Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-07
Fairfield.

1lFuOIos
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.
keokuk.
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 q. A. r.
Dss Moinss.
Two horses and a COW, property of
l. DeNelsky, 423 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
neighhorhood are in the habit Of kill
ing Ash 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 If 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 q bunch Of bananas, was running
along the floor when first seen and
was captured and placed In a glass Jar.
In general appearance it resembles a
big spider.
ksokuk.
Because they violated the law rela-
tive to fishing with seines in inland
streams, Wood and Harvey Wilsey
were arrested and fined in Justice Lem
decker's court Saturday. The find was
$40. which, with costs, amounted to
s15.5. 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 Des Moines river with
seine.
Knoxville.
A scourse of cut worms appears to
have fallen upon the Marion county
farmers crops this season. ravagins
the country as the plague Of locusts did
the fertile valley Of the Nile. Reports
of the damage wrought by the nryriads
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.
Rantist church at Metz were held Sun
d.v and were well attended. The beau
tif,,, new structure built by the people
~ thA Metz neighborhood was dedi-
Gated absolutely free from debt and the
dream Of the people Of that neighbour
hood for a place of worship has been
reaIized. 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
a.,ds 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, tho corn 10 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 II
surely difflcult to work up Crouch on
the crop question.
Muscatins.
Anton Rissler. an old vag. found the
climate OF Muscatine just bit too In
MIGRATING for him on Saturday after
noon and regaining all OF the vigor o.
youth he rouGhed 1t up some. Not con-
tent with pounding Deputy Chief Bal
| luff overs the head with cane when
he was taken to the bummery, afte,
being picked up by the authorities. he
heaved stove lid at Chief Hoffman
when that officer put in his appearance
into the cooler with the intention Of
J searching the prisoner. and to cap the