Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-07
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The trustees and faculty of Parsons
College at Fairfield have sent out in
vitations to the thirty-sixth annual
commencement week exercises to be
be held from June 10 to Is.
ksokuk.
ID. w. Lucas presented the G. A. R..
here with a gavel made from the wood
found on the battlefield Of Lookout
Mountain. He has his name and date
inscribed and cut from the bark, the
letters G. A. r.
Dss Moinss.
Two horses and a COW, property Of
I. DeNelsky. 1913 East Grand avenue.
were destroyed in fire Of unknown
origin which broke out in De Nelsky's
barn Sunday afternoon. A barn at the
rear Of 425 East Grand avenue caught
fire and was burned down.
Hamburg.
It is reported that parties in the
neighborhood are In the habit Of kill
ing fish with dynamite in the Nishna.
OF course this method Of fishing is de-
structive to all fish, small and great,
and more SO with the small ones. Such
methods are strictly in violation Of the
law and should be prohibited by severe
punishment il necessary.
Jefferson.
McCully Brothers have on exhibition
at their store an interesting specimen
Of the tarantula. which was alive and
apparently vigorous when captured
Tuesday, but which is now either dead
or playing 'possum." The tropical Wis
itor, which is supposed to have arrived
in a bunch of bananas. was running
along the floor when first seen and
was captured and placed in glass jar.
In general appearance 1t resembles a
big spider.
ksokuk.
Because they violated the law rela-
tive to fishing with seines in inland
streams Wood and Harvey Wilsey
we're arrested and nned in Justice Lem
decker's court Saturday. The find was
SO, which, with costs. amounted to
$15.5. The wilseys are fishermen and
were arrested on information sworn out
by Adam Weirather. game warden. He
charged that the men were engaged IN
fishing in the Dies Moines river with a
seine.
knoxville.
A scourge Of cut worms appears to
have fallen upon the Marion county
farmers crops this season, ravaging
the country as the plague Of locusts did
the fertile valley Of the Mile. Reports
of the damage wrought by the myriads
of these soft-bodied depredators come
from many sections and IN some IN
stances the damage to the crops
amounts to total loss. making 1T nee
essary in many instances to replant
entire fields.
Newton.
The dedication services for the new
Rantist church at Metz were held Sum
day and were well attended. The beau
tiful new structure built by the people
NJ the Metz neighborhood was dedt-
Gated absolutely free from debt and the
dream Of the people Of that netEhbor-
hood for a place of worship has been
realized. One feature Of the dedication
service was the big basket dinner IN
the church yard. Two hundred persons
were fed.
Thurman.
Not In twenty years have the Iowa
fields OF corn at the same season OF the
wear looked as we'll as they do at this
time. The rows Of corn are unusually
straight and not a hill Is missing.
Furthermore, the corn Ii up, and IN
many cases has been cultivated twice.
The weeds have been put away. and
they are out Of the fight The weather
is ideal for corn growing. and 1t IL
surely difficult to work up crouch on
the crop question.
,Muscatins.
Anton Rissler, an old vag. found the
climate Of Muscatine- Just a bit too IN
MIGRATING for him on Saturday after
noon and regaining all Of the vi9or OF
youth he roughed 1t up some. Not con-
tent with pounding Deputy Chief Ball
luff over the head with cane when
he was taken to the bummery. after
being picked UP by tho authorities. he
heaved stove lid at Chief HOFFMAN
when that officer put IN his appearances
Z: <. ..,,z-s.eaier with tha Intention OF
searching the prisoner. and to cap the