirds appeared Sunday
Feb 2S and Phil Bratton saw two rob-
ms the day before, celebrating Wash
ington's birthday. Usually. we are lucky
in seasons IL we see robins before mid
March. and they are a fortnight ahead
of blaclkbirds. Now they are contem-
roraneous. blaclbird was feeding
under Frank Stewards plum trees. He
did not scratch leaves like a hen, but
with his bill, sending them several feet.
He kept his old gait, a walk. never a
run. as with the robin. He leisurely
walked over patches of snow. as if he
were used to it. The same old notes
Il watery, muddy gurgle. as If straining
his voice thru a swamp reed. And vo-
calization is so much of an effort. he
can't get note out without ruffiing his
feathers and holding his wings akimbo.
Robins and blackbirds are naturally
flesh eaters, loving the fatted and pot
ted worm. but when the ground is froz-
en- they exc out with seeds Frozen APP
pies are godsends to them.
Clarinda.
j. n owen, of Bingham. who was in
town Saturday. says all the farmers
last year getting all the way from So
TO 500 per acre for their land. Several
of them have gone to Missouri and
brought other farms at from 30 to 90
per cent of what they received for their
Iowa homes. Others have gone to other
states and localities, all getting much
cheaper land. but Mr.. owen is not pre-
pared to say that they have bettered
themselves any. Page county is still
good enough for him. and he viii hold
on to his farm. The Herald says:
Matt Hunter was on last Saturday sem
fenced by Judge Parrish to the peniten-
tiary for life for the murder of Homer
Holland last November. The jury found
Hunter guilty of murder in the second
degree, but the judge in giving the ex-
treme penalty showed plainly that he
thought the verdict should have been
first degree. The difference between
a life sentence for second degree and
a life sentence for first degree is that
in second degree the governor may par
don n prisoner, but in the first degree
the pardon can come only by act of leg
islature.
Eldora.
The Herald says: Young Sharpshear of
Rock has no doubt learned
that it is not always safe to come to
Eldora and fill up on bad alcoholic slim
ulants any more than it is safe to do