Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-24

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ing very strong, caught the large ooor'
which Is swinging on hinges, as soon as
1t was unfastened and he having hold
of the hook and was unable to let go
and was thrown with tremendous force
against the barn sustaining serious
injuries
Early.
Quite good deal of excitement was
created here by very thinly- clao
crazy man, who had escaped from MS
home near Schaller, and who was found
wandering about the streets here. lie
was returned to his home.
Reinbeck.
The old Fred Weiss farm of 24O acres
four miles northeast of town which has
recently been owned by Henry STANCE,
was sold last Monday to ]. r. Stewart
at $40 per acre. Mr.. STANCE has owned
the farm only about four months and
cleared up about $1,000 on the place.
Davenport.
Wednesday morning City Clerk AL
bert j. Smith was served with original
notice of a suit against the city IN
which the sum of $4,000 will be asked
by Adeline Poston for personal injuries
alleged to have been sustained by her
by reason of the negligence of the city.
Moravia.
Mr.. McFatridge has sold his tnsur-
ance business to O. o. Wolf and is de-
voting his time and attention wholly to
the telephone business. He says he
now has 1875 country telephones CENTER
ing in the Moravia exchange and ex-
poets to have at least 200 by next
fall.
Sigourney.
Thomas Glandon had James Sinclair
arrested few days ago charging him
with assault with intent to kill and
claimed that the defendant had drawn
a shot gun on him on the Oath day OF
February when they met in the road
near Martinsburg. Sinclair was dis
charged.
Jefferson.
The upper thirty feet of the big
stack over the Electric Light Com
pany's boilers took a plunge to terra
firrna last Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Cav
anaugh noticed in the morning that 1t
was rocking badly in the gale, and up
on investigation found that the sup
ports had given away.
lmogene.
Work has been commenced on the
new church, midway between here and
Shenandoah. The foundation is already
laid. The chapel will cost $1,000, and
will be q union church, supplied by
h
and will have no membership, as the
people will hold their church affiliations
elsewhere.
Brit.
The conductor who ran the train last
Saturday night, that brought the ex-
cursionists home from Albert Lea, ex-
perienced a very rough house" A
gang" from Leland and Lake Mills got
gloriously drunk, and took possession
of the smoking car and when they got
thru with it there was very few win
dows left in the coach.
Patton.
A young man stepped off the south
bountd train Monday evening claiming
to be wild west cowboy and proceed
ed to show the boys what a great man
ne was, but being pretty well filed with
liquor his behavior was such as to
cause his arrest and Mayor Palmer
gave him ten days to board with Sher-
if Anderson at Jefferson.
Davenport.
on the bulletin board at the Rock
Island arsenal an order has been posted
that forbids government employees to
solicit an increase of pay. Each en-
ploye Of the arsenal has been handed a
copy of the order in compliance with
the instructions of the secretary OF war.
The order applies to all employees I'M
der any Of the executive departments
Corning.
Mr. Smith, a liveryman in this city.
was mulcted in the sum of $33 by two
canvassers who quietly left for parts
unknown. He discovered Wednesday
where they are and found that they are
canvassing at Avoca. He sent Consta-
BILE j. nj. Shipley to Avoca. There is
another deal which one of them may
figure in an attempted assault on a
young lady here, which proved unsuc-
cessful.
Reinbeck.
JOnn II. 0ITOSaul, WHO I1lOVGU TeCSllt-
ly from Grundy county to Stockton, Ia.
had the misfortune to lose one car load
of household goods, farm implements
and seeds of all kinds by fire. The car
was on the side track awaiting to be
unloaded and the fire was discovered
about midnight. There is no clew as
to how the fire originated and the loss
is total.
CentervilIe.
Rev. j. P. Wilson, of Moravia. arrived
in the city Wednesday accompanied by
hin son, William e. Wilson, aged 25,
whom he took before the commission
ers for the insane for examination. The
young man was given an examination
and was adjudged insane. being taken
in the afternoon to Mt. Pleasant where
he will be placed in the hospital for the
insane.
Council Bluffs.
Ed Leavitt was arrested early Thurs
day morning by Captain Denny and
Detective Ed Smith on a charge of
stealing chickens. Leavitt had a num-
Der of the birds concealed under his
coat and the rest in a sack over his
shoulder. He pleaded guilty to the
charge in police court and was fined
500, which he will serve out in the
county Jail.
Glenwood.
John d. Wright, well known citizen
and retired farmer, died at his home in
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