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

ton with the church as pastor came
as q surprise to most OF the member
ship, as 1t was not generally known he
was considering a change. Rev. Mr..
Fisher has accepted a call to the pas
torate OF the Tabor, Iowa. church and
expects to take up his new work next
month. The change is in the nature of
a promotion. as the Tabor Congreg ga
tional church is the fourth largest in
the state and its pastorate is consld-
cred one OF the most desirable In this
state. The church has $50 members
and is a strong and active organi2a-
ton in all its departments. Tabor is
the seat of the congregational Col
lege In Iowa, which bears the same
name as the town.
Bremen.
f. f. Brees of Waterloo. deputy
game warden. was scouting around
recently looking for violators of the
| law and gather in several hunters
who were found without license, and
| others for killing song birds. Near
lrrna he came upon Will Stevens.
Ed Maynard and Henry Kruse, who
had killed several birds that are pro-
| tected. and the hunters guns We're
| coniscated, as was the game. to be
| used in evidence at the hearing. The
case was brought before Mayor Haz-.
| lett, and Kruse, who hunted without
I license and was also charged with
killing song birds. was given a fine of
| S25 and costs. or ten days In JAIL he
accepting the latter. stevens and May
nard pleaded guilty to one charge OF
| killing protected birds, and We're each
! fined $40 and costs. which they paid.
The guns which had been taken from
| the hunters were returned to them.
Sac City.
| Sac county is evidently becoming
quite a divorce mill Nine suits have
| so far been filed by those seeking re-
| lease from calling marital bonds, at
| this term of court and others may fol-
| low. Those who have petitioned the
! court are Leona Simons. who wants re-
flease from Harry Simons because he
| beat and threatened to kin her: Jen-
ME E. Davis from e. NJ. Davis. because
| OF cruel and inhuman treatment; Mabel
Anthony from Charles Anthony. cruel
ty: Miss Inez Wishard from James
Wishard, desertion: Bertha a Fuchs,
from Charles A. Fuchs dcsertion:
| Thomas Grace from Olive c. Grace.
because she beat him: Conrad Never
from Marie NJ. Meyer. because she
beat him. wouldn't cook and charged
him with infiideity when he says he
wasn't guilty; Anna Laura Sharp from
Royal II. Sharp, drunkenness: j. F..
Timmons from Emma e Timmons.
called him a liar and q thief
Sloan.
Clothed in fine linen and laces and
lying upon downy upholstering that ev
| identity had been prepared for the eS
| pecal purpose to which 1t was put. the
body of an infant child. q few days old.
was found in pine box floating in the
| Missouri river a few miles west Of
Sloan by Lester Banner who was hunt
ing along the river bank The body
was taken at once to the Barnard I'M
dertaking establishment in Sloan. and
]. f. Carver, county coroner was ask
ed for Instructions concerning its dis
posal Acting on his orders. the body
will be held for few days in the hope
that some clew to Identification will be
found Basis for the thought that the
life Of the babe had wilfully been talk
en- is found in the fact that it was
slightly deformed. A1tho the body was
in bad state of decomposition. signs
of this deformity were evident. The
right ear WAS missing and other marks
on the body indicated that 1t was not
perfect.
Merrill.
John Tulls. of Artesian. S. D., and
his l1-year-old daughter Esther, Aere
burned to death at their home near
that town few days ago. The charred
bodies were buried in the cemetery
here Mr.. Tullis who was a pioneer
Of Plymouth county, slept upstairs. as
did four of his children, while Mrs.
Tullis and the baby occupied room
on the lower floor. At about H. 30
o'clock Wednesday morning Mrs. Tul-
lis was awakened by the husbands
footsteps carrying some OF the children
downstairs. She detected the smell OF
smoke and went to the kitchen to in
vestigate. The room was filled with
fire and smoke and she had to retreat.
In the meantime the husband had car
ried down three children and went
; back after the 11-year-old girl. He
had to pass thru the kitchen each time
and as he went back after the last
child he was choking badly and It Ia
supposed that both he and the little