Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-16
Southern Io,ua Items

be asked to select their best products
in grains and vegetables to be ex-
hibited at the county fairs over the
state in the fall.
Muscatine.
This is the tale of a cat. Pusskins,
is the family pet Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Won, Dresky, of West Seventh
street, and what happened to kitty this
past week was not at all slow. Kitty
emerged with seven of her nine lives
and her second narrowing escape from,
death. One day this week Mr.. Won
Dresky received load of kindling
wood which was dumped down the
cellar. Kitty disappeared Thirty hours
later Mr.. Won Dresky moved the wood
to another part Of the cellar. He was
very much surprised to see the wood
pile at the bottom violently agitated
and out popped the cat disheveled and
indignant from the bottom Of the pile.
The cat had received the first consign-
ment of wood square on the top of the
head and had been put out of commits
SION. Once before the cat was locked
in a trunk for twenty-four hours, the
lid falling down and shutting it in. 1t
was rescued in the nick of time here
also.
FontaneIle.
The council held special meeting
Thursday afternoon and evening, when
the members met with Engineers ]. e.
Hill and NJ. G. Hall. who are employed
to draw up plans for the city light
plant and water plant respectively. Mr..
Hall has completed plans for the wat
er system together with plans for a
town hall with a room for public
meetings and sufficient space for the
combined light and water plant, which
plans were changed in some details by
the council to more nearly meet the
needs of the town. Professor Hill con-
suited thoroughly with the council, III
regard to the needs of the town for
electric service. and is looking over the
territory to be covered and laying out
a prospective route for a transmission
line from here TO Greenfield, after
which he will proceed to complete his
plans Immediately The town Of Green
field has submitted contract by
which they propose to furnish current
for use here at n rate that just covers
the cost OF manufacture &c them, ana
which is probably somewhat cheaper
than we could produce it with q small
er plant.
ksosauqua.
James Duffield. one of the oldest and
most highly respected residents OF
Pittsburg precinct, tells startling
story of a fight with monster black
snake. Mr.. Duffield was gathering
eggs. He went to two boxes in which
there were nests but found no eggs.
the straw In the boxes being mussed
up. Then he went to nest In an old
washing machine. There were not only
no eggs there, but the porcelain nest
eee was gone; but the straw had been
stirred UP so that it filled the box.
Feeling around in the box for the nest
eeg and pressing down on the straw
he felt something yield beneath. Mr.
Duffield thought 1t was an opossum.
but in brushing the straw away little
the back OF his hand came In contact
with the coils Of serpent. He got
a piece of board to hold II down while
he dispa tched 1t with stick. But the
snake raised up and fought back
yiciously. Finally when in an attempt
to get away il passed Its head over
the ed6e Of the BOX, NJ. Dnff!eld dealt
Il a blow on the back OF the neck that
paralyzed 1t so he was able to Kill 1t.
The snake measured six ana one-haif
feet in length. In color 1t was black,
speckled with gold about half its
length. the remainder Of its body being
black. Mr. Duffield pronounces 1t
COW snake, a specie OF blacksnake.
There was a knot in Its stomach and
on its being cut open the nest egg was
fo,,S.d