Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-09
Northern Io1Ua Items

Sparks, Nevada, have recently made
| the discovery and taken claims on an
entire mountain of dirt deposit. which
| it is said will bring them untold wealth.
The parties named above hold claims
which entitle them to the entire noun
tain. The dirt or powder contained
therein is found in only four or five diff
ferent places In the world. 1t is used
for the compromising of certain drugs,
and also makes one Of the finest silver
polishes known. Investigations have
shown that nearly the entire mountain
| is composed Of the white powder, and
! the supply is most extensive. The mar
| ket is never supplied to fill the demand,
and it is evident that Mrs. Droston and
their companions have a mint in their
| find
Dubuque.
| Mrs. Lorenz j. Eberhadt, wife of
| we'll known contractor, was as near
death as it is possible for one to be
and then rally. and all, the result Of
eating quantity of canned beans. Only
the prompt action of the physician
who was called in to attend the Strick-
en- woman saved her life. which was
at first despaired of. The canned goods
| in itself would probably have proven
harmless to those who partook of it.
but the vegetable had been opened and
then left standing in the can in which
! it was packed. Mrs. Eberhardt par
| took lightly of the beans and shortly
afterwards complained OF being i'll, and
within an hour was deathly sick. a
physician was hurriedly summoned
| and pronounced the woman suffering
from poisoning. Emetics We're admin
istered and everything possible done
| to counterfeit the effect of the poison
| Dubuque.
| The department responded to an
Coulter avenue shortly before 1 O'Clock
Saturday morning. the big barn be-
| longing to A. +. F'luclliger being total
| ly destroyed by the blaze. A tramp
who had been seen lettering about the
| place early in the evening is held re-
| sponsfbe for the fire. the loss OF
| which will aggregate $50. When the
| blaze was discovered neighbors in the
vicinity of the place Immediately
hurried to rescue four valuable horses
| confined in the structure, and the ami
mails We're taken out of the burning
| barn with difficulty. A wagon and
numerous sets of harness We're like
wise secured from the flames. but the
remaining contents persisted before
the arrival of the departments. Moth
| ing was seen of the guilty party at
the time of the fire. and the fellow
must have made good his escape.
Thru the prompt work Of the flremen.
many adjoining buildings were saved
from the flames. which for a time
seemed beyond control.
Sioux City.
Police court Saturday morning was
transformed into a prayer meeting
under the stirring eloquence of Rev"
W. NJ. Smith, of5Tuscaloosa, Ala. pre-
siding elder, attorney and farmer
Rev" M. Smith. coiored, applied at
the station Friday night for a place
to sleep. 1t was discovered he had
been begging on the streets and he
was booked for vagrancy. In court he
couldn't understand why a man who
had come to the station OF his own
accord, could be held by the law. and
he proceeded to tell '.his honor" so.
After delivering a peroration on his
pedigree, the parson repeated the major
portion Of the third chapter OF st.
John for the edfdcation OF the Judge.
and the officers began to think they
had got the wrong man. Other negro
prisoners endeavored to call the old
ma nofr and he at once turned his In
lvectives upon them. Judge Sims de-
cided to keep the parson at tho sta
ton during the day pending an In
vestigation Of his credentials