Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-16
Southern Io1ua Items

Atlantic.
! Hugh Riley. conductor. arrested
April 81. at TERRA Blanca. Mexico. anc
thought to have oeen killed, arrived
here with his wife to visit friends. III
tells Of many insults and indignitie!
suffered at the hands Of M.xcars.
ottumwa. ,io
| The farmers Of Wapello county plal
to hold stock show here this fall ant
will combine the exhibit with the an
nual farmers institute. The date is t,
be fixed later. but will probably b,
in October.
0ttunws.
The Rev Carl sundbere Of ottumws
was elected president Of the eastern
conference Of the Evangelical Lutheran
church at the three days session tina
A. Anspach Of Waterloo Is secretary
and the Rev. W. H. Blancke Of Daven'
port treasurer.
Iowa City.
The state convention OF the Hahne-
! mann society. a state organization Of
Homeopathic physicians will be held ir
Iowa City on May IS, 10, and 20. This
is the saith convention. Some Of the
! men who will speak are, Dewitt G
Wilcox OF Boston: G. A. Hutoon, Of
Des Moines: and H. P. Chislett of Chi
cago. While here the doctors will make
q tour Of inspection Of the university.
Columbus Junction.
The Columbus city commencement
exercises will be held at the United
Presbyterian church at that place Fri
day evening May 10. The graduates
are only three In number and are Lii
| liam Gilky, Harry Duncan and Max
Shaun. The program will consist OF
Of an invocation and a play entitled
The Boys" The following will take
part In the play: Max Shaun. David
Lewis. Harry Duncan. Paul Tedford
Averll Lewis. Harold Orr. Lillian
Gilkey. Lucille Duncan. Elsie Kulp and
Lola Carter.
Sigourney.
At special meeting of the city coun-
Gil held on Tuesday evening the council
determined to extend the water mains
Of the city. The water system is owned
by the city and was constructed in
1895. Since then the city has out
grown the system so that 1t now has
become necessary to extend the mains
so as to give the people in the outlying
districts access to the city water. In
all about ten blocks OF main are to
be put in. The work is 10 commences
at once and to be completed as soon as
possible.
keokuk,
Excursion steamers on the river are
going to cater to the new dances this
season. On several OF the boats q
special deck has been erected on which
Will be danced the tango. make. and
all the latest variations Of the one step
and the double tango. Two orchestras
will be provided and 1t will be a case Of
taking ones choice as to whore one
dances. The standpatters in the dance
line will be found in the cabin where
the old dances will hold forth and the
proEressives in the arts OF terpischora
will no DOUBT crowd the specially ar
ranged deck.
Cromwell,
Mrs. Frances Johnston has received
Kan, saying that a grandson Of Mr..
Springs. Kan. was accidentally killed
on May 7. The parents. the mother be-
ing a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ridge
way were sitting in their yard At
Hethington. when their 4 year old son
ran out into the road and in trying to
Jump on a wagon passing by fell. The
wheel ran over the child's head and
breast and killed him instantly in plain
view OF his parents. Mr.. Ridgeway and
family formerly lived near Cromwell
and have friends here who will be
sorry to learn Of the accident.
csnterviIIs.
A number Of guesses have been
made a. to the cost to the county 81
the state OF Iowa w. Ivy Riley case.