Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-24
Northern Io1ua Items

wife an admission Of improper rela-
lions with another man and thereupon
he had secured a revolver and an
nounced his intention of killing the
other man and that when he walked
to the door to carry out his threat,
his wife struggled with him and he
shot her.
Anamosa.
Chicago, Anamosa and Northwestern
railroad extension into Delaware coun-
ty, has been,ereanized and site for it's
location definitely chosen. 1t will be
built exactly five miles west Of Ryan.
as was decided at meeting of the
road officials and the people of that
community. The location Of this town
has long been a matter OF debate and
keen interest in the towns of the lower
part of Delaware country 1t is be-
lieved that Ryan will lose a great deal
Of business.
Storm Lake. zg
In answer TO the petition from hun
dreds of taxpayers Of this city the
Storm Lake school board has called
special election for Nov. IA. on the
proposition to issue bonds for the erec
ton of new high school building. II
the proposition carries, bonds to the
amount of 100000 will be issued
against the school district of Storm
Lake The present building. having
been built in 1884. has proven entirely
Inadequate to the needs Of the city. AT
a regular election last year. the prop
Csition was defeated by a small ma
1crity
Dubuque.
An aged man. evidently very i'll. was
picked up on the streets at Eighth and
Clay streets Saturday morning by Of
ficer Cody The sufferer was taken
into the county Jail. where it was
found that his name is Henry Scderly.
and that he has been living at Il clay
street boarding house. He stated that
he was 81 wears old last may A ply
sican was summoned who. after an
examina ton. ordered the patient taken
to Mercy hospital The doctor stated
that the attack was due solely to the
ravages of age. and that owing to the
advanced years OF the man. it was very
doubtful if he would survive
Anamosa.
Tom Earr aud Homer Milcn, two
employees of the gas company had an
experience that they will not soon for
get They went to the plant to make
some changes. The gas machine had
been allowed to cool over night, YeduC
ing the liability OF explosions to mini
num- and the latter had nothing of
81, IN mind when he opened one of
the machine doors There followed an
explosion that knocked one of the men
down and threw the other against the
wall. \ second explosion went over
their heads. They escaped without any
other injury than burned faces. They
sought physician quickly and i'm
mediate applications prevented bis
terins of the burned flesh Beyond "A
few hours of pain while the fire was
being drawn from the burns they ex-
perienced no i'll results.
Onawa.
Another record breaking yield for
Writer wheat is reported by Chris Will
kins who has just finished his thresh-
ing off seven acres OF ground he
threshed 3S4 bushels OF wheat. or an
average Of u triiie less than tifty-five
bushels per acre. 1t is OF splendid
quality and will demand the top notch
market price. With wheat selling for
- cents per bushels the amount receiv-
ed will be $5l.4O per acre. The largest
yield reported previous to this was that
of the Bisbee farm occupied by julius
Walters near Turin. on forty -four
acres yield of 1850 bushels were
threslled or an average of little over
fifty zone bushels per acre. Taking in
consideration the greater number OF
acres in the Bisbee report 1t might be
a question to whether Mr.. Bisbee or
Mr.. Wilkins is entitled to the blue rib
bon 1t would appear that both are
some wheat raisers.