Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
Des Moines.

Des Moines.
Two highwaymen who tried to hold
up ]. W. Gates. grocer at East Nine
teentn street and Grand avenue, Mon
day night, received the fright of their
lives. Gates pulled a revolver and fired
at the men. The hold-ups got away, al
tho Gates fred five times.
Council Bluffs.
The stump Of human body was
found on the bank Of the Missouri riv-
er seven miles below Council Bluffs
Tuesday. Coroner Cutler Of Potta-
wattamie county removed the body TO
this city. Identification was impossible
as the body had been in the water for
months.
Treynor.
On the farm Of Roennau Bros. 1--WE
and half miles northwest Of Trey
nor. there We're $50 acres Of corn plant
ed this year. Twenty acres of this, on
bottom land, and late planting. pro-
duced the remarkable amount Of 1900
bushels, an average Of 40 bushel. per
acre.
Davenport.
Never before in the history Of Scott
dates for the office Of supervisor as
the noon hour Wednesday the names
Of seventeen PRISONS willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy on the
board caused by the death Of Julius
Sander, had been placed on file at the
court house.
Newton.
! In the case Of state Of iowa vs.. An
drew Dunn. the plea of not guilty wa.
withdrawn by Dunns attorney and a
plea Of guilty Of assault with intent tc
commit great bodily injury was made
Judge willcockson fined the defendant
800 which he will pay. Andrew Dunr
was indicted for trouble which oc.
Cured in kellogg some months ago
near his blacksmith shop.
Davenport.
Letters have been received here tell
ing Of the sad death of DR.. Arthur H
Koelker, who was killed in the Harri
man research laboratory OF the Roose
Welt hospital New York. He was thu
victim of poisonous hydrocyanfc acit
fumes which escaped from an over
turned flask with which he had bee,
making experiments Professor Koelke
vas % years old and was married onl.
last September to Miss Ida Stark, o
Davenport, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
George Stark.
Davenport.
Matthew Archer conductor Of trail
No. 7. Of the Rock Island. died in 81
Anthony's hospital at noon Wednesda
following injuries he sustained whel
he was run down by switch engin
; at West Liberty Iowa. Sunday morn
ing. Internal injuries were the cause
OF death. His arm was severed aboy
the elbow and his leg was also In
tured Archer had been in the emplo
Of the railroads forty-three year,
starting when he was II years OF ag'
He was "a years Of age and was Dor
, in Iowa City.
Newton.
Frank Cross. Delano Trotter and LIE
Gage were sentenced by Judge VIII
: cockson to serve three-year term
: the inebrfate hospital at Knoxville. A
are familiar characters in the local pc
lice court having appeared sever;
times on the charge OF intoxicatiol
Immediately after the sentence wa
, passed on Frank Cross, his wife. JUL
Cross. was granted divorce on tn
grounds OF drunkenness. The evldent
r showed that Cross had been on or
e grand drunk for practically the pa
s seven years.
s Lamont.
e To have been in existence forty-o OF
e years, during which time neither cpe
saloon nor gambling house mas Dee
t started within its limits, is the boa
: of Lamont. Lamont is strictly MO
Il mon town. The first store here WI
y erected in 1870 by Samuel Gurley al
e late in the fall Of the same year Thon
g as Teale & Sons opened general me
n chandfse store In 1888 the first bal
II was started with D. F. Nichols as o
: ganizer. Later the bank expanded al
Il has become one Of the most hourisl
ing in the state. The Saints Hsral
le the official organ Of this branch Of q
Is Mormon church, il published here. II