Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
Southern Io1ua-- Items

keokuk.
U. S. Jordan, stabbed three times
Wednesday by his 15-year- old son, is
in q local hospital but not in seri-
GUS condition. Jordan attempted to as
sault his wife when the boy inter-
ferred. The cuts are slight.
Buck Grove. -
!. AS Mr. Frank Stewart was working
on a corn crib on his farm west OF
town, he fell ten feet and striking his
side on the edge OF box fractured a
rib, which caused him a deal OF dis
tress. The doctor bandaged the injury
and he is now taking it easy.
Prescott.
The Improvement Club has been
working faithfully on the coal project
and were made happy when they
struck coal at a depth of no feet. TheN
are thru foot Of, coal and still going.
These coal fields are within two miles
of town and the great benefit to the
whole country can not be estimated. :
Hiteman.
About o'clock last Friday evening
BENJAMIN Patton CT Hiteman met death
after being badly injured in the mine
during the afternoon of that day. He
was % years of age and his body ana
his injuries were OF such a serious
nature that nothing could be done to
save his life. The funeral occurred
Sunday and large concourse OF
friends, headed by the Hiteman band
| followed the remains to Oak View cein-
terry in Abba.
Jefferson.
Twelve thousand loads Of gravel
have been placed upon the roads o.
| Greene county during the past three
months this record being based on hs-
ures running up to the first OF Jan
| uary. Nearly half Of this work mas
been done in Highland township. when
mas been slow to begin the gravenns
| business, but is now making up for ios'
time. The graveling which Is peins
! done in the county at this time Is upon
roads which have been surveyed anu
| graded, and is more in the nature OF
nermanent work than much OF tina
done in the past.
Council Bluffs.
Florence Gamble, queen OF heart
breakers. will be tried at the March
term of federal court here. Some days
ago Mrs. Gamble asked that her case
he transferred from Des Moines u
Council Bluffs for trial. Her reques
+, has been complied with. and Thursday
| forenoon the necessary papers trans
ferring the case here were received
from Clerk William c. Macarthur o
Dss Moines. Her appearance here WI
REQUIRE only a short time, however. a
she has already entered plea of gull
/, ~ II will be necessary for the fedora
| grand Jury to indict her. and this ma!
| hiring a few lovelorn mikes" here fol
examination by the investigators.
| clarinda. 49,
Plans for the remoceling OF Tn
Linderman hotel have not been mau
public but public rumor has 1t that III
building is to be materially chanse'
| end improved. The building was PUT
chased of the former owners. ).
Beck, OF Fairfield, and Margaret Alien
of Creston. by a group OF Clarinda GU
liens incorporated under the name
the Clarinda Hotel Company. In
stockholders are Ed F. Rose. n.
Parslow. ]. T. Herrell. N. n. Mar
tin, Mrs. g. e. Linderman, A. r. Sal
laway, George A. Clayton, c. n. oats
NJ. c. Mcvey. ]. NJ. Rumbaugn, wal
ter Cramer, E. L. Benedict, Val Gran
w. L. Peterson.
Abba.
Albert Smiley. by his attorney. ha
commenced an action against the cit
for $3.50 damages caused by the over
flow Of water from the s.andpipe nea
his residence. In his petition the plain
tiff alleges that the water from tn
standpipe has at various times run O
to his property and caused the forma
..a:, OF ice on the walks and sporche
Of his property, making 1t danserou
for members of his family to get abou
the premises. He also states that III