Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-08

building on Walnut street He says
| he entered into a contract with G. c.
Crowell, president Of the syndicate to
close sale Of the building to the At
las Insurance Company. Stoner de-
clares he sold the building to the in
surance company for 100000, and he
asks that he be given a commission of
2As per cent of the sale price.
What Cheer
| The following are some of the farm
lers around What Cheer who delivered
hogs here the past week. Lee Snod-
grass sold twenty-five. 10-months-o old
pigs, which brought him a check for
So1S.40, two loads bringing over $406.
Robert Calbraith sold fifteen hogs for
$685.. B. Douger sold seven pigs for
S236. Sam Kitzman sold nine hogs for
$3.50. Otto Stevens sold ten porkers
| for 1904. John Stevens sold twenty
two for s464. Frank Beeman sold
five for s147.60. John Zabilka sold
eighteen for s325.s0 and Marshall Nc
Farlan sold seven for $1l1.20.
Muscatine.
Mrs John Zeak is lying at the poin.
of death at her home. her precarious
condition being due t, blood poison
The exact manner in which she became
affected is not known. but it is the GEN
eral belief that her hand was poison
ed thru handling smoked" button
| blanks. Mrs. Zeak was carding but
tons early last week, and following an
afternoon of work she noticed that
scratch which she had on her thumb
had become inflaned ana several days
later the entire arm was poisoned. The
best medical aid was given the patient,
but her condition Is critical.
Iowa City.
! A weighty question of international
law is involved in the settlement of the
estate of the late Barbara Tanner of
| this county. The, state is endeavoring
| to impose a collateral Inheritance tax
| on twenty per cent of a certain be-
quest left to a relative in Switzerland
on the ground that 1T is for the bene-
] fit of a nonresident alien. Judge O. A.
/ Byington for the estate objects to a tax
| of more than five per cent. basing his
contention on a treaty between the
| United States and Switzerland. A
considerable amount is involved. Judge
| r. P. Howell has taken the case under
advisement.
Washington.
| All McElwain, n we'll known livery
man and horse buyer, was badly hurt
here. He was driving with Lem Cher
ry. and the horses became frightened
and started to rum Just how 1t hap
pened. nobody knows, but both men
were thrown out Mr.. McElwain struck
the pavement first and Mr.. Cherry,
who is a large. heavy man, fell on top
of him. 1t is impossible to tell yet
| just how much Mr.. Elwain is hurt His
| face was badly cut, and he has serious
| internal injuries, which cannot be def
nitely located as yet, because he is stuff
ering so much Cherry was only a lit
tie bruised.
| Des Moines.
Because the Des Moines City Railway
| Company has ignored the councils in
structions ito replace it's rails along I.o-
Gust street from West Second to West
| Fourth street and repair the pavement
between its tracks and foot on each
side, Councilman John MacVicar was
instructed to do the work and bring
suit to collect the amount expended.
1t is the first time the city has under
I! taken the building of new tracks and
| in the words of MacVicar sit means
war" This is the first step, SO Mac
Vicar claims toward building the worn
out sections of the strsst car lines in
| the down town districts.
Winterset.
Pitzer w. r. C. No 1T of Winterset
| will present the name of Mrs. Whedon
| for department commander at the con-
vention to be held at Des Moines this
| week. She has held the office of SEN
Tor vice president. departmen t inspec-
| tor. chairman OF the department relief
| committee and was also a member of
the first department teaching commit
tee. For eighteen years she has been
president of the Winterset W. r. c.,
| and Is woman of more than ordinary
executive ability. Mrs. Whedon Is also
q member of Abigail Adams chapter,
D. A. R., being a real granddaughter
Of the revolution.
| Museatine.
James NJ Howe, Of Davenport. a lad
Of about 10 years OF age. was taken in
charge by the Muscatine police and
given shelter in the city Jail for the
night. Residents OF Oak street had
| complained to the police that the lad
had been sleeping out in pasture
with no shelter whatever and asked
i that fle .:aken care OF. When taken
| in charge he was found by the officers
| rolled up in lot OF old coats and with
a dirty comforter about him, sleeping
out in the open field. He had been
working at q restaurant here and had
lost his Job. He was sent back to Dav-
export to his parents.
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