Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-24
Southern Io1ua Items

lOCIatro.
Mrs. Margaret Nesbitt wife Of WILL
tam Nesbitt. ST.. and one Of the old
settlers Of LeClaire. died at the fam.
lily homo In LeClaire Tuesday evening.
Two weeks ago she suffered a para
lytic stroke and never regained con-
| sciousness.
Humsston.
The State Historical Society, with
the aid Of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution. 10 now mapping the old
Mormon trail across Iowa It Is the old
| trail made by the Mormons when they
left their home in Nauvoo, ILL.,, and
went westward to Utah.
csntsrviils.
Rev. NJ. E. Chatley. who is to be
the new pastor of the Central Church
Of Christ. has arrived In the city from
Bowling Green, KY. Mrs. Chatley Is
visiting in the east. but will arrive
some time within the next few weeks.
after arrangements have been made
for their residence.
Glenwood.
Farmers in the east end of Mills
county are contemplating the effects
Of the recent move of the board Of SUI
pervisors Of Pottawattamie county in
ordering a second ditch which will
straighten the West Nishna river 80 as
to relieve the farmers Of their county
Of floods. The floods will, 1t is said.
be thrown upon the farm lands OF Mills
county.
Ottumwa.
s. r. Wilson, an insurance man
from Des Moines. attempted to COM
NIT suicide at the McElroy hotel by
cutting his throat with q pen knife He
failed to sever the jugular vein. A
physician was summoned and sewed
up the wound. It took eight stitches
The man bled profusely. It is said
that Wilson worried over financial
matters.
Randolph.
Bert Frazier was instantly killed here
while trimming the limbs from large
tree that lay across a small ditch. Mr.
Frazier left homo In the morning at 10
o'clock. At noon when he did not come
home to dinner his wife became uneasy.
but supposed he had gone to a sale. The
body was discovered late in the evening
by Stewart Williamson, a neighbor boy,
on his return from school, He leaves q
wife and one child.
0enison.
The authorities here have arrested
q man named Coppeath on the charge
Of issuing forged checks. It IS alleged
that he has been in the habit Of pay
ing bills by issuing checks on a hank
in Shenandoah. signing the name of
Mr.. Ayres, q well known dealer in
breeding horses. He did this at Char
ter oak. Boyer ana Den!son The
amounts are small. Coppeath has been
a resident Of Carroll county, being a
census enumerator there last year.
Colo.
The teachers meeting for tho
seventh section was held in Colo
and was pronounced success. eigh-
teen Of the nineteen teachers Of tho
section being present notwithstanding
the bad roads. The section. which is
one OF the eleven into which the coun-
ty 10 divided, includes all Of New Al
bany and part Of Sherman. Every
number on the program was given as
announced. In the spelling contest.
eighth grade. Mary Perry won first
prize and Leo Wilson second In the
seventh grade. Garland Lambeth and
Aaron Shaw were the winners of first
and second prizes respectively. The
music. papers and discussions were Of
high degree Of excellence
Newton.
When the o. b. Kipp residence was
discovered on IRE It looked ~ tho, with
. stin wind blowing. that It might at
least be damaged considerably. The
dre alarm was turned In and the fre-
men responded quickly. A little water
WAS thrown onto the burning ruoss SS Sss.
the men from the court house. who
had gone home with 1lr. Xipp. called