Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-25
Burlington.

| Burlington.
Robbers broke the north show win
dow OF G. 4. Waldn's jeWelry store
early Tuesday morning and made their
getaway with four revolvers, and a
quantity of rings, watches and fra
ternity emblems. The robbery occurred
| between 1870 and ? o'clock.
| Scion.
| James Hennessy, living near here,
breaks the record for raising pigs tins
spring. From a Chester White SOW he
recently got twenty pigs and all are
now alive and growing. 1t would not
take long to populate the earth with
pigs at this rate.
Creston.
A travelling man who registered as
Mr. Woods OF Chicago was ar
rested at the Sidney hotel last night
together with a young girl. said to be
from Red Oak after they had gone to
room at that hosiery. They regis
tered as man and wife. The father OF
the girl. who is only is years old, came
from Charlton and took both parties
back there for trial under guard OF
! the sheriff.
West Liberty.
| After throwing the 5-year-old occu-
pant of the spring wagon, to the curb
| ing, a horse belonging to Will Sanger,
| broke from the vehicle and dashed
across the principal business street OF
| West Liberty, to hurl itself thru the
| new plate glass front of the Gus Burk-
art block, which had been completed
| only a few minutes before. The child
the son of Ross Merriman, an employe
| of Mr.. Sanger, escaped uninjured, but
| the largest piece Of glass left meas
ured only about six inches across.
Knoxville.
| Six Knoxville boys are in serious
trouble because of the complaint OF
Miss Fannie Beebout, aged Is, who
asserts the boys nlistreated her In an
empty house near the edge of town
Those before Justice Brobst were Lon
Richards, Leo Shields, Sam Nutter
Hugh Dennery, Wilbur Armsberry and
Jesse Orr. All of the boys are between
1s and IS excepting Richards, who is
%. and who came here recently from
Tennessee. The grand jury is ex-
pected to take up the case at the mex,
session.
New London.
| Samuel Lee. who has been very il
near here, has lived in Henry county
sixty-seven years. He was born II
1927, but came here with his father
seventy-six years ago, and Mr.. Lees
father purchased section from tn
| government. New London at that time
was a settlement of a few houses,
blacksmith shop and store or TWO
All products were hauled to and from
Burlington, distance of twenty miles
| r nn1x
| the house his father built in 1896, thu
first log house in that part Of the coun
try, still stands.
Abba.
Juhn Stewart, living near here. re
turned Friday from Kansas City Wit
his seven children, the oldest of whom
is 16 years. Mr.. Stewart recovered tn
children from his wife in the Missouri
town, where she had taken them whe
she eloped with w. F. Ledford, he
husbands hired man. During the lat
ter's absence Ledford brought all tn
Stewart furniture when he came her
with the woman. The police of Kansa
City will prosecute Ledford, but Mr.
Stewart will escape, her husband re
fusing to prosecute her or take he
back
Stockport.
During the past week death ha
claimed Mr.. and Mrs. Boley, parents I
B. r. Boley, OF this place. The moths
died Tuesday at the home Of h
= daughter, Mrs. Runyon, who lives ab0,
one mile from Hillsboro, and F'rida
afternoon at about Las the father dis
from an attack OF pneumonia. TIL
highly respected couple were MARI,
over fifty-seven years AMI only we