Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-08
Southern Io1ua Items

rop, and married him within three days
without going to the trouble of secur-
ing divorce from her second spouse,
it is alleged.
Fairport.
Two million eggs Of the Mississippi
buffalo fish are now in process OF
Matching at the United States bio
logical station at Fairport, according
to station officials. The eggs num-
Der 100000 to the fluid quart and are
Matched in two-gallon jars. The fish
are Matched within period of seven
days with the water in the Matching
jars kept at ffty-eig degrees above
zero, the government experts explained.
The fish will be released into the river
as soon as Matched. 1t is stated that
the eggs can be Matched with greater
success by the methods employed than
if Matched in the river in the natural
manner. The eggs were secured with
the assistance " commercial fisher
men.
Upton. s,
A young Upton. man, Fred Ruhule,
was victim Of very horrible acct
dent last Saturday. which resulted in
the loss of an eye. After making
twenty successful shots in the local
shooting gallery, young Ruhule was
about to depart, when a bullet,
glancing from the target, struck him
and entered his head just below the
blue line of the left eye. The local
physician called was unable to re-
move the bullet, and he was fastened
to Cedar Rapids by auto. The bullet
was successfully removed and it was
thought that the injury was slight.
However Monday the aqueous fluid
from the inner portion Of the eye was
found to be escaping, and the eye had
to be removed.
Corning.
Joe Gourley of the vicinity Of Viii
lisca was in Corning Thursday on
business mission with the auditor of
the county, F. w. Yeadon. He had
1903 worth of wolf pelts. He had
captured one old wolf and twenty-five
cubs, Of three different litters, near
Carbon which he brought to Corning
and received the bounty. He also had
one old wolf and nine cubs which he
sent to Bedford the same day, having
captured them near Guss in Taylor
county, which brought him $56. The
entire catch brought him the neat sum
of 1854, 81 apiece for the cubs and $50
each for the old wolves. Mr.. Gourley
has bunch Of hunting hounds whose
greatest desire is to nose the trail OF
wolves which they always catch, and
their master often enjoys the fruits
Of their labor, but seldom catches
wholesale lot.
ottumwa.
The attention Of Judge Francis NJ.
Hunter presiding in the district court,
has been directed to the case of A. n.
Bonnet vs. Charles Grimes. It was
begun Monday and promises to con-
tinue for several days longer. Attor-
neys from both Ottumwa and Fairfield
are involved. The plaintiff seeks a
judgment for $3.50, alleged to be due
on two promissory notes dated May Z,
1913. He also prays that the court al
low him q foreclosure Of chattel
mortgage given to secure the payment.
The mortgage is upon a grey ferciierun
stallion known as "Favorite IT, and
horse that is we'll known among track
men in the eastern part of the county.
This fact is bringing many to the
stand as witnesses and many others to
the court room as spectators from the
vicinity in which the parties live.
lmosens.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington, d. c., caused quite COM
motion in 1mogene and vicinity last
Friday morning when Postmaster Fred
Wiman received word that after May
16 rural route No. out of Imogene
would be no more. Claude Ness. the
present carrier on route 3, will be
transferred to route 2, which was made
vacant last August by the death Of
Carrier Mike Dempsey. Milt Hiatt,
carrier on route l, will serve the pa
irons on what is at present route 3.
while Ed Ness, the Randolph carrier,
will serve the patrons on part Of the
territory which is at present rout and
part Of his route will be the road north
and south half mile west OF Imogene.
The farmers west Of Imogene are
much opposed to the change to the
Randolph route and declare they will
so to Imogene for their mail rather
than change.
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