Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-26
Southern Iowa Items

| planted In set onions and the shipment
Of these early varieties wfll' start about
July 5. to last until the 10th .of : the
month. About fifty carloads will &C
| out between those dates. The later
| onion harvest will start about the first
Of August. 1t will take 400 cars OF
more to move the 1915 crop.
Atlanta.
Rudolph Kluever, living half mile
east Of Gates in Oakfield township.
kAudubin county, was found dead in
| the field about a quarter Of mile
from the house on his farm, about 8
o'clock Tuesday evening, the victim OF
a stroke of apoplexy, recurrence OF one
or two strokes he had had some sixteen
years ago which had left one side
paralyzed. Mr.. Kluever whose parents
A. Kluever and wife, lived on the, place
with him, went out about 5 o'clock to
tmow weeds, and, as he did not re-
turn, the people at the house became
alarmed and set out to hunt for him
They found him dead. He was 81
years old and was unmarried.
Lewis.
| Mrs. Bert Sheldon, living a few miles
east of Lewis met with a serious II
not fatal accident. She was driving
the hogs away from her chickens anc
picked UP broken pitchfork handle
to throw at them. when splinter
lodged in her right hand between the
two first fingers. Inflammation be-
came so bad she was taken to the
Jones hospital where the surgeons re-
moved the two fingers and now hel
entire hand and arm are in serious
condition and it is feared the hand will
have to be amputated. Her parents
Frank Elliott and wife, and brother
Robert of Vilisca are here to remain
with her thru her serious trouble.
Ottumwa.
Charles Chesser, aged 3S years, was
fatally injured about 1880 o'clock Sat
urday evening when "jitney" bus or
which he was a passenger, collideo
with an eastbound street car on Main
street and Fellows avenue. Death fol-
lowed in st. Joseph's hospital, where he
was rushed Immediately after the acct
dent. Mrs. B. H. Meier, al South
Ivan Buren, avenue, also a passenger
on the 'jtney," was thrown out of the
|bus and slightly injured. The auto
was driven by ]. r. Layman. The
skidding Of the rear wheels into the
catch we'll near the curbing is be-
ilieved to have swerved the auto onto
| the street car tracks and caused the
collision.
Upton.
| An exciting time prevailed at Tiptor
all day Tuesday and until Wednesday
/! morning when Dere Wiley gave him
self up to the officers of the law ant
u.a nlaced under 81 900 bonds. Early
Tuesday Wiley drove to the Dave
Gleason home and requested Mrs
Gleason to take a drive with him, ant
as the story goes, Mrs. Gleason re-
fused to accompany Wiley. whereupor
he threatened her. Mrs. Gleason ther
ran to the elevator near by, Willie,
chasing her and breaking in door t.
1 the elevator, but by that time Mrs
Gleason had departed from the ele'
vator to a neighbours. Officers wer'
called at once, but Wiley had gone t.
his home in the south part of the city
where he took refuge in the barn
with a good supply Of liquor and tw.
leuns. He threatened to shoot any on
who tried to arrest him. All da!
Tuesday and Tuesday night the barr
was guarded by the officers, and citi'
Gems. until Wednesday morning, whei
Wiley gave himself up. He was no
placed in Jail as he put up bonds a
once, to appear before the courts
| Wiley is a laboying man and is mar
ried.