Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-12
Northern Io1ua Items

EIkadsr.
The city council has fixed the saloon
license fee at $1,000 in addition to the
$500 mulct tax. The petition Of con-
sent expires in this county next month
after which this town will be entitled
to but one saloon.
Waterloo.
w. NJ. Drinks values his wife's love
at $4,000. Drinks demands the money
in suit for damages started in the
district court here against John My
ers. Myers. he alleges. gave his wife
money, bought her new dresses and
diamonds and entertained her here
Drinks wife was formerly Miss Carrie
Clifford. She was married to Drinks in
1908.
Manchester.
John Nix. a resident Of Manchester
for forty-one years. passed away at
his home in this city, after an illness
Of only five days duration. Mr. Nix
was born in Dubuque county. near the
city Of Dubuque, and when a young
man came to Manchester During the
last few years Mr. Nix was engaged in
the real estate business In this city.
and was we'll known over the county.
Dsnison.
The $4,000 damage suit of Mrs. Nell
lie DIETRICH against Isaac Patterson. of
West Side. Iowa, was continued at this
term Of court until the March term.
The plaintiff claims that Patterson in
duced her to obtain divorce from her
usband and then he would support her
as his housekeeper. A divorce was
procured and she was at the Patterson
home for short time, when there was
falling out.
Burt.
Ellie Wolff was quite badly injured
in an accident which happened while
he was driving into town with a load
of corn. The roads are in very bad
shape and in some way his sled slipped
out Of the beaten path and the load was
overturned. woftz was pinned be-
meath the load and there he remained
for over an hour before he was dis
covered. One Of his legs was broken
in two places and he was bruised con-
siderably He suffered quite little
from the long exposure.
Dubuque.
Dubuque ought to be relieved Of
any Lenten fasting, for II ever city
was given forty days Of penance the
Key City has. Since Jan. l. 1912. an
even forty days, there have just been
nine short hours when the temperature
rose above the freezing point. During
all those days the sun has never
looked upon the thermometer when 1t
registered above the freezing point, for
those hours when a. higher tempera-
ture than 80 degrees above zero was
reached were during the night Of Jan.
1928.
eelmond.
While little is said about It Belmond
has one of the very best equipped
creameries in the state Of Iowa. It is
built Of steel and cement and il fire.
proof thruout. The annual meeting
was recently held ana the report
showed that 334,5sS pounds of butter
had been manufacturer and sold during
the year. The total:receipts reached
the high figure Of 3s4.:75.Ss. Butter
maker Van Derhak bAlievee his report
is about as good as any offered in the
state this year. It certainly looked
good to the directors.
Wavsriy.
Tyrrelf Lodge, NO. lIS,sA. r. q A
NJ, held q largely attended meeting
and unanimously approved and adopt
ed plans for the purchase Of the mos.
desirable location IN the city for new
Masonic temple. The trustees Of the
lodge were authorized to purchase for
the lodge an dhave closed the deal for
the corner building and lot north Of
the Former house and the building lot
adjoining on the east. This, gives OPP
portunity for the lodge at some future
time to construct Ane building for,
its home with = forty-two feet frontage
on Bremen avenue It the southwest
corner Of the block. The flrst doors
q this newly a4esirsd propsrty are