Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-20
Southern Io1ua Items

Sidney.
A house on the farm Of Frank Van
Eaton. one mile south Of town, was
Get on fire by bolt Of lightning. and
resulted in the complete destruction Of
the dwelling. It was unoccupied, the
owner residing in Oklahoma.
Washington.
will be closed to the public after April
Is. At least it will not be continued
under the present management after
that date. Manager q. E. Cook will re-
tire from the hotel and in all proba.
bility enter tht Same business. in Some
larger town. Mr.. Cook has been here
four years and conducted a first class
hosiery.
Blanchard. '----''-'7''
Frank Williamson. the youngest son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. b. Williamson. met
with quite serious accident while rid
ing on horse back. He was riding a
blind horse and while. crossing a bridge
the horse ran Off It was fifteen or
twenty minutes before anyone found
him to help him out from under the
horse. He was very badly bruised up
and hfss friends were quite anxious
shout him for time. but it is now
thought he viii recover.
Council Bluffs.
John W. Noon travelling sales
man for the Groneweg e Schonetgen
company Of THIS city. died from the
effects Of fall which he received on
the stone steps Of his residence. He
had been down town during the after
noon. apparently in the best Of health
On mounting the steps Of his home
he slipped and fen, striking his chest
across the top step. Apparently the
fall ruptured blood vessel and, from
the first, physicians gave him no hope
Of recovery. He died in few hours.
Guthrie Center.
For several years the. Menlo CO.
operative Creamery was the banner
|creembery Of the county. reaching its
highest mark in production in 1908,
who ME produced s77.ss719 in butter
and by-products. For the year 1870 its
report shows that it's receipts were
Is54.1s9.s7, falling Off Of over 923. 600.
This condition leaves tho creamery at
Guthrie Center. In the lead OF all the
|creaneries Of the county. It's receipts
for the year 1910 were $7o.040.4l, which
were reduced some by the drouth Of
the past summer. The creamery at this
point Is looked upon as the most i'm
portant industry Of our community and
It's patronage is increasing year by year.
Bloomfield.
Miss Lillian Mills, the 15-year-old
and John Sullivan. 1s-year-old son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan, both fam
flies residents. Of Grove township were
married IN Ottumwa. The girl went to
school as usual the previous morning
and the boy. under the pretext Of de-
Hvering horse which he intfmated he
had sold, went to the school house Tor
the girl. sold the horse later and tried
to secure a marriage license at Bloom.
field. Clerk Snoddy. on account Of tho
youthful appearance OF the pair re-
fused to issue same. They left on the
o'clock passenger for Ottun1wa, where
they were married.
DIN.
Harry Holstein Of this place, swat
aid could be gotten Mr.. Holstein was
seriously Ill about two weeks ago. and
10 was runored then that his sick
ness was due to tho effects OF poison.
However. he recovered sufficiently to
be around, and last week went to Chi
cago. While there he was taken SER
iously Ill and sent for friends here His
brother in-law, Mr.. Aleck Hutton.
went at once to his aid and brought
him home. He drank the poison while
his wife was IN the room, on q pretext
Of taking medicine. and after he had
swallowed It. waved his hand jauntily
and said. Good bye. Mary. Tn gone,"
and expired almost Immediately.
Tracy.
One Of Hans Erickson's workmen on
the new Q railroad bridge over Cedar
Creek. near Tracy, came near getting
his throat cut or his head cut OF in q
very peculiar manner during q high
wind. He was at work standing on q
cross timber under the new bridge
while other wof1kmen were dismantllng
the old structure. In the lattAr work
4hAv JnpARA uaa0Ap cola sN1,annl~ anA N,sA.