Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-19

Des Moines.
w. O. Curtiss of Des Moines, has
given the Des Nioines home for the
aged check for $500, which is one
of the first gifts in a campaign that
| will be made to secure 100000 en-
dowment fund for the institution.
Grundy Center.
w. Il. Watkins and son have had
the task the past week or two OF
shearing $50 sheep. They will finish
this week and the crop is estimated
at about 1900 pounds. Wool is worth
about IL cents at present. The sheep
raising business is profitable one
when understood. This year the shear
ing was all done by hand. Next
year Mr.. Watkins expects to use
power shear.
Dubuque.
A petition was filed in the office of
the clerk Of the courts Friday by Mrs.
Sarah j. Fenton, who asks for judg-
ment against the city for the sum OF
$4,000. The petition alleges that on
the 21st of last February she slipped
and fell at the corner of Tenth and
Locust streets and broke her left .rm.
Mr.. p. j. Nelson, her attorney, has
servde the preliminary notice on the
May term.
Dolliver.
Otto Void, of Maple Hill, has
commenced suit against the Western
Union Telegraph Company for $4,000
damage for the failure of the COM
pany to deliver a message in a rea-
sonable length of time to him in North
Dakota after being paid for and sent
from Maple Hill. The message was
notifying him of his fathers death and
asking him to come at once. The case
is in the April calendar and will prob
ably come on for trial at this term Of
court.
Shenandoah.
j. w. Shunick was badly hurt
last Monday, by being thrown from
Kearne, southeast of Farragut, where
he is at the present time, not yet
having recovered sufficiently to be
taken to his home. He had gone down
there that day and Will eturning quite
short, the high wind caught the load
and upset it, throwing him down on
the ground hard, and injuring him in
ternally. Nm bones were broken, all
the injuries being to his back and in
ternally.
.EddyviIle.
DIR. Avery, of Hiteman, was a bust
ness called Wednesday,, looking after
the probability of forming a company
for the manufacture of brick at Eddy
vile. His proposition provides for the
manufacture of brick from sand by a
process entirely new and different from
the "sand lime" brick, and looks like
a fine article. He met a committee
of the Commercial Club and it was de-
cided to have an agent of the company
that installs the plant, visit Eddyville
in the near future and steps will, be
taken to push the enterprise.
Council Bluffs.
Charged with the betrayal of a
working girl 20 years old, James Has
sett of Papillion, Neb., aged SO, former
county judge and county attorney of
Sarpy county, Nebraska, is under ar
rest at this place awaiting extradition
to his own state. He was appreaend-
ed yesterday by Sheriff McAvoy, who
came from Papillion to get him. Has
sett asked to be given his libert.-,
promising to remain here, but his re-
quest was not granted. After lis
bail was fixed at $500. He
could not furnish it and went to Jail.
centervilIe.
There We're five elephants in an
express car which was attached to
Rock Island train No. IL, passing
thru Centerville Thursday morning.
They We're part of a consignment
Of elephants from the orient that
were sold in New York recently. |
They We're bought by circus owners
and the Sells & Downs circus pur-
chased five. The Sells circus has been
in winter quarters in Topeka and the
animals will join the circus at that |
place. The circus will open the sea-
son in Topeka. April 20, aud then, af-
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