Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Southern Io,ua Items

, showing the aqua to be up to the sew
en- foot mark this morning. The rise
during the past "a hours. despite the
heavy rain was slight however, the
water being but three inches higher
than yesterday. drop Is expected
shortly and it Is believed that the wa
ter will recede quite rapidly. when It
starts on the downward slide but the
Eigh stages in the far north give as
surance that good stage will obtain
thru the remainder of the navigation
season. On last Thursday the local
stage was IL feet above low water
mark, and since the season opened the
highest stage was that of May when
6.3 was reached, 49,.
Red Oak. ~ -,
The train crew Of the south branch
passenger train made GREATNESS
search for the bodies of dead men when
the train hit wagon at the crossing
near the old south mill Saturday night
and carried the vehicle on the engine
I'D to the Crawford ice house. The
crew backed up the train and lantern
in hand, looked in the weeds all along
the right of-way. But they didn't find
any bodies because nobody happened to
be in the wagon when it was struck
Charles Griffith, of the firm of Grif-
fifth Bros. and a couple Of companions
had gone TO the river to fish. taking
the firms delivery wagon and horse.
but it broke loose and Sauntcred to the
crossing, getting there just in time to
meet the train. The engine struck the
wagon in the middle. breaking Il away
from tho horse without hurting the anil
mai in the least. The horse went up
town to the barn.
Council Bluffs.
Mrs. C'larissa Hayes, for whom the
police Of two cities have been search
ing. Is at ST. Bernards hospital. She
disappeared from home last Tuesday
morning. and the police authorities OF
Council Bluffs and Omaha were notified
Of her absence Saturday and asked to
, look out for her. Meanwhile the wQm-
an was taken In charge last Tuesday
morning in the office OF Attorney ]. J..
Hess in the brown building. She had
! gone there and insisted upon bringing
suit at once against a railroad for the
fancied death OF her husband, and
Deputy Sheriff Leuch was telephoned
for and removed her. Mr.. Hess per-
/ sonally flied the information against
her before the county insanity commits
sion, and after an examination she
was sent to st. Demands for two weeks
for observation. She had before been
insane, and at one time she was picked
up in the woods near Logan. and
brought to this city by Sheriff Rock Of
Harrison county.
Newton.
Oscar Keith and VIII Benjamin. two
local gas filters narrowly escaped
death Tuesday when escaping gas. at
the new 8. +. Neel bakery building.
overcame the men as they were re-
pairing q leaky tap. The two men had
failed to take the necessary precau-
ton in shutting OF the gas and the
pressure in the main drove the stifling
gas into their faces. Benjamin was
the least affected and succeeded In
getting away. but Keith overcome. fell
unconscious with his face over the es-
Gaping Jet and had almost breathed
his last OF the dead vapor. He was
dragged away by George Hart. who
happened to be passing and the attend
ing physicians state that thirty sec
onds more would have finished the
mans life. Keith was unconscious for
more than an hour. and physicians had
difficult time restoring him. He was
carried to the implement store where
the work OF resuscitation was carried
on. Benjamin. the fellow workman Of
Keith, was not so badly affected. not
having inhaled so much Of the death
dealing vapor. Both men are well
known Workmen Of Newton.