Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-25

| Blanchard.
blanchard won the folders contest
held between that town and Pacific
Junction. The score was AZ points
against SO.
selknap.
| number Of the school girls of the
Belknap school have organized CLUB
with Miss Elizabeth Rough as presi-
dent. The club is known az the Lib
erty Bell Bird Club. Its object is the
| care and protection Of birds. The CLUB
met Saturday afternoon a; the j. E.
Rough home, northwest Of town.
Des Moines.
Billy Sunday will 20 to Buffalo,
| y. y. for revival next year. This
! report has just been given out by d
! delegation of churchmen who visited
! Billy" in Philadelphia last week. But :
| falo has population of $4,000 ana
will be the third largest ity in which
I the evangelist has held meetings. FL
/ forts are being made 20 have Mr.. sun
! day 90 TO London England.
! creston.
! Frank McKibben, a blacksmith re-
! siding at Macksburg. died ar his home
at that place at o'clock Sunday
inorning, from being kicked in the
i stomach. it IS alleged. by arc;ner resi-
ident of Macksburg. An Inquest is be-
ing held over the body Of the deceased.
land upon the result II this inquisition
will depend the action which may be
taken. 1t Is rumored the men were en-
gagged in an alteration.
keokuk.
Work of rebuilding the Keokuk
hri6ge Will soon be under way an
fears of those who anticipated it would
be indefinitely postponed have o:en
happily dissipated. Officials who nave
the contract for building the structure
have been here he past few days
masking arrangements for starting the
preliminary work and getting things
ready for active construction IN tn:
neG~ future.
Davenport.
Attorneys for William g. Moth. dem
Iocrat, recently elected 70 seat in the
city council by what the republican
claim was an Illegal act. stated they
would apply 10 the state supreme couF'
for suspension Of judgment OF custer
bv Judge Barker, Who ruled against
Moth. City Attorney ~arl Lampacf
prepared a resistance, and both docu-
raents were mailed TO Des MONIES
Moths attorneys are also asking the
supreme court to adEance the docket tc
secure an early disposition OF the case
Pisgah.
Soldier river is still rising and !!
now as high as at any time in the las
fifty Years The Jusines portion o
the town is still protected from over
. flow. Two hundred men have beer
working throwing up a like along tn
I wes, side of the railroad tracks. Pts
{ gah is now safe from the flood. Tn
. soldier river is falling here. The bank
: of the Soldier cutoff ditch are broker
. below Orson and the country northeas
/ of Monda min is flood I'd and the cut
off ditch, costing 100000, :ails with tn
: first hevy flood. The railroad bridg
below Orson is in danger OF washin
9 out.
Muscatine.
I The Muscatine police have problem
| on their hands in the form OF wan
dered aged % years who appears to
| of Unbalanced mind. lie was drive
from the city on two occasions oni
to be again picked up by the polio
and he is now being held pending a
/ Investigation. The officers have sougf
| TO establish his identity tut withol
any success. The man appears TO
III Gemented and despite the Efforts OF u
i police to draw from him some coheref
| sta tement which might explain II
| presence here the RAN has thus IL
| said nothing which might serve AZ
/ clue.
Washington.
A large number of Washington ccur
/ ty boys are expected to enter the ess'