Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-22
Southern Io1ua Items

Anita.
| Two large barns and a double corn
| crib burned to the ground on the
Brockman farm one mile south OF
Anita Tuesday night. The cause is
unknown.
coIfax.
| The consolidation of the two ColfaS
knights OF Pythias lodges was eff
fected at their regular meeting few
nights ago, with a mem bership of 1SC
| in good standing.
OskaIoosa.
| Rev j. J. Allen, at the Central M. e
church NEE ting, held Tuesday evening
| rendered his resignation to take effec
Sept. 1. He has accepted a call to the
First NJ. z. church.
New London.
The contract for the new NJ. P
church, which is to be erected here
was awarded to Ellis McCune. of this
place. His bid was $12,s90. This does
not include the plumbing and heating
and other minor details.
Imogene.
FAN wheat, spring wheat and oat:
are all excellent crops here. Indeed
imany say fall wheat was never better
Mike Laughlin has forty acre tiele
that will go twenty-five bushels an acre
easy. 1t has filled out remarkably we'll
Threshing will begin next week, anc
| there will be lots Of it to do.
Essex.
| The special election on the sewer
proposition was carried by q ma
jority, the vote standing: Men. 1O4
for: "a against Ladies, 50 for, 81
against. Late in the afternoon the
contest grew warm. The opposition
brought in forty women to vote against
| it, Then Murphy, Okerlin and But
Ter got automobiles and brought IN
enough women on the other side to
win. 1t was spirited but good ma
| tured contest. So the men voted it by
20 majority, and the women by
majority.
Davenport.
Justice w. r. Names heard a case
in which William Schumacher. the
mayor of Rockingham, was complain
ing witness for the state Of lowe
against William Witt who was charged
with assault and battery upon the per-
son of Mayor Schumacher After some
argument Witt pleaded guilty to the
charge, was fined IS and costs, anC
paid it. 1t seems that the two mer
had some words, and on Saturday
moruing while Schumacher, who is {
dairyman, was delivering milk. Wit
| struck him as he was either getting Ii
or out Of his dairy wagon.
Yorktown.
| Charles Ghear met with very pain
full accident while visiting at the hom<
of his father. He and others were
sitting on the bank Of Middle Tarkie
creek when they saw a. fish and Charles
jumped into the water with his shoes
on and started to run after 1t wher
he struck large snag, it running di-
agonally thru the top Of his foot anc
wedging among the bones and breaking
off a piece about three inches long anC
a half inch or more wide in the foot
He was brought to Yorktown In ar
auto, where a doctor, after a very pain.
full surgical operation, was enabled tc
extract it.
| Burlington.
Superintendent Frank Lawlor, of thu
Citizens Water Company, has appoint.
ed Chief Engineer NJ. J. Haddix, better
known as Jack Haddix, to the posi-.
| ton of superintendent of the pumping
and filter plant at the water works
Freeman Bacher, alderman, has beer
| appointed to take Mr.. Haddix's watch
at the pumps. Jack Haddix has stood
watch as engineer at the water works
for the past thirty-two years. In fact
he helped install the first engine, the
little Holly machine that still remains
and looks like toy compared to the
| ponderous Corliss engine and pumps
that are required to supply the town Al
the present time.
Carroll.
Among the changes that the Grea,
Western is making is that of q section
motor car. 1t is practically the same
as a hand car and is capable Of carry
ing twelve men. The speed at which
the car Is supposed to travel Is fifteer
miles per hour. The company 1.
llengthening the sections and reducing
the number OF crews The one north
of us begins mile north Of Lanesbor<
and ends two miles from this city. The
next one covers distance from there
to Halbur and the third to q mile south
of Manning Thus these three sec.
tons. which are each ten miles IN
length, will take the place OF five sec.
I, tons under the previous arrangement
The crews on the sections have beer
increased from six 70 ten This VIII
leave saboutgthe same number OF section
men on the road but viii greatly re.