Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-15
Sanborn.


| George Goldman, an electrician, was
electrocuted while at work on the
switchboard in the electric light plant
here Tuesday morning. A wife and
! four children survive.
DysrsviIis.
The farmers IN and around New
Vienna, the first station Of the Iowa
Northern north Of Dyersville. have Or
ganized a shipping company and are
shipping livestock out over the ne"
railroad.
Monticello.
Two boys, about 10 or ~ years OF
age, were caught in the act OF break
ing the seal to a freight car and enter
! ing q few days ago. The boys when
taken in charge confessed that they
had entered other cars Cor the purpose
Of theft. An Information has been
lodged against the boys, and they will
be taken before the district Judge.
Iowa Falls.
Saturday a woman on one Of the
rural routes out Of this city made
practical use Of the new parcel post
in sending her produce to town. Find
ing she could not come to town for the
usual Saturday shopping she dis
patched her butter to market by the
!; rural carrier. mailing 1t to local mer-
chant and paying 1s cents for its de-
livery.
Waterloo.
The war on, Turkey may be popular
in the Balkan states but war on Iur >
keys is, not popular in the vicinity OF
Parkersburg. Night providers IN the
neighborhood of that town have peen
guilty lately of stealing many 1lne
Thanksgiving birds from the poultry
yards of farmers and call was sent
in to Sheriff Shores for the use OF the
waterloo bloodhounds in tracing the
thieves. Homer Bundy and the dogs
left for that place Wednesday.
Waterloo.
Saturday marked the passing Of the
American house, the second Oldest
hotel in Waterloo. 1t gives way for
proposed new modern hotel building.
It was built nearly fifty-two years ago.
on its site the first circus! that ever
visited Waterloo spread its tents. After
it's departure and before the ring was
effaced a band of Sac and Fox In
diaans, then camping on the Black
Hawk creek, held the tribal dance
there. After the county seat was trans
ferred from Cedar Falls to Waterloo In
1855, the first court was held IN the
American house.
Waterloo.
w, r. IIalden, of the firm Of Hal
den e. Floyd: r. w. Schuneman, of
the B. w, Schuneman. Company; Cal
J. Miller. Atone wangler, ]. w. Null
bern. l. O. Heiber and the Ellis Drug
Company. q corporation. has been In
dicted by the grand jury for main
tanning nuisances. The grand jury
made its report to Judge Plat shortly
after o'clock Wednesday afternoon
after being in session nearly TWO
weeks. The indicted parties are all
druggists against whom evidence OF
the illegal sale Of liquor was secured by
; detectives imported by the Business
Mems Temperance Association.
Monticello.
At the annual meeting Of the patrons
Of the Farmers Creamery Association
Of Monticello, the report Of the secre-
tary showed that the creamery re-
ceived during the past year 703.0O5
hounds Of milk and 1,677.156 pounds OF
cream. and there was paid As the pro-
ceeds the sum Of $129.07S TO the farm
ers. The average price paid per pound
(! for butter fat during the year was 50
cents. The highest price paid was In
| the month Of December, when the
farmers received 43 cents. The follow
ing officers were elected for the COM
INK year: President, c. A. Schatz: vice
president, John Oswold: secretary. O
w. Brazelton; treasurer. H. M. Car
penter.
Sloan.
wall Dubois was almost instantly
killed when he was driving two loads
Of corn to town, walking by the side
| Of the head wagon. A motorcycle
driven by an unknown person. came