Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-06
Northern Io,ua Items

was done and after the fire was nicely
| started Mr.. Lands would go away to
| do other work and when he was out
| OF sight Charles very deity rescued
| the gopher feet and saved them for flu
ture use. When he had saved q big
bunch he went to the auditors office
and told a tale of how friend Of his
in Putnam township had been killing
| gophers all summer and wanted him
to collect the bounty on them. The
story seemed plausible so he was paid
the bounty, amounting to 81 or So.
| Charles is that much richer, the county
| that much poorer and some people very
much wiser.
Mason City.
| Three full trains Of the choicest
FLOODED stock. cattle. horses, sheep and
swine. came in on the Short Line from
the Des Moines state fair. which closed
Saturday, en- route to Minneapolis A
number of them had the blue ribbon
attached to them. showing first prizes
They We're enroute to the Twin Cities
to be on exhibition at the Minnesota
state fair, which opened it's gates to
the public Monday. The third train con-
| sisted of twenty-five cars and was
pulled into Mason City with the COM
pany's largest monkey motion" en-
CINE. Engineer Stone in charge and
delivered over to the Milwaukee, it's
destination being st. Paul. The other
two went to Plymouth Junction and
were delivered over to the Rock Island
at that point.
corydon.
| 1t is estimated that the timothy seed
| crop of Wayne county will net the pro-
ducers about s1.000.0O0 this year 1t is
the best timothy seed county In the
| United States this year f. NJ. West
last week bought and loaded in one
day car of seed that surely sets the
| record for high prices OF timothy He
bought and put into the car 1000
pounds of the valuable timothy and
paid out to the farmers who raised it
the enormous amount OF $1O,59347 This
was quite a transaction for one day. 1t
is also interesting to know that he has
bought since July 81, twenty-six cars
Of timothy seed at an average price OF
over IS a bushel. Lutte Hart has made
about the best record on timothy which
we have vet learned OF. From 100
acres he sold seed to the amount OF
$500, getting over IS per bushel One
wagonoad of ffty-five bags amounted
to $40. His seed was sold to f. NJ
West.
Cedar Rapids.
AS the result Of an alteration over
a woman. said to be the wife OF one
OF the principals in the affair, Lewis
and Walker Jackson. colored, made
| targets Of each other Monday afternoon
/ %
serious and at Vinton each will be given
a preliminary hearing. The men have
been employed at Shannon's brick yard
at Shellsburg. Altho they bear the
same name. they are not related. Walk
err Jackson has been known around
Shellsburg as Ed Mack 1t is claimed
he has done time at FIT. Madison. The
shooting was the outcome OF an alleged
drunken spree. as 1t is claimed liquor
was brought to the house occupied by
the negroes Saturday night. Walker
Jackson fired the first shot. The bullet
entered Lewis Jackson's forehead and
came out at the top OF his head. Lewis
retaliated by shooting Walker in the
right side Of the neck The bullet
lodged in the right shoulder The ply
/ stefan who was called said the men
must have SHOE at close range as both
wounds were marked with powder
burns. I'nirty-eignt caiiDer reviewers
were used.