Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-01
Southern Io1ua Items

1t Is certainly rare procedure but
Mother Quail is reported as proving a
good parent to her unnatural children.
Ottumwa.
The Wapello county Jail appeals to
Miss Orpha Taylor, a woman about 20
years old, who was sent up Thursday
for the third time by Police Judge Nor
risey, who gave her a thirty days SEN
tence for vagrancy. Already the woman
had served sixty days and the officers
had been unable to force her to leave
the city She was arrested by Officer
Arnold Murray. having as her compan-
ion a little girl by the name of Trick,
whom she enticed from home. The
Urick girl is only 10 years of age Judge
Morrisey released the little girl whose
father declares that he will send her
to the girls reform school at Mitchell
Vile.
Bloomfield.
The barn of Mrs. Anna Townsend,
one and one-haIf blocks north Of the
square. caught fire Wednesday night
and burned. The adjoining barn own
ed by w. H. Taylor was also burned.
D. N. Martins barn was damaged con-
siderably. The Townsend barn was
rented by Ira Baldridge, who kept his
delivery wagon. new buggy and two
horses there. All were burned except
one horse. In Taylor's barn DR..
Young kept his sleigh, carriage and one
horse. The vehicles We're burned and
the horse burned to such an extent
that Ut will die. About two hours after
the barns burned the alarm was again
given and it was discovered that the
Townsend house was on fire. 1t seemed
to be in the walls and in extinguishing
the fire the house was damaged consid-
erab1y.
coIfax.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
which investigated the accidental death
of Robert Gilbert at Highley's crossing
west Of Colfax freed the Des M ONES &
Colfax Interurban OF all responsibility
for the death OF the unfortunate man.
The jury rendered a verdict stating
that the deceased had come to his
death thru no fault OF negligence of
the motorman or operators OF car NO.
703. HiEhley's crossing Is known as
a blind crossing The trolley line
rounds the curve just west OF it very
abruptly and the highway crossing can
be seen but a few hundred feet away.
The warning whistle was given several
hundred 1eSt from the crossing ana
both bell and whistle sounded constant
ly from the time the man could be
seen standing on the crossing and gaz-
ing down the track until he was hurl-
ed to death. The motorman tried his
best to check the car but could not
Muscatine.
The second accident which marked
the building Of the cistern at the John
Frye home on Park Place occurred
when thru an explosion of gas in the
container the top OF the cistern was
blown Off. John Hoffman and William
Murphy who were overcome by gas
while in the cistern on the day prev
ious. returned to the place Wednesday
and after working in the vessel for a
time again became affected by the gas
while in the cistern on the day prev
ious, returned to the place Wednesday
and after working in the vessel for
time, again became affected by the gas
and were forced to leave 1t. They
thought the gas might be burned out
and one of the men set fire to some
shavings and threw them into the OPP
ening. The gas was at once ignited
and an explosion occurred. The deto-
nation could be heard for blocks and
the explosion damaged the top Of the
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