Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-07
Northern Io1uu Items

, read in the columns of a Sioux City
| stating that he was being sought for by
the administrators of the estate. When
but girl Quirks sister became Il maid
servant in a wealthy Brooklyn.l n. Y.
family. After forty eight years of
faithful service in the same household,
during which time she never mar
ried, she was rewarded for her faith
fulness by being made the heir to the
entire property, amounting to 500, 900
Laurens.
While Chris peterson was laying tile
on the Martin Johnson farm west of
town. working in the bottom of six
foot ditch It caved in. burying him until
he was covered more than a foot deep
in the t. He was buried for three
hours fifteen minutes. but was
brought ont alive and is resting fairly
Well He fell upon his back with his
hand in the tile and by wrggling his
fingers, he kept it open and the water
running so that he did not drown and
by moving his head a little he kept d
slight air space about his face.
Stacyvile.
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lar is turned out at the age of years,
the community is certainly going some.
Stacyville makes such a report. Leo
Adams and Albert Heilner. two boys of
the ages above mentioned. have been
suspicioned of several burglaries They
We're under the eye of Marshal Me
Chan aHi! in open daylight when they
tapped the safe of Peter Halbach while
he, u
street of the town and secured $50 no
thought il was time for action He
put the two boys thru a severe sweat
ing with the result that the money was
restored. They had divided the booty
between them and had hidden it in diff.
ferent parts of town.
M.pIeton.
Weary and footsore tramps
looking individual whom it was lat
err learned was an escaped inmate
from the insane hospital at Chero-
kee. sat down under some trees
near a farm house and by the road
side in south Maple township at about
II o'clock at night and came near los
ing his life. According to his side Of
the story a dog kept up a terrible bark
ing and finally man came to the
door of the house, whereupon the
tramp started whistling to allay the
fears Of man and dog. when he was
ordered TO move on. He had removed
his shoes and was in the act of lighting
his pipe. when bang went the farmers
shot gun. A TRADE of abuse followed
the report and the fellow was COM
manded to hike forthwith or the other
barrel would be turned loose at him
He gathered himself up as best he
could and limped on westward until he
came to near the site of the old Day
mill, where he was found the follow
ing morning by George Rawlings, near
a spring, stiff and sore and almost
dead from loss Of blood. The old fell
low was taken to the Rawlings home
and given medical attention. Several
shot had entered his arm. hands and
leg. During the day he was able TO
tell his story Of the accident. The fol-
lowing day Sheriff Rawlings came up
and took the man to Onawa. AS soon
as he saw him he knew he had escaped
from some institution and a response
from Cherokee verified his belief His
name was not learned, but he was
big Irishman OF unsound mind He was
returned to the asylum. The fellows
condition Is such that he may not re-
cover, and in such event IT. Is likely
that great effort will be made to as.
certain " no Hrc1 the &C &C =.e IDLY shot.