Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-26
Southern Io,ua Items

Muscatine. ~
After executing difficult pool shot
Ed Upton, aged 81, dropped dead in {
billiard hall at Wilton, Tuesday night
A rupture of a blood vessel caused his
death.
Rcd Oak.
Several towns in the vicinity of this
city are planning Il small grain i'm
provement campaign for Monday and
| Tuesday of next week. a number OF
| simultaneous meetings will be held
Small grain will DE treated for smut
and potatoes for scabs by skilled dem
| onstrators
North English.
Margaret Prandy had the misfortune
of getting her right arm broken recent
| ly while cranking a gasolene engine.
| The engine was attached to the wash
ing machine and the little girl was at
tempting to start the power. but the
handle slipped and struck her right
arm, breaking both bones.
Des Moines.
j. B. Fleming, young railroad man,
had his leg cut off by passenger train
in this city Sunday. Fleming was re-
turning to the city from Boone. where
he went in search Of employment. He
stepped from the interurban and
walked around the rear end Of it di-
rectly in the path of an approaching
passenger car.
Muscatine.
The formation of central bureau OF
charities to be known as The Musca-
tine Welfare Association was effected
at delegate meeting at which the va
rious local organizations interested In
charity projects were represented, held
at the Muscatine city nall. The meeting
was attended by about seventy five
people representing about thirty-five
organizations.
Genwood.
The other morning when some mem
Der Of the Robert Boyce's family wen.
into the yard they noted that their dog
Bruno was acting aueerly. in fact was
in the htroes of mad fit. In very
short time it was decided &c put the
dog out of his misery and end the 'lsk
Of his supposed condition, and the dog
was shot. Whether the dog had mo-
Tested any animals is not known. 1t
is reported that the dog for some days
previous had wandered about over the
neighborhood.
Muscatine.
William France, II years of age, is
lying at the Hershey hospital in Sc
rious condition as a result of hunt
ing accident which occurred near his
home at Illinois City Monday. France,
in attempting to crawl thru a barbed
wire fence, accidentally discharged the
shotgun which he was carrying, and
received the leaden discharge in his
fleshy. part of his left arm DR.. Mar
quis of Illinois City. and DR.. A. j.
oliver, Of Muscatine. attended the in
jured youth. A hasty examination Of
the wound revealed it to be danger
Gus one, and the patient was at once
removed to the Hershey hospital here.
Whether amputation will he necessary
has not been decided upon as yet by
the attending physicians.
Mount Pleasant.
The jury Wednesday afternoon re-
turned verdict Of guilty against Joe
F'aris, the Mexican who was charged
with robbing the station agent at Olds.
when the latter was in an Intoxicated
condition, and relieving him Of $50 and
a watch. The theft occurred on the
night OF Dec. 9. Judge Hale sentenced
Faris to term of Imprisonment pre-
scribed by law not to exceed fifteen
years in the penitentiary at Fort Madi-I
son. The Mexican will appeal the case
to the supreme court. Wednesday,
evening, thru his attorney he filed
notice Of the appeal asking that q