Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04
Southern Io,ua Items

and Is described as man about go
years Of age with long, unkempt hair.
He spoke no Ineligible words but
groaned and ran away. Stories of the
man have been current for weeks, but
this was the first real evidence Of his
existence
Brandon.
Local car No. 10 Of the interurbar
Saturday afternoon shortly after
o'clock. struck an automobile contain
ing three men, severely injurying Mr.
Haines, the driver, and badly bruisins
the other two occupants. Mr.. Haines
who resides at Brandon, sustained Sc
rious injuries to mis- bach, the extent CT
which have not been determined. Frank
Stone, another occupant of the car
jumped just before the automobile was
struck and escaped with few minor
bruises. The third man, a horse buy
err whose name is not known, received
several body bruises.
Des Moines.
The body Of Mrs. Anna Brazelton
who plunged to death from the South
East Sixth street bridge into the Des
Moines river Saturday night. has not
yet been recovered. The police have
been searching night and day for the
suicides body. The motive that inn
PEELED the woman to take her life still
remains mystery, the police declare
Nor has the identity of the man she
is said to have called on the phone q
short while before she leaped from the
bridge been revealed. The police say
they believe members of her family
know more. about the motive for the
suicide than they have told. 1t was
said by the police that the woman
made an effort to end her life about q
year ago by taking carbolic acid.
Ottumwa.
Only one feature in which the can.
redeem itself has been heard of tc
ing of the damage done, a few persons
are collecting the supply of fire woot
for next winter pulling drift wood GU,
Of the stream and piling it on the
bank. There are. with every rise OF
the river, many large logs, branches anc
old ties and planks which have beer
washed from the banks along the
stream, found floating down the cur
rent. Boats and long poles are used
to gather in the drift, which is Their
left on the shore to dry out. If the
present weather keeps up, it will be
necessary to put the wood into the
oven before using 1t.
keokuk.
Logs from old Fort Edwards at War
saw have been presented to Mrs. w. S
WINS Of this city, and Mrs. Robert Raj
ston Jones. her daughter. of Cincin-
natl, by George Aigley, of Warsaw
These logs are very handsome ones
and they have history and there is
quite q bit of sentiment attached tc
the gift by Mrs. WINS. The logs. which
are Of walnut, were used in the ole
blockhouse of Fort Edwards. This
house was situated on the summit OF
the bluff which overlooks the river
where the fine granite monument mark.
Ing the site of the old fort now stands
Cuts show in the logs where the por
holes were pierced In the old blocl
house. The exquisite cutting of the
logs is plainly visible In those which
Mrs. WINS and Mrs. Jones have. These
logs were 80 well cut that they fitted
together at the ends 50 tightly tina
there were no chinks to MI up will
mud. The logs are quite large, beinf
about two feet and q half across. Mr.
Aigley, who prwesented the logs t
Mrs WINS, has q granary which I:
constructed entirely Of the timber ia.
ken from the old fort. These logs
however, were extra ones. There has
been considerable interest shown In tn.
logs by the local people since it was
known that Mr.. Aigley had some of thu
original ones, and he still has number
left