Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-14

was the lucky man. He shot him from
his horse and then jumped to the
ground striking the wolf with the stock
Of the gun. The VOLTS head being toe
hard for the gun stock, broke the
stock. Jerry strapped the wolf to his
saddle returning home feeling bigge,
than any Of the rest. There weren't
any Of the men feeling very small
about It, They are ready for some
moro when they show up. Another big
wolf showed up on the same day In
the afternoon.
ksokuk. 1.
The people are searching for one
James Hughes. said to be an employee
Of the Stone & Webster Engineering
Corporation, who. on Saturday after
noon, came to Keokuk with a number
Of pay checks belonging to men work
ing on the transmission line near
Tioga. ILL.,, cashed them. and left the
city, leaving behind him a horse and
buggy by means of which he had made
the trip. The aggregate Of his crooked
work has not yet been ascertained.
oskaloosa.
A man whose identity :s not known
lies in a precarious condition at the
dormitory Of Central Holiness Uni
yersity as the result Of having eaten
some rat biscuit" presumably with
suicidal intent. Doctors were called
from the city and are working with
him. The man was seen about the
university in the morning, and the
town marshal, Mr.. Farnswo-th. hecom-
ing. Suspicious took the man In charge
vi 50 hn
man promised to leave the place and
started away. He ate the poison. and
fell sick near the dormitory. 1t is I'M
derstood that the man came from
Eddyville and that he had been paying
some attention to maid employed in
one of the homes at University Park.
Hamburg.
Jack Good died here Sunday as re-
suit OF Injuries received two days be-
fore in an encounter with an angry
bull. Mr.. Good, In company with his
son, who is a stock buyer here. and
several other men were at farm!
south OF town Weighing up some cat
tie, when an angry bull charged on
them, striking Mr.. Good in such
manner as to throw him violently to
the ground. The animal had no horns
and no wounds were apparent. Mr..
Good got up declaring that he wasn't
hurt badly and later walked to the
house, half a mile distant. Afterwards
he was taken with a fainting spell and
soon lapsed into Inconsistencies. 1t
developed that in the fall he received
a severe injury to his head. Good was
SIS years old.
Upton.
The button factory long talked OF in
Upton seems about to become real
ity. At a meeting Of the Commercial
Club the proposition made by z. 4.
Hunter was favorably considered. n
committee appointed to investigate the
matter will take 1t up at once, and If
their report is favorable the matter
will be closed. Briefly stated Mr..
Hunter asks for a bonus of $1,000 to
put In q fifty machine plant in Upton.
He will contract to operate II not less
than three years. He is now operating
a thirty machine plant at West Liberty
and will increase 1t to fifty machines
as soon as they can be installed. Mr..
Hunter went to West Liberty from
Muscatine to get away from the labor
troubles in the latter city. West LIB
ertv gave him a bonus Of $1,000 to as
sist IN the expense OF moving and In
,stalling the plant. just as asked for
here. All those at the meeting were
+fsyofably4 disposed toward the PROPOSE
ton, and there IL little or no question
a TO raising the bonus asked.