Evening times-Republican., 1916-05-27
Northern Io1ua Items

day. Mr.. FleisAer came into Auditor
J. j. RainbOw's office with three wolf
swhelps. ThSy were alive-very much
alive. Their acaptor said he wanted to
collect the bounty on them. rMr. Rain
/ how explained that bounty wasn't pad
ron live vof$ess han Mr.. F1seher had
an idea Hsf retired TO theHengine room
Eof the Eourthouse. In q short time he
ssreturnAds The wheips weren't as live
". Mr.. Fleisher swas dragging them
sby the. tail. AR. Rainbow took one look
gat them andspaid the{bounty' without
another ~ord =
A log cabin which has stood on a
farm near Centralia for eighty five
years. was torn down during the last
week. The old building was erected
by John Snodgrass. pioneer resident
Of the county. In it were born and
reared three generations Of the Snod-
grass family. 1t was occupied for a
time by Grandma" Jordan, 81 famous
pioneer resident of northeastern Iowa,
also by Indian Kate" an Indian child
which was left on battlefield and
was reared by Grandma Jordan. At
one time It was used as a circuit court
loOu1b lCdlcl IL ISSo Aoi o oS3iooS
church, saloon and blacksmith shop.
For the last twenty years 1t has been
a barn and tool house. The logs of
oak were we'll preserved.
Sioux City.
st. Johns Episcopal church Of this
city was consecrated Sunday, and the
occasion was made a memorable one
in the church circles Of Sioux City.
Delegates to the Episcopal state con-
vention attended in body. Bishop
T. N Morrison, Of Davenport, was in
charge of the service, which was held
at 10: 80 o'clock. Bishop Morrison ap-
pointed Rev. john Sage, Of Keokuk, as
master of ceremonies. George r..
Henry. of Des Moines, chancellor. read
the sentence Of conservation. DR.. HI:
G.. Cornell, rector Of the church at the
time of it's erection. was an attendant.
Others who assisted in the ceremonies
were Rev. E. c. Rudd, Rev. George
Kinkle. and Rev. Johnson.
Waterloo.
Charles Clute. aged %. son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. c. Clute, left at 10: 80
o'clock Tuesday morning unaccom-
panied on his long tramp across the
country over the Lincoln Highway to
San Francisco Clute expects to ar
rive at his destination in three months.
Clute was optimistic over the prospect.
He carried practically no baggage in
tending to buy the necessities as he
goes and eat at farm houses. 'T feet
confident I am going to enjoy my ad-
venture" he said as he bid his friends
good bye. with good weather I shall
dine three months from today :. one
Of San Francisco's restaurants" He
win take the Hawkeye Highway across
the state and then continue by the
Lincoln. He Is expecting to average
between fifteen and twenty miles a
day. I'D
Central City.
The southeast part Of Central City
was swept by a tornado at o'clock
Sunday evening The twister came
from sthe southeast and covered an
were uprooted and buildings torn to
pieces. The barns, sheds, and a part
OF the residence on the farm southeast
OF the city and owned by DR.. Fisher, of
Cedar Rapids, were destroyed. O. L.
Wetherbee. who rents the place, and
his son were in the barn milking at
INC tiAe' pul iio one WdS nurt. AS tno
cyclone struck the city. trees were up
rooted, some on the Birmingham prop-
erty crashing thru the windows Of the
Eddy residence. The barn owned by
John Baker was unroofed and torn to
pieces and shingles were torn from
sSeveral Of the residence houses in that
part Of the city. Telephone and elec--
trio light wires are badly tangled
fcAusing quite an Inconvenience to the
community,