Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-08

Perry.
The Catholics Of Perry have ar
ranged to start a school for the chill
dren of Catholic families. With that
end in view, they have purchased the
Unitarian church which will be re-
modelled into q school.
ottumwa.
The district court grand jury has
reported bringing twenty-seve IN
dictments against thirty three persons.
Twenty of these are for the alleged
selling of liquor contrary to law. Seven
charges were ignored. The men nave
been discharged now for the term.
Dss Moines.
One Of the biggest failures outside OF
Des Moines in months was the bank
ruptcy of George F. and Reuben
Keuter and B. E. Fuller. proprietors OF
general store at Elliott. The total
liabilities are listed as $40,737,e and as
sets as $4,000.
Muscatins.
Women in search Of wild flowers
Tuesday afternoon discovered the llfe-
less body of John Martin Noll,
wealthy civil war veteran, In the WOODS
near here. Suicide is believed to have
been the cause Of his death. The
reason for the act is not known.
Davenport.
Funds belonging to several church
and charitable societies and collec-
ton of old coins amounting to several
hundred dollars in value were stolen
from the residence of Mrs. Walter NJ.
Newton when the place was burglar
lied last night Mrs. Newton is treas
urer of the church societies.
Upton.
A special election has been called
by Mayor BARLEY for June to vote
on bonds to the amount of $4,000 for
the purpose of purchasing the prop
erty Of the Upton Light and Heating
Company, the city to operate same, IN
case the voters decide favorably and
an agreement can be made with the
company.
0ttumwa.
Chief of Police Peter Gaddagher
continued to keep the bootleggers on
the run Saturday and while he was
successful in only one raid he had the
offenders hunting cover. Nearly q
barrel of the amber fluid was found
in a barn. The barrel was taken to
the police station and the suit case
with its contents was broken on q pile
of rocks.
Hancock.
d. T.1Martin, a farmer who has lived
on one farm in Valley township for
forty-two years, shipped to South
Omaha 149 hogs of his own raising,
weighing 314 pounds on an average.
Mr.. Martin says he has raised q great
many hogs but this is the largest
bunch and that they have done the
best Of any he has ever fed. Mr.. Mar
tin has lived on the same farm forty
two years, coming to it with his. father
when 10 years Of age.
Upton.
Dennis Daley, a young painter and
paperhanger of western Iowa, was ar
rested, in Lowden, several weeks ago
for disorderly conduct, and was
brought to Upton to serve his short
sentence Of fifteen days. Several days
before his release, he became ill, a
slight rash breaking out. He joked
about it, and said it was chickenpox,
to which he had been exposed in Low
den. However, the day his term ex-
pired, physician was called. and the
case was diagnosed as smallpox. The
Jail and the afflicted one were inn
mediately quarantined, and the one In
mate Of Jail was removed elsewhere.
under safeguard quarantine.
Knoxville.
Clarence Phillips Of this city has
caused the arrest at Oskaloosa OF his
former wife. Ona Gullion LAthrop, on
q charge OF bigamy. According to
Phillips, the woman is in Jail at Oska-
loosa, unable to give bail. Ona Gullion.
daughter Of a farmer residing south
east Of Knoxville, married Robert
-Lathrop in 1918. On April II. 1914.
Lathrop secured divorce and on
April 22, eight days later, the woman
married Clarence Phillips Of Knoxville.
Mrs. Phillips spent tho winter in
Artesian. 9. D.. returning here about
three weeks ago. she asked her hus-
band for IS SO that she could visit with
her parents at Lovilia. and with friends
IN Oskaloosa. At the latter place she
met her former husband. Robert Lath-