Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-02

The Ladies' Aid of the Friends
church will serve a chicken pie sup
i per in the basement Of the church
Saturday from to p. m.
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1 Mrs. Ora Parish, Of Grinnell, VIII
has been visiting at the home of her
father Mr.. c. r. Peterson, for few
| days, returned to her home this morn
ing
When you clean house this spring
you may need some new pieces of fur
niture to replace the worn out. Our
line is unexcelled anywhere, and our
prices are right. Marion Gard.
Remember the auction sale OF house
and lot on paved street. s13 North
Third avenue and Lee street, city, to-
morrow at o'clock p. m. on the prem
Uses. See Peckham & Smiths ad
page 3.
If you want good tin roofing see me.
have had years of experience and can
do the work as well and as cheaply as
anyone. Let me figure on your tin
roofing. M. D. Huston, West Main.
Shollenberger's old shop.
The regular meeting of the Women's
| Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist church will be held with
Mrs. Ella McKim. 1887 West State
street, Friday afternoon. Mrs. H. P
Duffield will be the leader
C. c. st. Clair cashier Of the City
National bank, and G. c. Urine, assist
ant cashier of the Marshalltown State
bank, went to Oskaloosa this morning
t0attend the meeting of group No. 10,
of the Iowa State Bankers associa-
ton.
A double funeral was held at the
soldiers home assembly hall at this
afternoon, when the flag draped bodies
of Ezra G.. Young and Thomas Ford
We're laid to rest in the home cemetery.
services.
Mrs. Agnes Plowman, of this city,
who was adjudged insane by the COM
missioners Tuesday, was taken to the
hospital at Independence Wednesday
She was accompanied by nurse from
the institution, who came for her, and
Mrs. Huber, of this city.
The meeting of the Fourth ward Y.
NJ C. A. boy Bible class Wednesday
evening was held with Balus Olsen at
the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. B. Olsen, 40 East Linn street. Mr.
Lissinton was leader for the evening.
After the lesson Mrs Olsen served re-
freshments.
A committee from the retail grocers'
association, consisting of j. F. Tug,
George Reynolds and G. w. Schick, was
in Clear Lake Wednesday looking over
the ground for the purpose of selecting
a place to hold the annual picnic. An
other committee, composed of George
Olson, H. v. Speers and Samuel VIII
hau, went to Iowa Falls this morning
on similar mission.
A poverty social, enjoyed by crowd
of about fifty, was given Wednesday
evening in the basement Of the Chris
tan church, by the Christian Endeavor
society. Invitations spelled in an anus
ing manner had been given out, and
the proceeds from the penny fines
charged for various offenses and the
light refreshments served, amounted to
a neat sum. A spelling match and
other amusements entertained the
crowd.
All testimony in the hearing of objec-
tons to the benefits assessed along the
proposed way of the Story Marshall
county drainage ditch was introduced
Wednesday, at the second days hear
ing before the joint boards of the two
counties. The boards will go over the
route of the ditch. and whatever AUST
ment of the assessments that are to be
made will be made later. The joint
board met in Nevada today to make
arrangements for advertising of bids
for the digging of the ditch.
James Clark F. S. Weaver and Ed
Hayes Iowa Central engine and train
men, went to Searsboro this morning
to attend an official investigation of
the circumstances surrounding the ac-
cidental killing of an old man named
John Rutherford, of Oak Grove. Ruth
erford was killed by the engine Clark
was driving Tuesday, about five and
one-half miles south of Grinnen. The
old man was attempting to chase some
of his cattle off the track. when the
train, consisting of the engine. one car
and the caboose, came in sight from
the south. Mr.. Rutherford. when he
heard the train coming, got off the
track, and stood just outside Of 1t on
the end Of the ties. 1t is presumed
he was so intent upon watching the
cattle, which We're being overtaken by
the train, that he did not realize his
danger At least he made no attempt
to move. and the end Of the pilot beam
struck him. throwing him down a
thirty-foot embankment. The three
cattle were also killed Rutherford
was a brother-in-law of Peter Hanson,
of the soldiers home. Weaver was
Clark's fireman, and Hayes was in
charge Of the train.