Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-15


Stephens church and that the first
service will be held next Sunday Jan
| 10Th MIR. Chambers is man under aO
years of age with family. The chill
dren are being educated at Gr,nnell
and the desire of the father to be near
them is the reason ST Stephens is TO
be favored with his services.
Ayrshire.
Mrs. p. F. Mcguire of this town. who
sued the Great Northern railroad for
contents Of emigrant car and her nus
| bands death which was caused by the
car being burnt between Garner and
Fargo in March, 1906. has just been
granted Judgment for S14,SOO in the
court just held at Pipestone, NMinn. The
company settled the action for con-
tents of car by paving the widow 81
$50.
Brayton.
A double accident occurred at the
home of Elmer Fowler near Brayton.
The little son was injured while at
play, In such a manner as to break
his collar bone, and his mother, who
was not at home at the time, was not
flied In her haste to reach her child
she fell into barb wire fence and cut
her hand very badly. In the same
neighborhood the little child of Ross
Hewlett was badly injured by being
kicked by horse.
Mt. Pleasant.
One of the boldest robberies COM
sometime Sunday afternoon. Some
.,.{s fnr hn
drug store of Allen OFT on North JEFF
ferson street, and took about $I5 in
cash from the safe which had been left
open. The front and back doors to the
store were locked. and entrance was
made by removing one of the back
windows. This was easily done. as the
windows We're not fastened in very Sc
curely 1t is not known whether the
theft was committed by one or several
men. but they evidently made straight
for the safe and lost no time in clean
ing out all the money. both in bills
and silver. which it contained. In all
they got about s75.
CenterviIle.
Centerville relatives of the shonts
family have received special invita-
lipflS 10 dlleIiu Tie "tuuiilS ilSpN
dora Shonts to Duke de Chalnes next
month. 1t is likely that Mesdames ].
l.. Sawyers, Henry Goss and G. w.
Sturdivant sisters of Mrs T. P.
Shonts, the bride. will attend the we'd
ding, but at this time have not fully
decided. Centerville society is deeply
interested in this coming wedding of
one of her former daughters to the
foreign nobleman, and are watching
the newspapers for every scrap they
can find about it. Miss Shonts was but
a mere child when her father was a
struggling young attorney in Center
vile, but is we'll remembered here by
people who lived here at that time.
and her frequent visits here have re-
newed and kept up the acquaintance
ship.
Tracy.
Postmaster Robert 7. Garden claims
the champion Iowa ear of corn for
ear of the famous yellow variety,
sixteen and one-half inches long, six
and one-half inches in circumference
and has sixteen rows of sixty-eight
kernels. A second ear of the same
variety Is fourteen and one-half inches
long, seven and one-half inches in cir
conference and has fourteen rows Of
seventy-one kernels each, making a
t,tal Of 994 kernels This corn was
raised by Jacob Howser of Scott town
ship. c. Utter, neighbor farmer, re-
ports 1900 bushels of corn which has
been developed thru many years by
the farmers Of Mahaska county and
was named several years ago by Post
master Garden, the Mahaska Chief, aft
er the old Indian, Chieftain Mahaska,
from whom the county takes it's
name.