Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-25
Southern Io1ua Items

Oskaloosa.
j. Q. Hoar, an old soldier, and a wei
known contractor, died suddenly at his
home here OF hemorrhage of the
bowels. He had been at work during
the day.
Clinton.
This city will entertain the Roya
Arcanum members Of the state Of low:
| in 1911 and April has been selected a.
the month in which the convention will
be held as decided at the annual ses.
sion, recently held in Ottumwa.
Iowa City.
A damage suit involving claim for
$4,000 was initiated here last week by
Charles Evert, grocer who sues Au-
gust Amish, an automobilist, alleging
that Amish collided with the Evert
Ong, who later died and Evert, who is
still crippled.
Fairfield.
Samuel Courtney, one of the Oldest
residents Of Jefferson county, died sud
denly at his home here Of an attack
of paralysis following a slight stroke
of the same disease last Monday. His
illness was serious from the first Mr.
Courtney came to Iowa in 1899 and had
lived in Fairfield the past forty years
Corning.
Burton Sheppard, who is secretary
to Bishop Hartzell, and has been for
the past year in Africa, is expected
home in short time. His recent triu
included stops in Paris and Algeria
and he reached New York a week ago
His mother and sister reside here and
he will visit them before returning to
Africa.
Red Oak.
The preparations for the state fire.
mems tournament, to be held in this
city in August are under way. The
executive committee having the ar
rangements in charge is made up
Jointly from the firemen and the Com
mercial Club, as are also the subcom-
mittees appointed by the executive
committee. A. ]. Seefeldt is chairman
of the executive committee.
Woodbine.
farmer near here found two big
rubbish that he had moved off the po-
tato patch last fall. He put them
there while at work clearing the potato
field, and had forgotten about it until
recently, when hauling off the rubbish,
and discovered them. They were in a
perfect state Of preservation, and as
crisp and juicy as If Just pulled from
the vines.
creston.
A!-s. Fred Swan. who is visiting rel
atives in this city, has received word
from her husband who is confined in
hospital in Cristobal, canal zone, to
the effect that he is in a critical con-
dition and that fears are entertained
that he has not sufficient strength to
undergo the second operation which
has been judged necessary. Mrs. Swan
departed Saturday for the bedside Of
her sick husband.
Des Moines.
Joseph Storey, a former Des Moiaes
policeman, has brought suit in the
district court to recover the sum OF
$4,000 from T. p. Carson, charging
that the latter alienated Mrs. Storey's
affections Storey declares that he
admitted Carson in his home and that
he Immediately set about weaving
Mrs. Storey's love away from him. He
declares Carson induced her to get
a divorce and later to become his wife.
GIenwood.
After celebrating for twenty-six
hours on the case of Graham, 81
Omaha, against the Chicago, Burling-
ton 6 Quincy Railroad Company. the
Jury was unable to reach a verdict,
and the case will have to be given an-
other hearing The case has attracted
considerable attention. While stand
ing on the runboard of a Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy engine one night