Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-08
Southern Io1ua Items

sidered serious. altho she was badly
shaken up and bruised. Miss Grinstead
Is a cashier at the J. c. Thorne dry
goods store In Fairfield. and her moth
| er had came in for her last evening to
take her home In the pony cart They
had proceeded as far as the bridge east
OF Chau;auqua Park when the runaway
team. which has not been Identified.
| crashed into the cart Mrs. Gr.nstead
| is survived by her husband and three
daughters, an Of whom live at home.
| ksokuk,
Within the next few months. the
government viii distribute among q
number Of shoe factories in Missouri
Minnesota. Wisconsin. Iowa and Indi-
ana more than sis 100000 These man.
ufacturers have been called upon to
furnish more than a,0e0.e00 pairs OF
marching and field shoes for use by
| our army IN France, additional to
| earlier contracts placed for large
| quantities Of footwear. OF the shoes,
| 5000 pairs are to be supplied by Hpis-
| kamp Bros. &. Co, Of Keokuk. Orders
are to be placed this week for 100000
pairs of arctics to be worn this winter
| By American soldiers.
Museatine.
| Fire Of unknown origin caused loss
estimated around $4,000 to the James
| Healey farm in Bloomington township
| Monday evening about o'clock. A new
barn. said to have contained about
thirty-hye tors Of hay and between
| 900 and 400 bushels Of barley, also
! some farm implements were complete
| " destroyed The contents and build
| ing were estimated around $4,000 and
a little damage was done to the home.
| it being badly scorched. Immediately
On finding the fire, bucket brigade
was formed but little could be done
| owing TO the contents Of the building
! being OF such infammable material.
and 1t was soon burned to the ground.
| The live stock in the barn was saved
before any damage was done.
Mount Pleasant.
Sheriff James Shepherd. Of this coun-
| ~, last week received instructions from
the Illinois state authorities to arrest
a young man named William Goss-
| meyer, who was staying at his father
! farm near Faulkners ferry, Ave miles
south of the city II seems that Goss-
| meyer had registered at Peoria, H.,
under the selectiye draft law but when
ne was ordered to report for phygical
examination he refused to DO 30. Upon
hearing that he had been placed under
arrest the adjutant general OF Illinois
instructed the Henry county sherin TO
take his prisoner to Camp Dodge and
hand him over to the military author
1 tiles This was done on Friday. While
the young man is technically guilty OF
the crime Of desertfon 1t Is thought
that he will not be punished az long
as he takes his medical examination
and does his duty az member OK the
national army.
Muscatine.
/ What is Believed to be the most
serious vandalism in the 1rm OF ma
iicious work committee = Museatine
county in recent years y ns pareo Wnen
Sheriff r. J. Wiley was, notifed that
six hogs or, the william White !, se I'm
had been poisoned Monday and several
|. other hogs on nearby farms had suied
from poison. According to Information
!. fathered by the sheriff, the plofters
obtained their poison In the form Of
! strychnine and bichloride OF mercury
I'm nearby towns and placed the deadly
drugs in hog feed Less than an hour
after the stock had been fed on the
White farm Monday SIX OF the hogs
! had died and a number OF others be-
came seriously ricK DfficiAls are work
! Ing on a clue which n n mat<fializes
will result IN the round up OF IN a..
legged gang OF pOisOnsr1 who are sais'
10 have worked In the vicinity Tor tins
past year, 10 wh3cll sfcn1aJfs -n1easCs0ua