Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26
Northern Io,pa Items

swift. Work of connecting the pipes
in the main and lowering them thru an
opening cut in the ice will have to be
done before tho weather becomes
warmer. according to Mr.. Berry.
Marion.
John Mcintyre and Joe Adams
pleaded guilty to true informations and
were sentenced by Judge Smith. Nc
Intyre was charged with receiving
stolen goods, consisting of 120 pounds
of Blue Valley creamery butter and
was sent to Fort Madison for not to
exceed five years. Adams was charged
with the Illegal sale of Intoxicating liq-
uor and was semitic the county Jail for
six months.
Sioux City.
Joseph A. Todd has purchased from
Mrs. Evangeline /. T. Whipple thirty
seven acres OF Land eastaof Court street
near Twenty veifth street which next
spring will be plated into a new ad-
dition to- the city. The consideration
is s22,500S Mrs. sWhipple signed the
deed of conveyance before the Ameri-
can consul in Florence, italy, ON Oc]
81. this year. 1t was fled yesterday
,afternoonTin the office Of County Re
c,order f. A. Rogers.
Waterloo.
Orlo c. Milleryan insurance agent,
claims SO, 900 damages from the~Stand-
ard Battery Service Company and 9TH
'ers, in a SUIT filed Wednesday. The
basis of his claim is injury which he
suffered Oct. 16, 1916, when ne was
struck by a motor truck owned by de-
PENDANTS and driven by F. J. Rash.
Miller say he was riding a bicycle
when the accident occurred at Mullan
and Falls He alleges negli-
gence on the part of the driver Of the
truck.
West Union.
When Curtis Burns. a farmer living
near Arlington, fiourished a gun and
threatened to shoot up the town here,
he started something. He was bound
over on the charge Of carrying con-
cealed wedpons. SCfuries Miller was
bound over on the charge of keeping a
gambling house. Charles H. Miller. j..
c. Burns, IL. J. Palmer, Gus Hartsman,
Lyle Rittenhouse. Andrew Perkins, and
George Miller pleaded guilty to intoxi-
cation and were assessed a total of
$3.50 each as fine and costs.
Ogden.
Louise Chamberlain, t18 years old, lies
at the Ogden hospital in a critical o n
dition and grave doubts are entertained
for her recovery. Wednesday morning
1880 when her father arose to build
fires at the home he discovered his
daughter unconscious lying on the floor
of the sitting room. 1t was commonly
talked of on the streets that the girl
had attempted to take her own life, but
at the hospital DR.. holland stated this
was not true at all; that there were no
Of her having taken any de-
structive drug.
Waterloo.
That he forged and cashed a check
buy food for his sister whose hus-
band had deserted her, and for her two
babies, was the story told the police by
Ray l.. Parrish after his arrest. He
said he had no money, and that he did
it rather than see his sister and her
children go hungry. Parrish said he
came to Waterloo a short time Vs.
from Davenport, where he had been
working IT odd Jobs. Til. check was
cashed at a grocery store where he
bought provisions. The amount of the
check was 1925. and was drawn on the
COMMERCIAL National Bank.
Manson.
The case Of Mrs. Harvey Erickson
vs, the Incorporated Town Of Manson
has been reversed In the state supreme
court of Iowa and remanded back for
retrial,,t The original suit was for<910,-
a ~ ~
vas injured by running into a tels-
phone guy wire that. she alleged. was
M obstruction in the street and, there
fore. tho town was responsible because
1t permitted the Central Mutual Tele-
phone Company to maintain It In a
nlacS where It should not he. The case
was hrst tried W years ago and the
town won a sweeping victory. but the
snpremA court views the matter In q
different light.