Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-04
Southern Ioun Items

I fore Squire Strange in LeGrange u
/ ty, Indiana, and were pronounced man
and wife. In September of the same
| year they left the Hoosier state, and
came to the then frontier state of Iowa,
settling first down in Jasper county on
a farm now owned by 2. A. Kitchell.
The land he now owns he purchased in
1856 at a very low rate.
ccnterviIle.
The congregation Of the First Bap-
list church began Sunday the cele-
bration Of the successful termination of
the debt-raising campaign, special SER
vices being held morning and evening.
Every item of indebtedness was gath
cred together and with one stroke the
slate was wiped clean. In the morn
Ing, W.. M. SpeerS of the finance COM
mittee, reported the debt of over SILL
900 paid, and Rev. s. E. Wilcox, of Des
| Moines, preached. In the evening, DIR.
Hubert G. Beaman, of Waterloo, spoke,
after which the mortgage and notes
| were burned
ottumwa.
Two suits for damages were filed
Monday in the district court against
the Rock Island railway. The petitions
y ~ PASSOp SoSb oiik \ liiSa w y.
H. r. Spillman and w. H. Stephenson
of near Eldon. The two suits filed grew
out of certain improvements made by
the company on it's bridge across Soap
Creek. These improvements are alleg-
ed by the petitioners to have caused
considerable damage to their respective
farms, destroying fences and washing
away soil as well as covering part of
| the land with sand and debris. The
| farms are situated near the railroad
on it's lines between Eldon and Floris.
Scion.
Six miles from home without a gar
ment to " him vas the embarrass-
ing predicament of Mart Arnson. a fish
erman, living near Scion, who lost his
bundle of clothes in the waters of Lin
| gel creek when attempting to swim
across a deep turn in order to get a
better fishing place. The stream at first
looked as though it could be waded and
Arnson toe off his outer garments.
| When near the center Of the stream,
however, he found it necessary to swim
and off came the rest of his clothing.
| Just as he struck out for the opposite
! shore his bundle Of clothing f1oated
away from him and when he reached
the bank he found himself without so
much as an under garment or even a
barrel to cover him. Calling to two
farmers in q nearby field, however,
brought assistance. They were as
| founded at the primitive appearance
Of the young fisherman. but DON fitted
him with a pair of overalls and es-
| corted him home.
Oskaloosa.
An attempt to rob the William
! Strauss home a made early Sunday
morning. The robbers were frightened
away before the officers appeared. They
| were first discovered about 2 o'clock by
LATE Mckinley, who ives the second
| house south Of the Strauss home. Mr..
Mckinley, who was in bed at the time,
| could plainly hear two men convers-
ing in low tones and looking out of the
north window Of his home he could
see them playing their fash lights
! about the John Ruggenberg home next
door They disappeared. Later Mr..
Mckinley noticed some one pacing up
and down the walk in front of the
| Strauss home. Mrs. Mary Durham
and son William, noticed a light flash
ing about the interior of the Strauss
home. Williams started across the
| street to give Officer .Ruggenberg the
alarm when he ran squarely into the
arms of the robber who was guarding
the entrance Of the house. Keeping
presence Of mind William asked the
man for a match and then beins slisht-
ly frightened he hurried or rather ran
to the Ruggenberg home. Hi action
must have aroused suspicion in the
mind of the guard for when Ruggen-
berg arrived at the q OF the Strauss
home the rohberS had flown.