Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-05
Southern Io1ua Items
Fairfield.

| Fairfield.
Margaret Namely. aged rs years
died at her home here Saturday eff
-e-noon. She is believed to be the old
st woman in Iowa. one son George
! Vives.
crswold.
Ten head OF cattle belonging TO Eu-
gene Eshelman. farmer living il
Nobel township. broke out OF the pas
.ure and getting in-o a corn field ate
! % much green corn that they were
toundered and died from the effects
The loss is about $500
Early.
j. NJ Hussev. Of Early, bought 700
/ lambs in omaha this week for fall
feeding Besides the ordinary rough
feed of which ne has large supply,
ne has in large quantity Of rape
which is prime sheep food Hussey
| made money on sheep last season and
doubtless will this season.
Panora.
! Mayor James r. Hanna, Of Des
Moines. has been invited to address a
zig good roads meeting which will De
| =
ora and this section Of Guthrie count.
| are working hard to promote the plan
TO build a gravel road from Guthrie
Center TO Des Moines.
Charlton.
Samuel Goldwater was accused OF
killing Mike McLane Monday by the
| verdict OF the coroner's jury, which
returned verdict that McLane met
| his death as the result of gunshot
wound received from a revolver in the
| hands OF Goldwater. Goldwater was ar
raigned before Justice " Leinen and
waived examination. He was held TO
the grand jury.
Denmark.
During the storm here Thursday
| night the lightning struck the house
| on the Ham farm, occupied by Mr.
| Strange. and tore the telephone In
pieces and doing some other dam age
10 the house. A good deal o. dana e
wae done by water to the roads and
bridges The bridge over Lost Creek
on the East Denmark and Fort Nadi-
son road. is in1pa sse BILE. the approach
being undermined and number 0.
small bridges were taken out along the
-oad
pelIa.
The annual reunion Of the Seven
teenth Iowa volunteers was held hert
last week. concluding Thursday. Thir-
weight OF the 100 living members o.
the regiment enrolled. Arrangern ent:
| we're made to mold the next years re
union at Knoxville. The regimen
originally numbered 9ss men. OF thi!
10 be living at the present time. The
only commissioned officers alive ar
Captain Speilman and jor Hinder
dine
keokuk.
An injunction against the Mississip
pi River Power Company TO retain 1
from further work on the s25.000.o0
dam that is being built across tn
Mississippi river was asked Saturda.
by Albert Hagerla. farmer OF Gree!
Bay township. Lee county. Iowa. thr,
petition fled in the Hancock count.
circuit court at Carthage Ill. by keo
kuk attorneys. The water power com
pany recently instituted condemnation
Proceedings against land owned b.
Hagerla The petition denies that tn
company has right 10 condemn Ian;
either under federal or state law
Fairfield.
Fairfield .s TO entertain the mem.
5ers Of the Third Iowa cavalry nex'
year AZ the members assembled II
convention in Centerville Thursda,
were invited to this city by the Fair
field men who were present. The re-
union Thursday was OF more than us.
ual Importance because il marked the
fftieth anniversary of the mastering
Of the company into service at Keokuk
One Of the features of the day was tn;
address by Gen John w Noble OF st
Louis. a member Of President Harri.
sons cabinet The old officers were re.
elected at the business session. Capt b
F. Grail, Of this city ia vice president
and w H. Sullivan il member Of
the executive committee.
New Market.
Extensive work Is now planned for Z
part Of the Waubonsie trail road jus
west Of New Market Thru private sub.
scription, county and township ait
$1,000 has been raised to take th'
kinks out Of a section Of the road OF
, the township line between the Jesse
Hughes corner and that Of the VANS
ley corner. This stretch Of road is bu
one and q quarter miles in length blu
II lessons the distance travelled abeu
one and a half miles It takes out man!
dangerous places and makes a yer,
fine roadway. There are Ave culyert
in this stretch and these will all b.
tmade Of cement. The hills will all b.