Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-02
Northern Io1ua Items

e:,within q week and the firm II, under
contract to havefit COMPLETED BY Dec.
H. The contract price does not iucl ude
plumbing and heating and the Cath
olics. will have school building Of
(which they may be proud.
Sioux City.
With the death at ST. vincent's hos
-pital of James Carr Heller, IS years:
old. another Iowa pioneer and a man
prominently identified with the famous
underground railroad" Of ANTE bellum
days, was taken away. Death was
caused by advanced age. Mr.. Heller.
had been Ill nearly two weeks, having
been removed to the local hospital
from the home of his son, E. P. Heller.
at Hinton. Iowa, where he had. spent
the latter years Of his life. MIR. Heller
removed to Iowa from Chillicothe. O.,
in 1912. settling with his parents at
Kossuth, in Des Moines county. He,
with his father, Frederick Heller. was
indicted In the federal court at Keokuk
for alleged connection with fugitive
slave law violations. both having borne
regulations as strong abolitionists. He
was: credited with having assisted
many slaves to escape across the Can
ada, line. Both father and son were
acquitted for lack of evidence.
Humboldt.
Monday of last week man called at
the office OF J. c. Huey in Dakota City
and stated that he had eight or ten
hogs for sale and wanted the best
price He said he lived on the farm
lust this side of the Haviland place
south of Humboldt. He described the
hogs infinitely. He secured $50 adj
vance payment and has not been seen
since He was smooth party. He
drove a pair of farm looking horses
to a lumber wagon, and was ac-
quainted in the neighborhood OF which
he spoke. He had perhaps a two
weeks growth of beard on his face, and
o slight scar on his left cheek He was
about 80 years of age. short and heavy
set. and had fairly honest looking
face. He is undoubtedly travelling
CRATER or some tricky farmer from an
adjoining county who wanted a little
spending money. 1t is more than likely
that his home is not fifty miles from
Humboldt. 1t may be that he will
never be unprecedented, but 1t is likely
that II he made a lucky haul here he
will try the game again in some neigh
boring town.
ssnsy.
What might have caused a serious
accident was prevented only by the
hand of Providence last Sunday night
on the railroad about four miles north
OF here. double header freight came
down about or 10 o'clock Sunday
evening and one of the trucks of car
came loose and tore up the track for
about one and a half miles. cutting
spike heads off and sending the rails
out OF, line. tearing up trees and max
ing terrible road. No report was
made when arriving at LeMars. Two
fast passenger trains ran over the road
in this shape and 1t seems miracle
that they were not sent into the ditch
Train No. 3. arriving here at o'clock.
was the lirst to report and large crew
OF men we're sent from Alton and Ash
ton to fix up the road SO a. not to de-
Jay traffic. When the freight arrived
at the bridge near Henry Darv.lle's
place the demoralixed car wass witched |
onto the right place and the train went |
Ms way as II nothing had happened. |
which seems to show they did not |
know about the damage az they Iaiied
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