Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
Southern Io1ua Items

machine. was unconscious. He was
| rushed to Mercy hospital. rega!nins
consciousness q short time after the
accident His right leg is badly frac-
tured Physicians are unable to tell
as yet whether or not he has suffered
internal injuries. Barring conpl!ca-
tons, he is. expected to recover in
comparatively short time. DR.. Schaef-
jured man.
Des Moinss.
Des MONIES has a i5-year-old negro
| yclept John McAtee, who probably mas
your record beaten. no matter what IL
! may be. Here is Johns daily liquor
menus One pint of whisky, Ave pints
| of beer AT least, that's what the negro
| told the police when. he was arrested
| on charge OF intoxication. In his room
| were found one caseSof whisky and one
| barrel Of beef which McAfee said were
for his personal use. McAfee formerly
carried a club and wore a star on the
Kansas City and Des Moines depart
ments
Red OAK sa
4. G.. Forsbeck, of Gray was here
| last week for visit with his SON.
| County Engineer c. D. FOrsbeck, and
| while in the courthouse he met John
| Shepard. In the conversation which
followed the introduction Mr.. Forsbeck
and Mr.. Shepard discovered that they
were boys together In Sweden forty
nine years ago and that they served
| their required three weeks enlistment in
the Swedish army together in 1857, both
/ - 70 ha P1Frs mi
and sharing the same tent. They had
not seen each other since that time.
Des Moines.
| A gang of youthful .'fire bugs" has
been run to earth by the state fire mar
| shals office. The boys, Ave in number,
range in age from 6 to IL years. For
the past ninety days residents Of San
born have been in terror because OF a
number OF fires in residence districts,
all Of them in the day time. Nearly
score of buildings were destroyed. Fin
ally the state fire marshal was appealed
to. An inspector was sent to Sanborn
with the result that the n boys were ar
rested and confessed. Judge William
Hutchinson will make final disposition
of their cases Nov. Is.
Fairfield.
Fire believed to have been of incen-
diary origin, destroyed u barn on the
George Stever farm east OF here early
Sunday. A conservative estimate Of the
loss Is $4,000 with no Insurance. 1t was
the largest barn in Jefferson county and
contained 500 tons Of hay, hundreds OF
bushels Of oats and other small grain.
three buggies. valuable horse. mare
- tr no
and other things. The flames were sc
spectacular that 1000 people left theii
beds and rushed to the fire. A hundred
automobiles arrived ten minutes after
the alarm. Three automobile accidents
occurred among the machines driven
to the fire.
Shenandoah.
Lost for two days and night ir
the mountains and snow of Wyoming
while posse and the sheriff searched
for him was the serious plight Of e
T. RASTER of Hamilton, Wyo., a former
Shenandoah business man who has
been In the west ten years. 1t wa
4 while on hunting trip that Mr.. Raster
experienced the dangerous adventure
He rose early Monday morning, Oct. 2
and went out before the other mem.
bers OF the deer party were stirring
A blizzard came up and this was fol.
lowed by a fog. He was unable te
fathom the distance further than eigh
or ten feet in front of him. After thu
fog cleared he lost all sense OF direc,
4 ton. Monday night he built fire ant
Jared pretty well. Meanwhile posse
had been organized to search for thu
missing h,InteP The blizzard and colo
and the tramping the second day pref
ty much wore out Mr. Raster, who wa
found late that night with his fee
nearly frozen. He would not have beeI
able to Withstand the night 1t Il
thought. He was almost exhausted
when found Miss Chrysta1 Raster. .
daughter Of the former resident. Is .
guest at the r. G. Berry home and o
Iother friends here. She has received
la letter telling of the serious episode.