Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-13
Friday, March ia 1892.

| frioay, march la loSE.
There Is no need Of our sportsmen
going TO the northwest part Of the
state in search Of geese. Sam Rubee
killed Ave large ones in the vicinity
Of the cemetery last evening"
"Mr. Charles McCombs went to Wa
terloo this morning after q new bus,
which he will bring home and use as
soon as the roads become passable."
The candidacy Of A. F. Haradon as
school director was announced.
"A joke that is too rich to suppress
has Just come to light on the wife OF
a gentleman who has recently been
elected to office. The husband was on
a business trip in the south and sent
home box by express containing nine
live Holsters, he not caring for ex-
pense now that he has an office
with liberal salary attached to It.
and decided to have some Of the lux
ures Of life. When the box was
weighed by the express company at
the point where 1t was sent from, the
agent marked the weight on the out
side, '22 lbs When the box arrived
his wife was in ecstacies, having in
terpreted the marks to mean that the
box contained twenty-five Holsters.
Upon opening the box the ice in which
they were packed had melted. leaving
quite an empty space and only nine
Holsters were visible to the naked eye.
She looked at the figures on the box
again, and then informed the other
members of the household that thir-
teen Of the Holsters had got away.
Larry will never buy any more"
a. c. Monatt aged 81, died at mis-
home two miles east of Albion as the
result Of apoplexy, with which he was
stricken the preceding Sunday. Mr..
Moffatt was native Of Otsego. N. T.,
and had lived on the farm where he
died since 1870. He was survived by
his wife and six children, Albert. of
Chicago: Mrs. E. N. Delano and Jason
Moffatt, Of Albion; Mrs. NJ. D. Hobbs,
Of Indianola, Neb.; and Fred P. Moi
city.
Saturday, March II, 1892.
Received our first shipment Of Cali
fornia oranges from F. c.. Let's thru
Let's Fletcher Company. They are
handles and sell for from Is to Is cents
per dozen. E. e. Hood"
Sunday, March 13, 1892.
Thomas Rhem. aged IS, died of apo
plexy at the home OF his daughter,
Mrs. J D. Heath. Mr.. Rhem was
native of Norfolk England, where he
was born Oct s, 1907. He was united
in marriage with Sarah Ann Jackson
in 1882, and two years later emf
grated to Sherbrook, Que. Mrs. Rhem
died Aug. II, 1865, and one year later
Mr.. Rhem came to this city. He was
survived by four children. Mrs. Har-
riet Jondro, Of Eagle Grove; Mrs
Rhoda l.. Reed, of Derbyline, VT;
Henry R. Rhem and Mrs. J. D. Heath,
OF this city. Three children had pre-
ceded their father to the grave, Mrs
Nelson Pease having died in 1858, Mrs.
George Pease in 1858, and Thomas
Rhem In 1859.
John A. Cochrane aged "a, died a:
his home, S12 South Center street, Of
coIlsuni rt:o;;.
Monday, March "a, 1892.
At the annual school election, at
which 1877 more votes were cast than
at the recent city election, Seth Zug
and a. r. Birchard were chosen as
school directors out Of field Of Ave.
The other candidates who finished in
the order named, were DR.. H. L. Getz'
A. F. Haradon, and w. H. Calhoun.
At meeting Of the members OF the
Methodist church. held in the church
.parlors, the question Of building a new
church was considered. Rev. J. H..
Rhea and others made enthusiastic
addresses, and the meeting adjourned
for one week for further consideration
of the project.
Tuesday, March is, 1892.
At the home, of Rev. and Mrs. J.
r.. Henderson. Rev. Mr.. Henderson
Officiating; Samuel Olson and Miss
Bertha Anderson we're united In mar
triage,
Marriage licenses wore issued 70
Charles a. Mulberry and Miss Ida "A.