Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-21
Southern Io,ua Items

l signaling train approa chlng from the
east when F. j. Lappe came from the
| south at high speed ard struck him.
| knocking him Gown and drssging him
some distance II was found with ten,
ribs broken. his heed and face bruised
4 and battered and he received internal
i injuries. Lappe has been arraigned for
reckless driving and win have hear
ing before Justice Dur k.
Charlton.
Roscoe Pedigo. mail carrier on
rural route No. s, had a narrow escape
| from drowning on Tuesday. AT one
point he crossed the Whitebreast, the
| bridge was under water. AS he drove
onto the bridge it collapsed and team
and driver went into the water. One
horse was nearly drowned before help
arrived. Mr.. Pedigo was compelled to
dive twice for two sacks OF mail.
Columbus Junction.
James Brockway is having some bad
luck Hog cholera got started in his
| big herd and it didn't take him long to
| get the veterinarians busy vaccinating
them. He had Drs. Will Paxton and
! McRoberts busy all one day and they
vaccinated 900. He had already dis
posed of all the porkers on the farm
which had not had an opportunity to
! get the disease. He had hopes of saw
| ing the greater part of his herd.
/ Cedar Rapids.
| While Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Burgess
! and their daughter, Miss Lodeska
Burgess, were en- route home ah 9:15
Thursday night their buggy was struck
| by an automobile occupied by G. H.
J Fleming and F. w. Robinson. of AL
! hurnette. The buggy was demolished.
the horse killed. Mrs. Burgess and her
daughter painfully hurt and Mr.. Rob-
inson Is in ST. Luke's' hospital suffer-
| ing from injuries to his arm and Shout
der The Burgess home is "a Thii-
teenth street ard Cold Stream avenue.
and the accident occurred on Oakland
avenue near Thirteenth street. Accord
ing to statement made by the occu-
| pants of the buggy. the car was coming
| down the left side of the road and
| crashed into the vehicle. All of the oc-
| cupants were thrown out. nut Mr.. Bur-
CESS escaped with only slight injuries.
| Mrs. Burgess was seriously bruised
| and the daughter received painful in
| juries to her arm, Robinson was thrown
| from his seat in the car and one of his
shoulders was badly wrenched. The
horse was so badly injured that it was
necessary to kill 1t.
Montezuma.
| On the body of man, known as the
"hotel hermit" who died in the Lex
I, ington hotel in Chicago Tuesday. was
j found the stub of money order which
was sent to the county treasurer of
Poweshiek county, Iowa, at this place
during the third week In February
This is the only clue to the mans iden
| tity, unless trunk containing neii-
cal works may reveal something when
opened by the public administrator.
The name signed to the order was
that Of Stephen Henry Hussey. 1t is
believed In Chicago that the "hotel
hermit" had brothers and sisters and
other relatives in Iowa, but who they
may be 10 not known. In his hotel the
man was spoken Of merely as Mr..
Jones'" For three years he had lived
In rooming houses and hotels in Chi
cago, and never left his room except
| for breakfast or an occasional visit to
bank. He changed large bills week
/ ly to pay his rent. He always kept
$50 or 375 with him. He had s7s when
found dead Of heart disease Tuesday.
The reasons for his mysterious seclus-
lon and what his connection was with
! tho Poweshiek county treasurer was,
no one was able to say.