Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-16

nishing of water power to mills, fac
tories and other plants using motive
power. The incorporators are Charles
F. Francis, E. Hugo Schmidt and Geo.
Mengeli 1t is understood that the COM
opposite Grand isle for furnishing mo-
tive power for the manufao uries along
the Rockingham manufacturing dis
trict.
Gilman.
A most remarkable thing was that
wherein one Of Fred Gould's mares car
ried colt (rather colts) year and
ten days The mare is a six-year-old
clydesdale and was bred to shire
stallion, and last week she was deliv-
erred of two male colts. one being alive,
fully developed and thrifty, the other
being only ABOUT eleven inches long
and dead, but was well formed.
Ida Grove.
Seventeen cars of cattle were shipped
from here to the Chicago market Mon
day evening, as follows: Robert Lip
ton, II cars; Alex Dalgetty, cars:
Luke Welch, cars, and Ben Buell., Z
cars Twelve cars of stock We're ship
ped Tuesday evening as follows: Coates
Bros, Z cars OF hogs; Smith & Haun, 2
cars Of hogs; r. p. Walrod. car of
hogs, and Jacob Altman, cars of cat
tie.
FontaneIIe.
The rains have seriously interfered
with corn planting this week. Fortu-
nately they have been warm rains and
no anxiety is felt for the corn already In
the ground. ~ Clyde Knouf and Ed
Champlin found two hawks eggs while
hunting near the Grove school house
recently, and brought them home and
set 'em under hen. They Matched out
all right and there are two hawklets in
town.
Minso.
The work Of stretching the wires of
the new extension of the Mingo Farm
ers Mutual Telephone line is nearly
completed. When completed the ser
vice over our farmers line will be sec
ond to none in this part of the state.
The installing of rural free delivery
and telephones has revolutionlzed
things for the farmer, and his advan-
tages are now in many ways superior
to the people living in town.
Des Moines.
Bell Bernstein Of Oskaloosa was
placed on trial Thursday morning on
the charge Of concealing part OF the
assets of the firm of Bernstein and
Polofsky, which went into voluntary
bankruptcy year ago. Three lnaict-
ments are held against Bernstein. Two
of them charge perjury. The thlrd
charges the concealment of assets. trial
on the first two has been deferred un-
til a decision is reached in the third.
Hawarden.
The Northwestern Railroad company
has party of surveyors at work max
ing survey southeast from the Bader
bridge, which is about two miles south
east of town. The Northwestern COM
pany is also preparing to build a new
bridge over the Sioux at this place.
The new bridge is to be fine steel
structure and Will be erected and the
old one will be taken out without any
suspension of traffic. Eleven car loads
of material for the false work are here
and work will soon be begun.
LeMars.
f. FL. Smith, a smooth young duck,
who has been working insurance IN
this county, was sentenced In the dis-
trict court by Judge F.. II. Gaynor 10
twelve months in the county jail. lie
was convicted of stealing a watch from
the house of Fred Couch In Elkhorn
township The judge read hinlea lee
ture and said he would not send him
to the penitentiary on account OF MS
youth and the stigma 1t would brand