Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-17
HAPPENINGSsOFfN INTEREST TWENTY .
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARSHALLTOWN

Following long illness due to paral-
ysis. Mrs. Lydia Runnells Brooks,
widow Of Solomon Brooks, and pio-
nerr Of Marshalltown, died at her home.
corner Of State street and Third
avenue, at the age of II years. Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks moved here in October,
1855, long before the Marietta war,
and with the exception Of half doze:
ladies Mrs. Brooks was the Oldest rep
resentative of the pioneer women liv-
ing here"
while the merchants of Marshall
town are transacting business with
open doors, and the robins and other
hedgerow warblers have made their APP
pearance, the Geographic news is to the
effect that in Europe they are exper-
iencing the coolest weather and worst
storms ever known, and even In sunny
Italy people have been found frozen to
death in their beds. New York, Penn
sylvania and other New England states
have been visited by violent storms
impeding travel for several days, and
even in California, that state so pro-
ductive of the festive gopher and land
shark, the thermometer has sunk to
the freezing point, and many of those
who went out there with plethoric
purses and high hopes will soon be
wishing they were back to their first
-Marshalltown-the only all-the-
year-round summer resort in Iowa.
What do the majority of us care, if we
do lose 81 cents an acre on corn? That
is an insignificant sum compared to
the comforts to be derived from an
Iowa winter. Let the birds sing and
hn nd ~
glad for verify we are centrally To-
Gated in the garden spot Of the uni
verse"
Thursday, Jan. %, 1891.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Utz are the pa
rents of a brand-new boy who tips the
beam at ten pounds, born yesterday"
(Joseph Utz, Chicago, Ill.)
THE interior of the City National
Bank is undergoing repairs, the coun-
ter being moved so as to give more
room in which to work."
Mr.. Thomas Haddock, who is well
known thruout this part Of the coun :
try, sold yearling filly a few days
ago. (by Major McMichael, DR.. Wards
celebrated horse) to Mr.. Henry koes
ter, of this city. for $125. It pays to
raise good horses"
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. L..
Smith. Thompson's court, Walter
Waldo and Miss Alice Cope, both of
Marietta township, were married by
Justice Haradon.
James O'Neil. age 80, of Boone, a
we'll known conductor on the Chicago
& Northwestern between Boone and
Belle PLANE was, shot and instantly
killed at Long Point at 3 O'Clock in the
morning by tramp who was stealing
ride on O'Neirs train. O'Neil and a
Northwestern special agent named
Purcell noticed the door of a box car
open when the train stopped ut Long
Point and went to investigate. O'Neil
peered into the car, andHas he did so
one Of it's two occupan ts ftred a shot
gun point blank at OsNeifs head.
O.Neils body was caughtJin the arms
of his companion, who fired twice at
the two men as they hurTiedly left the
car. Sheriff Hixson was notified OF
the crime, as was also Sheriff Foster,
of Tama county, and both officers went
to work to try and run down the muir
derer and his companiofi! It was found
that the shot gun used had Been stolen
from the depot at LeGtaiid. After he
had shot O'Neil the tramp snapped the
gun at Purcell, but the shell failed to
explode. Purcell felt sure he hit one
of the men,. altho it was dark at the
time of the shooting. Superintendent
Hughes offered a reward of $500 for
the arrest Of the murderer. O'Neil was
popular employe of the road, and was
soon to have been unitedi in marriage
with Miss Bertha Soper. of Chicago.
Vienna. -, township i correspondence:
Born, to AFR. and Mrs. Charles Klees-
pie. Saturday Jan. II, al daughter. on
the same day Mr.. Kleespie was elected
to the office of president of the Mar
shall County Alliance, and he feels the
weight of the double honors."
Laurel correspondence: Il. r. May
tag has accepted the position of head
clerk in the furniture store and is now
occupying one of the best chairs i'll
town." ..e.--a., T.,
Rhodes correspondence melvin &
Ely have dissolved partnership. the
former continuing the business at the
old stand" tS