Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-12
Southern Io1ua Items

Alton. 49,.
At a special election held at Alton for
bonding the district to build new
$4,000 high school the vote was over
whelmingly in favor Of the project.
Council Bluffs.
Clarence vilet and Fred Ewing. two
car on the First avenue joint switch
track Tuesday morning and stolen
about twenty-five bushels Of oats. were
given a preliminary hearing in police
| court Wednesday morning and bound
over to await action by the grand jury
to the amount Of $500 each.
Farragut.
Rev. NJ. Hanna. of Corning. is to be
the new minister Of the Christian
church here He will move to F'arragut
the first Of the month. Rev. Mr.. Nc
Gee and family will move the last Of
April They are still undecided as to
their future location but the matter
will be settled very soon. Farragut
people are sorry to lose Rev. Mr.. Nc
Gee and his family.
Manning.
Clarence Fry. aged % years. com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself
Tuesday afternoon in the home occu-
pied by the John Lceta family here.
but the body was not found until late
next afternoon. The Loeta family were
away at the time Fry gained access
to the house. but upon their return
discovered the dead body in a store
room of the house. No motive for the
deed is known.
Council Bluffs.
Public attention is called by Dr. c..
H. Bower, city health officer, to danger
from a possible epidemic of cerebro
spinal meningitis in this city. DR.. Bow
er urged that sanitary precautions
should be taken in order that the dis
ease. which is now to some extent
prevalent in Omaha. may be guarded
a gainst, Six cases Of the dreaded mall
adv have appeared in Omaha. but there
have so far been no reports Of cases In
Council Bluffs.
Rose Hill.
Lem Dillon, Of Rose Hill. was pain
fully injured at the Sam Troy home
east Of Rose Hill, when a horse he was
endeavoring to ride threw him and
kicked him in the Jaw with his front
foot, fracturing the jaw bone. 1t was
the first time anyone had ever at
tempted to ride the horse. When Dill
lon mounted the animal It began to
buck and he was thrown. He was taken
to the Oskaloosa hospital and an oper-
alton was necessary.
Audubon.
The 2-year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lars Hodne, residing near here, met
with a serious accident while playing
A.
making soap and took the kettle from
the stove containing the boiling hquid,
which contained a large. amount OF I've.
and placed it on the floor just as the
child ran up to its mother. The little
one tripped and fell head foremost
into the kettle, scalding its face. head
and shoulders.
colfax. IL
Mrs. Hannah Ryan, aged 50 years.
wife OF the late Judge David Ryan OF
the Sixth judicial district court, died
Tuesday Of complication OF diseases.
She had been here for treatment the
past eight weeks, having been In poor
health some months. Judge Ryan dleo
in Des Moines nearly seven years ago.
He was formerly a resident OF Newton.
She leaves two sons, William OF Des
Moines. and J. B. Of Colfax. and one
daughter Mrs. Edith Faville OF Spo'
kane, Wash.
Alondan,in.
This locality is gaining quite repu-
tation for the raising OF seed corn, two
carloads having been shipped out OF
here this week. Henry Lewis sold to
Mr.. McPeek, Of Turin, Iowa, 500 bushels
OF white corn at 81 per bushel. OF
course this corn was sorted. r b.
Wallace also sold about 800 bushels t.