Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-21
Southern Io1ua Items

township. The loss of a number OF
porkers Is reported, Prof. Kirkpatrick
is gratified with the manner in which
the Seventy-six township farmers are
fighting the swine plague. In this 10
cality more than a thousand hogs were
immunized during the past week and
as a result not a single case Of cholera
has been reported. Last year this COM
munity sustained q severe loss.
Boone.
Dumont was seriously injured in a
manner not exactly known at this time.
Dumont is in the employ Of the Fort
urban Company. and was working on q
motor at the time. He Tell from the
motor and was seriously hurt, the
lower part Of the back being paralyzed
Just how he came to fall from the
motor is not known. but reports say
that he was knocked from the motor
when he came in contact with high
tension wire. He was brought to this
city and taken to the Eleanor Moore
hospital early this morning His condi-
ton has not changed since taken there.
Villsea.
A rather remarkable postoffice career
was ended here last week and a rather
spirited controversy ended as to who
should be postmaster of Nillisca the
coming four years or longer There was
a lively yet good na,ured contest for
the office between Sterling Moore. who
was handed the plum. and Messrs.
Wallace and Tinsley. who were COM
mended for their democracy and ex-
tended regrets that there was only one
postoffice in. the city to be given out.
This office is now in the second clasrs
and pays 81, 900 salary year TO the
postmaster. Two clerks and assistants
are provided by Uncle Sam. Post
master Arbuckle, who retires has held
the office since the year 1863. receiv-
ing his first appointment to the place
April l of that year. Old timers here
recall that it has been an Arbuckl,
office and that several children have
held positions under Uncle Sam. Mr.
Arbuckles sister Miss Eva. has been
assistant postmaster all these years.
Burlington.
So far this year 1872 steamboats, have
passed thru the Burlington drawbridse
since the opening of navigation last
! spring. This shows that the Mis-
sissippi is by no means dead one
/ in the matter Of freight and passenger
traffic. OF course, this number does
! not include the three trips week OF
! the Helen Blair, which does not sc
/ thru the bridge. Ii is commonly sup
posed that because of the raft boats
! which used to ply ceaselessly up and
| down the river are gone. there is moth
F.! ing left to river transportation. but the
draw bridge record shows that this Is
not the case. Besides the boats re-
corded. there has been transportation
by barges towed by power boats, which
pass under the bridge without the
draw being opened Passenger traffic
on the Mississippi is larger now thar
ever before in the rivers history. The
| freight traffic Is increasing and thu
i advent of the steel barge. power
4 driven. is expected to make great in
4 crease in the immediate future.
keokuk.
| While I. s. Ackley and w. H. Honct
were returning home from Quincy las
Friday night in an automobile, ate
q futile attempt to secure the body 0
Charles sexton. which was found few
miles below that city, they had
highly thrilling experience about mid
I night mile east OF Warsaw. tn
night was dark and in some manne
the wayfarers got on the wrong roa'
back to town and got lost. Coming
toward them down the road. howeve
they suddenly spied three AUTOMOBILES
The car was stopped by the side OF tn
road and the plan was to flag the car
and inquire the right way: to keokuF
What was their surprise. however
when within few feet of them, a!
three cars stopped and from then
sprang about fifteen armed men, thel
revolvers flashing in the bright glaf
4 Of the automobile lights. But 1t a
turned out that the men formed IN
;! posse which was hunting down IN
murderer. Henry Naples, search 10
whom has been going on for the great
' er part Of the week.