Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-29
Northern Io,ua Items

| mother. and one other Young lady
whose name was mot ascertained. In
| the car besides the four mentioned
| were Sam Paul. a cousin Of Muffett and
| another young man. Neither they or
| Muffett were in any way injured. Muf L
| fetts car struck a chuckhole and the
stearing gear broke. The car turned
and ran into the ditch alongside the
road. where it capsiZed- Medical at
! tention was quickly at hand.
Dubuque.
Thieves entered the Rergner butch :
er shop at Eighth and Bluff streets
some time between Saturda" night and
Monday morning. but secured little
| money for their trouble. ten pennies
! being the exact amour. Of the booty
obtained The theft was discovered
Monday morning when the shop was
| opened for business. Entrance was
gained by means of rear window
which was broken and then the lock
was slipped. The thieves fansackeh
| the shop but found only the small
amount in the cash drawer. They
started to take an amount of sausage
from the shop but left it near the win
dow Nothing else was taken. The
police are of the opinion that the
work was done by a young man who
| was evidently an amateur a the work.
Fort Dodge.
| That Webster county can save part
| of the $4,000 it is costing to keep l0O
pa TENTS at the state insane asylum al
Cherokee by building a county home
with adequate arrangements to keep
| harmless insane people, was the state
ment made by Fl. II. Mckee. state in
spector of county homes. Mr.. Mckee
| is making an inspection If the Webster
county home. Mr. Mckee declared
| that number of the counties are TAX
| ing care of harmless insane patients
| in the county homes at a rate cheaper
| than the SIS per month paid to the
state for each patients Keep at Chero-
kee. The ballot by which the voters
| will express their approval or disap-
| prevail on the building of new $50
\ 900 county home will be separate from
| the regular ballot. Webster county
! owns a $50 acre farm of we'll tiled land
but the farm house is entirely made
quate to the demands made upon It.
The $4,000 is the equivalent of a
mill tax levied for two years.
J Waterloo.
| William Harlan, former resident
| OF Waterloo. experienced thrilling
escape from death in Wyoming last
week while hunting In the mountains
according to letter received this week
/! by Waterloo acquaintance. In the
missive Harlan says he faced the
grim reaper for fully ten minutes. eX-
| pecting every second to lose his life
| Harlan and two companions were
hunting several miles moth Of Chey-
enne in mountainous section Of the
state. The trio of nimrods were pur-
suing number OF coyotes when
suddenly they came to deep gorge.
| The only means Of passage was an
Anticipated bridge in stage of decay
| Harlan's ardor overcame his better
| judgment and gun in hand he ven-
!. tured across the bridge. The Thought
| less hunter hadn't taken more than
| two steps when the bridge collapsed.
Below was chasm more than 200 feet
| deep with jagged sides and rivulet
| flowing at the bottom. Luck was with
Harlan, however. a few feet below
! the point where the bridge collapsed
| was huge rock, rectangular In shape,
and the hunter landed 'ipon 1t with a
thud. Managing to hold his position
he yelled to his companion for aid.
They prepared rope and pulled him
- safety ITS only injury was 81
broken arm