Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-29
Southern Io1va Items

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Muscatine.
Miss Rita Berry, teacher in Wash
ington school, won the $3.50 lot given
away by Wallace and Gates in the
opening Of Fair Oaks addition to the
city.
Norwich.
S. S. Lingo, Of Norwich, shipped
three car loads of fat cattle to Chicago
last Tuesday, that netted him over s5.
900. He also shipped at the same time
two car loads of hogs that sold for
$50, bringing him over $4,000.
colfax.
Mrs. j. r. Sharp, of this city, leaves
today to visit a brother in Jersey City,
whom she has not seen for thirty-six
years. He arrived in America only
three months ago from Scotland, the
land of their nativity.
Fort Madison.
At the meeting of Fort Madison lodge
No 374, B. P. o. E., held the other
night, a large attendance voted unan-
imously to remodel and redecorate the
club house interior, at a cost not to ex-
coed $4,000.
Urbana.
Attacked by an Infatuated cow Alice,
the little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fetherkile. narrowly escaped serious
injury. The child was badly hurt, and
possibly owes her life to the fact that
assistance was near at hand.
stanwood.
John Lerch, one Of the draymen Of
this city, sustained a fracture of the
skull while at work Friday. He was
taking ice cream from an ice house by
means Of a windlass when his hands
slipped and the crank on the windlass
struck his head.
Council Bluffs.
w. "A. Groneweg, formerly deputy
sheriff in Pottawattamie county, has
been appointed deputy United States
marshal, with headquarters in this
city. He has taken the oath of office
He will assume the duties of his new
position on July /, next Thursday.
Moscow.
Three hundred Masons attended the
Masonic picnic at Resley's lake near
Moscow. Small delegations were pres
ent from Wilton and Rochester, and re-
grets were received from many lodges
which were unable to be represented
because Of the bad weather.
Knoxville.
The Marion county court house has
been thrice struck by likhtning during
the past few years, and the count,
supervisors are now having even {
more serious time than the dome of the
big building has ever had. They arr
up as targets for every lightning roc
man In the state.
Des Moines.
While being given an initiation into
an alleged walters union, George r
Cline, waiter, was stabbed Thursday
night and his lung panctured. An inn
itatfon surgical operation was part Of
the initiation, and in conducting it the
knife slipped, the long blade burying 1t.
self in Cline's breast. He may die.
Sweetland.
A. G. Hill has found what appears
to be a petrified Indian head neal
SWeetland. The, rock is hard as fin
but the features of a man are perfect
nose acquiline and cheek bones high
Mr.. Hill intends to take 1t to Daven.
port to secure the opinion of the
Academy of Science men in regard tt
it.
Moulton.
Relatives Of Lowell Taylor, son o
Parker Taylor, residing near Moulton
have received word that he was exon
Grated from guilt in the shooting an,
killing Of a man at Memphis, Tenn.
was brought out at the trial that tn
man who was killed had tried to draw
a gun on young Taylor. and that tn
latter shot in self defense. A celebra
ton Of some kind was in progress a
the time.
centervilie.
Following sensational affair TIL
other night. when she was cut severa
times with knife, Mrs. w. M. Armin
trout refused to file information
against her husband. The only prose
cution was in police court, where stil
ane was Imposed for intoxication
There have been reports Of domesti
infelicity concerning the parties con
cerned for some time, and this seem
to have been result.
Columbus Junction.
The officers have been looking on
for bootleggers and succeeded in get
ting two cases against William Procl
of Columbus Junction, for selling liquo
to minors and giving liquor to youn
girls Is years old. He has no licens
and is being held for trial before tn
circuit court this fall. Columbus juno
ton has no saloons, but liquor has bee
sold freely by bootleggers for som
time. This makes the second man or
rested in the past few weeks.
Burlington.
The Hawkeye Natives Society, 1
looking up the oldest log cabins erect
ed in Des Moines county, have discov
erad one which was erected In 1879
The cabin was originally built on tn
Farm belonging to John Hunts fathe
south Of the city. 1t has been move
twice. and is now on the farm OF Mich
ael Zackmeyer, six miles south Of Bur
lington. One Of the objects which wi