Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-20
Northern Ioaua Items

81 per year was only joke, and after
some discussion as to what fee should
be named, a motion prcviled to place
the membership fee at s. per year and
that the secretary be paid a salary OF
s11O per year.
Littleton.
Clinton Hultz. so years old, commit
ted suicide here Friday by taking
strychnine. Dependency because of
illness is believed to have been the
cause of the act. Mr.. Hultz went
about his duties as usual during the
morning but at noon he bade his chill
dren goodbye before going to the barn,
where neighbors found him dead soon
after. He was a carpenter. Surviving
are the widow. five children, sister,
Mrs Mary Hartman, Waterloo and
brother, John HultZ, Brownsville, Ore.
The funeral was held Tuesday at II
a. M. in the Presbyterian church.
Sheldon.
With the last day for fling the fol-
lowing appear as candidates for the
municipal election which takes place
on Monday, March t25: Mayor Charles
r. Richards; alderman First ward, w.
P Iverson: alderman, Second ward,
Charles, Dougherty; alderman. Third
ward. J. A. Benson; alderman at large
Charles Myers. J. A. Dewitt and w. II.
Curtis; treasurer, L. P. Struyk; as
SCISSOR, S. S. Bailey. There is but one
contest, in the aldermen at large where
there are three candidates with but two
to be elected. Messrs. Myers and De-
Witt arc the present aldermen.
Sioux City.
Mystery entered the apparently I'M
romantic story of Ed Dillon, held for
lack of s1,5cO bond for shooting up
Sing His cafe, 40 Court street Thurs
day night. Mary Iboch, SIT Cook
street, the waitress who served Dillon
with the food which caused wrath took
poison Sunday night. She entered the
restaurant in the evening, told Sing HI
she had taken poison, and wanted TO
quit before she died. She then went
home. Her condition is not serious.
The deadly drug she said she had
taken failed to hurt her at all. She
refused to give any reason for her act.
Dillon was remanded for trial on
charge of attempted murder. Miss
Ibcch. who is the principal witness
against him, is expected to be well
enough TO testify
Rock Rapids.
The Monemeieer will case ended Sat
urday afternoon when the jury return
ed a verdict in favor of the two sons.
Frederick and August, who will &C
cordingly share the greater portion OF
their father. the late Henry None
meier's estate. The five daughters ana
and an adopted daughter will each re-
ceive $1,000. Fifty thousand Is con-
sentative estimate of the value of this
estate. The jury was out nearly TWEEN
ty houss and early Saturday morn
ing reported to tho district judge that
no agreement could be reached, but
were returned to the jury room and
after 1 o'clock had arrived as the YER
dict letting the will stand as pro-
bated. The plaintiffs to the suit alleS-
cd the father was Of unsound mind al
the time he made the will, Is years
prior to his death.
Nevada.
The carload Of northern grown seed
wheat arrived over the Rock Island
Monday morning from Minneapolis for
the farmers who ordered seed for dis
tribut:on at the Farmers Grain Com
pany in Nevada. The cars that are to
be distributed at Cambridge, McCalls-
burg and Roland are also due to arrive
today or tomorrow and it is desired
by the county agent that all make
arrangements to take care of 1t at once
There Is another car to be shipped 70
Co1o hut n otice of the ShiDment of that
has not been received by Mr.. Espe as
yet. County Agent Espe has ordered
approximately 1000 bushels of wheat
for seed which will sow about 3,225
acres of wheat and this will be in ad-
dition to the seed wheat which was al
ready in the county at the time ana
that which the farmers have ordered
individually