Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30
MARSHALL COUNTY
NEWS Of INTEREST
r.. R. Correspondents Supply
County Readers With Inter-
esting Grist of Items
LAUREL FARMER is FOUND DEAD
Jacob Freese, Who Returned From a
Business Trip to Newton, Starts to
Walk Homo From Neighbours and is
Found Dead in the Road-Rev. Leroy
Gallagher Has Another Runaway
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.

a varied assortment of interesting
news items to county readers today
covering the happenings of every quar-
ter of the county. From Laurel comes
the news of the sudden death of JACOB
6Freese a Well-known farmer living
three miles southeast of Laurel IN the
edge of Jasper county. Mr.. Freese hao
returned from a business "trip to New
ton in company with a neighbor, Z. w.
Buhrow, and left Mr.. Burrows nome
to walk to his own, two miles distant.
He was found later in the day by Re
ter Albers, who was passing. and VINO
discovered Mr.. Freese dead in the MD
die of the road. Heart disease, TO
which Mr.. Freese was subject. was pro-
nounced to be the cause of death.
Rev. Leroy Gallagher, pastor OF the
Methodist church at Laurel, who had
such a close call from death in TINS
CITY a few months ago, when, on the
eve of his wedding, he was thrown
from a buggy and badly injured, ex-
perienced another accident Wednesday
with the same team that was drawing
his buggy when he had his accident
here. Mr.. and Mrs Gallagher were
both thrown out, but neither was serl-
ously hurt.
Other correspondents tell OF farm
changes. illness of well-known peo-
pie and families, deaths, and removals
from their different communities. Two
families are reported as planning To
move to this city soon The news OF
the county. classified, and of interest to
all who have an interest in the coun-
ty, is as follows:
LAUREL
Jan. 3O.-The community was great
" shocked Tuesday evening, January
81 rs, by the sudden death OF JACOB
Freese, an old and respected citizen or
Mariposa township, three miles south
east of Laurel. Mr.. Freese and Mr.. Z.
w. Buhrow had been at Newton on
business, and returned home to
Burrows about o'clock, where
Freese assisted Mr.. BuhroW in 4s
hitching the team and then started on
foot for his own home, about two
miles distant About 4:30 o'clock, Mr..
Peter Albers, returning to his home
from Laurel, found Mr.. Freese dead in
the highway, where he had apparently
fallen and died without a struggle,
within three-q,arters of a mile from
,.fo IN >.
A physician was Immediately sum-
moned and pronounced life extinct, and
that death was probably caused by
heart failure, Mr.. Freese having had
previous attacks. Mr.. Freese was about
Sc years of age. Arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made.
While Rev. Leroy Gallagher and wife
were driving into the country Wednes-
day, the team took fright and ran
away, upsettins, the buggy and spilling
out the occupants. but fortunately
neither was seriously injured. The
team running away was the same that
30 nearly caused Mr.. Gallaghers death
at Marshalltown recently, upon the
eve Of his marriage.
F. NJ. Dowden returned from his
Missouri trip Friday. and reports the
purchase of farm in Nodaway coun-
ty, where he expects to make his home
after the close of 1908.
The revival meetings at the Evangel-
ical church closed on Friday evening
and Evangelist Smith returned home
Saturday.
j. B. Cripps and wife went to Mar
shalltown Saturday for a two weeks
visit with relatives there and at Al
Aion. Mr.. Cripps has contracted with
E1bs Brothers for years service and
will enter their employ about March 1.