Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-02
Southern Ioua Items

corydon.
More than eight inches of rain has
fallen here within the last week.
Fields are somewhat washed, and some
Will have TO replant. Wheat. oats.
clover and timothy and pastures are
abundant. Wind did some damage in
Wayne county, blowing down siios,
two houses and many fruit and shade
trees. ~
Davenport.
The United States department of
agriculture will send representatives
OF the bureau of soils to make COM
plete soil survey of Scott county.
Similar soil surveys are now in prog
ress in Clinton, Sioux and Van Buren,
counties The surveying parties. 1t IS
expected. will take several months to
complete the examination and map
ping of the soils of these counties.
Upton.
There was a bad wreck on the Rock
Island east of here Wednesday night
in which Engineer McLease and Fire
man Mclaughlin both received painful
Injuries. McLease was badly scalded
about the feet and Mclaughlin about
the body. The train was a work train.
The wreck was caused by the crown
sheet on the engine dropping down and
&c supposed TO have been caused by
the water getting low in the boiler.
! Tabor.
The last ten days of May have been
record breakers for moisture, ten
inches of rain falling here from the
aoth to date. seven inches falling in
four DAYS the last week. Work in the
Of ~ and
farmers are longing for fair weather.
! some had begun making alfalfa hay,
mich of which is cut and still on the
ground. A large hay crop is in sight
IN he secured as soon as the weather
clears The heaviest rainfall came
ahour a. m Wednesday when an
:ncb and seven Lights Of water fell in
about half an hour.
Council Bluffs.
| The earliest new peaches that have
/ been seen in Council Bluffs in many
| a YEAR were seen at some OF the more
! progressive of the local grocery stores
Yesterday, an express shipment nav
| ing been received by commission
house early in the day. While these
peaches reached here before the last
| of MAY. II is usually late as july
| before any are received. They come
direct from Arkansas. where they were
raised in a sheltered nook in the out
doors. But peach pie-of the 1resn
yariety-is still something Of deli
/! cacv. for these peaches come at sc
| high rate. plus the express charges
! that they can not be retailed for less
| than IS or 40 cents dozen.
Des Moines.
/ The body of man found in some
driftwood southeast of the city late
| Sunday was identified yesterday by
! c. Driscoll Of Perry. as that OF his
| brother, Martin Driscoll, who disap-
peared mysteriously from the Lloyc
hotel in this city. Feb. 13. Mr.. Driscol
went to Carlisle, where the body nae
been placed in the Young undertak-
ing ua:!e-s by order Of Coroner Rooms
The clothes served to identify thu
body as that Of the brother for whom
the Des Moines police conducted
search. A letter addressed on type
writer was found in pocket OF thu
coat. The barely decipherable charac'
ters indicated that the letter was ad
dressed to NJ. Driscoll. at Perry.
GrinneII.
Last week the library board elected
Miss Nina Brecount to succeed Mis-
Lillian Quinn who has resigned he
position of city librarian to take enec
July first. Miss Brecount was in tn
CITY last week and made very favor
able impression upon the board. Be
sides a charming personality, the nev
librarian comes with the best refer
iences and sufficient experience. Sh
Graduated from the James Millikil
University, Of Decatur. Ill, class o
1913, receiving the degree of B. CT witt
library science, serving as assistan
and cataloger in the university library
For a time she had charge Of the LAX
Forest College library. For the las
two years she has been the librarian
OF Somerset, KY, which is a govern
ment depository. In additions to hav
ling charge Of the government record