Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-30
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The DOings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

a result of an accident at West Bur
lington. Mr.. Lovegreen is shippin'
clerk at the Murray Iron Works foun
dry at West Burlington. The othe
morning he billed out II car of casting
and decided to ride up to the office OF
the car He stood on the ladder at tn
side of the car and, as his car passed ;
sidetrack, he struck another boXca an'
was thrown to the ground, receiving
several bad bruises about the RICH
shoulder and arm.
Dawes.
Secretary Nicholson, Of the creamer,
company, has paid out over $4,000 t.
patrons of the creamery for May mill
and cream-the largest sum ever paio
cut in single month. During tina
month there We're 16S patrons sending
milk to the creamery. The price paic
per pound for butter fat was % cents
At present there are over 1T5 patrons
and the month of June will so consid-
erably ahead of May.
Fairfield.
David West was arrested recently or
o charge of assault with intent to kill
preferred by his wife. The couple were
married in Wapello county year or sc
ago and because of Vests abuse the
woman finally left him at point in
Missouri and came to this city. West
went to the home of Mrs. Margaret Nc
Kinney, where his wife was staying,
end after severely beating her at
10, m hny 1.f,if l,,f
was stopped by persons attracted by
the woman's cries.
Shenandoah.
The city authorities have served no.
tice on the merchants that the sale OF
firecrackers would be prohibited in
Shenandoah. The same law will be en-
forced that has prevailed for the past
two or three years. 1t is a good law,
tho those merchants who have stocked
up on fireworks think they are being
upon when the sale is ordered
stopped. On the other hand those citi-
Zens, and there are lots of them, who
object to the noice and frights occa-
stoned by firecrackers would think they
We're being imposed upon if the sale
was not stopped.
Shenandoah.
The trial of s. A. Grant, picture
agent, charged with cruelty to animals,
the specific case being that of over
driving horse so that he fell dead in
the harness. was held on Friday after
noon and resulted in the acquittal of
the defendant The latter in turn has
started suit against the proprietor of
no livar1, CT n;n
ton and asks $1,000 damages. Before
Grant was arrested he had paid half
the agreed price for the horse, and
when arrested at Atlantic offered to
pay S15 more, the understanding being
that he should pay for the animal in
nstalments as fast as he could carr
he money.
oes Moines.
Mr.. c. E. Perkins. Second vice-Pres-
dent Elliott and Fl. C. Mutt. superin-
endent of Iowa lines, were in the city
Wednesday making an inspection Of the
route. The visit also had
some connection with the new station
o be erected in the city in the near flu
ure. The Burlington proposes to erect
l new station house on the site now
by the old building at the earl
est possible date. Plans are being
lrawn and the work Of construction
will begin soon. No definite announce
nents have yet been made as to the
character of the new depot It is known
hat the cleaning out Of Whitechapel is
n pursuance of this Improvement.
hastings.
Mabel Wilson, daughter of Perry Will
on, one Of the prominent farmers of
anderson township, while wedding a
mall flower bed Saturday, was twice
itten by rattle snake, and for a time
Ter life was III great jeopardy. The lit
lie girl had reached in among the flow
es to get handful of weeds, when the
make struck her below the second |
pint of the right hand. The father i'm
1ediately began sucking the wound to |
raw the poison out and then killed a |
hlcken and placed it on her hand and |
hortly after the hand was packed in
lud, in which it remained for eight
ours. The girl had a convulsion be-
1re the doctor arrived, but the treas
lent doubtless saved her ire, for it is
ow thought she is out of danger, tho
ne still suffers considerably. There
GEMS 20 be great number of rattlers
lis season and it would be wei! for
arents to take every precaution.
uffaIo.
The young folks and some of the
der ones We're Saturday held spell
ound by the frightful and shocking
ctons of two young girls of perhaps
. or Is summers and claiming Rock
land to be their home. They made
conspicuous by their fire.
uent promenades up and down the
ost prominent thoroughfares and
aing peculiar remarks to some of
lie young boys, who, for idle curiosity,
Ave them an audience and otherwise
,using excitement by their swearing