Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-19
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PeIIa.
The salary of the Pella officials
have been raised, as follows: Mayor,
5000 to $500; city solicitor. SIS to $3.50;
clerk, $3.50 to $200; marshal, $40 to
$50 per month; all the rest being year
/ ly salaries.
jefferson.
The grand jury has indicted Ira
Dillavou on a charge of wife deseltion,
same being under a new statute
passed two years ago by the legisla-
! ture. He was placed under arrest by
Sheriff Wilson and released under
bonds of $1,000. The Dillavou family
moved here several years agosfronl the
| Scranton neighborhood.
Council Bluffs.
Altho freight business locally is said
/ to be fourishing, the agents for the
various railroads express the belief
that the immigrant business is suf-
ficient just at present to take up all
their time, if they had it to give to the
work. Freight traffic generally is said
to be good with an exceptionally
heavy run on agricultural implements.
Shenandoah.
Mr.. G. A. Wenstrand, who has for
the last four years been Identified with
the Swanson Manufacturing Company
as its treasurer, and who has severed
his connection with that corporation
officially, has purchased the hardware
store of Morrisey & Ineichen in shen
andoah and on April 1 will enter into
the full management thereof. He has
taken in with him his son, David
Wenstrand, who has been assistant
cashier in the Page County Bank at
Clarinda for the last three years.
Logan.
In the explosion of a kerosene lamp
at his home G.. F. Menching, tele-
phone lineman of this city, narrowly
escaped injury The lamp, which was
of new kind that vaporizes the oil,
was burning with too high a flame
taking it in his hands, he set it upon
the porch. A moment later the lamp
exploded and burning kerosene was
scattered in all directions over the
porch and the yard Considerable dam
age was done to the porch, but the
blaze was extinguished before the rest
of the house was greatly damaged.
Clinton.
Mystery surrounds the disappear
ance of William Groharing and Leon
Cleveland, a couple of Thomson fish
ermen, who, their relatives believe,
have met death in the waters of the
mississippi river. The empty boat in
which the two men went fishing Sun
day afternoon was found floating: be-
low Thomson by parties who were out
searching for the men. Some of the
nets and paraphernalia We're found in
the boats, but there was no trace of
the two men. whose absence can not
be accounted for in any other man
ner than that they were accidentally
drowned.
Uttumwa.
A novelty in mode of transportation,
one that bids fair to supplant the old
hand car for bridge builders and car
penter gangs on the Milwaukee has
been introduced at the local yards of
the company. A new and very sub
stantial looking motor car, propelled
by electricity, has arrived and will be
used by Foreman Carpenter Kilbridge
on the east division. Another car for
C. A. Kellar is expected to arrive
soon. The cars have a great carrying
power and a complete gang of car
carpenters with quantity of material
can be conveyed at a fair rate Of
speed on the cars.
Davenport.
In the case of William F'arber VS..
the other claimants to the property
of Mrs. Ann Waterhouse Judge Boil
linger rendered a decision setting
aside a deed conveying a $50 acre
farm on the Wapsie from Anna Wa
terhouse to William Farber. 1t seems
that Farber bought the farm for
consideration Of $500 and a short
time afterwards the woman fed. La
ter Farber brought suit to secure
clear title but their heirs contested the
case, claiming that F'arber had not
paid half the value of the property and