Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-24
Southern Io,ua Items

Scion.
The young son Of Jerry Akers suf-
fered a peculiar and painful fracture
of the lower leg Saturday when the
handle OF a corn shelter he was help
ing to hull walnuts struck him,
Scion.
a quintet of Scion hunters, headed
by ex- Sheriff Andy Hofer. hunted
wolves last week north OF Oxford. Aver
a strenuous days hunting, three old
ones were shot bounty of $50 was
collected from the scalps.
| Williamsburg.
Milard Harrington has sold his farm
OF g55Is acres in the eastern part OF
Iowa county. TO Fred c. Newkirk for
$3.50 per acre. There are 5000 apple
trees on the place This is the old
Orson Harrington farm. which has been
noted for its fine fruit for years.
Oakland.
Lightning struck and burned TO the
ground Monday morning the large nay
/ barn on the Leonard =. Pierce farm,
six miles east OF this place. The barn
was s0xss and contained sixty tons Of
( hay. The loss Is estimated at $1,000.
covered by Insurance in the Potta-
wattamie Mutual
! Muscatine.
/ County Clerk Mckee yesterday re-
iceived the final discharge for William
Brundage. who was sentenced 10 the
reformatory at Anamosa in 1905 for
a period Of fifteen years Brundage
/ was indicted on the charge Of for
gerry. having issued check TO j. w
Morgan. He was paroied from the
state institution on Aug. %.
Shenandoah.
! Fine stock breeders Of this vicinity
/ are planning a cooperative registr,
/ association include the breeders OF
pure bred horses, cattle. sheep and
hogs in Page Fremont, Mills and
Montgomery counties. The new asso-
citation viii include the membership OF
/ twenty-five old organizations. 1t is
planned to build stock pavilion for
sales.
Sisourney.
+ Thomas Stephenson. candidate fol
;ha Office Of sheriff on the republican
+ ticket recently resigned from the ticket
having been appointed to The position
as rural mail carrier out OF keswick
! The county central committee decided
! not 10 fill the place on the ticket This
! leaves the contest for sheriff q; the
coming election between Sheriff T. j
s; Grimes who is candidate for fourth
term. and Isaac swain, the progressive
Z candidate.
Keokuk.
sabert Marshall. Of Keokuk. passed
away Sunday morning. his death re-
sulting from an unsuccessful operation
for appendicitis several days ago. MI
| Marshall was a prominent attorney II
! Keokuk and has frequently served or
auditing committees TO go over th'
+, county books. He also served two
terms, 1901 and 1902. as a represen-
tative Of the county in the state legis'
lature and is well known turnout thu
state The funeral was held Tues
day.
MapIeton.
Jonn Robinson and HE wife ant
Miss Goodwin and Miss Hester hat
a narrow escape in an auto accident
Saturday evening about o'clock. At
tempting TO cross the Maple river
bridge. west OF town. the auto Wen
off the embankment at the west end
where the bridge was defective. ant
turned turtle All the occupants were
thrown into the river. They escaped
with minor injuries. The bridge ha:
| been in a bad condition for some time
The top Of the auto being down hae
something to do with the escape o.
fatal or serious injuries.
Riverside.
! Another aged resident passed ava,
Saturday when Mrs. Felix F1orant
was called TO her eternal reward aftel
a short illness due 10 enlargement O
| the liver Francea Sonknp was borr
in Bohemia in 1s43 and was thu
daughter OF weDcil and Josephine