Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
Grinnell News Letter.

| Special to Times Republican
| C'rnnell, Oct 9.---Joseph Dorr Bar
| Der died suddenly at IL O'Clock We'd
nesday evening at his home in this
city, of heart failure, tsuperinduced by
kidney trouble and paralysis OF long
standing. His death, tho not uneX-
pected came as q shock to his fam
| lily and many friends. He was born
at Hilsdale, Columbia county, New
York, Aug. 13, 1912. enlisted in the
| Thirty third New York infantry in
| April 1861, under the first call for
| troops, was in fourteen general battles.
and numerous skirmishes, lost his left
arm in the charge on the heights of
Fredericksburg, May 8, 1863, and was
discharged June 2 of that year. He
| learned ,telegraphy and came to Iowa
in 1871, being operator and agent at
Newton, for q time, and later at KEEL
logg. On Dec. IS. 1872, he was mar
ried to Bertha s. Fish, of Kellogg. Two
sons, Joseph d., and Glare. are at the
home here, and two daughters, Mrs
Kern, of Waverly, and Mrs. Stu
art Of Nashua, arrived today. a
sister from New York state has been
with him for some time. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
the home conducted by Prof. l.. f. Par
ker, and under the charge of Gordon
Granger post OF this city, of which he
was beloved and honored member.
The Iowa college foot ball team
left this morning for meeting at
Lincoln. Neb., with the University of
Nebra ska team, with strong hopes of
keeping the score low, IL nothing bet
ter. Hammond. Triton Brundage.
Grimm, Orvis and Iiegler were taken
along as substitutes. Coach Andrews
has given out the following as the
lineup in the game tomorrow: Tur-
ner, r. e.; Greenwood. r. t., Mason, r.
s.: Sparks, s.; Pierce. captain. ]. e.,
Garner, |. t. Flanagan, |. e.; Wells, a.:
Loos, r.. BAR, !. h.; Shinstrom, r. h.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Burton are at
home again after couple of weeks OF
outing spent in Idaho, where Mr. Bur-
ton has land interests in the Salmon
river district.
Mr. and Mrs. B, ]. Kicker. of this
city, were guests at the wedding on
Tuesday evening last in Des Moines.
OF MIR. Gerard S. Nolen and Miss Laura
Whitman, an event of especial inter-
est to Iowa college and it's alumni of
recent years, as the bride graduated
here in '9S and the groom In 'o2,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Hale Douglass
started on Tuesday morning last for
their new location in. Eugene, Ore, Mr..
Douglass being the recently elected IL
brarian there of the state university.
Funeral services were held over the
body of Robert w. McKittricI at his
home, six miles west of Grinnell, on
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. Fred Elmore. Mr. McKittrick was
born in Indiana on Dec. 10. 1907, and
was thus nearly 101 years of age at the
time of his death. He leaves three chill
dren. James McKittrick, Mrs. Mary
Wilson and Mrs Edward Rice, all liv-
ing in this vicinity.
l.. +. Rivers has sold his fine resi-
dence two blocks east Of the college.
to Clint Heishman, now living east OF
the city, who will take possession the
first of next March.
When the votes were counted at 9
o'clock last evening, deciding. who rs
to have the 5000 diamond ring and be
proclaimed queen of the carnival, it
was found that out OF a total of about
155, and her nearest competitor, Miss
Stella Moore, had S,637 The coronation
ceremony is scheduled for this after
noon.
Rev. T. B. Hughes, whose home is
in this city, and who has been retired
for some time from the active minis
try of the Methodist church. has been
assigned to the Lynnwille circuit, and
will continue to conduct the services at
that place.
Grinnell high school and west high
of Des Moines, will try conclusions on
the foot ball gridiron at Ward field to-
morrow afternoon, the game beginning
at 1880 Grinnell has been working
very hard under excellent coaching,
and expects to sustain the honor of
city and school.