Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-05
Southern Io1ua Items

Lindsay stated that he, had not
| The court then sentenced the defend
ant to the peniteiatiaTy for the rest Oh
| his natural life at hard labor. The bono
on appeal was fixed az $4,000.
Welsburs. ~
| The Wells homestead farm. mile
! south Of town, has been sold to Car!
| Schmidt The price:paid was SITS an
acre. There are 2o5 acres in the farm
! This is the place MT. Wells lived on
during the forty EIGHT years that he
resided in GTundy county. He bought
| the place in 1856 for 81 an acre. An
acre of the farm now !s worth more
than quarter section sold for when
Mr.. Wells first came here. II was the
first piece Of land he owned in Grundy
county. The place charged hands only
once in fifty years.
Iowa City.
An alleged attempt on the part OF 4
number of farmers in Johnson county
70 present worthless claims under the
domestic animal statute passed by the
Iowa legislature in 1907 is to lead to an
agitation soon for the repeal of the law.
Under the statute owners of domestic
animals killed by wild dogs and wolves
may be remunerated by damages from
the county. A wolf has not been
captured in this county for years and
wild dogs are an unheard of animal.
Despite these facts. however. the total
Of s23ooS4 has been paid under the
statute since its passage in 1907.
| EddyviIle.
| w. H. Gray and Claude Wells ar
rived home from Fort Scott and Pitts
| burg, Kan. where they had been with
| a shipment Of two carloads OF MI
Gray's fine apples which they sold to
wholesalers at a good figure. This
makes total of eight cars OF apples
which Mr.. Gray has shipped since har-
vesting the apple crop Of '"Shadeland
last autumn and practically cleans UP
| his supply. Two cars were shipped tc
| Minneapolis, one to st. Paul, one Sioux
Falls, S. D., one to Sioux City. Iowa
one to Golden City NO. and two &c
Kansas. Mr.. Gray had his apples
stored during the winter In huge
cave
Cedar Rapids.
! Brakeman Fay F. ROLAND on ths
Rock Island is confined to Mercy hos
pital here, suffering with injuries
which may prove to be fatal, which nj
received Saturday morning at ives
Liberty. He was crushed badly while
between two cars opening the angie
cock, and was caught by what il known
as the "nlankiller." contrivance witt
which some Of the old freight cars ar
still equipped. being pinched In the ao'
domen. The injuries OF Mr.. Roliant
will prove to be all the more seriou!
because Of his recent operation for ap
pendichis. 1t was only a few weeks ag'
that he left the hospital following tn
operation, and he had just gone out OF
one Of his first runs when the acciden
happened.
Ksokuk.
Wells M. Irwin. we'll known dust
ness man of this city, has been men
toned by several newspapers as re
publican candidate for congress aeains
Representative Kennedy. Mr.. Irwin i
!. an interview says he feels honored tina
he has been named and would conside
it an honor to represent the distrlc
; but he is not candidate at the pres
; ent time. He is not taking the matte
. seriously. It is evident that he woul
J accept il nominated. Mr.. Irwin is
graduate of Dartmouth and stands de
servedly high In this community. ii
has been a student al :::!s !!!se. tt
suggestion of his name for congress
. natural enough and when he, cares {
/, say the word his candidacy will J.
!. formidable.