Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-19
Glenwood.

Glenwood.
L. Chambers, Of near Bartlett. cut
a mammoth bee tree ON his farm. IT
was six feet in diam eter and sixty feet
to the first limb. Mr.. Chambers secur-
ed over sixty gallons Of honey
Abba.
Rev. n. 8. Atchison has sold his
farm east of town to Charles Grant.
Of Avery. and will leave with his fam
lily the LIST Of September for Minneola,
Kan where he has accepted call to
preach for the Associate Presbyterian
church.
Davenport.
For injuries which she claims she
sustained in fall from a Third street
car at the railroad crossing on west
Third street, near Davie. on June 1.
of this year, Mrs. Indiana Kellogg has
Instituted a suit against the Tri-City
Railway Company for the sum OF
$4,000.
Elliott.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Harding was severely injured by
running the top of a sewing machine Oil
can into her foot. She stepped down
from a high chair on it, the top of the
can penetrating her foot just back Of
the toes and coming thru, showing at
the top of the foot.
Davenport.
Scott county is worth in taxable
property over s72.oo0,ooo, the exact fig
ures as compiled by County Auditor
Collins showing that property in the
city and county totals the enormous
sum Of $72154,s24. OF which the sum Of
$146,66O must be substracted for old
soldier and for rest reservations.
Honey Creek.
Burglars entered the home of Joseph
Points Sunday afternoon while the
family were away and ransacked
everything In the house. They took
Mrs Points rings and several other
valuable articles, besides what little
money that had been left belonging to
one of the children. They also made
raid on the fowls. This is the sec
ond visit at the Points residence In
the last few weeks. On the first occa-
sion the canned fruit was taken.
keokuk.
Chris Diskol. a foreign laborer at
work for the Keokuk and Hamilton
Water Power Company, took out a
hunters license in Keokuk last week.
Tuesday he was dragged before JUS
tice John Leindecker to answer to the
charge of shooting quail and entered a
plea Of guilty. He was fined $50 and
costs which was reduced to IS and
costs and promptly paid. Diskol said
that ne thought the license entitled him
to shoot anything he wanted. The
quail season does not open until Nov. l.
Council Bluffs.
A stray bullet caused CONSERVATION
in the family of L. G. Empkie when II
crashed thru one Of the front windows
of the family dwelling and buried it.
self in the wall. The incident occur
red early Tuesday morning and fortu-
nately no person was in the room al
the time The bullet was apparently
fred from a point directly opposite the
dwelling. The police are investigating
the case with the hope Of putting q
stop to indiscriminate target practice
both In that neighborhood and thruou'
the city.
Harlan.
N. Booth OF this city died at the
Methodist hospital in Omaha Tuesday
morning from the results OF an opera
ton performed one week ago yesterday
for obstruction Of the bowels. I'm 1871
Mr.. Booth located in Shelby county
about two miles east OF Harlan on the
farm which he owned at the time Of his
death. In 1881 he moved to Harlan and
engaged in the implement business-a
! business that had been DreJperou,