Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-31
Southern Io1ua Items

day, when Marguerite. daughter of J. c.
Heese, the weahhiest man in Shelby
county. and it's pioneer lumber mer-
chant was married to NJ. Schomers
Preparatory to the welding feast for the
500 families invited, thirty bushels of
potatoes, fifteen quarters of beef and
1875 kegs of beer was ordered. The we'd
ding was one of the notable events of
| this section, and was conducted in the
regular old fashioned German style.
Williamsburg.
Morris Jones who has been visiting
with his father and brother in Madi-
son county, New York, for the past
five weeks, returned to his home Sat-
urday. Since leaving there twenty
years ago ne notes great changes in
his old home county, especially in farm
operations, and in land values. His
fathers farm of $50 acres at one time
valued at SIS per acre is now on the
market at $4,000 and no takers at that
He reports number of farms in the
same vicinity as wholly abandoned by
reason OF their appropriateness.
Oxford.
The work of surveying the streets Of
grades is about completed. j. G. Thorne
of the Iowa Engineering Company OF
\ Clinton has charge Of the work for the
| city. total of 1900 feet of cement
1 sidewalks will be put down here this
summer All streets will be brought
] to grade and lawns and parkings will
:, city. The Eastern Iowa Telephone
/
three story building on Main street. it
will cost about $4,000 and will be &C.
cupied by the central office of the COM
pany.
Rutledse.
| Mrs. James Spears, of Rutledge, who
| is quite a zoologist, has in her possess
| sion two 'possums, a male and female.
| The female has given birth to ten
young ones, which Is quite remarkable,
as wild animals seldom raise their
young in a state of captivity. In size
they are about the size of rat with
head larger than their body Re-
Gently the male 'possum tried hard to
kill the young ones and might have
done so. but for the mother who beat
him off and guarded her young It
was thought advisable to take the male
and put him in a cage to himself in or
der to avoid future hostilities.
Abba.
Charles L. Griffin, who has travelled
with all the big sircuses in the capac-
ity of side show manager for the past
quarter of century, has returned
home broken in health. He was under
contract with the Ringing Bros. this
| h1It ,,,hn hn hot he
was breaking down he asked to be re-
lieved for the season. Mr.. Griffin tour
ed Europe with the Buffalo Bill shows
and 1T was necessary for him to learn
several different languages in order to
make a success of his department. The
study and hard work was too mucn
for his nervous system and when he
returned to this country his health was
greatly impaired from the strenuous
life.
Muscatine.
James Dermedy and Otto C. Seid-
litz appeared in court, and by the re-
quest of counsel their cases were con-
tinued until Tuesday morning, june
1, the bond of $1,000 each, remaining
in force. Both are charged with con'-
tempt of court for violating injunctions
issued against them, and 1t is under
stood a stubborn contest will be made
when the cases come up for hearing
Mr.. Dermedy 1t is alleged sold intoxi.
eating liquors in building known a:
the Hotel Grand, while an Injunction
prohibiting the sale therein was II
force, while the basis for the Seidlit;
action Is an injunction against the de.
PENDANT personally. granted June II
1908. The Injunction against the Ho
tel Grand was secured In 1893, =. M
Kessinger being the plaintiff In tn
case, and 1t is claimed by the plain
tifffs Tat the injunction Is ss.!!! .;s Force