Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-09

, whether 1t is the fault of the rail-
ways or the mine operators is not
certain, but 1t is certainty that the
Waterloo dealers are doing all in their
power to relieve the situation"
Waterloo.
Will McMullen reported to the po-
lice in Waterloo that his wife. Iva
Irene Hall, had skipped out from his
home near GAINESVILLE, taking with her
SIS in money and hts gold watch. They
We're married in Waterloo two weeks
ago after an acquaintance of one hour.
Mrs. McMullen came to Waterloo on
Friday and he came down on Satur-
day and rented home. paying one
months rent in advance. When he
went to find his wife he was greatly
astonished to find that she had taken
her depa rture for unknown parts. Nc
Mullen had advertised for a wife.
Rockwell City. 10 a.
A story has been going the rounds of
the Iowa press stating that an epidemic
of mumps is raging here, that some
seventy nine cases had been reported,
among them many of the business men
of the city, and that a temporary hos
pital had been fitted up to accommo-
date the factory hands. The story was
so bold and barefaced as to bear the
stamp Of untruth upon the face of it,
but was ingeniously worded in it's in
PRODUCTION in such manner as would
be calculated to deceive the casual
reader. There has been no epidemic of
humps here and the story was wholly
untrue.
Cedar Falls.
ha of
who are in authority ana closely con-
nected with the administration that
there will be very little municipal i'm
provement in Cedar Falls this year.
Several petitions asking for storm and
sanitary sewers are now in circulation.
There will also probably be some ex-
tension of water mains and consider
able permanent sidewalk. So far as the
matter of paved streets is concerned it
now looks as if the city had all in that
line that it could get at the present
time, altno there is considerable clam
oring among those living on some of
the principal streets to have their
streets either asphalted or bricked this
season.
Sioux City.
c. F. Lytle's petition for an in
junction restraining City Engineer G.
y. Skeels from drawing the additional
salary granted him by the city coun-
ellis ordinance Of March 81. 1908, and
an order compelling the city engineer
to return the excess money ne mas
drawn since the passage of the ordi-
nance was filed in district court. The
petition asks also that Skeels and his
be compelled to return to the
cify .,ra oil IN ha,
received for private work for individ-
uals done during hours they were sup
posed to be working for the city. The
ordinance, which Lytle claims is in
violation of the state law governing
increase of salaries, raised the en-
gineer's compensation from $1,000 to
$4,000 a year.
Garrison.
A 2-year-old colt belonging to John
Fisher, who resides on the William
Grayson farm, few miles north of
town, fell into supply cistern and
created connection in the waters
thereof, as well as a little excitement
in the neighborhood. The cistern Is OBJ
long in shape and some ten or twelve
feet deep. The colt In some way got
onto the board covering and broke
thru. Mrs. Fisher was at home alone.
but saw the animal fall into the well
and called some OF the neighbors to
her assistance. AS the animal went
down, hind feet first. its head did not
get under the water, winch was almost
deep enough to cover it's back After
maneuver1ng 1t was res
ciled from the depths, and Is appar-
ontly little the worse fer 3ts expeftennA-