Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-29
Southern Io1ua Items
WslIman.

Wsllman.
| A gathering which is of interest ir
the southeastern part of the state is
the convention of the Washington Bap-
| list association which Is being held a,
Wellman this week. The association
includes all of Washington county az
well as Louisa county.
Museatine.
| Information has been received in
| this city to the effect that Rev. F. j
Leonard, pastor Of ST. Matthias Catho-
/ lie church. together with Bishop James
! Davis, Of Davenport, will sail from Ire
land for America. expecting to arrive
! in the United States on Oct. 5.
Little Sioux.
A second crop Of wild hay is beins
cut on the G. L. Camel place just east
| of ,Mondamin. Fourteen carloads were
shipped from the first crop, and the
second crop is yielding about two
thirds that Of the first crop. Owing to
! the high price of hay the owner Is
reaping handsome profit off the land
| even tho 1t is still in it's wild state.
Burlington.
! While hunting with his two brothers.
| Glen Ping Of Oquawka. was accident
ally shot. The three young men were
hunting and nutting and the young
man had placed his gun against tree
and the three were throwing sticks up
into the tree to knock down the nuts,
when some of these struck the gun
and caused it to discharge, the bullet
striking Ping in the foot.
Sutherland.
| The explosion of the steam boiler OF
| peanut rooster blew out the plate
glass front Of the B. E. Phinney con-
| dictionary store and badly demoralized
| the stock and fixtures on the inside u
| the room, about twenty-five by thirty
six feet square. Three persons in the
room miraculously escaped serious In
| Jury Miss Mabel Triplett was burned
| slightly and cut on the right arm Just
above the elbow by flying piece VI
| debris
| OskaIoosa.
Probably the largest sale Of thor
oughbred chickens ever occurring in
Iowa was contaminated when William
! Woodrow OF the Hawkeye poultry farm
shipped to Mr. Gran, Of Kansas City,
| 500 hens and pullets of the White
LeSHOfH variety oAi0 ~ WI. 31osNAA
of Esopus, n. T., 200 of the same va
riety. A representative Of these two
breeders and fanciers was here last
week and made the selections for the
| respective for the lot.
keokuk.
During the heavy equinoctial storm
which ragged here, the home Of William
Rapp, TIA Park street. in West Keo-
kuk, was struck by lightning ana two
| occupants Of the dwelling escaped
death in q miraculous manner Had
the bolt carried straight downward In
stead Of being diverted to the; kitchen
where It grounded thru the. iron sinh
it would have struck IN the room II
which Mr. and Mrs: Rapp were sleep
ing.
Fort Madden.
A speeding auto carried . chauffeur
a convict from the stats penitent1ary
here the deputy warden Of the institu'
ton and one Of the prison guards from
/ Burlington to wapello. The convict
Clark Coleman had been granted alb
sence from his confinement to attend
the funeral of his father at Wapello
In custody of the officials he reached
Burlington too late to catch the train
north to Wapello and IN auto was Sc
cured for the remainder Of the Jour
Hcy the. che convict might be allowed
to pay his last respects to hia departed
father. Coleman Is serving 4 twenty
year sentence for highway robbery. He
was once Of the BURLINGTON police de.
partment but was diseflarged because