Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-05
Northern Io1ua Items

Charter Oak.
The case of Mrs. Mary Dugan, suing
w. s. Roe for $4,000 damages for SELL
ing her husband liquors, was, ended
Saturday by the jury falling to agree.
The case. will probably not be tried
again. ~, j~a7
Esthervilis.
Two men, who refuse to give their
names, coming from Fairmont, Mimi.
ran off twenty Ave foot grade one
and one-half miles north OF this city
Saturday afternoon. Their auto fell
twenty-five feet. and was Wrecked. One
man. about 40 years. old, was hurt bad
| ~ The other. about SO, was bruised.
! correctionviIie.
| a fire which broke out in the hard
ware store OF A. F. Fairchild early Sat
urday morning caused a loss of over
$4,000, with $500 insurance An ex-
plosion of gun powder broke plate glass
windows in the Wrights', Jockeys and
Farmers store, the opera house and
Merchants State Bank The safe in
! the Fairchild store was open and the
contents, mostly books, were destroyed.
Spirit Lake. ~
| Samuel Evans, one Of Dickinson
| county's most highly respected citi-
zens. passed away Friday evening after
suffering four months with cancer of
the stomach. He came to Spirit Lake
| fifty-on years ago, most of that time
residing on a farm one and a half miles
from town. The past ten years he has
retired from active life and lived in
his cottage on the lake shore. where
his widow will continue to live
Sioux City.
| The quarterly statement Of the cOun-
ty auditor. E. f. Hosmer, on the num-
Der of saloons in Sioux City. has been
prepared and Is ready to be filed with
the county treas The report shows
that there are now operating in Sioux
! City total OF seventy nine saloons.
Each saloon pays yearly license Of
81 200 making a total revenue from
this source of s34s0O The tax may be
paid in quarterly amounts Of $500
LeMars.
Nick Hilandes and Henry Rohests sen.
two young Hollanders employed on the
Ed Durband farm, adjoining Struble.
got in a quarrel over some trivial mat
ter on Friday night which resulted In
Robestsen drawing a knife and inflict-
ing an ugly wound on Hilandes' head.
The young men were IN Strnh'e when
the quarrel began over a proposition
Of Rohestsen to swipe a couple Of bot
ties of beer from a neighbours wagon.
Rock Rapids.
Loren Houts and Delbert Thomas,
the two youths who broke into hard
| orrfod off a =
pie Of cheap revolvers and a quantity
of cartridges were taken before Judge
oliver, who ordered the boys sent to
the public schools here every day
they were not sick, and to report
weekly as to their department. The
boys were small and for some time
have been running about as they
pleased and not attending school.
Rock Rapids.
A native Of Holland was before
Judge Oliver for his naturalization pa :
pers and being asked by the Judge the
usual questions answered them correct
| ly. Asked who made the laws OF the
state OF Iowa he answered Olaf Olsen
Mr.. Olsen being the member Of the
state legislature from this county
Judge oliver was undecided whether
to grant the papers or sentence Mr..
Olsen, but finally allowed the Holland
er to become a citizen.
Indepsn dsnes.
Judge F. c. Plat and Rev. Father
l.. P Crane had very narrow escape
from serious injury or perhaps worse
on Monday morning. They were stand
ing near the tall tower upon which the
workmen are laying the slate on St
Johns new church and several other
men were standing even nearer the
tower than they when hammer
which one Of the workmen had been
lusing accidentally fell to the ground
II tapped the Judge on the edge OF
his hat brim and Just touched Father
Craneys sleeve and then hit the ground
with much force. 1t had fallen from 9