Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-23
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
SANDER Suit Against Woman Remand
ed to District Court-Other News.

Especial to Times Republican.
| Grinnell, Feb. 23.-Superior court
lheld a short session yesterday morn
ling. and adjourned for one week. The
SANDER case of Ethel c. Harmon VS..
Maggie Wells, both Of Montezuma,
was removed by motion for change OF
Venue to the district court, to con-
vene in Montezuma in March. There
are four jury cases on the docket OF
the superior court here, and the jury
| is summoned for duty next week. The
| first case to come before jury is that
of Cessna against Martinson, to collect
an alleged unpaid debt on heating APP
Eparatus put into the defendants resi-
dence. The next jury case is Breeder
against Chidester, for collection of
commission on land deal. The third
is Bogart against Hink, for damages
accruing from a former suit of Hink
against Bogart for alleged forgery OF
note of hand. The fourth is Holmes
against Rivers, to recover in trade OF
real estate, because of alleged misrep-
resentation of values by defendant.
The case of Wilson and jacobson
against John Carter, for loss incurred
by failure of defendant to deliver corn
as contracted, has been settled out OF
court.
The proposition to build two new
school houses in Chester township, at
a cost of $1,S00 each, and to open a
new road between sections ~ and "a
for convenience of reaching 'che
schools, is one that will stir people
of Chester to unusual activity at the
coming school election in March. The
districts to be thus benefited, it the
proposition carries at the election, are
No and No 9.
Chester people are congratulating
themselves upon the improvements
now under way and soon to be COM
pleted in the Congregational church.
one of which is the commodious and
conveniently arranged basement re-
Gently planned, which will aid greatly
in all future entertainments there
In spite of the many and oft re-
peated obstacles encountered by the
management of the proposed Water
loo. Pella and Southwestern railroad
and the seeming impossibility of go
ing ON with the work when the exc
cutive council recently refused TO give
permission to bond the road for the
sum per mile that is absolutely neces-
sary to build it over the rough country
in the southern part of the proposed
route, the officials have not gwen UP
hope, and are bending all their ener-
gies to obtain the repeal of the pres
emit law, or such change in 1T as VIII
enable them to complete the proJecl
upon which they have already spent
SO much time and money. Petltlohsi
have been in circulation for some Gays
in this city. and are receiving almost
universal signatures, praying the
house and senate to take action Tor
the relief of this and similar improve
ments that now are, or may in the fu-
t,1re. be projected. Grinnell people as
a whole. seem to be very much more
il, favor of this road since it begins TO
appear an impossibility to get 1t, than
when the proposition was before the
neople at first, for the voting OF a tax
in it's aid.
Report comes from Kellogg of the
serious injury of Arthur Benson, whose
home is in the country north OF that
town, on Sunday morning last. AS ne
was crossing the Rock Island tracks,
the fast mail came suddenly upon MIN,
iniuring him severely, killing one OF
his horses, and smashing his VENICE.
At the present writing it is not known
here lust how serious are his injuries.
2 4 committee of three from the BUS
mess Mems Association of this city,
d. %. Kemmerer, M. w. 'Swfsher and
Fred Card, met Mr.. Charles Moody, er
Searsboro, yesterday morning IN TINS
CITY. and all signed the contract for
~, DIV tSQ6H1prV
Company's plant and business to Grim
nell, as soon after the first OF April as
possible. Mr.. Moody's present lease at
Searsboro expires at that time, ana
suitable location will be selected mere
for him by that date. Mr.. Moody has
growing business, and needs shipping
facilities and the advantages OF a.
growing town. His removal here means
the addition of half dozen or more
families to the population at once, ana
more later.
Superintendent Eugene Heneay, Of
the city schools, went to Chicago last
night to attend the meeting of the gu
perintendent's section of the National
Teachers Association, which is to be
held there for the next three days.
The Poweshieks met last evening at
the Monroe, for special Ladies
Night in celebration Of Washingtons
birthday with a paper by Prof. Paul
F. Peck, on Some Aspects of WASH
ington," and a five course banquet.
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over night
are quickly cured by Foley's Honey
and Tar, and it soothes inflamed menu
branes, heals the lungs, and expels
the cold from the system. Mcbride &