Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-06
Northern Io1Ua. Items

I ton that Forest City will have q hos
| pital in the near future. As has been
before stated two lots have been do
mated to the cause and ii conservat tive
estimate places their value at 81 900. In
addition there are Il number of other
donations Of material for the building
and with the $3.50 realized from Fri
days reception as nucleus the fund
should be rapidly swelled to such pro-
portions that work can be commenced
this summer.
Fort Dodge.
The building belonging to S. J. Ben
nett on the corner OF Third and
Central, formerly occupied by the
Fort Dodge Wagon Works, collapsed
late Sunday afternoon. A portion of
the side wall fell into the street, leav-
ing gaping hole and the roof fell
when the supporting side wall COL
lapsed. The building. which was dam
aged by fire last fall, had been re-
paired and new walls built where
they were needed, but the weight of
the new brick was too much, causing
the lower supports to crumble UNDER
meath the load. The building is now
occupied by the Fort Dodge Metal
Company.
Ida Grove.
1t is now recalled that Tom Robin
son, one of the swindlers convicted at
Council Bluffs, recently, as member
of the famous gang Of j. G. Mabray,
formerly had northwest Iowa as his
territory in the Mabray game of fieec-
ing people, and lived for some months
at Odebolt. He visited Ida Grove sew
eral times. Robinson lived for years at
Correctionville and married the
daughter of a wealthy and highly re-
spected farmer near that place He also
lived for a time at Pennington. While
at Odebet he lived at the Commercial
Hotel and was there two months one
winter fixing up a deal that evidently
fell thru because the intended victim
was too wise.
Hampton.
While H. D. Baldwin. Leroy Whitney
and Roy Wescott were idly meandering
about in Harriman's grove the latter
found a valuable pearl. The three men
were lying on the bank Of Spring creek
when Whitney jestingly remarked that
If Wescott would open the clam which
they saw protruding out of the water
he undoubtedly would find Il thousand
dollar pearl. Wescott got the clam.
opened I; and found a perfectly round
pearl of shell pink color and of single
karat weight, without q flaw with the
exception of slight cloudy ring ground
it. While pink pearls are valuable. If
this one had been white it would have
been worth close to 5000. The estimated
value of this place is placed at $50. Mr..
Wescott has had it set into a ring.
Danbury.
Peter Smith. formerly OF Odebolt
became insane at his home near Dam
bury and tried to kill the members
Of his family with pitchforll and
then attempted to cut his throat with
a razor He was taken TO Sioux City
and while waiting in the court house
| for the arrival Of the commissioners OF
insanity was attacked by violent fit
| Of coughing during which he ex-
perforated considerable blood. When he
ceased coughing his sanity returned
and. barring weakness, he seemed as
we'll as ever. He stated that he was
taken last Thursday with a pain in his
head that simply drove him mad and
he could not account foT his Il IS suisse
quent actions. Physicians who were
present say that a clot of blood had
formed and that when it disappeared
HE became normal He was taken to a
hospital in Sioux City for treatment.