Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-16
Northern Io1ua Items

, store in ancener building. He has his
moving picture apparatus and the par
ties Interested will rebuild so that as
soon as possible he will have the NOV
les in operation.
Cherokee.
DR.. c. H. Johnson had an experience
which reads like the old timers &C
counts of the blizzards in early days.
Sunday morning he took team and
cutter to make call in Alton town
ship. From there he went across the
line into Buena Vista county. The
horses were SO fatigued the doctor
was compelled to stay over night.
Early Monday morning he started for
home but his outfit broke down and
he walked to the nearest farm house
for assistance Weather conditions
We're so bad he put up for the day
and Tuesday again started for home.
Neighbors with, heavy teams and bob
sleds opened the road to Aurelia. 1t
took four hours to so seven miles
MI Johnson got home to Cherokee on
No. 10 at o'clock last Tuesday even
ing.
Waterloo.
Paralysis, with which he was strick
en Sunday morning, caused the death
Friday morning at 7:35 o'clock OF
Samuel a. Bisbee, one of the early set
tiers of Iowa, and a resident of Black
Hawk county since 1863. Mr.. Bisbec
had been very feeble since last April.
when he had a bad fall. and it was
thought his hip was broken. Since
that time he had been confined to the
house. His death occurred at the home
I - Y
gan avenue Samuel Bisbce vas born
Nov. &c. 1926, at Sand Lake, Renes-
salaer county, New York son of Mr..
and Mrs. Elisha Bisbee. He was reared
to manhood in Delaware county in the
towns of Delhi and Meredith, and was
| married March 4. 1852. to Catherine
Palmer at COPYRIGHT. ~ " They left
Delaware county, New York, In 1856
there until April. 1851, when they
Iowa.
Clinton.
Three Clinton brothers, George, Hen
ry and William Jackson, are held for
the murder of saloon keeper at ST.
| Joseph, Mo. The police OF that city
have confessions which are said to
point to the Clinton men as the STAY.
ers of Lon Godsey in holdup. George
Jackson was arrested in st. Joe some
tire ago, in connection with robbery.
At that time ne was suspected of the
| Godsey murder. and the Clinton police
were told to work on the trail OF his
two brothers. delaying their arrest in
the hope of getting evidence. 1t is re-
ported that the two men made their
getaway from Clinton by jumping from
the window of their house as the Off
GERS approached to take them into GUS
tcdy. They we're arrested later at
Litchfield, III. The woman arrested at
st. Joe in company with George jack
son, who answered closely to the de-
scription of Mrs. Irene Dolph. who
murdered her husband In Clinton
some years ago, turned out to be the
wife of a Kansas City man, who is also
accused of murder committed year
ago.
Coon Rapids.
| For some time and from time to
time some person has been defacing
the cornerstone of the new school
| building. chopping off the names of
| two or more directors which had been
| chisled thereon by the architect. The
school board thought to put stop to
this piece of vandalism by employing
Charley Smith to watch for the cul-
4 prit. Monday night he caught him In
the act. Smith was secreted. as was
also the nightwatch of the school
building, Clarence Partington. They
saw the suspected man approaching,
with pick on his shoulder and as he
reached the cornerstone, began striking
at 1t with the pick. At this moment
Smith appeared and captured the fell
low, IN the meantime the culprt
throwing the pick as far as he could
throw 1t. He was brought before
Squire Browning who imposed fine of
| $50 and an additional fifteen days In
! Jail, but suspended both fine and jail
sentence on good behavior hereafter
The limit OF the fine that can be as
sessed in such cases Is 500 or thirty
days in jail. The Justice thought that
/ 1t would be more corrective In Influence
to suspend the fine shar = impose I,
ut this time.