Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-31
Northern Io1va Items

to Battle Creek, Mich, but received
little benefit. When the call came for
volunteers for the civil war, Mr.
Adams responded, enlisting as pri-
vate In Company A;WTwentleth Iowa
infantry. and was in the service for
two years and eleven months.
Grattsrinesr.
Eli Croven. of Grattinger. and his
brother Abijah. of Wallingford, have
Just received checks in settlement Of
an estate. good proportion Of which
was slaves. The estate was that Of
their grandfather, John r. Craven, who
died in North Carolina in 1857. The
property consisted. among ether things,
of sixteen slaves and 314 acres of land.
During the civil war the records in
the county seat Of Asheooro, ~ c.,
were burned, and for time all trace
OF the heirs was lost. Their connec-
tion again has been established by cor
respondence. and they have been given
their share of the grandfalhers prop
erty
Fort Dodge.
Joseph Kautzky, ST.. who operates a
gunshop in this city, has sold his pat
ent single-trigger contrivance to the
A. H. Fox Gun Company, Of Philadel-
phia, for $500. He secured the pat
ent on the device six years ago and
two later patents have been issued to
him covering improvements. Up to the
present time Mr.. Kautzky has been un-
able to dispose of his patent on account
of the number Of similar devices with
which firearm manufacturers have
been "stung." The idea for the shot
gun attachment came to the inventor
while studying the mechanism of a
kodak. He applied the principle and
a perfect single trigger action has
been secured.
Cedar Rapids.
A salary of $4,000 a season to start
with on three year contract, is what
Manager Joe Tinker off aced to Cyri!
Slapnicka, former Cedar Rapids boy.
now star pitcher for the Milwauk
championship team of tine American
association, If Slap will jump his lob
with the Brewers and Join the Chi
cago Federals. The contract was sub
mtted to Pitcher Slapnicka last week,
as was learned by Cedar RAPIDS
business man who was in Milwaukee
and talked to the pitcher. This places
Slapnicka in a peculiar position. He
is conducting cigar business in Mil
waukee. His customers, all fans. are
trying to persuade him to remain with
the Milwaukee team. Manager Joe
Tinker. of Chicago, is not only trying to
persuade Slapnicka to revolt, but is Of
fering the tempting cash. Slapnicka
has not yet decided about what he will
do
Clinton.
John Cooper and Bud Robinson, two
OF the three colored men Indicted by
the January grand jury on the charge
Of first degree murder IN connection
with the Staying Of William Wilson. of
Delmar, were brought to Clinton
Thursday morning for trial. The men
were surrendered by the Anamosa
prison authorities to Sheriff Dougherty
on an order Of Judge Barker. Charles
Norris. the third member of the gang
Is violently insane at Anamosa and
was not brought to this city. Cooner
and Robinson were brought back by
the sheriff and his deputy. John w.
Burke. Morris is in bad condition in
the insane ward at Anamosa. and is
Kept in straight jacket most Of the
time. The young negro spends most of
his time under the bed In his ward. and
acts more like an animal than q human
being, the prison authorities say. These
authorities believe there is no hope
for his recovery Of reason.