Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-31

were four tons in the load the weigh
ing tax was 40 cents. With coal at
81 per ton this is considered by con-
sumers to be exhorbitant. A verbal
agreement was heached and hereafter
. cents will be exacted for the weigh
ing Of a wagon load of coal, regardless
of the amount that may be contained in
the load.
Coin.
w. w. Dugan met with serious ac-
cident a few days ago. He had come to
town for a load of lumber for his new
barn to replace the one recently burn
ed! He had started home with the
lumber and when about a mile from
town the seat on which he was riding
slipped off and he fell with it to the
ground and the hind wheel of the wagon
passed over his ankle. splintering the
bones The team broke away from him
and ran some distance, breaking the
wa gon and then turned around and
came back and Mr.. Dugan stopped
them himself.
Clarence.
Chris Kroeger, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs Chris Kroeger, residing five and
one half miies east of Clarence, was
kicked by a horse and died at o'clock
the next morning. When the accident
happened the young man, 26 years old.
was helping on the road grader. One OF
the horses kicked over the tug and
Chris was in the act Of putting the
tug back into it's proper place when
the horse kicked him in the stomach.
The blow was terrific one and it
was Immediately seen that the young
man was severely hurt. All the medi-
cal and other attention possible were
given him. but to no avail.
Council Bluffs.
Red raspberries would have been ripe
on Harrison street in another week If
! the frost had held off that long One of
the residents of the street brought
down town Thursday afternoon in the
snowstorm a number of punches from
raspberry bush growing on that
street The twigs were loaded with
green berries and blossoms. The bushes
on which they had grown had been
pruned for. next years bearing. 1t is
/ now said that they will not bear next
spring because of the freak notion they
have taken to do their bearing now
| However others say that next spring
| is long ways off and there is chance
for them to take another freak notion
at that time and get busy again.
Glenwocd.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Pearce, of Lyons
township. have been enjoying a family
reunion incident to the celebration of
their fftyf1rst wedding anniversary.
They were married at Richmond
Washington coun ty. Iowa, Oct. 20, 1859
They have five children living, eighteen
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children What is exceptional about
the anniversary is the presence Of Mrs.
Pearce's mother, Mrs. Rebecca Adams,
aged SO. Mrs. Adams has seven chill
dren living thirty-nins great grand
children. forty-four great great grand
children. and three great great great
family are married, making total OF
126 in the family.
Council Bluffs.
The local authorities have recovered
two more packages of goods stolen
from the Ogden hotel by Mrs. Anna
Eleanor Mace Snyder Blackmer. The
pa cka ges contained blankets, towels,
pillow cases and other like articles
and had been shipped by Mrs. Black
mer to Troy, O., and were returned by
the express company. Chief Of Police
Froom 10 also in receipt OF long and
somewhat pathetic letter from Mrs.
Albertine Dowell. Of Tippecanoe City,
O., daughter of Mrs. Blackmer. Mrs.
Dowell states that she has just learned
that her mother is IN custody, and Inn
plores Chief F,room to treat her gently.
and send her home AZ soon as possible.
Mrs Blackmef has been bound over
to the grand Jury on . charge OF lar
ceny. and IL at present confined In the
county jail, where she will be COM
PEELED to remain until her case is dis
posed Of.