Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-15
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

Mrs. 8. 8. Wright. mother Of Mrs. g.
r. GrlsWold. Of this city. died at Chi
cago. The body was brought here for
burial.
The tender youth of Company D, in
camp at Vinton, undoubtedly sighed
FOR less glory and more blankets last
night"
1.-The c. & N. w. is replacing all the
old iron rails with steel in all the side
tracks here"
THE weather prophets say that whom
the corn pokes thru the shucks 1t Is a
sure sign of an open winter"
Ducks, brant and geese have bred
In Iowa lakes and sloughs this season
IN quantities never before seen. Hardly
pond can be found without two or
three native fiocks. Lively fall sport
is anticipated. Chicken hunters IL
they don't have everything killed off
before then, are calculating upon
holder operations the first Of the
month. 1t Is said that some fine bags
OF snipe have been brought into the
city from this immediate neighborhood.
Mr.. Will Wildman, foreman Of the
Iimes- Republican news room, who Is
enjoying two months sojourn on the
Pacific coast to the utmost. writes a
friend here concerning some OF the
sport in which he and a few compan-
ions are engaged. He tells the follow
Ing fish story, written from Catalina
islands: Messrs. Fred Frank. and
George Woodbury. and myself rowed
up to Long Point one morning. eight
miles up the island. and in little over
one hour we had pulled in thirty nine
barracuda, three bass and one Spanish
mackerel. in all about 225 pounds Of
fish. The barracuda is a fish that will
average five pounds apiece. and TO
catch them person has to work. We
bait with smelt, and when a school
Of them is sighted we begin to hustle.
They bite when the bait rs moving, so
we have to work our lines all the time.
They will follow the bait up to the
boat sometimes before they take hold.
Yesterday we went after bass and
succeeded in getting thirteen nice ones,
whitefish, and two shepherds. The
shepherds are the homeliest species
Of the fish family | ever saw. If they
have got a red head. l think DR..
kibbey would enjoy a trip to Catalina
island. About the time he began TO
haul in barracuda he would not know
whether the waves were running ten
feet high or twenty and if he did get
Knocked into the water ! don't think
he would stop fishing
Miss Mary Moriarty of the Times
Republican composing room. left last
night for a months recreation with
relatives in Kansas City"
Misses Bessie and Kate Nibiock
went to Traer today for weeks visit
with old college friends. They have
secured positions in our city schools as
teachers for the coming year
Thursday, Aug. %, 1889.
Fishermen are bringing in some fine
strings. Iowa river fishing in this
neighborhood has never been so good
as this year. the glucose, to the con-
trary, Notwithstanding
Mr.. c. Yeager has been appointed
on the police force temporarily, vice
Speers. The new po,iceman's frst act
was to fknock . foul mouthed tramp
clear over a baggage truck and then
land him and his partner in the jug up
town. Mr. Yeager was evidently cut
out for d Msrshalltown policeman"
The average yield Of oats is going
up instead of down as the grain rs be-
ing threshed and reports come in. One
farmer said yesterday that from all he
had heard he believed the crop in
Marshall county would average sixty
five bushels TO the acre. more rather
than less. Very few fields are running
less than fifty, and many sixty to sew
enty. machine measure, while all the
grain is largely over weight"
The soldiers home now has 200
veterans on the roll, and thirty-two
new applications have just been ac-
cepted"
Mr. Thad Binford returned from
Colfax last night and took to his resi-
dence small satchel filled with legal
papers. which happened to be OF no
earthly use to any one except himself
and his clients. The family retired
about midnight leaving light burning
in the sitting room. Between that time
and daylight the house was entered by
burglars. who took off a window
screen. The operations appear to have
been bold and methodical. but hardly
professional. From Mr.. Binfords bed
room they took his pantaloons. and Left
them on the sitting room floor, getting
only a dollar or SO in change. Besides
this they carried off MS shoes and g
bag of legal papers. but nothing of any
value has been missed The visit o.
the light-fingered gentry was not dis
covered until the family arose thi:
morning Under the circumstances Mr.
Binford is willing to comprehensive
! up his shoes and take back his papers
| Mr.. and Mrs. Kilborn. Mr.. and Mrs
A. l.. Van Tine. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
| and Mr.. and Mrs. James Camrnack e.
\ to State Center this evening to attend
the wedding of Mr.. J. E Dean, of Kan
sas and Miss Ida Davenport, formerl!
of this city"
Lamoille correspondence: "E. F
Hood shipped a carload Of Duchess ap
pies from here Saturday and will Loaf
another this week. S. j. Wickershan
| will furnish 500 or 500 bushels Of then
at % cents per bushel of foriy-eigh
pounds Z. E Pemberton is also buy
ing apples to ship in crates to Siou:
Rapids"
/ ST Anthony correspondence: "Thresh
ing is over half done in this vicinit.
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