Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-18
Southern Iolua Items
Grand Junction.

Grand Junction.
Mr.. Robert Doran fell from the barn
loft Friday, resulting in two broken
ribs, and broken arm.
oakville.
| Word was received Of the death Of
Ed Anderson, former agent at Elrick
Junction here, the result of blood
poison caused by scratch from tin
can. He leaves wife and four sons.
oskaloosa.
Blady Brothers, wool buyers, have
just completed the shipment OF $4,000
worth of wool which was purchased in
this county. Sheep raising, which has
been increasing here during the past
few years has; now; come to BE one Of
the most |; importan factors lin Iowa
farming. 9a
Shenandoah.
Retribution followed closely on the
heelsaof wrong doing in the case Of
the. robbers of 1.-The Boyce Candy
Kitchen. Hugh Mcmahon and F. G..
Taylor are behind the iron bars of the
Jail. q One was. kept ing the. Jail at
Council Bluffs $and one brought back
to Shenandoah Tuesday. The two
in the county Jail to await trial.
Shenandoah.
| Tuesday afternoon at the Howard
Walters farm southeast Of Farragut,
Ira Marsh, working in the hay field,
fell from load of hay onto a pitch
fork handle. The handle struck him
in the abdomen and the ribs and
caused most serious injuries. While
the young man, about q years Of age,
is not out Of danger entirely he is
getting along as we'll as could be ex-
pected.
Little Sioux.
While Claude Davis and his younger
brother were putting up alfalfa on
their farm east of town, swarm of
bees settled down on the horses draw
ing the reaper. The horses became UNI
manageable and ran away The man
with the rake team seeing them sought
| to stop the runaway and in so doing
his team broke away on the run.
Both teams soon had their machines
scattered over the length Of a forty
acre field. However, no person was
injured and the horses escaped with
slight bruises. altho one Of them was
badly stung. The machinery was sadly
out Of commission for this season.
Perry.
Hon. A. B. Funk Of Des Moines,
member of the Iowa industrial COM
mission, arrived in Perry to preside at
a hearing at the superior court room,
in which Frank Sittinger seeks to re-
cover from the Iowa Railway & Light
Company. under the workmen's conn
pensation act. Sittinger was injured
while working at the electric light
plant in this city last October, suffer-
ing numerous burns on his head and
feet. He was unable to agree with
the company upon the amount of COM
pensation and the matter was put up
to the commission.
Council Bluffs. VS."
| With the commitment Of Charlie
Maxfield, aged 10 years. to the state
industrial school at Eldora and the
charging Of Russell Babcock to the
care Of his mother, Judge Capell made
final settlement Friday morning in the
juvenile court case growing out of
the theft of horse and buggy and
the subsequent sale of the outfit to
a south side dairyman for 81. The
mother Of the little Babcock boy stated
her willingness to send the lad to live
with a sister near Forest City, where
he might have the opportunity Of farm
life The Maxfeld boy IS the SON of
Charles Maxfield, 400 South Twenty
third street.
Museatins.
+ South Muscatine IL now experiencing
! period os prospeTiitty. Til This is e,~-::-
denced by the large number of shell
ing craftA moorsd at :ClAm Harbor"