Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-19
Davenport.

Davenport.
| At the meeting of the directors Of the
Muscatine North and South railroad
held here Friday the following officers
were elected: President, e. H. Ryan;
vice president. C. N. Voss; secretary. T.
Evenson; general manager. NJ. Daley.
Shenandoah.
The John Clark farm near Imogene.
which was purchased few weeks ago
by John Berigan, was sold by him this
week for $4,000 to w. +. Melaoy. of
Ford City, Mo. The new owner will
move there early in the spring.
Abba.
Friday afternoon Earl Evans met
with serious accident while scuffling
with another for the possession of a
gun. The gun was accidentally dis
charged twice and the Evans boy re-
ceived bullet in each leg.
Shenandoah.
II am tired of this Saturday night
scrapping. You are both fined 500 and
costs" This bit of information rather
startled jess Grove and Elmer Rore-
back when Judge George j. Castle
handed down his decision in superior
court Monday at the conclusion of the
trial of the men who had pleaded guilty
Of disturbing the peace.
Fremont.
Rev. Huge Neville, of Saskatchewan,
Canada, has arrived in Fremont. He
is the new pastor of the M. T.. church.
The family arrived Tuesday and is now
getting things fixed up at the parson-
age. The church has been without q
pastor since Rev. Mr.. Burdine moved
away and the members are much
pleased to have resident minister.
keokuk.
Announcement was received in the
city Saturday morning of the death of
Mrs. Maria Kennedy, an old resident of
the county and resident of Keokuk at
the time of her marriage with a resi-
dence at Montrose of over fifty years.
She was the mother of Hon. Charles A..
Kennedy, member of congress from this
district, She had been i'll for some
time.
Shenandoah.
The loss in efficiency and service on
account Of diptheria in the public
schools in one week last fall was
$71s21. 1t has been estimated by A. III.
Speer, superintendent of the schools. 1t
was during the first four months of
this school year when SO7 pupils were
sent home in one week of inspection.
The work had to be reviewed and the
teachers still remained on duty.
Knoxville.
Thomas Osborne, 10-year- old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. e. o. Osborn, swallowed
a pin several weeks ago and after q
thorough examination under the X-ray
machine. physicians were unable to
locate the instrument. which was of
the long glass headed variety. Recent
", after violent At Of coughing. the
pin was dislodged. It was found that
it had been imbedded in the boys
throat for over month. with q quarter
inch Of 1t in the flesh and the rest pro-
truding into the air passages.
centsrvills.
A big two-day wolf hunt on Soap
creek north Of Unionville ended In the
running down Of the wolf and his cap
ture. Fifty men and big pack Of
hounds chased him from the big Brad
leysfarm northwest Of Blakesburg, hack
and forth from ridge to ridge until he
was finally caught q half mile north Of
,Unionville. During the chase several
fox trails we're crossed by the hounds
and in one case the trail was 80 fresh
that the hounds took after the fox and
ne was shot at by the hunters but not
killed.
Museatine.
Frank w. Eichof. advertising man
ager Of the MuDcatine News Tribune,