Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-29

fractured Skull. Mrs. Hilliker is SUD
ject to dizzy spells and she was taken
with one of them while at the head of
the stairs which was the cause of her
falling. She is very stout lady, weigh
ing about $50 pounds, which would tend
to make the results of the fall all the
worse.
Onawa.
w. l.. Smith, county attorney, has
caused a notice to be served on William
Wise, of Onawa, and H. Holloway, OF
Whiting, for a temporary writ OF in
junction restraining these persons from
selling liquor at their respective places
of business on account of failure to
Pay the mulct tax. as provided by law
Judge Gaynor will hear the application
at Onawa May 90. . /. William Brown
q prominent citizen of Blenco, is in the
Monona county jail in default of $500
bonds for failure to keep the peace.
Aleona.
Professor R. e. Towle, supernten-
dent of the Algona schools. in COM
pany with ten Cornell University, N.
Y. men, will make a tour of Europe
including Beyreuth Festival, Rome and
Athens As a body of college fellows
they expect to meet with many phases
cf European life that the average
traveller does not see. They will rough
the passage on a cattle ship, see much
of the lower and middle class life OF
the countries they visit and with per
and camera secure views of foreign
life that may be unique.
Dubuque.
Of th.A r1,n n nI
during the past year will not be marked,
With the usual marble headstone The
members of the Hyde Clarke post have
endeavored to get the stones but the
demand on the government is SO strong
that it will be some months before
Dubuque gets its quota. There have
been SO many soldiers die in the Phil
ippines and other places that the gov
eminent is kept busy supplying head
stones. Until the marble slabs come
the graves Will be marked with tenn
porary slabs.
Shenandoah.
The Page County Sunday School AS
sociation will hold two day session in
Shenandoah Wednesday and Thursday,
June and 5. Ample preparations have
been made to care for all out of town
delegates and also for the teams of
those who drive in. The officers OF the
association are County Superintendent
OF schools q. III. Colbert, president;
Messrs. Charles 'unniliffe r. H.
George. G. S. Haniey, William Orr, w.
E. Morrison, J. J. Bezner, l. w. Abbott
and Mrs. Maggie Dill. Mrs. Sarah Da-
wilson and Maude Jewett, vice presi-
dent and executive committee; Rev. ].
b. Barley, secretary-treasurer.
Villisca.
Wednesday afternoon Leslie Beard
and several companions were having a
drunk at Boards house, when Beard
became wild with liquor and smashed
up his own furniture like Carrie Ma
ton In Kansas joint. After demoEsh-
ing everything but the carpets, he
himself kicking his wife out
appeared and hauled him off to iail. |
Mayor Gibbs next morning imposed a |
fine of $50 and costs. =. force of la
borers were at work all night long fol-
lowing Wednesday, keeping the drifting
debris from the temporary bridge over
Middle river. The recent heavy rains
had swollen the stream into perfect I
torrent.
A fire started some time Monday in |
he coal shed of the Franklin black |
smith shop in South Muscatine gave |
he employees of that esta blishment and |
he button factory a stiff fight Monday |
evening and night. AT $50 in the eve-
hing it was discovered that fire had
started in the coal shed, where nearly /
l car load of coal was stored. The men
began to shovel out the
,oal in the hope of getting at the fire. In
short time the gas became so bad
hat a few men could work but a short
line, when they were relieved by 9TH
RS. This thing was kept up until about
Midnight, twenty-seven tons of coal
having been shoveled out during that
ime. The fire was put out and the
property saved.
Clinton.
Some time during the night or this
morning burglars forced an entrance
nto the residence of Mrs. c. w. SLOT
lemeyer, 2S5 Seventh aveue. The
hieves got away without detection,
ND left no clue behind. However
heir visit was attended with well-near
atal results to Mrs. Stottlemeyer, who
lad q narrow escape from asphyxia-
ion. At this morning the young lady
in the Stottlemeyerfh home de.
ected the odor of gas in the house I,
Iaking an investigation. she discov-
red that the gas in Mrs. Stottlemeyers
DOM had been turned on, and that the
occupant was lying on the bed, in an
condition. A physician was
astily summoned, and the lady was ;
,iven prompt attention, and later i'll
he morning recovered, altho she is still
weak. 1t is found that the thieves, who
lad gained entrance thru the from.
DOR, had stolen a gold watch and SIS
n money. The police are at work or
he case.
t. Dodge.
Sorrow has etered the home of Mr..
d Mrs. John Davis, who live just
cross the upper river bridge, thru the 4;
disappearance of their 16-year- ola
aughter who left home on Friday
vening, and since then has not been
cen or heard from. The parents have 5
Exhausted every means which they are
bic to employ in searching for theii
ost daughter, and are almost despair
ng of learning her whereabouts. On
'riday evening the girl was seen to
rive away in a buggy with young
IAN. Since then her disappearance
as been complete, and the greatest
"A of the parapts jS that she has bean