Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-25

Hecrick.
Joseph Kitter111an, Of Hedrick, has
been suffering severely with blood poi
soning, but is now recovering. Mr..
Kitterman opened small boil on his
hand with his knife and the blood pois-
oning resulted.
Des Moines.
The executive council has announced
that the railroads cleared $16,144,592
last year under the 2-cent fare sched-
uls and lower freight rates. 1nterurban
roads cleared 1925, S16.62.
Burlington.
BY a unanimous vote Monday night
! Company H, of the F'ifty-fourth reg-
ment, approved of the location of the
| next encampment of that regiment in
Huntington July IS to %. This prac-
tically settles the location.
Des Moines.
Fire at the Johns coal mine in South
Des Moines, destroyed the blacksmith
shop, engine house and other buildings.
Only hard work on the part of the fire.
men prevented the flames from spread
ing to the s4kaft of the mine The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Iowa City.
buiuSILe SloNel, d young SOL OIL JO-
seph Slower, south of the city, has set
a record as gopher trapper. Saturday
he appeared at the office of the county
claws, representing a weeks work in
trapping. The bounty paid him for
this work was $3.50.
Davenport.
Joseph Shaac, As years Of age. was
killed and George Mcbride was slight
ly injured when a wagon in which
they were coming to Davenport was
hit by a large observation street car
going in the same direction on the gov
eminent bridge. The wagon was lifted
horses.
Malvern.
Mr.. Cross. we'll digger, was injured
in an accident which will cause the
loss of an arm. While in a well, the
large bucket full of mud and water
became detached from the rope and fell
thirty feet, striking Mr.. Cross on the
left shoulder and arm. crushing the
arm, which will be amputated at Glen
wood next Tuesday.
Muscatine.
Death claimed Commodore E. P. Day
at Hershey hospital Sunday. He was
born here in March, 1843, four ytarS af-
ter Bloomingtoa was incorporated and
six years before the name was changed
to Muscatine. Mr.. Day was a veteran
of the civil war and one Of the city's
best known and most influential citi-
zens. An acute attack Of pleurisy was
the cause of death.
Davenport.
Henry Thiessen, who was one of the
two men who attacked Mrs. Grace Gel
ling near her residence on West Ninth
street about two weeks ago, has been
placed under arrest by the police, hav-
ing been captured by Officer Nagel
after an absence dating from the night
of the attack His companion, George
Schacker, is still missing and sharp
lookout is being maintained for him.
Fairfield.
Rivalling some freak edifices in
larger cities where congestion makes
floor space precious, Fairfield is to
have a new business block thirty-fou
feet long and exactly six feet WIDE 1t
is located on the only vacant spot on
the square The new building will be
completed within a short time and will
be occupied at once by Mel A. Johnson,
who has recently gone into the cigar
manufacturing business.
Essex.
A small shower Of sandy dust and
small crystal stones fell in Essex, which
presumably was the result Of some dis
turbance either directly Or Indirectly
from the comet The falling particles
were noticed PARTIALLY on the hill
residence portion of Essex. "A. d.
Collins has tbs largest selection Of the
curious phenomena, having a small box
OF the iittifee 11.-;-s.el stnnes he ..,..a VIZ,
after and during the fall. Frank Sed-
erberg was another to notice the
strange incident. Uponi4nvestieation