Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-15
Southern Io,ua Items

hottest Of the fray and covered them
selves with renown." Out Of less than
600 men engaged, six were killed. thir-
ty-four wounded (seven mortality and
four captured. The total casualties of
the regiment during the war was:
killed, nineteen; died Of wounds and
| disease, 140. Marion county furnished
337 members Of the Fortieth, including
six captains, eight lieutenants and
forty-two .non-commissioned officers.
F'ifty-four OF the 337 that left Marion
county with the regiment. never saw
their homes again---died Of wounds or
disease or were riddled by shot and
shell and left dead on the field.
Muscatine.
That the city council will purchase
the lot owned by Henry Otto on the
corner Of Orange and Second street
! and formerly occupied ty the Cadle
Coal Company, for a hay market Is
the latest news in the scramble for
a suitable place to locate Muscatine
public market. It is understood that
q price Of $4,000 is asked for the land
and that the council looks with favor
on this site. The land is suitable in
every respect for market. 1t is level
and has paving on both sides 1t is but
two blocks from the business districts
and Is plenty large enough, being
! 140x1s0. The buildings on the lot are
all small and could be RACED without
great expense. The council, it is be-
lieved. will favor the purchase Of the
land when the committee makes a re-
port in the near future.
| keota.
| John Carris has an invention as sim
PIE as the bicycle or the King read
drag He has applied for patent up
on a glass burial vault designed to fit
over a casket after being deposited in
the grave, and which will be absolute
ly water tight. Mr.. Carris had thought
of this plan for long time but 1T
was so simple he supposed the patent
! office would think him foolish if he
sprung it upon them. but they have
sent him drawings of everything they
have in the way Of glass vaults and
| they have nothing like this. SO there
/ is not much doubt d:6ou. their grant
ing the patent The vault has no bot
tom; it simply hts over the casket and
rests on the ground or on any surface
reasonably level and the first thought
upon hearing of the idea, is that there
would be nothing to prevent the water
coming up from below. But it viii not.
Take glass tumhler and a vessel of
water and see. 1t is to be made Of
glass about a quarter Of an inch think
because glass will not rot.
Muscatine.
Some eight years ago man name /
Frank Russo, stabbed Muscatine
man named Walter Kiefner. Russo
escaped and was never captured. AT
Centerville, Iowa, an Italian named
Frank Russo is being tried for murder
and many believe that this is the man
who stabbed Kiefner. Ex-Sheriff John
Stuart. who was sheriff mere while the
cutting occurred, stated that the au-
thorities would be unable &c prove their
case against him even II shis Russo was
the man as the coroner's verdict
showed that K!efner did not come to
his death from the wounds inflicted
upon him by Russo, but from delirium
tremens III you would bring him
back here and he was the right man."
said Ex- Sheriff Stuart, what would
you do with him? The coroner's ver-
dict was not one OF murder but found
that Kiefner came to his death as the
result of 6elirium tremcns. We never
made any effort to capture Russo
Martin Flannery. who was chief Of po-
lice in Muscatine at that time, con
armed the story. Kiefntr while walk
4 Ing along the river front got into a
fight with number Of section hands
He struck one Of the mea who prompt
liy knitted him Kiefner was badly cut
across the stomach and was nearly dis
enboweled. Russo made his esca pc
. and few days later Kiefper died.