Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-28

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Levi Huff, of Anita. is one Cass
Halley's comet the last time it was
and he says it resem bled long snake
flashing across the sky.
Iowa City.
Iowa City business and professional
men made an excursion to Hills, River
side, Kalona, Wellman, Mira, Kinross,
South English, Webster, Keswick, Lone
Tree and Thornburg, today. A spec
ial train was chartered and 500 people
made the trip
Muscatine.
T. J. LaGrille was stricken with par
|alysis Monday morning at o'clock.
Mr.. LaGrille is past 70 years of age,
having celebrated his 10th birthday
anniversary last October, and the
stroke will probably prove fatal. His
entire right side is affected There
seems to be no hope for the stricken
mans recovery.
Ottumwa.
The unsupported testimony of a
young girl was held insufficient to hold
Frank Rice, aged 45, of Eddyville, on
the charge of attempting to criminally
assault Florence Ross. aged o. The
case was dismissed on motion Of Coun-
ty Attorney Mitchell. The girl mai
tanned that Rice attempted to assault
her, but there was no evidence of a
corroborative nature.
Abba.
Gilbert Nelson, agent for the Adams
Express company at this place, has
been arrested charged with shortage in
his accounts of 1910. Three weeks age
the office was robbed of $4,000 and all
efforts to discover clue to the robbery
failed. A week or two after the theft
an auditor was put to work on the
books Of the company and after an in
|vestigation, he alleges that the agent
Nelson, is short Is91o.
Farrasut.
Rev Mr. Marsh preached his fare
we'll sermon in Farragut to a crowded
house last evening. The other church
es dismissed their congregations in or
der that they might head Rev. Mr.
Marsh's last sermon Rev. Mr.. Marsh
will leave Friday for Omaha and take
up his work next Sunday as pastor
of one of the Congregational churches
of West Omaha. The. committee has
III OIlG " I'LL Ills ptdSc.
Atlantic.
F. NJ. Miller, who resides on South
Elm street, was the victim of pecul-
lar and painful accident when he ac-
cidentally forced a needle into the up
per part Of his leg and broke it off in
the flesh. The needle snapped off just
below the skin, leaving part Of it in
the flesh. There was nothing to do
but to have 1t cut out so Mr.. Miller had
to sit, still while the doctor proceeded
to carve small hole in the flesh and
fish out the needle.
Dss Moines.
Miss Mary Anderson, proprietor of
the Bachelors hotel at Seventh and Lo-
Gust streets, was bound over to the fed
eral grand jury after 6 hearing before
Commissioner w. G. Macarthur. She
is charged with having violated the
federal census laws. It is charged by
D. A. Hites, census Inspector for Des
Moines, that Miss Anderson refused to
give the census enumerator the desir-
ed information concerning herself and
those rooming in her house. IL found
guilty she may be fined $500
Musoatine.
Upon close investigation, the Heinz
Company have come to the conclusion
that, the greater part Of the cabbage,
which has been set out by them has
not been damaged by the cold weather
of the past few days. Saturday morn
ing it was thought that all was lost,
las it was cold enough to freeze water,
but the plants so far have shown no
signs Of being harmed lby It. and the
management states that about ninety
five per cent OF the crop will be saved,
unless freezing weather again sets in.
Lyons.
Z The Congregational church rendered
reception to their new pastor. Rev.
Thomas Campbell, and wife, Monday
evening, at the residence OF F. p. Foot,
on South Seventh street.
Nearly one hundred were present, In
Guiding many Of the members Of the
Clinton Congregational church, and the
evening was one OF great pleasure and