Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-12
Northern Io1ua Items

formed, the surgeons removing the
[cecum altogether, and then built in
new one. The patient seemed we'll IN
the road to recovery shortly after the
operation, but a turn for the worse
came and he sank rapidly.
Kingsley. r.
A very heavy rain and severe wind
storm struck this section last Saturday
evening. doing considerable damage in
the way of blowing down windmills
and barns. The water tank Of the c..
& N. w. railway here was uproofed
during the storm and the roof was
blown across the tracks, striking on
the roof of one of the coal houses of the
Kingsley Lumber Company. crushing
it in. Several corn cribs were blown
down, but the most serious loss yet
recorded was that at the farm of r. j.
Mills, south of town. Mr.. Mills was
erecting new barn and mad the frame
work all up. 1t was blown down, de-
| stroying much of the lumber and ruin
ing the foundation. entailing a loss Of
several hundred dollars.
Denison.
Crawford county is gaining wide
reputation as a pop corn center. For
many years it was grown successfully
in small way, enough to supply the
family pepper during the winter, but
of recent years it has been found to be
a profitable crop. Jackson township
has made a fine reputation as a pop
corn belt, and Thursday two other
Crawford county farmers, Carl Lutz
loads Of pop corn to the Chicago mar
ket There were about thirty wagon
loads in the procession that brought
the unpopped pop corn into town. The
price was s1.25 per hundred. not SO
good price as usual, but enough to
make 1t good paying crop. At five
a sack" there must have been a good
many thousand dollars in the two-car
shipment.
Independence.
The cable above the wapsie dam has
been put In place. 1t is of one half
inch cable wire, and is kept afloat by
eight empty barrels fixed for the pur-
pose. "A hollow shaft is run thru these
barrels, and thru this shaft is run the
cable. A clamp on each end of the
barrel holds the shaft in position and
forms hub for the barrel to turn on
On land, at each end of the cable. is te
be an upright shaft, to which the cable
Will be fastened by a pulley to move
up and down as the water rises and
falls. The upright shaft at the east enc
is already In position and the pulleys
which are being cast in Cedar Rapids
Will soon be put in place. The ives,
end Of the cable is only temporarily
anchored. and will not be permanent,
fastened until the water Is let out O,
the mill pond.
Sioux City.
RED" Clayton. convicted slave,
Of Mel Powers, must serve eight
years at hard labor in the state re.
formatory at Anamosa for his crime
Judge Oliver in district court sen.
fenced him after overruling CLAYTON.
motion for new trial and hearing reaS
stipulation of agreement entered int
by County Attorney U. G. Whitney AM
Charles Dickson, Clayton's attorney
to the effect that II placed on tn
witness stand in new trial A
! Sheeler, the states star witness II
the first trial, would tell the same story
In his arguments Dickson had declare,
that Sheeler perjured himself in hi
. Testimony against Clayton. but it np
pears that tina Sheeler may have per
and that tho Sheeler may have per
ljured himself he never has admitte.
/ having done so. Clayton year ag
; engaged in a quarrel with sheeler !.
, front OF Hughey Johnson's saloor
= Third and Jones streets. Powers cam
l between the two just as Clayton Dire,
s. his revolver and fired. He resolved tn
: fatal bullet.