Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-01

Stoner was placed under arrest because
he allowed his horse to stand out all
Monday night tied to post on South
Fifth street. The horse was found
there by a police officer early next
morning and taken TO the Savage liv-
cry barn. The Jail sentence given
Stoner was the result of number Of
offenses He has been repeatedly
warned by the police officers regarding
the neglect of his horse and was well
aware that ne was in danger Of arrest
! when he left his horse out Monday
night.
Dubuque.
! When John Peterson pleaded guilty
to the charge of larceny 'frem the per-
| son and received his sentence OF five
years in the penitentiary. a bit of real
life tragedy was enacted in Judge
Bronson's division of the district court.
Before sentencing the prisoner. Judge
Bronson asked him If he had anything
to say for himself. In broken English
he said he was born in Denmark. that
his parents are yet living there. that
they are highly respected people, his
father having been a captain on a
coasting vessel till age caused him to
retire. He said he himself was a satlo"
and that this is the first trouble he
has ever had. He came to America
about five years ago. He admitted
having taken the money. SIS. but
claimed it was not done with any in
tent to steal. that it was done in fun
and while he was under the influence
of liquor.
Cedar Falls.
There are rumors that a couple of
weddings are to be contaminated in
the early spring. AS is usual here in
such cases the prospective brides are
now. or were. students al the college
while the prospective grooms are home
boys. To such an extent has this mat
ter of Cedar Falls young men select
ing wives from the college girls been
carried out that home girl stands a
very poor show. a census OF the busi-
ness men along Main street would snow
that nine -tenths Of them married girls
who were sojourning here as students
The proportion is nearly as great
among the professional and semi
leisure class. The Cedar Falls girls
are doing everything possible to divert
the attention OF the young men so that
they will patronize home folks as
against all Corners, but thus far have
not succeeded to any noticeable extent
It may be that leap year will assist In
solving the problem.
Sioux City.
The Shrek of woman prevented
amateur yeggmen from blowing small
safe in the Cannon drug store. and
saved fourteen 1-cent stamps and two
c-cent stamped envelopes just after 3
o'clock a. m. Three we'll dressed men
travelling in taxicab and covered
automobile. were frightened out Of the
neighborhood when Mrs. w. w.
Throckmorton. living just across the
street opened her bedroom window and
asked what the night providers were
after. When seen by newspaper men
next morning, L. R. Herbert. manager
Of the store, was walking carefully
about the safe, taking care that nothing
should happen to explode the nitro
glycerin that the yeggmen had placed
in the cracks of the door. just before
they discovered that neighbors knew
of their presence mot on your life"
said MIR. Herbert, when asked TO open
the safe. "The soup is still in there
and / am not going to touch 1t of. I am
no burglar or safe cracker"