Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-28
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

An Iowa city woman, widow of 9
soldier, was married a Few weeks since
and settled down to a renewed lease OF
happiness. She had been in receipt OF q
pension of IS per month and some
weeks after marriage learned that her
stipend from the government ceased
with her widowhood. Then she called
upon Judge Byington to annul the mar
rage. She said she needed the money
more than the man, but the judge mas
so far proved obdurate.
School teachers wages vary consid-
erably in different Iowu cities and
towns. The average monthly salaries FOR
grade teachers in the principal cities
are: DUBUQUE, $40; Des Moines (west),
$6s.O6; Des Moines (east), 1890;
export, $500; Cedar Rapids, S4s.26;
Council Bluffs, $56.67; Eeokuk, $5S.45;
Marshalltown, $3.50; Sioux City,
s56.s7; Waterloo teast). $3.50; Water
loo (west), s44.29. DUBUQUE. 1t will be
noted, is lowest IN the list. The only
cities In the state of 5000 population or
over in which the average salary is low
err are Belle PLANE, $2a.47; Charlton,
sss.15; Fort Madison, $34.40; Maquoke-
ia, s39.45.
A little boy recently came into a
North Fourth avenue store IN ms clty.
AS a birth had occurred at the laos
home a few days previous the proprie-
tor asked him how he liked his new
sister. Don't like her" said the boy;
.cries all the time" Then why don't
YOU change her for a Boy" the
merchant. Cant take her back now
replied the boy; We've used her three
days"
DIR. Murray, of Carrollton. Mo, tells
the following remarkable story to he
Republican-record about his dog. he
insists the story is true, but wisely re-
Trains from throwing IN an atf1davlt
with it.: "A short While ago some boys
from Mr.. Murray's neighborhood went
to the mineral springs. and the dog
followed them. Near the springs the
dog discovered three little dead pigs
lying in a ditch, and he brought them
UP to level ground and laid them out IN
a low. He tried several ways TO get
hold Of all three pigs. SO that he could
carry them home, but failed IN eacn
effort. He left them lying on the bank
and was gone quite a while, n when
he came back he had a bucket In his
mouth. Depositing the bucket on the
ground, he picked the pigs up n at a
time, dropped them into he bucket,
picked the bucket up and trotted home
with an air of triumph. Severe of the
neighbors say they saw the dog pass
ing with a bucket in his riouth. but adj
nit they did not know what it con-
tained."
The prize cat story Of the young CEN
fury comes from Syracuse. "A grocery
man recently gave a brewer an old cat
and four kittens a day old. The brewer
took the lot and locked them up in his
brewery for the night. When the gro
Ger came downstairs the next morning
he found the cat and her four kittens
asleep on his doorstep. The brewery
was four miles away, n the kittens
were toe young to walk more than a few
steps, so the old cat had carried each
one in her mouth four miles.
crawford-In what way does New
rich show he has travelled all over the
country?
Crabshaw-He has named his daugh-
tiers after the Pullman cars he has rid
den in.
Out in Chattanooga they tell this
story of civil war days: Chattanooga
creek was the dividing line between the
outposts of the federal and confederate
armies, and during a lull in hostilitfes
the pickets Of both cultivated one
others acquaintance, having agreed not
to fire on one another. One day when
the captain of the union guard saw