Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
Northern Io1ua Stems

their blindness she visited Chief kcl-
loGg. With Wat eyes and many sup
pressed sobs She listened to the chiefs
story of the work her son had done as
q member of the fire ,department and OF
the heroic manner ofahis death The
body was carried to=the cemetery in
fire truck No, l. With which Fulton
worked as Kslineman and with which
he was serving tsthe tfme'of his death:
The truck sS&draped. All the
ftremens who could .sbe spared
from active service were present and
marched reverentlN in the procession.
Firemen acted %ass pail bearers. \
floral ladder was the emblem of aflsc7
ton from the department
Spencer.
John Lindman arrested John Richie
here on requisition> papers from the
governor of PENNSYLVANIA which ac-
cused him Of aggravated assault and
kidna piping. Richie vas working or
the farm Of Fl. >Kruze. six miles north
OF Overly. He was charged With hav-
ing broken from the Jail in Cumber-
land county. Pa. and kidnapped the 10
year-old son of his wife by a former
marriage. AS soon as Sheriff Lidmnr
notified the PENNSYLVANIA sheriff that
man answering Ritchie;s description
was living in Clay county the latter
came here with the necessary papers
and took him back to Pennsylvania.
/; Jefferson.
!, Last Wednesday,. Recorder Lyon re-
ceived a mortgage given by the Fort
Dodge. Des Moines & Southern Rail
road Company to the Old Colony Trus
~ nv -
gaze covers all lines and branches o
! railroad extending from Des Moines tt
: Fort Dodge and Rockwell, City and is ,
I twenty five year loan amounting to APP
! proximate!y s5.000O00. The fees FOR re-
cording this mortgage were sl3. This i
the second big railroad mortgage re.
! ceived by the recorder this year ant
] makes the amount Of work for he frs
! three months of 1914 equal to two.
! thirds Of al! the work received during
! 1915.
Waterloo.
! The Waterloo and Black Hawl
county are steadily growing in popu
lation and financial affairs is show,
anew by the tax collections made b,
: Treasurer Frank r. Bentley for tn
! first three months OF the year Tues
day was the last opportunity to pa!
/ the first inStaimen. OF taxes withou
/ penalty, and the treasurer's record
thi. morning showed that there ha,
been collected in cash and PIT, in tn
I banks the large sum of s70?.344.S
since Jan. I. In 1901. when Mr.. Bentle,
first went into the treasurer's office u
deputy for Fl. 3. Chopper the collAc
/, tiors for the same period amounte,
only to sl04.54S.74 The amount ha
! been Increased nearly seven times i
the past thirteen years for the frs
three month period.
Fairfax.
The new Catholic church in Fairfas
the cornerstone Of which was laid II
| June. 1912. by the Very Rev. ].
Toomey OF Cedar Rapids. is now fire
from debt. II Is one OF the fines
| churches in the state and the member
I OF ST. Patrick's congregation are to b
congra, ulated on having built and pal
for a church that cost $35, 900. which /
] the pride and ornament Of Fairfa,
During the past year about $4,000 ha
been raised to cancel the entire indebt
i,edness. In connection with the churc
the congregation has established an
equipped parochial school with an en-
rollment OF 1o7 pupils. The school
in charge OF the Sisters Of Mercy {
Cedar Rapids. 1t has attracted the at
tention OF all the people around Fair
fax and both the patrons and pupil
are loud in their praises OF Tn
thorough work that Il being done an
! the discipline which is observed.
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