Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-22
Southern Iowa Items

several buckets of dirt William Court
right who was working with Dre.el
became alarmed when he received no
reply to his question whether the
bucket was ready to be hoisted. Will
liams offered 10 go down in the big
bucket and was let down. He tied a
rope around Drexel and remained in
the we'll While the young man was
raised to thestop and taken to the hos
pita.
Muscatine.
After an absence Of almost six
months, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B:sis,=i
returned to their home in this city from
Italy. With them come Miss Nellie
Devonoo who will be united in mar
rage with Frank Bisissi Of this city
during the early part of the coming
month. With them Mr. and Mrs,
Bisissi also brought many costly and
beautiful presents fog some Of the local
churches and lodges, among. mich was
a Very costly altar cloth for the st.
Matthias church. Extensive prepare
tons are being made for the wedding
Of Miss Devonce and Frank Bteis..
which will take place during the early
part OF the coming month. The exact
! Gate for the wedding has not been de-
cided, but this well be arranged this
week
Des Moines.
Charles W Shull a.. married. man
ager Of the Des Moines Contracting
Company with offices at Fifth and
Grand avenue. shortly after noon We'd
, nesday, placed d loaded revolver in his
! mouth and pulled TIE trigger. The
bullet was DETECTED by his front teeth
!
After the shooting. Shull calmly walked
down TO police headquarters. accom-
panied by police officers. City
Physician Guy Gift attended him,
dressed an ugly nose wound Shull
was then turned over to his brother,
Harvey Shun. ShulI was seated at his
desk in the office Employees We're
seated on platform outside, eating
! their lunch when they heard the report
of the discharge. Shull refused to talk.
He lives at 1860 Twenty eighth street.
Mount Pleasant.
Lawrence Gray Of Salem, a section
hand On the Burlington railroad, had
a narrow escape from death Tuesday
when the motor car on which he vas
riding with his comrades to work,
passed completely over his body, after
he had been hurled in front Of it by
too sudden appica ton Of the brakes.
Gray was riding on the front end Of
the car When the men were just west
of the city on the * line branch OF
the % near the gas plant, the breaks
were applied suddenly on approa ching
rather steep grade. and Gray was
pitched headlOng in front of the car.
Although two wheels passed complete
~ over his body, the injuries amounted
to three fractured ribs. sprained ankle
and several minor bruises. Medical at
! tention was summoned at once. and
unless some internal injuries develop
he is expected to improve rapidly.
West Liberty.
partially. completed, barn on the
farm Of E. G. Buchanan. two miles east
of town, collapsed before a severe
wind and in the debris Henry Lininger
and c. H. Hendricks. carpenters. were
carried to the ground from where they
were working. thirty feet above. Both:
were severely injured and Hendricks
face is SO swollen that his sight is gone
from the right eye for the time being.
He also was badly cut about the mouth
and his shoulders and legs were pain
fully bruised and sprained. Lin1nger
was thought to have sustained broken
bones, but his injuries were found to
be only severe wrenchings and bruises
! across his ba ok. The wind Of the past
two days had been feared although the
framework of the barn was braced In
an ordinary manner, the workmen went
| to the top for the purpose Of making
the skeleton more staunch, the sudden
| gale coming while they were working
at the top. Hendricks slid for some
| distance, down the collapsing frame,
and thus escaped more serious injury.