Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-26
Northern Ioua Items
New Hampton.

New Hampton.
Clifford, the 1s-months-o son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Alcock. drank some
turpentine but probably will recover.
He climbed upon a chair and reached
the bottle on shelf
Cherokee.
The grand fury has completed its
work. A true bill was returned against
E. P. Hessenius, charging him with the
murder Of his wife at their home. near
Cleghorn. Hessenius was remanded to
Jail to await trial. bail being refused.
His trial will not be had at this term
of court.
Webster City.
| was held over from several terms was
finally settled in the last tenn Of court
| in Webster City. 1t is that Of the in
dictment Of the Elk lodge Of Webster
City for selling intoxicating liquors
The lodge pleaded guilty and was fined
$500. For some reason this matter has
been kept quiet thru the Webster City
papers.
Charles City.
At the first meeting Of the new school
| board plans for a new school were
taken up. Architects from Des Moines
were conferred with. The architects
were instructed to draw up plans and
submit them as soon as possible. The
material to be used has not been de-
cided This school house is to take
the place Of the old stone school, which
was RACED last summer.
GoidfieId.
A deal has been closed by which De-
Witt Goodrich Of Storm Lake and NJ. F.
Coons Of the Farmers Savings Bank,
purchased the residence, land business.
and office fixtures OF G. L. Mcfarland.
Mr.. Goodrich gets the Mcfarland resi-
dence. and will be associated with Mr..
coons in the land business. The
change Is to become effective May l
and Mr. Goodrich will move here about
that time Mr.. Mcfarland has pur-
poets to establish himself in the land
business.
Reinbeck.
A deal has been made In which P. H
Stewart sold his furniture stock and
building in this city to w. F. Martin, a
well known business man of Wellsburg.
One of the conditions OF the sale was
that Mr.. Stewart was to continue the
business here until about the first OF
the wear when it was to be turned over
to Mr.. Martin, who was in the mean
time to close out his business at Wells
burg But another change took place
since. when Messrs. George Shear and
J. G. Taylor, Of this city. purchased Mr..
Martins contract end these two gentle
men will be the new pHoprietors Of the
Stewart furniture store some time this
fsil or the frs. Of the coming year.
Dubuque.
The newspaper story emanating from
Des Moines, telling about the fnaccur-
ate scales Of Dubuque and other cities
of the state. is regarded by local gro
GERS and meat and coal dealers as
something If Joke. IT is stated by
John A. Cunningham, secretary OF the
local Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers
Associations, that no person with au-
thority to test scales has been in Du-
buoue. in fact that no official tests
OF any kind have been made. Mr..
Cunningham in addition states that the
grocery stores and meat shops are
equipped. in a major portion Of cases.
with the most modern and up-to date
scales that it is possible to obtain.
These scales are regularly tested by
the manufacturers and are believed to
he as nearly correct. as rule, as 1t IS
possible to have them.
Dubuque.
The recent decision Of Judge The
ophilus, Of Davenport, that the Moon
law, regulating the number Of saloons
in Iowa cities to one for each 1000
population does not affect special char
ter cities is Of particular interest to
Dubuque, which is a special charter
city, and where fully two-thirds Of the
saloons Of the city would be affected
by an adverse ruling. Dubuque at
torneys have therefore given the cub
ject more than passing consideration,
and the outcome Of the Davenport case
was watched with keen interest here.
While there was considerable interest