Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-17
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Dubuque.
The body found Wednesday morning
in the slough at the foot of Fourth
street has been identified by the suit of
clothes found upon it. The name of the
man is Sam Fluerin and he was in the
employ of Hemmi, the dairyman. He
was a stranger in this vicinity, COM
| ing here only month ago.
Jamaica.
| Lewis Walker, a resident of Rich
land township has been arrested upon
an informa ton filed before D. G. Rum
fell. a justice of the peace, charging him
with committing a rape upon his moth
er-in-law Mrs. Holmes. The pre-
liminary trial resulted in the defend
ant being bound over to the grand jury
which will meet next September.
Armstrong.
After an illness of about two weeks,
Rev. C. A. Dewitt died at his home in
Armstrong Saturday forenoon, June
7th the immediate cause of his death
was blood poisoning from scrofula. The
funeral services were held in the Meth
odist church Monday afternoon con-
Quoted by Rev. Snlylie, of Algona, as
sisted by Rev. CHM, of Estherville, and
Rev. Harwood, of Dolliver. The Ma
sons acted as an escort to the depot
and the remains were taken to Cor
with for interment.
Dow City.
Thursday afternoon another hard rain
fell here and in a few minutes time
Scatter branch was running every
where thru the east side of town. The
lightning killed a team of horses for w.
E. Talcott just east of town. The boys
were on their way home from the field
and as they got opposite R. A. Talcott's
lDuse is where it happened The team
was hitched to the cultivator and Benny
Wingrove was riding on the cultivator.
The team was killed outright and the
boy was pretty we'll shocked, but soon
came too.
Essex.
The first Fourth of July accident OF
the season is reported here. F'loy
Simpson, fifteen year old son of Joe
Simpson, was playing with toy
cannon, Wednesday afternoon, when
it went off Unexpectedly and the
charge of powder was received in his
face. His forehead and around his
left eye and cheek were covered with
powder burns. He closed the eye in
time to prevent any of the powder
entering it, but the face over a space of
four or five square inches is blackened
and filled with specks of powder be-
meath the skin.
Onawa.
There are a Number Of hundred OF
acres of unsurveyed land along the
banks of Blue Lake near Onawa and
about a year ago Des Moines land
grabbing outfit sent a representative
here and claimed it, and offered 20 sell
it to the adjacent land owners who re-
fused to bite and were threatened with
ejectment proceedings. They employed
an attorney and got ready for fight.
recent decision of the state supreme
court in similar case holds that the
lands in question belong to the adjoin-
ing owners. This will probably end the
over the Blue Lake lands.
Guthrie Center.
Last week, Simp Reynolds, of Seeley
lost load of hogs one night
by theft He heard the wagon coming
along the road towards his place and he
arose and went out to see who it was
but the team drove on past the house.
He then returned to bed in the morning
he discovered that several fat hogs were
An investigation led to the
discovery that the team had passed his
house, stopped half mile north CT his
place and was tied up to a fence while
he thieves returned on foot. The hogs
we're driven out of the feed lot down to
where the wagon was and there loaded
md driven off. Mr.. Reynolds has
searched diligently but has been unable
o trace them to where the hogs were
disposed Of.
Recently Mrs. d. B. Sherman was
surprised and delighted to see her SOL
lier brother, Francis M. Benedict, ap-
year at her door. She knew he was soon
o come from the Philippines but he
ame unannounced and unheralded.
Few people here knew there was such
man in the army from here, yet
light years ago he left here and en-
listed at Des Moines, was assigned to
O Fort Grant in Arizona. He spent
i've years in the wild southwest, went
o Cuba, took part in the battle of
along with the rough riders,
eturned to America, was ordered to
,hina and arrived at Tien Tsin soon
fter the rescue at Pekin, thence
o the Philippines where he served
wo years. Such is a bare outline
ketch of his service-a service siren
ous enough, surely, to suit even
,heodore Roosevelt.