Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-01

iowa City.
Theodore Anderson. former librarian
Of the law library, has struck 1t rich in
Washington state. He and his brother,
F. f. Anderson, and friends have Sc
cured their title to the Barring iron
nine Copper has also been found In
the same mine. With $4,000 to 10000
tons Of ore in sight, running from 81 to
65 per cent pure, the former Iowan's
future is certainly bright one, says
the Republican.
Mapieton.
The Rodney wagon bridge over the
Sioux river broke down. Tuesday eve
Ming last, as about sixty head Of cat
tie were passing over 1t. At the mo-
ment Of falling twenty seven head were
on and went down with it, only one of
them being killed while many of the
others were injured, some seriously.
The bridge had been built several years
and was a combination of wood and
iron The cattle 1t is understood be-
longed to Z. d. Erskline Of Grant
township.
Burlington.
At special meeting of the CONNER
cial Exchange in the rooms Of that or
ganization Monday evening a commit
tee was appointed to investigate the
feasibility of an interurban electric'rail-
way. The club has decided to take a
hand in the project If the committee
return a favorable report. Mr.. Hol-
brook, who is the engineer sent here by
the new street railway company, was
present at the meeting and when called
upon spoke interestingly of interurban
electric lines and said, speaking from
an engineering standpoint, there was
nothing to prevent a roads being built
thru Augusta and Denmark and on west
and south.
Britt.
Young Danreuther shot white
blackbird last week west of Britt, and
presented it to ]. A. Treganza. who will
mount it. 1t is a genuine albino. They
are rarely seen, althO an occasional one
is found in the large focks that gather
along the river. Twenty years ago there
were myriads of blackbirds nesting
every summer in the tall grass along
the river, but of late years they have
been decimated BY late fires that burned
the nests and by other causes. Former
~ they were the greatest pest on the
npening corn that the farmer had to
contend with. Thissspecimen is of the
!, same species as the purple grakill.
Dubuque.
A large number Of divorce suits have
been filed for the October term of court,
and with two exceptions are not sensa-
tional; one is the case Of a groom de-
sorting the bride Immediately after the
marriage ceremony and not returned
The other suit was filed Thursday af-
ternoon, entitled Florence Keith vs.F.B.
Keith, in which the plaintiff claims to
have been married in Decatur, Ill., on
Dec. z, 1900. and lived together as mar
ried until March S, 1901. She further
states that he left her without informa-
ton of his intention to do SO, and that
he went to Waterloo. Iowa. where on OF
about the 21st of November, 1901, while
still her husband, he married young
woman named Minnie Smith, repre-
senting himself as single man. there
by becoming bigamist. The plaintiff
brings further charges against the de-
PENDANT and Minnie Smith. The plain
tin requests the court to give her back
her maiden name, If a decree of divorce
| is granted. The plaintiff does not know
where the defendant is; II she did she
could have him arrested for bigamy.