Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Southern Io,ua Items

ephoned the dealer at Nebraska City
to be on the watch for anyone trying 10
dispose Of such a bunch Of peats. Mon
day he received word that they had the
man. who proved to be Frank Doerr,
near neighbor 81 the McInroshes. Sher-
in Ryan went over and brought Doerr
back to Sidney and he IS now at ho-
erty under bonds.
Shenandoah.
Mrs. Ed Crow Monday evening single
handed put out the fire when her home
on Washington street was ablaze. One
Of the children discovered fire and
dense smoke issuing from little closet
where quilts and clothing were stored
She turned in fire call over the
phone. but central, not understanding
the nature of the call, said, wait
minute" and nothing came of 1t. SO
she went to work herself and succeeded
in putting the fire out, but not TIL
many clothes were burned. The shelf
was afire, and also the paper on the
ceiling. She doesn't know how the fire
started nor hardly how she extin-
guiShed it, she was so alarmed. MT.
Crow was out of the city.
Scion.
Numerous instances Of pansies and
dandelions bursting into bloom. due to
the unusually balmy weather this win
ter, have been reported. 1t Is not be-
lieved previously to have been recorded.
however, that the birds or other hi
bernating creatures have been misled
into the belief that sprinstime. rather
than Christmas, Is at hand. Such a
case, however, has been reported by
CN1N rr,ho TOT n
for veracity is unquestioned. This
man states that a pair of robins, who
have nested in his yard for a number
of years. have built q nest and four
eggs have been laid therein. The story
has been confirmed by some small
boys who climbed the tree and pro-
nounced the eggs as freshly laid.
Atlantic.
Frank Beckmann was foun Tuesday
forenoon at 10 o'clock lying uncon-
scicus in the road by the gate of his
farm, four miles south of the city,
where he had been thrown from a
horse which he was riding. The acct
dent was not witnessed, no one known
ing anything about 1t until he was
found with severe Commissions on the
back and front oc his head. He had
ridden the horse over to the farm OF
Charles Beekmann and upon his re-
turn it is thought that he was thrown
off at the place where he was found.
The injuries show that his head was
struck by some hard object and it is
thought that he was either thrown
against the gate post or else his head
struck the frozen ground. He is under
a local PHYSICIANS care and his injuries
are considered serious.
Washington.
The jury. composed Of George Demp-
sey. James Ddgington and o. H. Dun
lap, empaneled for the coroner's in
quest over tho body Of Ezra Hamilton,
who was found dead near the railroad
track In the vicinity OF Riverside on
Dec. Is. returned the following verdict:
1--WE, the Jury and that deceased. Ezra
A. Hamilton, came to his death on Dec.
15, 1913, at Iowa Junction. but wnetn-
er from natural causes or accident, this
Jury Is unable to determine" The
inquest was postponed from time to
time and was held Monday afternoon IN
q local undertaking parlcr. The de-
ceased's body was found near the track
at Iowa Junction. He had boarded the
train at Kalona after purchasing a
ticket for Iowa City. He left the train.
assisted by the brakemen at Iowa
Junction and was seen sitting in the
small station at tho Junction by the
passengers on the Iowa City train. Il
he was killed by any train It must have
been by the freight train, whose crew
found his body. His body was still
warm, when 1t was discovered.