Evening times-Republican., 1913-07-02
Southern Io,ua Items

to be the goods stolen from the store
two days before Ferguson left Shelby
for Minnesota. Ferguson bore q good
reputation at Shelby where he was a
teacher In one Of the Sunday schools.
He denies his guilt and says he took
the goods in payment for a debt from
q Gfeat Western brakeman named
Brown of Council Bluf1s.
Aibis.
John W. II. Griffin was given letter
shower June 81. by the members of the
Monroe county bar and by his nu-
merous friends. The occasion was the
forty-fourth anniversary Of his clerk
ship in the county clerks office, both
as county clerk and deputy. He is so
years old and celebrated his golden
wedding five years ago. He Is still
active and vigorous. rides a bicycle and
his mind still gives him power to take
an active part in business life.
Ft. Madison.
BY a resolution adopted by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Pioneers and
Old Settlers Association Of Lee county,
at a recent meeting, large mum Der
Of people thruout the county may here
after be classed as pioneers and old
settlers. Under the new rule people
living in the county in 1860 and since
are pioneers, and those living therein
since 1870 are classed as old settlers.
At a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee 1t was decided to hold the next
annual reunion at Ft. Madison Thurs
pday. Aug. 2S..
Ottumwa.
1t was disclosed in the examinations
for teaching certificates that has been
in progress at the Ottumwa high
school that some of the applicants
have their own Interpretation Of the
laws. This was demonstrated in one
Of the questions propounded in didac-
tics An applicant when answering her
list Of questions rather startled the
examiners by one answer returned by
her. The question asked was what
laws were passed by the last legisla-
ture affecting the teachers. 1t was an
swered as follows: One OF the laws
enacted by the legislature orders that
teachers shall not marry as there is a
shortage of teachers.
Dee Moinss.
That Ralph Arnold, aged 63 years.
wealthy retired farmer and owner Of
property near Ames and Pleasantville
was q coward and afraid to go to the
door after dark and only took one bath
from May 18th to August 5th last year,
were some OF the charges made by his
wife, Mrs. Alberta Arnold. in cross ex-
animation Monday. Mrs. Arnold Is
asking for divorce on tho grounds
OF cruelty. The ease came before
Judge Dudley. Of the district court.
Mrs Arnold said q mouse running
across the room in tho night would
absolutely scare her husband to death
Many times he would sit up in bed
when he heard one and look az white
as the sheet.
lWhfe,d.,
Henry stusaf, Of ;walford, took poi
son In the presence Of his sweetheart
] at Linby. Iowa, when fitted by her
Dissatisfied with the slowness with
which the poison worked he ran into
the milwaukee station. whore he waa
agent, signalled up and down the line
Danger aheaA." ssizsd . revolver and
shot himself thru the head. This 10 the
STORY ~ tha affair which came AaeA
to his home at walNerd, where the
body was brought for burial. Mr.
stusak had invited his friends to at
tend the wedding. which was TO be
held early in August. He went with
his sweetheart 70 the wedding Of one ol
her relatives. and when thsy returned
she told him that II was all on between
tnom. tnat sns was going 20 merry aus
uthne ma1.