Evening times-Republican., 1911-07-20
Southern Io1ua Items

I lily was out Of the room he got hold Of
the acid bottle and took the contents,
dying within a few minutes. His par
ents are weli-to-do. and prominent
people Of Unionville. They came from
Illinois few years ago.
Lenox.
| There has been a heavy loss by the
| smothering of hogs in this part Of the
country during the recent heated sea-
son. Numerous reports have come in
relative to hog losses from heat. In at
least two instances there has been over
$40 loss reported by individual far
mers. Charles Windslow, who lives a
| few miles southwest Of town, lost two
| fine brood sows. each having a large
litter of pigs. These were old sows.
weighing about 500 pounds each One
of the animals cost $55 last season.
i OskaIoosa.
! Judge Preston, of this city. has rem
! dered a decision in the Sugar Grove
J church case, holding that the building
must be retained for religious pur-
| poses, and can not be converted into a
barn as has been contemplated. Title
is vested in the Baptist denomination,
but any denomination is granted the
privilege to use 1t. The Free Metho-
dists recently came into possession of
/ the property and had negotiated the
, sale of the building to a farmer for a
barn. The case has been in court for
several months.
| Malvern.
| The little 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Nelson west Of town had a
+. narrow escape from being trampled to
death by COW at their home The COW
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the little fellow went out to where
the calf was, which so infuriatcd the
COW that she began to hook and paw
the child. The scream brought the
mother to the scene and she had d
hard time driving the COW away. The
little one was pretty badly hurt, one
! leg being terribly cut by the cows
hoof and several stitches were neces-
!sary.
Clinton.
The pet buffalo. owned by Arthur
Kimball, of near Teeds Grove, one
of the very rare specimens of the
animal left in this part of the coun-
| try, was shot recently and instantly
killed. The animal was turned loose
to Craze on the land near the Hogs
backs" on Elk river. One OF the neigh
| DOIS lSthl iIiS tiit'S eiiV 'hiAAi' A''A7
| accomplish some damage or prove
dangerous to the children near by.
made up his mind to put an end to
what he considered a menace and ac-
cordingly shot the animal, much to the
sorrow of many who considered it an
object of much interest. The buffalo
on account of its rarity was quite val
liable.
Shenandoah.
Farmers in the vicinity of Shenan-
doah are reporting enormous yields of
wheat from the fall wheat and not
only a large yield. but q frst-class
quality as we'll and good price and
with a good demand. One farmer liv-
| ing in the vicinity of Shenandoah. U.
p Huffman, has 200 acres in wheat.
/! Several other farmers near there have
from forty acres up and all report that
! it is making from thirty to forty five
bushels to the acre, with an average Of
! thirty nine Oh better. =. w. TTiiiiiiser,
a miller of Shenandoah. says the yield
| is largest the quality the best. and the
acreage the greatest he has ever known
! it to be in the county's history. 4
steady stream of teams are busy haul
ing to the mills warehouse. Fifty
loads a day is not considered large
/ DAVIS work.