Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-11
Northern Io1ua Items

while working on one of the sections
out of Britt, HAD his leg broken and
was otherwise injured by being thrown
from Il hand car, and one leg is now
considerably shorter than the other.
The Jury remained out all night. some
wanting to give Lehman $4,000, but
finally agreeing on u verdict for $4,000.
Dubuque.
A. S. Alien, accused of passing
forged checks in four places in the
city Friday evening and Saturday
morning, wasS arrested Saturday even
ing, at his room over Jones saloon at
Eighth and Iowa streets. He was found
there by Officer Frank Williams and
was hitting the dope when arrested.
All the checks We're drawn on the
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank and pur
ported to be signed by Mr.. Klauer
Fort Dodge.
The first roster Of non commissioned
officers ever issued by the militia was
mailed out Saturday from the Fifty
sixth regimental headquarters here.
Colonel 'Chantland. commanding Off
Ger. says his object III publishing this
roster is to give information and to
create desire among the mon CONS
| to remain in their offices longer and to
put IL distinct value upon these men,
| who are "thc backbone of the army
Dubuque.
/ A romance of several years duration
will eliminate the present month when
Miss Helen Matthews, daughter Of
Judge and Mrs. NJ. G. Matthews. of
| this city. viii be united in marriage at
| in ha nj n Il, Al
there to Hon. Joseph McMalnon. of the
adish capital. Hon. NJ. G. Matthews
presiding Judge of the Dubuque district
court. ana his sister. Miss Marie. are
in Ireland and win be present al the
ceremony.
Spirit Lake.
1 District court convened Monday.
Judge ID. +. Coyle presiding There are
five criminal and ninety-two civil eases
on the docket. A large number of jury
cases are set for trial and forty-eght
jurors have been drawn, that there
may be no delay in disposing of the UNI
usually heavy docket. Cases of special
interest in the county set for trial are:
Jack Rankin, indicted for the murder
of the infant child of Jessie Dougherty.
IN cottage iietii- I'iiiii:55se,;.y's Point last
June: the injunction sought by the
town of Spirit Lake against the Mid
land Telephone Company and the in
junction applied for by Lake Park to
prevent dhe Western Electric Tel
ephone Company from building an eX-
change at that place.
Ida Grove.
d The coal situation thru this section
is becoming desperate and many be-
lieve that the railroads are not hauling
the coal because they do not want to
haul it. and because they want To pun
ish iowa for putting in n 2-cent fare
, A few nights ago d. Northwestern trair
, dropped three cars here for the city
heating plant and with them left two
cars that were consigned to Sioux Cit,
and one to Danbury. The biggest hill
in Iowa is just east of here at Odebolt
!, III the roads haul anything up that hill
it can haul 1t any place in iowa, 50
there can be no excuse offered that tht
: ears We're dropped here because the,
!. could not haul them. There is not
ton of soft coal in the yards here. onl,
a few tons of hard coal, and the cit,
heating plant that heats most Of tn,
homes and business houses, has les
than six days supply OF coal on hand
: In case the city heating plant shout,
t have to shut down there would b.
great suffering and damage and tn
III northwestern win be held responsible