Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-19
Southern Io,ua Items
son on the right shoulder and right side

| son on the right shoulder and right side
OF the face. The impact threw Mr.. Car
rison against large chunk OF coal,
breaking his left collar bone. one rib,
and tearing several other ribs from the
breast bone. The next evening 1t was
reported that the victim could not live
till morning, but his chances have since
improved.
NJ adrid
| While assisting in moving couple OF
cars i'll the Madrid Auto Company's
| garage in order to make room for his
own car. +. II. Graves. cashier OF the
Farmers Savings Bank, caught one OF
the fingers OF his right hand between
the spoke and brake, scraping the flesh
from the bone on the inside of the fin
| ger from the middle knuckle joint to
the end OF the finger. The bone was not
injured apd the nail was not torn of.
altho it was badly bruised.
Muscatine.
John Harris and his girl-wife. to
whom he was married only few
months ago. had tilt Wednesday, as
the result Of which. she claims. she was
| elected from the home OF Harris moth
er, with whom he is staying. She ac-
cordinsly had him arrested for non
support. and in lieu OF $3.50 bond ne was
sent TO jail to await preliminary ac-
ton. The wife is only Is years old.
/ Ever since they have been married 1t
is said that he has staid with his
mother. refusing to support his wife
properly.
keokuk.
The Keokuk & Hamilton Water Pow
or Company has placed an order for
twenty 12-cubic yard capacity dump
cars, ten OF which will be used on each
side OF the river. 1t has also been an
nounced that six x cubic yard capac-
ity concrete mixers to be used on both
the Illinois and Iowa sides have been
purchased. The building OF the dam
effaces all excuses for idleness in the
city or immediate locality. The COM
pany is daily importing men to work
on the dam.
Missouri Valley.
There was deluge at the Harrison
tleater the other night. The emergency
fire pipes surrounding the stage got
turned on In some manner and it was
| impossible to shut them of until the
plumbers dug down to the main and
shut the water off there Nearly all the
members OF the "a Wise Fool" COM
pany were on the stage at the time and
every one was soaked thru. Manager
Dawson says he is glad he found the
emergency fire protectors in good
working order anyway. even If they did
work at the wrong time.
jefferson.
After six months visit in Mime
sofa Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p Veie returned
70 their cold home and attempted TO
warm 1t up. Disaster followed While
Mr.. Velie was fixing the furnace. his
wife started a fire in the kitchen stove
from which the water had been turned
off when they left home. but evidently
enough had remained in the water
front to freeze 1t up tight Mr. Velie
had just emerged from the basement
when the stove blew up with a jar that
shook all the windows in the neigh
borhood. and a defamation that was
heard five blocks away. Mrs. velie was
hurled against a door jam with such
force that she was partially stunned
and one shoulder was severely bruised
Her husband not knowing that she
was hurt. told her to call the neighbors
while he subdued the fire. the room be-
ing ablaze in several places. The stove
was torn to fragments which broke
nearly all the chinaware AMI did oihe,
i damage