Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-08
Southern Io1ua Items

ION East Sixth street for the past four
years, coming here from Sioux City,
| where he was pastor of the Swedish
Lutheran church for twelve years. The
Davenport church has grown under
his leadership. He is chairman of the
Rock Island district, treasurer of the
| ministerial aid fund of the Swedish
Augustana Synod, and prominent in
| the work of the Swedish Lutheran
church in both Iowa and Illinois.
Should he decide to accept the call
to Montana, his going would be regret
ted by not only his congregation. but
also by many other friends whom he
has made during his residence in this
city.
| Shenandoah.
While at work in the basement of tn e
| new First National Bank building yes
terday w. B. Pancake discovered
large snake. He moved piece of
timber preparatory to doing some
plumbing and there lay his lordship,
the snake, brown and mottled and
handsome, as handsome is with
with snakes. The snake looked up at
him and then raised up a few feet to
be petted but Pancake misunderstood
| it's attitude and promptly seized n
board and dispatched the snake One
of the men applying stucco to the
building is connosseur on snakes and
he pronounced the reptile a native Of
India, and he took it away to skin it
and make a belt for his best girl. The
snake evidently escaped from the snake
show that was held in the building
measured it said it was six feet six
| inches long.
Des Moines
| Word was received in Des Moines
! late yesterday afternoon of the death
! Of Fred Blakeslee in railroad wreck
at Dennison, o. No details of the
| wreck have been received. Young
Blakeslee, and his brother Doraf were
| the support of their widowed mother.
Two months ago Fred went to Pitts
burg to join his brother and take po-
sition in the Westinghouse company
there. Two weeks ago he was injured
and wrote his mother that he would
have to lay off for a couple of weeks.
It is supposed that he started for Des
Moines either Tuesday night or We'd
lnesday morning The wreck in which
he met his death occurred at an early
hour yesterday morning. The body will
be shipped to Pittsburg, the mother
going there to make her future home.
Blakeslee was about 10 years of age
and grew up in Des Moines, and until
he left for Pittsburg had worked in
| this city.
Wilton.
| V. Carlson, of Cedar Rapids a brake
man on the Rock Island road. was the
victim Of very painful accident which
occurred Sunday morning. Carlson.
who is 90 years of age and large
man, was riding on freight train,
| which was running from Silvis, ILL.,, to
| Cedar Rapids and, when arriving with
| in a few blocks OF Sugar Creek, three
miles west of Wilton, started to walk
from the engine to the caboose. While
| walking over large furniture car, he
was struck on the head by the upper
portion OF the bridge over the stream
and knocked from the car to the
ground along the creek With the as
sistance of Joseph Williams. the local
signal man, who shortly after the oc-
currance was making his regular trip
| from Wilton to Atalissa, Carlson sue
ceeded in climbing the steep hill from
| the creek to the track, and mounted
Williams veioclpede, on which he was
conveyed to Moscow.
Council Bluffs.
! Experiences with rats seem to be
quite common in Council Bluffs The
latest was on Washington avenue. Mr..
C. A. Cook, living on that avenue, re-
turned late Monday evening from work
and entered the house by the side door.
There is a small break in the screen
door near the bottom and thru this, al
most Immediately after Mr. Cook had
entered the house, a large rat crawled.
It made for the window and climbed
the curtain until 1t reached the window
ledge and then tried to scratch its way
out. Cook chased 1t away from there
but the rat apparently took umbrage
at the interference. It Immediately
turned on Mr.. Cook and charged him.
A hasty retreat followed and the rat
made for the screen door. crawled thru
the opening and was last seen going
across the back alley toward MINISTER
street. Mr.. Cook says that the rat was
the largest one he ever saw in his life.
1t was several feet long and must have
weighed some fraction Of ton.