Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-21
Muscatins.

The Muscatine North & South road
has just completed negotiations where
by 1t has secured property in Burling-
ton for terminal purposes.
Boone.
Mrs. Louisa Jones, Of this city, while
on her way to church slipped and fell,
sustaining q compound fracture of the
hip. Mrs. Jones is about 65 years old
and mother Of former Chief Of Police
Merritt Jones Her injury is serious.
BIeneos.
Three roasted coons Of mammoth
proportions furnished the basis for a
big M. w. A. feast here. The affair was
in the nature Of rally in preparation
for the big Sioux City meeting. The To-
cal lodge will be represented by Its
drill team and large delegation OF
woodmen and Royal Neighbors.
Museatins.
Fred Maroni. proprietor Of fruit
store, has now been missing for more
than a week, while horde of bowling
creditors are anxious to find him. Prac-
tically the only thing he left was q
wealth of debts 1t is stated that for
some time he had been spending money
like a drunken sailor.
ModaIs.
DR.. John Tamisea was called tc
,Modale to attend the 2-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Evans, who wac
injured by having a seventy pound an
| vii fall on his head. The blow was q
elancing one, otherwise the results
would surely have been fatal. but as II
was, it was necessary to take severa
stitches in the front and back OF the
little fellows scalp.
pss Meines.
John Heathcole, Of Abba, became &C
excited when he applied for marriage
license, that he forgot the name OF MS
fiancee and gave the wrong name, ac'
cording to Deputy Clerk Charles Hor-
ner. The error was not discovered unit
after Judge Bradshaw had married the
Young couple. Heathcole insisted tina,
the first name of hi, bride-to-be was
Eva or Mamie, when her real name
was Emma Gordon. The error was la
ter corrected.
! Blanchard. i
word was received here from Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Spencer. in Mankato
Mimi that their little daughter, IRIS
/
iured quite seriously. Word received
later said the child is paralyzed on ons
side and a blood vessel has bursted II
her brain. Al the last report she wa'
stil unconscious and 1t Is feared cal
not recover unless the blood clot is re
moved. Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer together
with their two children recently moVee
1 from Blanchard to Mankato.
L
Missouri Valley.
Tom weatherly, aged about IA years
was accidentally shot while hunting
He had placed his 90 caliber ritl'
against the fence and while in the &C
Of crawling thru, the gun was d's
charged, the bullet entering his let
breast. The bullet passed just undel
the muscles missing the boys hear
and lungs and lodged In the LEI
shoulder. DIR. J. L. Tamislea was called
and removed the bullet and II bloot
poisoning doesn't set in he Will be on
! in few weeks.
Dee Moinss.
The demand for an advance In wages
! from IS to so cents per hour made o!
i the union painters Of Des Moines wa
refused at a conference between tn
| committees representing the painters
4 ana paperhangers. union and the mas
! ter painters and, contractors. the con
4 tractors held out for the present seal
4 Of IS cents per hour for painters ant
Il demanded y cut in the wages OF tn
4 panerha rgAre xrom - cents per rol
4 for lap work: Is cents for wire edg
work and 30 cents for butt work, &
II cents for lap work; 13 cents 20
wire edge. and Is cents f6r butt wost