Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-26
Waterloo.

Waterloo.
Streets in the business district in
both the east and west sections OF the
citE will be repaved with asphalt our
ing the coming spring. IL the touns'i
acts favorably IN the resolution u ne
cessity to be considered a. the regular
meeting on Ma"ca e.
Dubuque.
A railroad bridge over Catfish creek,
three miles from Dubuque, was dam
aged by an ice gorge Wednesday. Ice
in the Mississippi river threatens to
break soon. The water is high and the
ice is thick and damage may result
when the ice breaks.
Sheldon.
Ben Gates, who was arrested IN Sioux
City last week on suspicion of being a
bootlegger, was found to have In ms
possession a lot of stolen silks when
had been taken from the store Of the
Sheldon Mercantile Company, last
week. He was brought back to Sheldon,
examined before Justice Cobb ana
bound over to the next term Of court.
His bonds were placed at $4,000.
EIgin.
DR.. John Bower has a curiosity at
his veterinary hospital in perfectly
developed two-headed calf. The little
animal was dead at the time OF birth
but has we'll developed body, 1t legs
and neck are all right, but instead OF
having one head the animal has two.
Fred F-rieden owns the mother of the
calf. The little beast is something out
of the ordinary and DR.. Bower intends
to have it stuffed so that it can be
kept.
Sheldon.
journeyme tailor who gave his
name as A. Fl. krahn, about - years
old committed suicide at the Hokard
Hotel Monday night by hanging him
self to the d--post by a fire escape
rope. He failed to answer an aa:ly
morning call and the clerk called in the
police. Krahn was found dead. yae
dead man arrived here Monday from
Sioux City and secured employment in
one of the local tailor shops. No trace
of his family has been found. altllo his
wife is said to be living in Nebraska.
Fort Dodge.
Fort Dodge census enumerators fig
ure that the city will have between
$4,000 and 10000 inhabitants enrolled
as soon as the state census Is finished.
lneSe ISuIeS uo hol SoaNS UP " SC'AAS
expectations, but 1t Is pointed out that
the population of the territory added
to the city last year Is only a little
more than 700 while some estimates
ran over 1000. The census for the
county should show little change as a
whole. Fort Dodge will not be the
only place in the county to show a gain
but on the farms the population figures
will be about stationary.
Clinton.
Iowa friends are to receive within a
few days. bound volumes OF u memorial
to the late Irwin s. Pepper, congress-
man from the Second Iowa district.
Final proof sheets have been corrected
by NJ. F.. Cropin, MIR. Peppers secretary,
and from these 1t is learned the book
will be the most complete memorial
book issued by congress. 1t will con-
tain memorial speeches made In the
senate and house and the services at
Muscatine and Ottumwa, together with
newspaper editorials and messages OF
coincidence by President Wilson and
others.
Spencer.
James .souders Of Edinburgh, Ind,
who has been visiting his son. Ira
Souders, living seven miles southwest
OF Spencer took his own life Saturday
by hanging. His body was discovered
about s: 50 Saturday morning hanging