Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-17
Southern Io1ua Items
WeIiman.

WeIIman.
Photographer G. r. Cook was on
his way to the home Of his mother near
Deep River with his new automobile,
when he met with an accident that
resulted in two broken ribs, a dislocated
shoulder and q punctured. lung. He is
still unable to be taken to his home
but will recover.
Harlan.
Julius Jensen, Who bought the Bark
man farm in Bowman's Grove in the
spring, at 100 per acre, has sold the
place to A. P. Jensen at $125 per acre,
possession to he given March /, next.
The farm contains 20S acres. and Mr..
Jensen will pick up $4,000 profit thru
his short ownership. And this besides
the crop of this year.
Shenandoah.
F. H. Black, in Summit township,
has sold his 200-acre farm to Chall-
man Bros, of Schaller, the considera-
ton being 500 per acre, possession to
be given March I, next. This is one
of the real well improved farms of
this county. The buildings are all good
in first class repair and the farm has
been well kept up.
Fort Madison.
August Smith, convict No. 1882 of
the Iowa penitentiary here, died sud-
denly outside the walls Of the prison,
he being engaged in handling scrap
er. While thus engaged he suddenly
relaxed his hold on the implement and
rolled down an embankment, a distance
Of forty feet. When assistance reach
ed him he was dead. The jury return
ed verdict finding that the convict's
death was produced by valvular disease
Of the heart For some time he had
been complaining Of pains in the chest.
Smith was a Porto Rican and had been
in prison a little over two years.
ottumwa.
A petition was filed in court by
Frank johnson in which he asks dam
ages in the sum of $1,000. He makes
John Morrell & Co., defendant in the
action. Johnson says in his petition
that he was hauling a load Of paper on
a truck, the weight Of the load being
700 pounds, and that when getting on
an elevator, the operator Of the same
did not wait until he had set down the
handles Of the truck before starting the
elevator. He claims that the jerk OF
the hoist due to the alleged negligence
of the man operating caused a Sc
we're strain to his back and otherwise
injured him seriously.
Museatine.
Samuel Cohn, prominent In Musca-
tine the past fifty years as a business
man and f1nancier, is dead following an
illness Of over three years. Coming to
Muscatine as q humble emigrant years
ago, his rise to wealth and position has
been truly wonderful. He was 20 years
of age and was born in Germany and
had lived in Muscatine since 1860. He
was president Of the COIN Mercantile
Company at the time of his death. In
mercantile and Masonic circles Mr..
Cohn ranked high. He was treasurer
Of the democratic state central COM
mittee during the first campaign Of
Horace Boies, for governor.
Ees Moines.
because Jack Showalter, proprietor
of a shooting gallery. interfered when
Arthur Early, a negro. annoyed two
white women. Early slashed him across
tie face with a jack-knife. nearly de-
str,yiug the sight Of one eye. At the
tim an elderly white man also inter-
ferea and he was knocked to the street
by tie negro, who then attempted to
max, his escape, but was captured less
than block away by Sergeant Leasure
and Ptrolmen Plummer and Mohr.
Doctors took half dozen stitches in
Showaltr's face. The negro was
locked upon the charge OF assault with
intent to commit murder.
kirIeviiIe
STRUCK on the head by lightning
which rildled his hat, Richard Stables,
a farme living near Kirkville, had .
singular experience recently. While the
on me ne>ea = = - rsen
with few minor injuries. A portion
of his shirt was burned and the bolt
passed thru his body down e his toes.
burning those members slightly and not