Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-03
Hamburg.

Hamburg.
Fred w. Hill, editor of the Hamburg
Repu blican, was on Wednesday, June
3 united in marriage with Miss Edna
Heckel, of Sidney, a graduate Of the
high school and most popular young
lady.
coifax.
The first steel on the new car line
grounds and the new Hotel Colfax,
rainy weather has delayed the grad
ing and consequently the completion
of the road.
Hastings.
| Oscar Pickford, an old settler and
veteran of the civil war. dropped dead
in the Methodist Episcopel church here
just after entering the building with
other members of the local Grand Army
post to participate in memorial serv-
ices. Pickford's death was due to
heart failure and exhaustion brought
on by the march to the church with the
drum corps Of which he was mem
| Der.
Columbus Junction.
The family of William Cosgro had a
narrow escape from injury or death
| early Sunday morning, when lightning
struck their home south of this city,
and almost wrecked the building. The
narrowness of their escape is evil
denced by the fact that the window two
feet away from the bed in which Mr.
Cosgro slept was entirely destroyed by
the shock, and closet door six feet
away from the bed was split and torn
from top to bottom.
Bloomfield.
damage. Guy Nelson, who resides near
Werst Grove FIVE miles west of here,
lost his large barn, hen house, and a
large orchard, which was completely
destroyed. Also large barn on the
Frank Christy farm northeast of here
was destroyed. Large trees were root
ed up and small outbuildings blown
away. The central portion of the tor
nado was near West Grove, which is
five miles west of Bloomfield.
Newton.
j. H. Fugard has received notice OF
his acceptance as a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution. And
his number in the state society is 395
and in the national series is 20634 His
great grandfather, Samuel Fugard, Of
Bedford, n. H., was in the continental
army for about six years and saw muci
active service. He went thru from
Bennington to Yorktown. He was dis.
charged as unfit for duty because hi
was worn out in the service. Genera
1 II -. L.
stating that he was entitled to a pen
sion, and his state legislature gave hin
one.
Des Moines.
Twenty four confederate graves ii
5 Woodland cemetery went unmarked
! by the flowers of old soldiers an,
school children only because officers o
? Croker post, G. "A. r., learned the.
lWere there too late to get the name
and locations. On the eve Of Memoria
! Day officers Of the post learned 9
the confederate graves for the frs
time. They proposed that Des Nome
9 school teacher, who was born and bre
: in Dixie, where her father ought I'm
der Lee, should be asked to decorat
the graves, but the plan was not car
+ ried out because it was too late to 10
cate the graves.
f Bedford.
al Whether or not railway conducto
has right to expel passenger fror
: a train who refuses to pay 10 cents ad
e ditional fare because he does not ilav
y Ia ticket, will be tested In the court
- there by H. G. Wintermute, who ha
J. brought suits against the Burlingto
for damages in the sum of 1899 undo
l. such circumstances. 1t is set out in til
!. petition that on Feb. /, 1909, Mr.. Win
!. rermute approached the ticket ofTic
In Bedford for the purpose Of buying