Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-05

Casey.
About II o'clock Sunday morning fir,
was discovered in the building occu
pied by the Atlantic Produce Company
Fire Company No. l responded to tn,
call and the building was saved witt
no more loss than the east half OF the
roof burned.
Underwood.
The mercantile firm of Adams &
Hill. of Logan, sustained loss of &c.,
600 by fire al Underwood It is thought
that a defective flue may have caused
the loss. The fire fighters were hin
dered by lack of water which was
frozen up.
Abba.
Mrs. L. A. Dawson, mother of Mrs
Helen Townsend. who mas been state
president Of the P. E. O. sisterhood and
is chairman of the educational COM
here She was here from her home
at Norfolk, Ark. on a visit and died
Of pneumonia after brief illness.
Centervi'le.
| Experts on figuring out Relationship
complications can think about the case
of w. B. Stickler, 70 years old, on Gin
cinnati, this county, who has married
| his stepdaughter, Miss Ethel Parks, 46
years old. Several years ago the moth
er Of the present bride, Mr.. Stickler' S
second wife, died, and now he has
wooed and won the daughter.
Winthrop.
| L. z. Cory, aged So wealthy re-
tired farmer and member of the Meth
odist church, hung himself in the hay
| loft of his barn. He used an Incl,
rope, one end of which he tied to the
rafter. A week ago Mr.. Cory returned
from California, where he suffered a
nervous breakdown. He had a delusion
he had lost his money. He was worth
| 10000 His widow and a daughter
survive
Essex.
Mrs. Charlotte Shanahan, between
! 60 and 70 years old. lived by herself
| on the outskirts of Coburg. Neighbors
! noticed that there were no signs of
life about the place, and therefore
Frank Harris and W. j. Barriot went
there and broke into the house. They
found the lifeless body of the aged
woman Death had evidently come to
her as she knelt in prayer, and in her
naNOS she CldSf)esl UlUle. LIE UOuy
was frozen stiff.
Guthrie Center.
The frozen body Of Bazieel Wells, a
farmer near here, was found on the
floor of his home. Beside it was his
dog. Wells was last seen Friday when
he took his wife and daughters to the
home of a neighbor. He was to return
for them Saturday. Sunday they grew
uneasy and sent neighbors to learn
why he had not appeared. They found
his body. Coroner Becky will inves-
tigate the cause Of his death. The po-
sition of the body leads to the belief
that he became ill and, unable to care
for himself froze to death.
Audubon.
The Audubon county district court
is in session with Judge E. B. Wood
ruff on the bench. The grand Jury is
making a thorough investigation Of the
jails and lock ups" of the county, in
Guiding Extra, Brayton and Gray. The
first jury trial. that Of Chris Bisgaard
vs.. F. A. Duval was disposed Of Sat-
urday night when the jury, after be-
Ing out about six hours, brought in a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum Of
$4,000 Bisgaard was hired to work for
Duval on his farm about ten miles
from Audubon. last spring. After sew
eral weeks some dispute arose, It Is
said. and Bisgaard was '1et out" 1t
e said that during the negotiations
pending Bisgaard's discharge. he was
tak0 with an epileptic fit. ana that