Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-03

two, Ellsworth and Mrs. Emma Cough
enous, having died some time ago. All
| the surviving children with their fam
| lilies, with the exception of a son in :
| law. Roy Carver, We're present at the
| golden wedding anniversary. There
were eleven grandchildren and five
great grandchildren present. Mr.. Rhine
heart is IS years old, while his wife is
six years his Junior and both are en-
! joyins good health.
Waterloo.
| If a man hires horse and cutter at
a livery stable to take his sister or
someone else's sister riding and the
horse runs away. throws the man and
the girl out and damages the harness
and cutter. does the man have to foot
the bill incurred by making the neces-
sary repairs q That is the question
that will come up for decision in Justice
Dempster's court Feb. 10. when the
case Of Bradley & Wescott versus Earl
r. and Eva Welstead is called. The
plaintiff sues for s29.5O damages to the
rig while the defendants have filed a
demurrer and counterclaim in which
they ask Judgment for 500 for injuries
to Eva Welstead as a result of the run
away.
Sioux City. A.
The menibers of the Sioux City police
force are incensed because several of
| their number were 'dOcked for absence
from duty caused by sickness last
month, and as a result committee OF
policemen w1i be appointed to APP
pear before the city council in the hope
of having the order revoked. 1t is not
known who IS at the bottom of the
deal, but no notice was given the pa
trolmen that they would be locked for
being absent last month The first no.
tce they had was when upon opening
their envelopes several of the men We're
short from SO to $12. When protest
was made to the superior officer at
headquarters the police We're told that
they had received all that was coming
to them.
Iowa Falls.
The case OF Mrs. Henry Staley vs..
George S. Forest occupied much Of the
time of the court. The plaintiff sued
Mr. Forest for $4,000 for injuries she
received last fall when her horse took
fright at The Forest autom obile near
the River street bridge when she was
thrown from her buggy and had her
arm broken. She at first sued for ST.
| 900 damages but later it was found tho
OOItS NoQii HOl hIlll ana tDdl iie arm
! would not heal, SO the amount of dam
ages asked was increased to $4,000
The ease was hard fought on both
sides The jury. after a struggle for
| Twenty-Five hours. brought in a verdict
allowing Mrs. Staley damages of ST.
200. and interest from the time of the
accident. or total amount of 1886 60
Anamoss.
G. -. Stout. steward at the Iowa
state reforrnatory, is full Of big figures
rs To the amount of provisions it takes
to keep the inmates. For winter use.
5000 bushels of potatoes and forty five
barrels Of sauer kraut are bought. To
each mess it takes about thirty gallons
of kraut. At recent dinner the prs-
oners AZ" five cases of tomatoes. run
ming twelve gallons to the case Aside
from the pork butchered they require
a great deal of meat each week
amounting to sixteen quarters of beef.
twenty pounds Of sausage. 40 pounds
of liver and 400 pounds of fra nkfurters.
1t takes 500 pounds OF pork to each
| mess and twenty pounds of coffee
Within the last few days twenty-one
barrels of syrup We're stored away for
winter use. Each day about twenty
gallons of it is used. Keeping the
prisoners at the pen we'll fed is quite
a task.