Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-13
Southern Io1ua Items

Columbus Junction.
! Arlo Johnston found a set Of false
teeth laying on one of the seats at
the depot waiting room yesterday
| morning and If no one calls for them
he is going to claim ownership.
Fairfield.
| Rev. w A. Wolgemuth wah former
ly installed as pastor Of the First
Lutheran church Sunday The address
to the congregation was made by Rev.
Harvey NJ. Leech. president of the
Iowa Lutheran Synod, and the address
| to the pastor by Rev. H. D. Hoover,
Phi. D., president of Carthage College,
Carthage, III.
! Coggon.
| The barn on the farm of John Ash
byn, near Coggon. burned to the ground
together with its contents. The barn
and its contents, which were hay,
grain, machinery and horses. is esti-
| mated to have cost not less than $4,000.
| The origin Of the fire Is unknown. but
| 1t is thought to be the work of q fire
bug as no other plausible cause can
be found.
Bedford.
| Placed on file in the recorders office
| this week was deed bearing the sig
| natures Of sixty-three persons. The
| signatures were placed upon the in
strument in twelve different states, and
lit took year, one month and twenty
nine days to secure all Of the sigma
lures. 1t is a conveyance by the heirs
| Of Cyrus Wolverton Of two lots In
Bedford.
corydon.
| The contractor for the deep we'll for
the water works system for Corydon
has started drilling the deep we'll for
water supply purposes. The site
for the we'll is located close to the pub
lie square and it is expected that a
depth of from $50 to 1900 feet will have
| to be reached before an ample supply
of water is reached. A day and night
shift will be used on the drill until the
| work is finished.
Knoxville.
| Jacob Wade, an aged farmer, resid-
| ing in Dallas township, about three
| fourths of mile southwest Of Bauer,
was instantly killed in his barnyard
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon by
being kicked in the chest by horse.
It is supposed that the old gentleman
(his age was about IS years) had
started across the lot to the barn and
that he had passed close behind some
young horses that were drinking at
the tank.
Marengo.
The Rev. David Johnson. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church Of Ma
rengo, was married to Miss Bessie Hill
at her home in Grand Rapids. Mich
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. G.. T. Arnold of the Emmanuel
Presbyterian church. The Rev. Mr.
Johnson is graduate of the McCor-
mick Theological seminary and has
occupied the Presbyterian pulpit of
Marengo for the last two years. A
public reception will be held in the
church parlors next week.
Des 'Moines.
| Joseph voeglein, once a mere car
penter plying his trade in Des Moines,
went to Fairbanks, Alaska, a few years
ago. He struck it rich and today word
is received thru Mack Olsen. the prom
| inent real estate dealer, that he is COM
ing back millionaire and owner Of a
gold mine worth a million dollars in
ore. He has disposed Of $25o,ooo
worth of nuggets and at one return trip
to Des Moines he displayed to Mr. Oh
sen the full worth of his mine by ex-
hibfting nuggets that would make a
forty-niner gasp for breath.
Tracy.
| The biggest railroad improvement in
| the east part of the county is the new
@ bridge over Cedar creek, between
Tracy and Bussey. Twenty-eight men
| have been working there for some
weeks. The new bridge is to be OF q
single 150-foot span with concrete
peers at each shore end. They have
already received twenty-five carloads
Of sand and gravel and $500 sacks of
| cement to be used In the work. Each
pier Is to be sunk sixteen feet In the
ground and set on foundation Of pill
ing driven in the bottoms of the exca-
vations to a depth Of twenty feet.
Des Moines.
| Harold Ruben, who disappeared
from the home Of his father 1. Reuben,
1910 West Nineteenth street, . week
laEo. was found working as q sf,mmon