Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-06
Northern Iown Items

/, buggy and did what not one woman
in a hundred would, picked the Shiny
monster Up. placed it in the rig and
brought it to town with her. People
in the city who knew of the escape OF
Barker alligator. notified that family
and MIR. Barker came i'll, identified his
property and carried the remains home
with him. When Mrs. Lash picked up
the body vhe was not sure whether it
was merely in a stupor from The cold
or wat actually dead, which it later
proved to be.
Allison.
The ill-fated portable saving outfit,
which a few days since went thru a
bridge in southwestern Jefferson town
snip, is located for the present on the
Lashbrook brothers farm. where the
~neighborS have raWn in their SaWlogS
until the place resembles an old-fash-
Toned sawmill yard. Recently they es-
timated that they had enough logs in
the yard to make 10000 or 49, 900 feot
OF lumber and several wagons loaded
with logs We're on the way to the saw
mill" They We're turning out a fine
quality of native lumber.
Farley. ~
Joseph Green. aged 80 years. one of
the best known residents of this sec
ton of the country, vas found dying
on the floor of the barn on his mothers
farm, a mile and a half west of Farley,
at 1880 O'Clock Tuesday night. An
empty vial which had contained car
bolic acid was found nearby and mutely
told the story of suicide. The young
man had never fully recovered from
the effects of a fall sustained by him
last February, and brooding over III
health is supposed to have unbalanced
his mine and ledSto his tragic end.
Langdon.
The other afternoon fire was discov-
cred in the cooperative at
Langdon, and in only a few minutes it
| was in ruins. From where the fire
started. or where it was first discov-
cred. it must have started down in the
coal room and was q case Of spon-
! taneous combustion. The loss was COM
plete except that 500 worth of butter
was saved. The ice house was COM
pletely destroyed but the ice is appar-
entity all right. The loss amounts to
about $4,000 with $1,000 insurance in
the Union Mutual Of Em1netsburg.
Clarion.
Another train DAD of beet sugar
workers passed thru Clarion "A few days
ago. They came from Chicago yer
the Great Western. One lot was trans
ferred to the Rock Island and sent to
Ottosen and Bode. The remainder, some
fifteen families, was taken to Swale-
dale, Thornton. and Clear Lake. Just
how many people were in this lot Is
brad to estimate for a family may in
clude three or -four people or it may
consist of ten. Most of these people
came from the northern part of Russia.
being of Russian nationality, but Ger
mans by birth.
Clarion.
Another important sale of property
was the transfer Of the DIR. Garth Of
fee building to Birdsall e Birdsall. the
consideration being $500. Immediate
possession was given the new owners
and the doctor is now a tenant. 1t
has been known for some little time
among his friends that the doctor was
planning on leaving Clarion this sum-
mer and moving to Port Arthur, Tex.
His present plans are to discontinue
his practice about July /, after which
he will go to Chicago for a post-gradu-
ate course. Messrs. Birdsall & Bird
sail will occupy the upper rooms with
their law office and rent the lower
floor.
Sioux City.
Walking on East Fourth street. a
short distance beyond the viaduct,
about 8 o'clock, Martin Flynn, a farmer
living near Otto. was suddenly seized
from behind, while in the shadow of
a building. and his arms held in a
,ricn-lilse grin hy one while two others
went thru his clothes, robbing him Of
between So and SO. He said he was
walking along smoking a cigar without
thought Of danger, having just driven
into town in the afternoon and wore
his old clothes and a straw hat. when
he was grabbed. He started to struggle
violently, tearing his overcoat until n
hoarse voice hissed in his ear TO "shut
up or We'll lay va out cold" AS soon
as his pockets were emptied he was
turned loose and the three assailants
disappeared down the alley.