Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-23
Southern Io1ua Items

torn up. When opposite the Davis
home. a short distance west of town,
the fange on one OF the wheels OF II
care broke and the train came on to
the side tracks, west of the depot, in
that condition. When entering the
switch the car with the broken flange
caused eleven other cars to leave the
track. the damaged one running on for
several rods east of the depot. Some
of the cars that left the track We're
badly damaged and much track was
torn up. The train was carrying a load
Of sheep and about forty Of them were
killed.
Davenport.
Thirty-four different varieties OF
trees We're found on the Rock Island
arsenal by the twenty boys from the
Davenport Y. NJ. c. A.. who took their
first lesson in the boy scout army Sat-
urday. The party was under the lead
ership of Joseph w. Doe, junior secre-
tary Of the organization. The boys left
the y. NJ. c. a. at 1890 Saturday
morning and returned from the arsenal
shortly after o'clock in the evening.
Lunch was taken and a weinerwurst
bake held on the river bank on an ISL
and apart from the arsenal Games
We're played after the tree hunt
Atlantic.
Clemens Daley. aged almost 10 years.
fell from freight car in the Rock ISL
and yards Sunday afternoon and was
run over by the wheels. He sustained
terrible injuries including a broken
shoulder blade, leg broken above the
knee, leg broken below the knee con-
fusion of the upper jaw and other
we're injuries to his person. The boy
was taken in the ambulance to the At
iantic hospital where it was plain that
there was no chance to save the lads
life. He died in less than an hour after
the accident. Young Daley and several
other boys had climbed upon n freight
car standing in the yards and an engine
backed against it and jostled him Off
ottunwa.
shortly after the sermon Sunday at
the morning service in the German
Lutheran church, 4 business meeting
was held and the name of the sue
cessor to Rev. John Haefner was made
pubic to the congregation Rev.
Christoph Rem bold of Beria. o.. is the
new pastor selected to preside over the
congregation. The arrival OF the new
pastor will. however, not be until after
the first of the new year In the
meant time, during the interval of the
departure of Rev. John Haefner for
Muscatine. and the arrival of Rev.
Christoph Rembold. student will sup
ply tn" vacancy. The farewell sermon
Of Mr., Haefner VIII be preached next
Sunday evening.
Rathbun.
Just as he was loading his last car
while brushing in the new slope mine
ut Rathbun Saturday night. Pau! Bat
terstone. aged &c years. was caught
under fall OF rock and the life was
instantly crushed out Of him. Batter
stones buddy heard the noise Of the
fall and rushed to the scene. calling his
companions name, but heard not q
sound from the man whom he found ly
ing under the huge mass OF rock. He
attempted to life the mass but saw at
once 1t was useless. 1t was four yards
long and one yard wide. and was esti
mated to weigh five tons. Later it took
the combined strength OF nine men to
lift 1t. Mr.. Batterstone leaves a wife
and eight children. At one time he con-
Quoted meat market at Jerome and
before owing to Rathbun he lived at
Plano. He had only been working here
a wesle,