Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-30
Southern Io1ua Items

I occupants Of the buggy, three or Whieh
lodged IN the buggy One bullet we.s
thru tbs seat ard hit Tom Moore. one
OF the parties but the force Of the bull
let was so retarded thar Ii did no harm
| Moore drove away astseon as possible
crUuching in 1hs bed o< the buggy until
he was OUT OF shooting distance. AS
vet. nothing has been done about the
affair.
Shenandoah.
lightning PLAYED funny trick with
Mrs g a Cross. living near Ratekin's
seed house. she was working near the
kitchen range during the heavy cleo
trical storm. when lightning struck the
fue with which ,9e stove was connect
ed. 1t ran dewa the stove pipe 10 the
range and struck Mrs. Cross on the
nip. running down her limb and burn
ing aer dress but not injuring her al
ali until IL came TO ner foot Sevsra!
toes we-e burned, one Of them 50 SER
iously tha. it had 20 be aTnputatsd. Her
shoe was blown TO pieces and 1t ioskeo
like = huge cannon cracker had been
fired off under It.
OttunWa.
The members OF the Plymouth Con
gregational church in South Otturu%a
have rendered call 10 Rev. William r
Spiker Of Kingsley for the pastorate OF
the church. The pastorate closed oy
Rev r A Zickefoose leaves the churcfi
without & minister and the call OF ReF
Dir SpiEer is the result OF the visit OF
the latter in OltunWa with the Ply
mouth church. Sunday he supplied the
pulpit OF the church and his general
fitness favora ply impressed the consre-
CATION TO The extent that the call is the
result DIR. spiker will remain here
until this evening looking over the
field before making answer TO the call
Davenport.
Practically all OF the boats which
are now navigating the Mississippi
river are finding difficulty in making
good headway and low speed Is the or
der. whether they be running IN DAY
light or nighttime. A.tho the cnan-
mel Of the river is deep enough to PEI
nit any boat 10 travel. yet II IS nlcden
and is not more than 100 feet wide.The
pilots are unable 10 keep in. 1t and as
soon as the boats veer little TO one
side Or the other, difficulty is exper-
fenced. TWO weeks ago the j. $, whlcn
was burned up river Saturday. night
was lodged on d sand bar at keiths-
burg for four hours before it could be
extrjcated. All OF the boats have been
stuck for few minutes at some place
in the river :
keokuk.
Leading off with a suit for divorce,
then seasoning the intervening space
between the petition and the time that
such separation can be granted oy the
courts. With assault and battery, the
wife battering down the barrlcaded
door of the living room in their hotel
apartments, promises to make a legal
| episode in the courts that viii be spicy
and enlivening. Monday evening the
| police officers were notified of attempt
ed assault and battery on the person OF
: his wife, by Henrw Sanders, pIoprie-
| tor and manager of the Grand Hotel,
| in this city. An officer found the door
| Of room No. 10 that had been occupied
| up until last evening by Mr.. and MIS-
Henry Sanders and children as living
apartments, battered in, the panel OF
| the same being splintered by an IN
| strument in the hands OF Mrs. Sanders
that would have done excellent service
BE battering ram. After getting her
hand thru the door 1t is claimed ny the
wife that her husband assaulted and
| made threats to kill her IL she entered
the family apartments. A second In
formation filed by Mrs. SANDERS cnaTs-
es her husband with beating her win
! his fists and board and OF threaten
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