Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-29
Northern I01Ua Items

Hazelton and was driving through the
country. He adm tilted to taking the
little girl in his rig, but she rode only
about half a mile with him. 1t was
apparent that there was no criminal
intent and Oakley was released from
custody of the police and allowed to
return home.
WaverIy.
A fire at John F'indley's farm three
miles south Of town, on the river road,
Tuesday night, destroyed COW barn
sixty-four feet in length, six heifer
calves. together with hay barracks of
the same length, and fifteen tons of
hay; also hay fork, carrier and other
tools. The loss will fall quite heavily
on Mr.. Findleys but7he is fortuna tie in
! being insured in the Bremen County
! Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co,
and is thereby assured of an equitable
adjustment.
Woodstock.
Stockholders of the new Farmers
bank met Saturday and organized the
bank and elected directors. j. NJ Jones'
of the Farmers bank, of Webster City,
was present and instructed the stock
holders and directors as to the pro-
ceedings in organizing the bank. The
directors elected were ]. d. Reid, B. f.
McDaniels, NJ. Walin, J. b. Carpenter,
G. M. Spangler. Albert Koher, and R.
E. Jones of Webster City. The board
elected B. F. McDaniels, president, and
J. ID. Reid, vice president. A fine new
building is to be erected.
independence.
Rev. Fred J. Berry, of Indianola, has
just closed one of the most successful
series of revival meetings that has ever
been held in this city. 1t was started
and held in the Baptist church, but it
at once developed into a union meeting.
the pastors and members of all the
churches taking part. The meetings
were cut short on account of the illness
of MIR. Berry's wife, but not, however.
until q great many had been converted.
The work was especially successful
among the young people. Many of the
students Of the high school are among
the converts.
Fl. Dodge.
Arrang ements have been made
whereby Mr.. Alexander, present pro-
prietor of the Crawford hotel. has
agreed to remain Indefinitely and keep
the house open to the public until a
permanent lessee has been secured. His
family will precede him to their Cali
fornia home soon after the close Of
school. 1T has been rumored that ow-
ing to the complications of the situa-
ton the Crawford hotel might be clos
ed for while after the termination Of
Mr.. Alexander's lease. The date Of ex-
piration Is April 80, so the arrange
ment for keeping the hotel open comes
none too soon.
Waterloo.
On the evening of April Fl. strang-
er entered the stoTo OF Mrs. William william;
Hamacher on Logan avenue, made a
purchase of fifty cents worth of goods
and rendered a ten dollar bill in pay
ment. In the dusk Mrs. Hama cher
was able to distinguish the numerals,
burt close inspection was impossible.
A short time after the stranger left
with $3.50 in change she examined the
bill by aid Of light ana discovered
that it was issued by the Merchants
, and Planters bank of Savannah, Ga.
in 1852. The bill was one of the many
millions issued by the authority OF the
confederate government and, of course,
is worthless.
Sioux City.
Escaping from the authorities at Cor
rectionville and fleeing to the woods,
where he remained in hiding for two
days, II. J. Semper. an eccentric resi-
dent of that town, was finally captured
after an exciting chase by the officers
in an automobile, and brought to Sioux
City where, for the second time. he
was examined as to his sanity. After
hearing the evidence the insanity COM
mission agreed to continue the case in
definitely, but with the understanding
that If Semper did not behave he was
to be committed to the Cherokee asy-
lum. Semper's mental arrangement is
ascribed to litigation over some proper
" In Correctionvii1e. He is said to
be worth between $4,000 and 1000,
and in some OF his legal acknowledgements
has acted az Ms own lawyer.