Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-31
Southern I01un Items

Southern
Mt. Vernon.
| Mr.. P B. Turkle, of Mt. Vernon, has
moved on his SO0-acre farm near For
est City.
Essex.
| The people Of Essex are taking up
the sewer question in earnest and APP
pear to be nearly unanimous for good
sewer system.
Cedar Rapids.
| A boys corn growing contest has
been inaugurated under direction of
the Linn County Farmers Institute. w.
E. Griffin, Walker, secretary, entries
to close on May I.
Des Moines.
Sidney Perry, convicted some time
ago on a. charge Of deserving his wife
and child, presented motion to Judge
DeGraff in the criminal division of dis
trict court for a new trial. The court
overruled the motion and sentenced
Perry to one year in the state peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison.
Harlan.
The largest claim ever filed in this
county against the estate Of deceased
person has been filed in the estate Of
| the late Henry Sonderman, a wealthy
German farmer Of Earring. The claim
was filed by August Sondermann, a
nephew, for the suF1 of SILL SS for sup
| port and care of his uncle for period
of twenty years.
Missouri Valley.
Some one who knew what they were
about broke into Drs. Tamisiea's office
Sunday night and stole 5000 in cash
| from the safe. Whoever the thief was
had been in the office sometime Sunday
and unlocked one Of the rear windows.
The authorities have been investigating
and they have good idea who the
thieves were. The tracks in the rear
Of the building show that two were
implicated.
GrinnelI.
President W. T. tMoyle,of the Grim
nell Commercial Club, has announced
the committee which he was author
lied to appoint some time ago to CO.
operate with a similar committee of the
Grinnell Fair Association to plan-some
means of building up the annual Grin
nell fair. The Commercial Club COM
mittee is composed of F. NJ. Card, M.
w. Swisher and S. ]. Pooley. 1t is
strictly booster" committee and will
give all the aid in its power to the fair
association.
Shenandoah
Dave Crawford sought to take his
life Saturday morning with carbolic
acid His young wife spoke to a former
sutton and he didn't want to live any
Longer. SO he went to the drug store
and got some carbolic acid under the
plea that he wanted it to kill bedbugs.
1t was just after breakfast, in a fit of
jealousy and dependency, that he
swallowed the poison The dose was
large enough to kill him. but he failed
to get enough down his throat and DR..
Sandy was able to save him. He is
now on his feet and out of danger, but
not able to work.
Blue Grass.
Quite little excitement was ere
ated in the town Of Blue Grass when
the patrol wagon came down from Dav-
export in the night and took Frank
Berriman away. He had been drinking
heavily for two days and began using
a gun rather too freely for the safety
Of the citizens, shooting at chickens
and thru the floor Of his own house,
finally shooting up the street, the shot
striking the windows Of neighbor at
some distance The authorities thought
it time to take a hand and warrant
was issued for his arrest, and Con.
stable Ed Knaack served 1t and he was
taken to Davenport the same night.
Knoxville.
The big social of the week in the
local community is the celebration of
the hftieth anniversary Of the marriage
of 'lMr. and Mrs. j. K. Cathcart, which
is to be remembered by a large dele
CATION OF the house of Cathcart at the
family home OF, East Montgomery
street. Mr.. and Mrs. cathcart are pi-
oneers Of Marion county and are
among the very few still living who
were united In marriage in Marion
county so long ago as 1860. On that oc-
count and because Of the prominence Of
the family, the event Is Of unusual In
lterest to their many friends here az
we'll as in various parts Of the state
and ad5oinang states. II 10 expected that