Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-15

| it developed that dozen starving cats
We're responsible. For the past two
weeks people in the neighborhood had
| claimed to the police that the house
was haunted but no attention was paid
| to them. Several antilles moved out
of the neighborhood on account of the
| fear that the house was haunted. The
| officers found about a dozen cats. sew
i eral already dead and the others dying
| Of starvation. They had belonged to
! Mrs. Fahlenkamp.
+! keokuk.
Transfer OF the suit for damages for
alleged breach Of promise to Van Blu
rem county is asked in an application
| filed in the case OF Bessie Corwine
against Joseph Crimson. The parties
to the suit are wealthy residents Of
Van Buren, county both living near
Bentonsport, Iowa. The defendant Is
Is years old, and the plaintiff 49, The
latter's petition charges the aged man
with breaking his proposal Of marriage
after the woman had prepared for the
wedding ceremony. The heart balm
asked is 100000.
Muscatine.
Leaving the house in the widest
confusion, stripping 1t of everything
valuable 1t contained that was port
able, and upsetting every piece OF fur-
niture which might contain something
valuable, thieves robbed and looted the
home of J. E. Bradford 1903 East Front
street. some time last week. The
thieves even went to the extent OF
tearing up some of the carpets, In or
der to get what might he concealed be-
meath them. and evidently felt perfect
| ly secure in their efforts as the ex-
ceptionally complete job they made
Of their work witnessed. The dwell
| ing has been closed for several month.
as since the death Of Mr.. Bradford. his
daughter. Miss Florence, has been liv-
| ing at Moline.
lndianola.
President Strickland Of Simpson Col
| lege has secured Bishop Mcdowell OF
| Chicago. one of the most noted Meth
odist divines Of the country. to de-
liver the commencement address, at
j Simpson College this year. The com
mencement season opens June 9 with
| the baccalaureate sermon Sunday In
| the Methodist church by President
| Strickland. Glass day exercises will be
| held Tuesday with the class play. LAS
| you Like It," given in the new gym
nasium The dedication of the new
| sec, 1000 gymnasium presented as an alb
| solute gift from Harry Hopper Of IN
| dianola will take place Wednesday
June 12 On Thursday Bishop Mellow
| ell will address the fifty six graduates
| fifty of whom come from the college OF
liberal arts. The last year has been
called the banner year at Simpson
College. There have been $50 stu
dents enrolled during the year.
Muscatine.
The Muscatine fire department was
(censured by DR.. L. NJ. Grigsby, pastor
Of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
Sunday evenings sermon for the ac-
ton, he stated, which had been taken
/ by the various local hose houses with
references to saloon agitation. The
criticism was made in connection with
his sermon on mothers day." cele-
brated in the respective local churches.
i The reported action Of the fire COM
panies was denounced by him in no
uncertain terms. Frank Curry, chief
of the resident fire department. makes
emphatic denial that any such move
! had been officially discussed by the
! firemen in a meeting held last week or
/ that any such had been contemplated.
| 1--WE have nothing to do with circulat-
ing q petition for getting saloons into
this city again" the fire chief stated,
| land have no desire to start any such
movement"
Muscatins.
| A nature fake which might cause
an expletive Of short and ugly ma =
ture from certain former colonel
Of rough riders, actually has occurred
in this city, one of which there is no
gainsaying. A tiny chicken was Matched
| by q proud mother pigeon at the John
j. Richards place Of residence on West
| Hill last week. For a period extend
ing three weeks, the pigeon sat on the
! egg. Then a wee chicklet was Matched.
However, the occurrence is easy Of ex-
PLANTATION. The pigeon cote located in
! the upper portion OF the Richards barn.
was visited by a leghorn hen, the lat
ter flying into the cote and laying an
egg on one of the doves nests. After
depositing the egg the hen just as Sc
renely returned to its former haunts; 1t
was then that the little pigeon got busy
and proudly displayed the tiny leghorn
chick to the rest Of the pigeon family.
! There was much pouting when the
chick was given over to an old hen for
adoption.