Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-27
Oskaloosa.

Oskaloosa.
Curiosity cost Homer Harmon, aged
10, two fingers and thumb Of his left
hand. He found a dynamite cap in the
coal house and was trying to pry 1T
open with hat pin when it exploded.
GrinneII.
1t is said that Grant Ramsey, a mer-
chant at Grinnell, will be prosecuted
by State Food and Dairy Commissioner
Wright on a charge of selling oysters
containing an excess of water.
OskaIoosa.
Eli Hawkins this week purchased
from Cary Balinger, of Madison town
ship, fifty-two spring pigs, which av-
eraged $50 pounds, and the price of
which was $1,193.27. Mr.. Hawkins says
they We're as fine lot of spring pigs
as he ever purchased and he has had
years of experience.
Carroll.
B. I. Salinger, of Carroll, has started
a proceeding in the federal court at
Council Bluffs to test the validity of
the mulct law. He contends that the
law is unconstitutional in that it pro-
vides for the destruction of legal
business, which afterwards may be
found to have had right not to be
interfered with.
Iowa City.
Maybird, a fast Iowa mare, with a
mark of 2:0s, was killed here after
spending a night in the snow. She was
the mother of Ginther Boy and num-
Der of other fast ones in various Iowa
cities She became i'll in the night
kicked down her barn door and escaped
When found, she was all but dead. Her
owner, Alderman Charles Baner, set
price of four figures on her.
Missouri Valley.
| While repairing cistern top in the
rear of his shoe store, William Reese
| lit a match and ignited gasoline fumes
from a leaky can, blowing out the glass
front of the building and burning Mr.
and Mrs. Reese about the face and
hands. The gasolene can had been sit
| ting onat the cistern head, which is level
with the floor and had leaked a guam
tity of gasolene into the top Of the
cistern.
Glenwood.
w. E. Smith, of Glenwood, WIS before
United States Commissioner N. A
Crawford at Council Bluffs, charged
with bootlegging. He pleaded guilty
and the charge was also proven agains
| him by witnesses He was caught a
Glenwood two weeks ago with two bot
ties of liquor in his pocket and siXteer
in his valise. In default of $3.50 bond!
he was committed to the county jai
until the March term of federal court
Council Bluffs.
The foundation for the new fedora
building has just been completed ant
the stone work is started. The worl
of driving the concrete and pine piling
was finished just before the cold wealth
err began and the massive concret
slabs that rest on them were put il
place several weeks ago. For the pas
month and a half a gang of about thir
ty-five brick masons and their helper
have been working on the seven foo
brick foundation that rests on the con
crete bases.
Des Moines.
Soliciting SAM Kent, arrested b.
detectives after Hundreds of complaint
had been received from people all owe
the city, holly asserted to the officer
that it is the consumers own fault /
they pay out all their hard-earne
cash for groceries. Kent has been so
Letting in the residence districts Of tn
city to organize club to beat the hig
prices. The only, requirement for mem
; bership is that the applicant have S
cents. II they pay that small amour
Kent assures them that they can OBJ
ltain the groceries to support their fam