Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-20
Southern Io1ua Items
Fort Madison.

Fort Madison.
John McCleary- of Keokuk has
brought suit in court against the city
Of Fort Madison for damages in the
sum Of $1,000 for a fall alleged to have
been sustained during August.
Des Meines.
| The Des Moines Associated Charities
viii become an employment bureau TO
secure places for working girls as
| housenaids and cooks There are at
present more than 1000 in Des Moines
who are gu, of work.
Fairfield.
Nimrod Dyer died az his home jus,
| south of the city after an illness OF
three or four days. He came 20 Jefter-
son county with his parents in 1889 and
lived here almost without interruption
since that time-nore than three
sourths Of a century.
Nodaway.
/ Mrs Ben EIlenwood was badly
+. burned about the face and hands by
throwing gun powder into a stove. Mrs.
Fleetwood swept the sunpowder up
: from where !, had been spilled on the
+ f1oor ard 1houghilessly threw i. into the
stove Her burns are very painful.
/ Hamburg.
! Trustees of the Presbyterian church
hare at a recent meeting decided to
erect g new church building soon. On
/ Saturday the young women OF the
Christian Endeavor Society collected
! so by the sale of tags TO add to the
building fund.
Winfield.
/ This town was startled by the an
| nouncenen. that Miss Eta Gregory
was found dead in her bed She had
| not been well, bug it was not though.
that she was seriously III, altho g, ply
sician was called twice during the
previous nish-.
keIloss.
! s. A Ante living north OF town.
was the victim Of very painful ac-
! cident. He and a companion Were out
! hunting and by some means unknown
the gun In the hands of his companion
| was discharged and the shot passed
thru M. Antics leg just above the
knees, "a scerating the flesh and caus-
! ing very painful wounds.
Burlington.
! John W. Schultz. resident here for
many years and formerly OF Daven-
port, was found dead in his home,
| where he lived alone, sitting bolt up
right in a chair He was a familiar
figure On the streets Of Burlington.
carrying TWO buckets suspended from
his shoulders. peddiing mustard and
horse radish.
Cascade.
Several hundred dollars. worth OF
goods in the Cascade mercantile store.
owned by E. R. Rafferty,, Were flooded
with water from an open water tap In
the rooms Of DR.. j. P. Lane On the
second floor OF the building. The water
in the pipes had been frozen but thawed
out during the night and the waste was
no, .ufficien. to carry away the dis
charge from the faucet.
Museatine.
]. Keirsted. prominent engineer OF
Kansas City. Mo-. has been been in
conference with William ,Melis, super
intendert Of the city water works
since his arrival in this city discussing
the advisabiiity of constructing q
stand pipe. the cost Of which will be
very considerable. No action has as
yet been taken.
Meehaniesvil'e.
The people Of Mechanicsvile and
vicinity will have an opportunity to
consider the proposition of organizing
d local stock company. the purpose o.
which will be to sink a number OF
wells in search of gas or oil or what
ever Else in the way of treasure which
may be hidden meath the earth's sur
face, actuated BY the belief that nat
uTai gas exists in this section.
centsrviiie.
Failing 10 close negotiations for the
floating Of additional bonds to make the
Wa,erwoshs improvement, the stock
!holders in annual meeting here elected
old officers. AS soon as the bonds are
sold a meeting will be held to settle
the details OF the improvement. A si1
months option was closed for the Fen
ton tract with 2.So8 acre drainage area
on which to build reservoir.
Davenport.
The stockholders and the board Of
directors Of the Davenport and Man.
leicester Interurban Railway Compan,
held their annual meeting at the Dav'
export Commercial Club rooms Out o
the total Of 2o9 shares. 10S were repre-.
sented. Officers chosen by the board
iof directors are: President, J. A. Voor'
HES: vice president. F. E. Richardson
secretary, T. F. Haligan: treasurer. c
A. Steele.
MsehanesviiIs.
Glare Holman. the s-year- old son 0
Mr.. and Mrs. Homan, met with a pain
full accident. His grandfather gave hin
an air gun for Christmas and the littl'
fellow concluded he would put SOM
more shot in the magazine He trie'
to unscrew the cap from the end o
the gun but was not strong enough Il
do this with his hands. Therefore h
Iput the end Of the gun in his moutl
] and turned il with his hand. The gul
! was discharged and one of the sho