Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-22
Northern Io1uu Items

cause Is not known altho 1t is thought
that ravel had been piled up too high
along the rails, causing the derailment.
A work train had been distributing
some material for bailasting along that
part OF the line and II is thought that
this was the cause of the trouble. -
The building for the Armstrong fur
mace factory is DOW practically finished
and the machinery viii be moved up
from Des Moines and the new building
occupied some time next week.
DinsdaIe.
Dinsdale is to have a farmers ele-
vator. A committee went to Cedar
Rapids and purchased the Iowa Grain
Companys plant at Dinsdale. consist
ing OF a small elevator two cribs scales
and machinery, paying around $500.
An association has been formed with
Claus Ehlers president: ]. C. Owens
secretary: c. G. Blochwitz. treasurer:
these with Henry Ehlers, Thomas Dins-
cael Henry Schmidt and Alton
Strohbehn to constitute board of d.
rectors. Nearly thirty members have
already been secured. and the officers
expect to swell the number to about
forty. The company will erect new
elevator at once with a capacity Of
5000 bushels, equipped in a modern
way
Manchester.
eualed in the memory Of local railway
men. John Burgess Of Waterloo,
brakeman on a freight run on this
division of the Central. escaped a
frightfui death in an accident which
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ci6ent occurred while the train was
being made up west of the depot. A
ladder 10 which the trainman was
clinging at the rear Of car gave way,
dropping him to the track his body
striking full length across the rails.
Tho he Eel! probably not less than two
feet ahead Of the moving wheels and
was badly cut about the head and
stunned by the fall. Burgess retained
his presence OF mind and threw him
self to one side. barely escaping what
appeared certain death to onlookers.
Boons.
A most deplorable case Of sudden
and violent insanity came to notice last
| week, when the Dallas county author
| tiles were compelled to send Frank
Leaning. from the northeast part OF
the county. to the sanitorium at Clar-
| india, in which institution he was an
inmate some years ago. Since return
| ing from Clarinda Mr.. Leaning had
| seemed to be progressing nicely until
recently, the cause Of his malady this
time being given as religion. We are
informed that recently colony OF
Holiness people. commonly known as
| the Holy Rollers" took up their abode
on Mr.. Leaming's land. Thru their
excessive and violent ways Of profess
ing their religion. they are said to have
excited Mr.. Leaning again and the
fervency with which he took hold Of the
revival il eaid to have unseated his
mind.
orundy Center.
Bisenius 4 Sauser, Of Cascade. have
begun suit against Phil Liebsohn to
recover $500 which they claim Is due
them as the result Of deal that was
made q year ago last spring. Bisenius
& Sauser were formerly In the gen.
eral mercantile business in Grundy
| Center They closed out their stock
here and discontinued business. Blk
weeks or two months after they be-
| gan, their closing out sale they traded
| what was left Of their stock for q
section Of North Dakota land, owned
by Mr. Liebsohn. The stock went Ia
on the deal 1t $1,000 and the land was
listed at SIS per acre. Aside from the
stock the Cascade firm have paid $500
In cash on the land. They are sueine
far q cancellation of the contract on
the grounds that the land was not a
good ~ they believed It was repre-
! scented to be.