Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-06


News Of GrinneII and Vicinity.
Special TO Times Republican
Grinnell. Dec &C. E. Decatur. who
has been for nearly a year in From
burg, Mont, at work in connection with
the tile factory. has returned and will
remain here for the winter
Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Moyle announce
the birth of son whom they have
named w T. Moyle, Jr
In connection with the coming corn
contest and short course to be put on
here in the latter part of January 1t
is now being planned 10 have a poultry
| exhibit. the exhibitors to have their
birds scored free and get the benefit
of the lesson in scoring and the adj
vertising, but no premiums to be Of
fered
/ The Indoor Baseball League games
are going on as merrily as ever, the
Elks having put in team to take the
place of the spauldings. who with
drew on account of difference Of
opinion regarding certain fixed charges.
+ On Thursday evening the Elks played
their first game against Company K
and were defeated by IS to H.
! The next meeting of the Poweshiek
s County Medical Society is announced
for the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 7, at
! the Hotel Monroe, in this city. One of
the items of especial interest for that
meeting is that DR.. B. L. Eiker, of
/ Leon, a member of the state board of
health. will be present and address the
j society on the subject of "Pellagra"
1t is stated on good authority that
1 the gas company has ordered the lamps
for the street lights that they promised
the city when the franchise was
granted and that. as soon as they ar
rive and the weather permits. they will
! be Installed The posts are to be of
( ornamental pattern, sixteen feet high,
and the lights are said 10 be of 400
candle power The intersections of Sec
ond avenue and Park, State. High and
East streets have been selected, to-
gether with that at First and High, as
the best places for locating the new
lights.
AT the meeting of the Des Moines
( District Dental Association in Des
Moines. Or. l. G.. Lemley of this city
was reelected secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adkins, who live
near Westfield, announce the birth Of
a son at their home.
Mr.. Cherry White of Malorytown,
Ontario, Canada, is visiting at the
home Of his brother. Orrn White, Of
This city This is the first time the
brothers have met for ty-four
years.
The preliminary examination Of L.
Crawford of Chester township in the
court of Justice j. F. Wilson of this
city on Friday last on the charge of
assault with intent to do great bodily
nJury on the person of Ray Runner re-
suited in the putting of Crawford under
$500 bonds for his appearance before
the grand jury at the next term of dis
tllct court AT Montezuma. Runner is a
young man and almost deaf. He had
engaged to do some ditching for Craw-
ford ard went to the field where Craw-
ford was picking corn to have him go
70 the ditch and nea sure it and day for
the work era wford testified that. he
told him he would go when he had fin
shed the row of corn he was husking
which Runner denies. Crawford claims
that Runner threatened him with a
knife and says that he then went to
the team and unhitched one of the
horses and took off a singletree, and
in self defense. hit Runner over the
head with it severely injuring him. In
the judgment Of the justice the plain
tiffs own statement was sufficient evil
dence to bind him over.
The meeting of Chapter 70 Of the
Congregational Brotherhood has beer
changed from Tuesday evening to Fri
; day evening of this week
} : The Iowa College Y NJ &C. A. has
organized a special basketball team 70,
: the winter sport, with Scott McEachror
as captain and o. 3. Matthews as man.
: ager. There is a goodly squad of col.
legians who have passed their eligibil-
ity period from which material may bt
chosen besides Ziegler, Turner anf
: Klein, who are still in college work
The team will meet the Des Moine!
and other Y. M. C. A. teams and any
y college teams that may have time an
willingness to come here on such term
n as the team may be able to offer.
: l. j. j. Corrougl, of this city, wen
n north on Saturday morning to attent
n the funeral of E. J. Evans at Pipestone
MINI. Mr. Evans was well known her
0 having had some children here in col
lege a. couple Of years ago and proceed
: ing that time. He was a brother 0
Judge Evans, formerly of Hampton blu
now on the bench in Des Moines
e, At the recent annual election Of tn
Odd Fellows lodge of this city the fol
lowing officers We're chosen: N. G., 7
L. Connolly; V. G., E. P. Bonsall; sec
rotary, Samuel Nelson; financial sec
rotary, c. H. Kingdom; treasurer, F. F
Marvin.
In the November term OF the distric
court which closed last week Ed John
son was found guilty Of assault wit
= intent to commit great bodily injur