Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-09
Northern Io1ua Items

Fonda.
A change has been made in the Iowa
Hotel at this place. Mrs. Swink ant
daughter, Miss Loretta, quitting tn,
hotel business and moving to thu
home of Mrs. Swinks son, Frank. c
A. Conn and family have taken pos
session of the house and hereafter will
run a hotel and short order restaurant
Manchester.
The w. H. Ward building at thu
corner Of Main and Franklin streets
for the past number of years the
home of the ]. H. Allen clothing bus.
mess, has been rented to w. n. Snod.
gress, a prominent Ackley clothier
who will establish general mems
clothing store in the block mex
month.
Dubuque.
! The mystery in the disappearance OF
Hugh Smith, aged 40, who has been
missing since Jan. 4, was cleared Sun
day night when his body, frozen in a
creek, was found near Durango, this
county Smith when last seen had q
watch and money on his person. Smith
was unmarried and had a rowing dis
position. His home was in New York
Mason City.
AS a result of falling upon a slip
perry sidewalk, Scott Stillson, a well
known horse buyer sustained a COM
pound fracture of his right leg. The
accident happened at II o'clock at
night at a street corner when Stillson
was on his way home after visiting
with friend. The sidewalk was icy at
the place, and he fell with the above
painful results.
Nora Springs.
A piece Of workmanship in the shape
Of hall clock, four feet in height
made of over LOCO pieces of wood and
dozens of different kinds. has just been
completed by K. Auffrath, that Sold to
local resident at $780,, Mr.. Auffrath
is cripple, but is exceptionally clever
in wood, and the clock. which Is en-
tirely hand made, is said to be a per-
feet timekeeper The finish is most
beautiful and is substantial.
Sioux City.
While two men bon,barded the only
entrance to room over the saloon OF
John Ievich, with bricks and frozen
clods of earth, to prevent Pole. who
lives in the room, from warning the
police, a companion broke glass out
of the front door and, entering the
place. took a gold watch, Sc in cash
and about $50 worth of liquor. This
is only one of a series of robberies of
a similar character that nave been per
petrated within the last few weeks.
Waterloo.
"A rat nest, built too near the regis
ter between the ceiling of the lower
of he fnir
catching on fire was the means of a
blaze that threatened the home of Mrs.
Charles McKelvie, four miles north,
in East Waterloo township. 1t is
thought that-the improvised living
apartments for the rats was so near
the fiue that 1t became ignited and the
flames spread between the ceiling to
the walls, where it took toward the
roof and a large hole was eaten thru
the shingles.
Waterloo.
There is shortage Of coal in Wa
terloo at the present time, and should
the weather conditions change the city
would be in far greater peril OF fam
inc that at any time In the past.
While local dealers have not been
forced to declare themselves unable to
furnish coal, it is known that there
has been much uneasiness in their
ranks and the threatened coal strike
has cast dark shadow over the
sit iiiss s:So; r.c local coal dealers are
in no way responsible for the short-
age" said one Of the members, "as
there are at the present time many cars
OF coal ordered which should have
bean delivered some weeks ago. and