Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-26
Southern, Io1ua Items

ana that he believed that his brother
John. who had taken the horse before.
was the thief. Saturday morning John
Hutton came back to town and was
promptly arrested. The horse was
found roaming about the neighborhood
. short time later. The preliminary
hearing was held in Justice Nugent'a
court and resulted In Hutton beina
held to await the action Of the grand
jury under . bond Of $500. Hutton did
not deny that he took the horse. but
gave ~ an excuse that his brother was
using ono Of his horses. and he saw
no reason why he should not use one
Of Wills. He drove the animal to the
farm Of man named Chadima, near
Fairfax. and worked In the bayfield, for
. week.
Ainsworth.
Davis Brothers had valuable mare
stung to death by honey bees We'd
nesday Of this week. The boys were
running two moving machines. one
following the other. and the one in
the lead ran into the bees. stirring
them up and irritating them. and when
the second machine came along they
were ready for business. and Of course
made it as unpleasant for the man and
team as possible. The mare was a
valuable animal. estimated to be worth
$500. and she died from the effects OF
the singing she received shortly after
wards.
Newton.
Charles Reynolds. OF this city, was
arrested on information filed by his
wife charging him with desertion. The
case will be heard by Justice j. w.
Alfree. Reynolds Is young man. %
years Of age and has been married
five years. They have a child about 8
years old, and up till short time ago
lived down near the tracks on West
Main street. About a month ago Reyn-
olds moved his family UP to Cam
bridge. where his wife had formerly
lived, he coming back here to work.
Since that time he had been sending
her money each week which she claims
was not enough to support her and the
child.
ksokuk.
without giving the members of his
family the slightest warning OF his in
tentions, Henry Plumb. a resident OF
Hamilton. procured a heavy calibre re-
volver at $3.50 o'clock "Wednesday
morning and ended his life in the
kitchen Of his home by shooting him
self in the right temple. The suicide
has lived in Hamilton county for the
last four years, and from time to time
was connected with several Of the
business concerns of the neighborins
city, having held the management OF
the Hamilton Clay Manufacturing
Company until last fell. Plumb left q
note addressed to his widow. Mrs.
Laura Plumb. in which he assigned Ill
health and failure to succeed az the
cause Of his self-destruction.
Upton.
As an assurance Of their intention
to build connection line between here
and Mt. Vernon in case the Rock Island
road il electrified, it Is proposed by the
Dows syndicate to make one-half Of all
subscriptions to the last named project
payable when the road 10 in operation
between Upton and Davenport. not
later than Dec. 81. 1915. and the other
half when connection - made with
the road now being constructed be-
tween Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon.
not later than Dec. 81. 1915. While not
an absolute contract for the construc-
ton OF the line thru 70 Mt. Vernon, II
10 q so per cent assurance that the
connection will be made and that il =
eood deal better OFFER than Upton peo-
Ne ever had before ON An interurban
~ ~ any kanA