Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-27

Dubuque.
The race for city Office Is on. Former
Mayor H. A. Schunk has filed papers
announcing his candidacy for thu
democratic nomination for mayor II
the February primaries.
Mrs. Katherine Rowland, mother q
Clarence Rowland. owner OF the Du.
buque Three-I league baseball club
died at her home here at the age OF
6S years.
West Bend.
J. Thatcher. of West, Bend. enjoys the
distinction of having held the position
Of tyler in the Masonic lodge at West
Bend for the past twenty years. This
has been continuous service.
Manchester.
new record has been set In land
values in the vicinity Of Manchester.
A few months ago DR.. N. D. Wilson OF
this city purchased the o. w. Somers
farm north Of town. paying 5000 Per
acre. DR.. Wilson sold this tract Wed
nesday at $215 an acre. Fred ]. Stew
enson, Of Lamont, purchased the prop
erty and will convert It into; a dairy
and truck farm. The farm is located
a short distance from the city.
Waterloo.
A Waterloo woman has thirty-flve
Plymouth Rock hens, or five less
than the GAINESVILLE flock, and durins
the twenty days Of zero weather from
Jan. 1 to Jan. 20. inclusive. Of the pres
which were disposed Of for $40, more
than twice as much as the product
Of the GAINESVILLE hens brought during
the same period. The GAINESVILLE story
stated that forty Plymouth Rock chick
ems owned by . woman at that place
had laid 1910 worth Of eggs in twenty
zero days this year.
Monticello.
Four men, caught taking coal from
the railway company's sheds at Oxford
Junction. were arrested and SO each
was collected by detectives that had
been hired to watch the sheds. One 81
the men arrested implicated about fifty
others. These were visited by the de-
tectives, who Immediately began to col
lect for the coal. At this stage Of the
game the mayor and city council In
terfered and warned the men that they
were laying themselves liable to ar
rest on the charge of blackmail. The
detectives claim that they will now
have the others arrested and fined ac-
cording to law. 3
Williams.
The residence on the old T. H. Smith
farm in Vernon township. now owned
by Miss Adaline Train. formerly Of this
city, but now Of Hampton, and occu-
pied by o. r. Bradley and family. was
burned to the ground during recent
stormy night. Mr.. Bradley was sitting
beside the stove, amusing the children
when he thought he heard something
roaring, above the noise Of the wind
and upon making an investigator,
found that the house was on fire. He
gave the fire alarm on the telephone
and by the time he had the children
outside the house help had arrived, but
as only about twenty minutes elapsed
from the time the fire was hrst discoy-
cred unit! the house fell they were UNI
able to save a great deal Mr.. Bradley
had $500 insurance and sustained a loss
of about $500 in addition to that sum
Sac City. 5ss
One Of the most successful public
sales OF the season was held by George
Gilbert & Sons. The GilSerts. who are
among the oldest settlers II this part
Of the county. started with eighty acres
and few years ago becam4 owners Ut
a 200-acre farm and later added 20
acres, the old Wilson ard Herring
feeding ranch. This. duriag the past
ss::: Seara has Welded g&Od retutns,
as will be evidenced blythe folioMIp9
vsss,,r< ~ fhAs nnlA. One II adro6S ~