Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-03
Southern Io1ua Items


Iowa City.
| An unknown person. presumed to be
a Halloween marauder, shot Lee Glib
son. blacksmith, on the lawn Of his
country home. A shot gun was prob
He, was brought to the hospital at Iowa
| City.
Red Oak.
Mrs. e. G. Dennis is suffering from
| dislocated knee-cap and torn iga-
ments, which she received while watt
! ing for her husband who was backing
his automobile out Of Lyman Bolts
garage, her foot slipping in some Pc
| culiar way throwing her to the ground.
| She will be laid up for several weeks.
0ss Moinss.
| Word has been received in the city
| of the death. from heart failure. at his
home in Streator. ILL.,. Of Martin w.
| Cannon, a former resident OF Des
Moines. Sitting in his home last Sat-
urday evening In conversation with
son in law and apparently in his usual
health, he suddenly pitched forward
from his seat and in a moment had ex-
pired.
| Montross.
Theodore Buck. son OF DR.. E. NJ.
Buck. and Loren Bindewald, each about
years old, while playing on the street,
were run over by a horse and buggy
driven by Orson Si1vers. The Binde-
wald boy is still unconscious, suffer-
ing from conclusion Of the brain. The
Buck boy escaped with few ugly
bruises.
Davenport.
Plans for the proposed river front
| improvements, relocating Of tracks,
and the new union depot. were dis
cussed at a joint meeting of the spe-
cial committees appointed by the Com
mercial Club and city council. There
| was a full attendance of the members
Of the two committees. The estimated
cost of the improvements reaches a
total Of s442,99s.
Davenport.
AS the result OF fall from tree
feet, Ernest Conover is at st. Luke's
hospital where he was taken by the
city ambulance He fell from the lofty
place while working in Mcclellan
Heights and it was at first feared ne
| suffered internal injuries. but this
proved groundless. No bones were
broken in the fall but he was severely
bruised
oavsnport.
A. Russell, father of Sam j.. Russell
and Mrs J. H. Hill of Davenport. died
at his home at Stuart, after linger-
ing about week as the result Of in
juries received when he attempted to
crawl under thru q freight train on the
Rock Island railroad tracks. Pracu-
cally no hopes for his recovery were
entertained from the time the accident
occurred He gradually sank and a
few days ago lapsed into unconscious
ness and his death came Monday.
Council Bluffs.
City Clerk A. w Cassidy was en-
gagged in the pleasant task Of signing
his name to q bunch OF 500 sidewalk
assessment certificates Tuesday The
certificates have to be signed seven
times each by the city clerk.
Mayor Maloney also has to place
his "John Henry" on each one
At last reports Cassidy had used three
gallons OF ink and was suffering from
writer's cramp, with the end not yet
in sight.
Newton.
The committee OF Congregationalists
whose business 1t was to look after the
matter of filing the vacancy in the
local pulpit caused by the recent resig-
nation Of Rev. A. B. Apple;by. held
meeting at which they decided to rec
ommend George r. Kemp. Of Mime
apolis, who filled the pulpit last Sun
day morning and evening. DR.. Kemp
10 q sneaker OF exceptional ability and
. man Of great personal worth. Both
discourses Sunday highly pleased the
congregation.
Clinton.
Halloween celebrators apparently
succeeded in doing IS much damage
as usual here. A number OF cases OF
vandalism have been reported to the
police and the officers are on the trail
of some Of the more active celebrators.
who were not satisfied with their ev-
ening'a sport until they had wrought an
unusual amount Of damage. Among
these cases IL one at ia Sixth avenue
where all Of the sidewalks in the yard
were torn up and the fences torn
down.
Council Bluffs.
Tho auditorium will be ready for the
horticultural exposition and corn show
Fifty men are engaged In the work OF
decorating the old building ana erect
ing the new ones. Carpenters. painters.
plAsterers. electricians and helpers un-
der III Alrsetioa Of designers and
|aTchitscts ere working like hAa"Ars