Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-03
Southern Io1ua Items

Missouri Valley.
A negro, giving his name as Kelsoe
and home in Texas, had both of his
legs cut off below the knees, in the
yards last evening. He was cumming
his way from the north.
Ottumwa.
In attempting to save the life of his
! brother, Ralph, aged IA, Harvey Wor-
early Friday near the Chillicothe
bridge. The boys had been fishing with
an uncle, who witnessed the drowning.
a bride Of two months survives Harvey
Worley. The bodies were recovered.
Dos Moines
The state of Iowa fell upon APP
panoose county with a tnump when it
was discovered that 1,400 head of cat
tie had been assessed at $40 a head by
the township assessors. This would
place their assessable value at $14, 600.
The state will raise the valuations to
$40 a head and the aggregate $4,000.
The executive council found the aver
age value of cattle of this kind to be
$40 turnout the state.
Anamosa.
While attempting to mount a pony
near here, Wallie Ellis, farmer living
near this place met with an accident
which may prove fatal. The exast cir
cumstances of the accident are not
known up to the present time, as Mr..
Ellis was found lying in the road and
has not since regained consciousness.
His skull is fractured and he is other
wise painfully injured, it being sup
posed that while trying to mount. the
oil 70 ho
ground, the horse kicking him in the
still alive, but the attending surgeon
states that he may be fatally injured.
Milo,
Returning to the courts for the third
time for protection from the alleged
abuse Of his wife, who is said to have
threatened his life with a butcher
knife, William Danford. Milo farmer.
on Tuesday instituted an action for
divorce and the custody of his four
small children. They were married at
Mason City On December ., 1905, their
final separation occurring on July %,
of the present year, when, the plaintiff
says, the woman drove him from the
house with butcher knife after beat
ing him with a stick of stove wood,
clothing Of.
Independence.
Apparently asphyXiated from sud-
den outburst or leakage Of gas from an
acetyline tank while engaged in re-
pairing the small plant that supplied
his home, Robert E. Leach was found
dead yesterday afternoon in the yard
of his home here, by his 10 year old
la fl,o
manufacturing plant some time ago
and finding on his return home yes
terday from a brief tour Of his several
properties in the surrounding country
that the contrivance was not working
properly he set about fixing it. He
made no outcry and the little boy came
upon his fathers body quite unex-
pectedly.
erosion.
Joe Shiverler, employed on the farm
Of Joseph Routh, six miles south OF
Cromwell, was seriously If not fatally
injured Wednesday evening when at
tempting to test his strength. Mr..
Shriverler was trying to raise COW
which weighed 1900 pounds from the
ground by the use of two by eight
board and after he had raised the COW
few inches the board slipped, striking
Mr.. Shriverler n the stomach and
knocking him down. He was given
treatment at the house, but his condi-
ton grew so bad that he was brought
to the city last night and placed in
the Park View hospital for treatment.
He was reported to be very low and
not expected to live. Shriverler IL a
man of abou: 90 years of age.
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ksota.
Charles Derby, the four year old son
OF Charles Derby, who lives on the Mic
Baker farm south of the Catholic