Evening times-Republican., 1903-09-02
John Hatton, of Creston, Meets
With Peculiar Accident
Death of A. II. Spur
BURLINGTON ROAD HEAVY LOSER
Recent Floods Have Caused Great
Damage to the Roadbed and Trains
Are Compelled to Run on Slow
cheduIes-lnsane Patients Terrible
Crme-lowa News.

CreSton, Sept. 2.-Anoiher machlnlSt
has resigned his position with the lsur-
lington road at this place, j. A. Schllar
who has been employed in the shops
here for number of years having
ceased his labors for The company
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Schuiar does
not go to another road as has been the
case with the other men who have
been quitting the company here during
the past few months but will engage. in
agriculture near the city. This is the
firth machinist that has resigned his
position in the local shops in the past
three months.
Word has been received in this city
of the death of A. III. Spur at the
hospital in Clarinda Mr.. Spur was
for Years prominent business lnaa
OF Creston and later OF Des Moines
but close application to business broke
down his health and compelled him
TO go TO clarinda for medical treatment.
He was identified with several impor-
tant business enterprises of Crfston
and his death, tho expected, will fall
heavily on his many friends. He
leaves wife and one son who have
been making their home with her par
ents in this city.
John Hatton met with a peculiar
and painful accident that will probably
keep him laid up for few days. He
was narrowing some ground at his
home for the purpose of putting In !
strawberry bed. He lifted the heavy
harrow, which fell from his hands, and
one Of the heavy rusty teeth of the
harrow penetrated his shoe and went
entirely thru his foot just back Of the
large toe. The doctors We're enabled
to run silk cloth clear thru the foot
and cleanse it from any particle OF
rust or poison that may have escaped
from the rusty tooth and 1t is thought
that nothing serious will result frora
the accident tho it is a very painful
sore.
S. n. Johnson of this place, whose
home is at 4e7 New York avenue,
claims to have the largest natural green
leaf raised in Iowa this year. 1t is
on plant called elephant ear and the
bulb was planted late IN May. The
leaf measures 100 inches or eight feat
and four inches in circumference AZ
center Of leaf, twenty eight and ona7
half inches at longest point oil leaf
width thirty-four and one-half inches
The stalk is thirty five inches tnll and
the root at the top Of the ground is ten
inches IN circumference. Ii resembles
a tropical palm in appearance and has
been viewed by many students cf bot
any.
Some time ago man giving the name
of John Doe was arrested at Alton
and held to the grand jury for COM
mitting nameless crime upon the per-
son of a young boy of tnat place. When
The grand jury came 10 examine into
the case it was learned that the fell
lows narne was Christopher Moran and
that he was an escaped patient Of the
insane asylum at Mt Pleasant so the
criminal case was dropped against him
and the officers OF that institution no.
tified to come and care for him.
The Burlington railroad was perhaps
the heaviest loser from the efftcts of
the heavy floods and nail of las. week
and in this division alone the expense
of putting the road in perfect shape
again will probably reach $50,00t. They
have had extra men at work all the
time since the first rain OF Wednes-
day night but only yesterday succeed
ed in wetting the road in all directions
in a passable condition. All th4 traias
are now running into Creston but are
from one to four hours late on account
OF slow orders over some parts of the
road. Only one track is in use between
here and Corning. The county too Will
be a heavy loser as nearly all the
bridges have been washed out.
The case of seduction brought against
Lew Day by the father OF Mary Smith
was settled yesterday by the faith ar
allowing the young man to go to the
house of the girl AMI marry her. He
was compelled to borrow the money to
secure a license bur when that was
obtained the ceremony of marriage was
performed by Justice Smith and the
young man was released. He had left
the country after the charge of lewd-
ness had been made against him but
when this was changed to seduction the
constable went after him and found
him at Lucas and brought him back.