Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-14
Southern Io1ua Items
Oxford Junction.

Oxford Junction.
Shelby Orris fell from a horse and
brike his leg while away on a vacation.
Shenandoah.
A workman killed a six foot six inch
snake that was supposed to have es-
capped from show fair week.
Newton.
o. P. Myers. of Newton. nominated
judicial district, has withdrawn from
the race.
Muscatine.
In fit of delirium as a result Of ty-
phoid fever Harry Jeffers, formerly Y.
NJ. C. A. secretary, drank carbolic acid
and is dead.
Ames.
Frank Brown, engineer at the Ames
Laundry. fell from a ladder Monday.
alighting in such a manner as to break
bone In his heel. 1t is very painful
injury and may possibly cause Mr..
Brown permanent inconvenience.
Burlington.
Nels P. Nelson, whose skull was
crushed by a flying plank at the Bur
lington Lumber Companys plant Fri
day. finally succurnbed to his injuries
without regaining consciousness. He
was about so years DID, and worked at
the lumber mills for twelve years. He
leaves a wife and family.
Des Moines.
Miss Maud Kratzer, Fred Cook and
Dale Wiley, sustained serious injuries,
when horse which Wiley was riding,
crashed into the buggy occupied by Mr..
Cook and Miss Kratzer. Miss Kratzer
was unconscious all night. Two of the
horses were so badly injured they will
die. 1t is thought all will recover.
Iowa City.
Homer r. Dill. university taxider-
mist. who has been considering calls to
other positions, has contracted for an
other years work at the state univer
sity Mr.. Dill is taxidermist of rare
ability as the museum now attests and
was to have gone this year to the Lay
san Islands in charge of an expedi-
ton to procure birds for the museum
here.
sisourney.
In Justice court here NJ. s. Fish, pro-
prietor of the Fish hotel, was fined SO
and costs for an assault upon A. w.
Lifts, travelling man from Des Moines.
The assault followed dispute between
the two men over the alleged failure
to call Lifts in time to catch the train.
A civil action brought by Fish against
Lifts was dismissed by the county at
torney.
Glenwood.
Cheyney Bros, report a sale of hogs
from Lafe Wolfe, who lives south of
Glenwood, that gave him a neat return
for his last years feeding. There Were
1872 head in the bunch. averaging 1856
pounds. all 1909 pigs and they brought
s3,646.44 They were driven from the
Wolfe farm eight miles to Glenwood
without accident or the loss of a hog.
Cheyney Bros. sent them to ST. Joe.
Burlington.
The new 100000 hotel at Burlington
has been leased by Christ Neipp. for
merly Of the st. James hotel and the
Davenport hotel of Davenport, and re-
Gently of the Roubidoux at st. Joseph,
Mo. The new hotel is a steel skeleton
structure, and is strictly fire proof 1t
is now under construction, and the
steel work has been practically COM
pleted. Work on the brick walls and
concrete and tile is now being carried
on.
Des M oines.
Race suicide in the ranks OF the
Four Hundred of Des ,Moines is indi-
Gated by the enrolment of new chill
dren in the various kindergarten
schools. Out Of Greenwood school on
Grand avenue, there are only 81 new
little tots in the kindergarten depart
ment while at Washington school in
South Des iMoines they number 60. The
total number of new kindergarten pu-
pills In the schools is over 1900. which
is a larger number than ever enrolled
for the first time in former years.
Des Moines.
Mrs. Hattie Nathoo, wife Of the Hin
doc seer. is dead. Driven insane by
the charges against her husband, the
loyal wife passed away at the hospital
for the insane at Mendoza, just out of
Madison, Wis. Mrs. Nathoo had the
utmost faith in her husband, who was
convicted by a jury in the district
court with assault with attempt to
commit rape on the person OF Margaret
Miller Of this city. The blow was so
much for the little woman that her
mind was affected. She was Thea taken