Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-07
Southern Io1ua Items

Haken tHokey) Nelson, laborer
who is mentally unbalanced. attempt
ed TO end his life He s!ashed his
throat with razor but the cut was
not deep and there seems to be no
grave danger Of the wound proving
fatal.
Davenport.
The 22-.non.hs- old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Ray Smith Of Davenport, will
die as the result Of injuries which she
sustained Sunday when she fell from
a second story window at the home OF
her grandmother. Mrs. Kelley. III
Third avenue. Moline. The child is
| in the Moline City hospital.
Magnolia.
Lyman Clark was the victim Of an
attack by a vicious hog. The animal
| inflicted cash four inches long on
the left thigh, which required several
stitches to close. Surgical aid was
summoned promptly and the wound
| dressed. The wound, although attend
ed with some danger, is not very pain
! full and his speedy recovery is ex-
; pected.
Davenport.
Edwin Kahl, famous in Scott coun-
| ty q few years ago a the principal
in a big damage action against the
| Linwood quarries for personal injuries
which he sus tanned while working IN
the quarr.es, died at o'clock Sunday
night in st. Johns ward OF Mercy hos
pital He was 20 years old. Death
was caused by heart failure. Kahl has
been totally blind since April 9, 1910
when he was injured in an explosion in
the quarries Since .nat time his mind
! has been unbalanced.
Davenport.
Very Rev. J. T. A. F7anna gan pas
tor Of the Sacred Heart Catholic
| church, announced Sunday morning at
7:s0 morning services that a friend OF
! the parish had offered q donation OF
$4,000 provided the parish had paid
in $4,000 by Jan I, 1915, towards the
erection OF the new parochial school on
East Eleventh street, north OF the
church property Already 100000 has
been subscribed by but forty or fifty
members Of the parish. so that the
prospects Of receiving the donation tbs
| first of next year are most encouraging
keokuk.
At the Congregational church the
church body was officially notified thai
Rev. Frank G. Beardsley. D. D.. o.
Kansas City, had accepted the pastor
ate Of the local church, which was ten
dered to him last week. The church
body had officially voted for him a.
their choice on the Sunday previous
The new minister will come to Keokus
to take up his duties the middle o
June. and In the meantime. the pulpi
-f~(S
tional pastors. Yesterday DR.. Camp o
Minneapolis preached at the church.
Harper.
Michael j. Clarahan, for eiEhtee,
years postmaster at Harper. mayor o
the town and a well known pioneer o
Keokuk county, is dead. He was
; years old and a veteran Of the civ
war. Mr. Clarahan was born in Ire
land on Jan. IS, 1s41, and when DO
emigrated with his parents to Ameri
t ca, settling on a farm near Harper. i
which vicinity he resided until deatt
He was active in local political cir
| cles and for many years was presi
dent of the Old Settlers Association
, He is survived by his wife, tire
, daughters and three sons.
keokuk.
A daring escape from Jail was &C
com plished here Monday afternoon b
! Richard Williams, colored, who was ar
rested Monday on a charge of larcen
Of $3.50 worth OF harness from loca
livery stable. Williams PRACTICAL
broke out Of jail. and then went bac
into it again In order to reach a roc
from which he leaped twenty feet
e safety. His escape was accomplishe
{ while the jailer was In the yard wit
!. prisoners and officers were In a rool
: not ten feet away. Williams brok
thru small door into toilet ROOF
D and from there he might have wake
out into the alley at the side of tn
jail. Instead he ran upstairs into tn
women's ward. where the door we
locked, threatened to kill the lone II
mate II she gave IN alarm. and climb
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