Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-20
Northern I01ua Items

ing his return to work after short va
cation. He claims he was employed
running draw press stamping out
what are known as Lincoln cones" and
that the machine was In a faulty con-
dition
Sioux City.
MS. Edith Johnson, 30s Myrtle ave-
nue. was arrested in Davidson Bros
store Tuesday afternoon at the insti-
gation of one of the clerks. who ac-
cuses her of shoplifting She is being
held at the station pending investiga-
ton, altho no warrant has as yet been
sworn out against her. The arrest was
made by Patrolman Tedford When
arrested Mrs Johnson had some hos
iery under her cloak. She had looked
at some hose and told the clerk she
wanted another color and when he re-
| turned with the desired color the ones
he first showed her were missing. She
asserts that she had no intention of
stealing the articles thus concealed
but says she fnereit. put them there
till, the clerk returned.
Sioux City.
The evidence against Mike Farrell
and L. Wiley. charged with stealing
pair of trousers containing $16S5
from George Macarthur. was that Far
rell had knocked. on McArthur's bed
room door to awaken him and. Farrell
and 4NVilley later had been seen with a
small package. The defendants proved
that the pedagogical contained Will
ley's laundry. Macarthur admitted that
hesrhad asked Farrell to awaken him
n al
at the same hotel. Macarthur claims
that he was a detective for mine
years and a sheriff in Dakota conn
ty for two years. He thought the
evidence was strong against the de-
PENDANTS. Despite his belief Farrell and
Wiley were discharged =
Waterloo.
After. experimenting Margaret Wake
field of Waterloo at Cedar Rapids and
taking her from train on which she
was travelling to Chicago. the Water
loo officers were obliged to release
the girl here because Amanda Smith.
who preferred charges OF larceny
against her, withdrew the information.
Miss Smith told the officers that Miss
Wakefield had stolen her suit case.
Waterloo notified Cedar Rapids and Of
fcers there made the arrest. Miss
Wakefield said she had permission Of
Miss Smith to use her suitcase be-
| cause she could not get all her belong
ings into a trunk. 1t seems Miss
Smith was not at home at the time
Miss Wakefield departed for Chicago
and when she found the valise gone she
, notified the police.
Lake City.
Since the SHOWS Of the past month
have melted away and the frost has
| come out of the ground, James Hurl-
burt has discovered that instead Of
eighty acres of corn land ready for the
planter he has eighty acres Of boulders.
many of them two feet IN diameter.
Hurlbut lives near the Carroll county
line and once removed all the rock
| from his place. All the farms in this
vicinity have had to be cleared Of
boulders. Hurlburt was puzzled at first
as to the cause Of the presence OF the
stones. 1t has finally been decided that
the action of the frost brought the
| rocks to the surface. The ground on
his farm was frozen very deep and the
snow kept the surface of the ground
warm and moist. The action of the
frost beneath pushed up the boulders.
1t is estimated that Hurlburt has about
100 cord of rock on his corn land that
vary from eight inches to two feet in
! diameter, every one OF them having
been resurrected from the bowels OF
the earth during the past winter.
Cedar Rapids.
For q second time Martha l.. Stickel
: Is seeking a divorce drom I. N. Stickel
| They were married first in 1901 and
In 1908 Mrs. Stickel secured a divorce
on the grounds of cruelty and Jan. 81.
1910, they were remarked There were
two minor children by the first union.
who were awarded to the plaintiff
when the divorce was granted. She
states that she agreed to remarry the
defendant because he promised to quit
drinking. and consorting with bad
women. but he has failed to keep his
promises. she claims. Mrs. Stickel also
states that the defendant is cruel to
her. has threatened her violent injury.
and has even accused her of intimacy
with other men. She AYERS her hus-
band Is a man Of large means, owning
property and moneys to the value OF
approximately 100000. She asks judg-
ment for $4,000 elimony and that she
be given the custody and control Of the
minor son and daughter,
Monticello.
Work is to start on the new $4,000
county home to be erected in Jones
county. The hulk OF the material is on
the. grounds. 81