Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-01
Southern Io,ua Items

mentioned are only typical of the trou-
bic experienced ON the majority of
the farms. on the island recently.
Davenport. 5r hi
Pleading guilty to the charge Of
numbering John B. Schoessel. a Rock
! Island government arsenal foreman on
Nov. I. 1913, Verne Madden, 20-year-
old Davenport youth. was Saturday
| sentenced to twenty years in the Joliet
penitentiary by Judge Olmsted In the
circuit court at Rock Island. Madden
| signed waiver of trial by Jury and
| declared that he did not want an at
torney. States Attorney Floyd E.
| Thompson asked the court to show
| leniency inasmuch as Madden had fur
nished testimony which resulted in the
returning Of an indictment for murder
! against Charles Johnson a member Of
the gang that shot Schoessel to death.
| Muscatine.
| Altho the streets Of the city have
never been given a better bath than
they received during the past few days
! as a result of the almost continual
rain, the highway in the residential
section promises to give the street
4 commissioner and his crew plenty OF
special attention for time. Along the
! shaded streets, the wind and rain have
touched the trees with such effects that
numerous small branches have fallen
on the pavement and. in some places,
many large pieces Of dead wood have
! dropped from the trees and landed on
the street. This is practicularly no.
ticeable on Second street which is we'll
! shaded by trees westward from Pine
street
Knoxville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Maddy, two Of
| the oldest of the pioneers of Marion
county, celebrated the sixtieth anniver-
sary Of their wedding at their home in
this city last Monday. The company
was a large one, composed mainly OF
their children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs. Maddy
! have been residents Of this community
| for the last sixty one years and are
probably the oldest living couple who
were married in Marion county. They
| formerly resided in Indiana township,
but have been residents of Knoxville
for the last twenty years. Mr.. Maddy
is "a and Mrs. Maddy 50 years old.
| Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. John Pruitt
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versa-y on their sons farm, north of
| town. They were married May 81, 1860.
Their three children, Mrs. Della Calvin,
Mrs. Grace koontz and Mrs. Ida Myers,
eight grandchildren, many other rela-
tives and friends were present.
casey.
The other evening, Mrs. Hiram john
/ son roped a young COW, in the expecta-
ton Of milking her. Scared-by dog,
the COW ran away. Mrs. Johnson
foot became entangled in the rope and
she was dragged at top speed over the
ground for distancesof seyenty-fve to
eighty yards. Several other cows
united in an attack upon Mrs. johnson,
whose plight was already serious
enough. One Of the animals jumped
| upon the Frustrated woman, repeating
this vicious charge four times In close
succession. Mr.. johnson was in the
| yard at the time and he lost no time IN
! fighting his way to his wife's side. With
the aid Of a dog he managed to drive
off the enraged brutes and succeeded
in disengaging Mrs. Johnson from the
rope. But for the timely breaking OF
the rope, 1t is hard to see how she
could have escaped with her life. AS II
was, she was considerably bruised, hef
shoulder was injured and two OF her
ribs were broken. She L. reported as
doing well, and unless 1t should tran-
spire, that she sustained internal in
! juries, will be herself again In the
course Of few weeks.