Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
Southern Io1ua Items

MechaniesviIIe.
Frank johnson and a man named
Devore have been arrested and are I'M
der bonds for appearance In district
court to answer charges of wife de-
sertion.
West Point.
G. G. Cornell sold forty acres Of
land just west of the West Point
| church to Ed Weland; consideration
SIPS per acre. There are no improve
ments. Mr.. Cornell expects to buy
| Land in Dakota.
Des Moines.
| Rev. c. Y. Love of Camden, Ala.
| has accepted a call as pastor of the
| Third United Presbyterian church Of
Des Moines. Mr. Love is one of the
best known ministers in the assembly
| Of the United Presbyterian church. He
will assume his new pastoral duties
within the next few weeks.
Mt. Pleasant.
| Fred Little, a blacksmith, has filed
suit in the district court asking $4,000
damages Of c. B. Goe, sheriff of Henry
county. Little charges that Goe search
ed his house without any evidence
whatever against him, and that the
search warrant sworn out before the
mayor Of this city was illegally issued.
Sigourney.
Graham & Graham Company. of OF
tumwa, closed a deal whereby they
become owners Of the Leader store.
They will operate this store in connec-
ton with eighteen similar ones, in
Iowa and illinois. Mr.. McCardner, a
young man, will manage the store here
for the company. Messrs. Love and
Pennington retire to their homes in
Abba.
Knoxville.
The annual reunion of the Marion
/ County Veterans Association was held
| at the court house last week, according
to program, and proved to be one OF
| the most interesting and enjoyable
gatherings that has been held for
years. 1T was the sixteenth anual meet
| ing of the old boys, and everything,
even to the weather, was all that could
be desired.
Jefferson.
At a recent meeting of the county
board of supervisors a resolution was
adopted providing for the submission
of the question of voting 100000 bonds
for the purpose of building new court
house. The question will be decided at
the general election, Nov. 8. Two years
ago a similar proposition. coupled with
plan to repair the old court house.
was voted down.
m acedonia.
| The fact that Pottawattamie county
land is still on the rise was proven
when Theury Parker disposed of his
| 160-acre farm to James Fox for $3.50
an acre, and Shodrach Aukland an
eighty to Ben Eyer for $3.50. In selling
| his farm, Mr.. Parker, a pioneer of this
section, relinquishes his home place.
years Mr.. Auckland still owns 100
acres.
Clinton.
George Spoorman and James Pear
son, employed in erecting smoke
stack at the Clinton gas plant, had a
narrow escape from death when the
scaffolding on which they were stand
ing, 100 feet in the air, gave way. The
men fortunately landed on another
scaffold, thirty feet below. which broke
the force of their fall. Sooprman sus-
tanned fractured limb, while Pearson
escaped with but a few scratches.
Burlington.
Burlington is to soon have great
white way which will rival anything Of
! the kind In cities Of this size. The mer-
chants of the city have contracted for
electric light posts to line the curbs
seven blocks on Main street and six
or seven on Jefferson street, while the
side streets in the downtown districts
are to be literally sprinkled with the
lights. These lights will be placed
eight in block. The lights will burn
from dusk till midnight every night in
the year.
clarinda.
! -Four grading outfits are at work on
| the right of way of the new Clarinda,
College Springs and Blanchard inter-
urban railroad. There are from seventy
to seventy-five teams altogether at
work in the grading. Two of the grad
ing outfits are machine, and another
machine outfit is on the way here from
one of the Dakotas. Grading is now
being done just south of Clarinda, a
little north of College Springs. at the
Rair summit and at Blanchard The
machine outfit coming is to work at
| the Amman summit
sisourney.
Sigourney has one victim Of infantile
paralysis. Mrs. Bernice Neal-Zaki Is
the unfortunate victim. Some weeks