Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-09
St. Louis Livestock
GrinnslI and Vicinity.

Special to Times
Grinnell. May 9.-The news came as
genuine surprise TO many Of the
citizens of this city when it was made
public yesterday that the harness Arm
Of J. Cole & Co. unable longer to
weather financial gales, had made an
assignment for the benefit OF their
creditors, the Moody Saddlery Company
Of this city being named as assignee.
An inventory Of stock is now being
taken. The business seems to have
been a losing one for some time and,
added to this has come an extraordin-
airy amount OF home expenditure in the
long illness with hospital charges for
operations and nursing followed by the
death of the child Of the younger mem
Der Of the firm. No statement has yet
been made public Of the assets and IL
abilities The firm consisted Of father
and son. The former, with hts wife.
has left the city while the son remains
to help in Strengthening out the tangled
financial web. Mr.. Cole, the elder. has
been working at the harness business
here for about the average Of the fu-
man life period and the family has
many friends who are sincerely sorry
for this outcome Of that long labor.
The body OF George Wisecarver. aged
II years, son of Edward Wisecarver,
was brought here last evening. The
funeral services will take place at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning from the
Catholic church of this city. Rev. Faith
er Curtin, of Brooklyn, officiating. The
lad had an abcess to form on the back
Of the head and was taken to the hos
pital at Cedar Rapids for an operation
from which he did not recover. The
family have been residents Of this
community but moved to Belle PLANE
about three weeks ago.
City Engineer Beard has been max
ing some Investigations in the matter
Of an outlet for the proposed new sewer
for west Grinne1l and also to demon
strate the feasibility of turning the
sewage Of the present system into this
new outlet on the southwest. While
he has not completed his findings in
the case he has gone far enough to
make report of a fall OF seven inches
to the hundred feet. The greatest OBJ
lection is the one that has always chung
tenaciously to all sewer and sewage
PROPOSITIONS here. that Of enormous ex-
pense for a city Of this size. Having
begun this Investigation 1t seems to
be the plan to pursue 1t until some
thing practicable can be evolved.
Mr.. Henry Hill. OF III First avenue,
met with a painful and quite serious
accident on Sunday evening which is
likely to keep him housed up for some
days II not weeks. In leaving the Iy-
man home on Broad street he made a
nnisstep and fell, wrenchfng his hip 80
that he had to be carried to his home.
He is well along in years alti1o he has
always and still is active on his feet.
Dr.. C. e. Harris. health physician OF
this city, urged upon the city council
at the latest meeting the necessity Of
thorough cleaning up IL they would
avoid an epidemic OF scarlet fever
sporadic cases Of which have from time
to time been in evidence thru the past
winter. The mayor and council have
been for some time waging q waH
| against filth and cal! upon every cifi-
zen to do his part in keeping the city
healthy.
Mrs D. N. Ditzler is reported Al
being In a serious condition from blood
poisoning. Rev. Glenn A Taylor. who
has been suffering intensely for some
weeks from the same cause, mas 50 far
recovered that he was able to ride out
In a carriage yesterday. ses5
Mr. and Mrs. VIII 9chooley lnn1nnce
1.-THE birth OF an eleven pound p0nT on