Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
Northern Ioua Items

| Anamosa.
| Judge Ellison has fined four bootleg
gers during this short session of court
S1,250. Two paid up and two will Ian
guish in the county Jail for 100sand 115
days respectively.
Waukon.
"A record price1for Allamakee county
! land was rea cfed here last week when
the Dennins farm near town was sold
to J. e. Meier of Ludlow for 1926 an
tacre by Grimm Bros
Alta. sE ttA
The Alta consolidated high school
district voted 100000 school bonds by a
ballot of 200 for, to 56 against. The
bends wnlsbe sold Feb. 2.
tEmmetsburg.
John Hepley of Emmetsburg, with
Grizzly brothers OF Bonesteel. s. D., will
open, large cattle ranch in Trip
i county, S. D., soon. The ranchers were
! neighbor boys in Webster county a
number of years ago.
| Dubuque.
Callahan Carr. years old, fell on a
stick of wood sticking in the ground
while at play. Monday afternoon, the
stick piercing the ball of his right eye.
An operation was performed and the
| eye removed.
Iv;nton.
H. L. Bereford & Son, fine stock
! breeders of Jackson township. are the
losers of three fine animals-a bull re-
icently purchased at Newton and two
heifers. The trouble was blackleg. The
bull, Avondale, was one of the finest
Short Horn bulls in the state.
Dubuque.
The case of the state against Car
| mine Buttigliero, self confessed MUIR
| derer of Monteo Vickkioli, was dis
missed here in circuit court for lack
of witnesses. The prisoner killed in
| self defense, according to the testimony
introduced at the inquest
Dubuque.
! Lou Wellman, well known travelling
man of Iowa was badly injured Mon
| day when he slipped on the icy steps
of the Julien Hotel barber shop street
entrance, falling about fifteen feet
| backwards to the basement floor He
was taken to the Mercy hospital and
| is slowly recovering. &
Essex.
The Essex Gun Club held its annual
shoot in this vicinity the last week
and killed 400 rabbits and also wound
ed one of the club members. Floyd
Stearns, member Of the losing team Of
the club. was shot in the head by an
other hunter. Only a painful scalp
wound was inflicted. The club was
divided into two teams, the side head
| ed by Oliver Anderson killing 231 rab
| bits and winning a banquet.
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Sioux City.
| The Sioux City Press Club issued an
appeal to the citizens for wild hair
mattress, one that Is in a perfectly
sanitary condition. The appeal has
been made as the result Of the scarcity
| in dyes. The mattress is needed to
manufacture false wigs and boards to
| be worn at the gridiron on Feb. %. The
war has caused q scarcity Of dyes and
black boards and whiskers are hard to
secure. Several residents responded to
the appeal for coffin that is to be
used IN the press club show. Work of
selecting the cast Is almost completed.
Cedar Rapids.
| Johnnie Poe, brother Of Arthur Poe,
assistant superintendent Of the Quaker
4 Oats Company, in Cedar Rapids will
|! be honoredl by Princeton University.
Johnnie Poe fell in the battlefield as a
member of the Black Watch, In the
fighting on the western front in France,
last September. 1t has been announced
that the board Of trustees of Princeton
university has given permission to the
J class Of 1895. Of which X6hn Pei was a