Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-25
CdeboIt.

Odebolt.
d. e. I'yoclS has sold his Cozy the
alter to William Staples, of Odebolt.
Webb.
The Webb Telephone Company, of
Webb, has increased it's switching fee
from So to- 50 and raised the price of
its stock from $25 to $50 per share.
Danbury.
The contract has been let for Il oeau-
tiful new church building for st.
Mary's Roman Catholic parish, Dam
bury. The building will be 50N1O0 feet
with a 125-foot tower 1t will be COM
pleted about Nov /.
Manson.
Emery Smothers employee of Nels
Jensen, ditch contractor near Manson
was arrested for stealing Jensen $
watch. He was turned loose and left
town after he had confessed and re-
turned the property
Boone.
Grafton Wilcox, son of Rev. Mr.. ana
Mrs Seth NJ Wilcox, of Boone, has just
been appointed Washington CORE
spondent for the Associated Press. He
was formerly city editor of the Chi
cago Record Herald.
Sac CITY.
Edward Peterson, for a year a resi-
week ago, has written Sac City friends
that he deserted the U. S. army sew
eral years ago and. conscience smitten.
he went to Des Moines and gave him
self up.
Dubuque.
Matt Heck, a dope tiend, crazed With
drugs, resisted arrest and retreated to
his garnet. where he was wounded in
a fight With an officer for possession
of IL razor. On the way to tho station
Heck used a knife which he had con-
cealed about his body and cut his own
throat from ear to ear but missed the
jugular Vein. The wound is serious
but will not be fatal.
Onawa.
j. "A. Prichard returned To town from
a half days Wolf hunt with his hounds
and brought evidence of success bJ
exhibiting the carcass of one of the
largest wolves seen for IL long time
Jake has as good a pack of hounds as
can be found anywhere and when il
comes to a show down they are there
to the finish. One of the dogs received
q severe cut in one eye from the tus-
sic with the big Wolf, but is yet goo6
for another of the same kind.
LeMars.
A man named Beck was brough
from Alton to the city hospital here
Saturday He is suffering from {
wound in the body and his lower limbs
are parayzed. He was shot Friday
morning by the Alton town marshal
Beck and another fellow We're prowlins
around town when Marshal Parker TOLD
| them to stop. Beck. With an oath, re
fused and whipped out a gun. but thu
officer was too quick and shot hin
thru the breast. the bullet passiis
thru his right lung and injuring hi
spine.
CorrcctionvilIe.
! A genuine coal famine prevails il
Correctionviiie, the worst iii man,
years. None of the three dealers has
pound of either anthracite or bitumin
Gus coal for sale. Unless the railroad
succeed in getting coal here at once
the public schools will either have t
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dividuals. The Sioux Valley Millin
Company has been compelled to ceas
the operation OF it's Touring MILL q
considerable loss, and to husband it
meager supply of coal for use in run
ming the city pumping station and fur
nishing electric lights. Private indiyid
uals are clamoring for coal and som
have fallen back on the woodpile.
sibIey.
Henry Lee, one of the prominen
farmers of Horton township, met wit
a serious accident while hauling HON
a load of corn. Mr.. Lee started HON
about O'Clock p. M About eighty rod
from Peter Wickland's home he foun
his wagon sliding down a grade. II
stopped and got off the wagon, hopin
to keep it from tipping over. The loa
of corn tipped over and pinioned NJ
Lee under the rig. His feet extende
beyond the wagon box and the tea,
turned and tramped on his legs, Pete
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