Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-13

Winterset.
There will be reunion Of the Thir-
ty-fourth Iowa infantry at Winterset
Sept. and Z.
Des Moines..
Edward Davenport, colored, a labor
err, while waiting for train at the
Rock Island station Thursday night
took an overdose Of bichloride OF mC-
curry and came,near losing his life. 1t
bis thought that he will recover.
Dos Moines.
Alleging that her skirts caught on
a street car from which she was
alishting and that she was dragged
for some distance, Mrs. F. c. Graves
filed a suit for $1,000 against the Des
AIoines City RAILWAY in the district
court.
Dos Mones.
Robert l. McCutchen, well-known
real estate mas and member OF the
Greater Des Moines committee, Is SUI
ferine intense pain from two bites on
one of his hands. inflicted by a pet An
cora cat. Mr.. McCutchen was bitten
while fondling the animal.
Des Moines.
Alleging that her husband threw her
to the ground and then jumped on her,
Mrs. Nina Brier fled a petition IN the
district court for divorce from Henry
| Rrier. She accuses him Of becoming
ha Ritual drunkard and Of abusing her
while under the influence Of liquor.
Salem.
The committees are hard at work
ARRANGING for Old Settlers Day Satur-
| day- Aug. 27 Everything points TO one
of the best programs ever given mere.
The committee on speakers has secur-
ed Mr.. Sanders. warden of the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison. Warden san
ders is a. man who has been doing
things along the line of prison reform.
Cedar Rapids.
Anthony Sadecky, who is employed
at the Iowa Motor Car Company's gar
age almost suffered the loss OF ms
rirht eve when an auto tire iron slip
n>d off q rim and struck him IN the
face. A point OF the iron struck MT.
Sadecky about an eighth of an incb De
low the eye The injury is painful, but
will have no serious results.
Des Mofnes.
FREIGHT traffic officials of the seven
|tv-two railroads and refrigerator and
dispatch line. operated in the middle
west will assemble in Des Moipes on
October % for the next convention or
the CeAtral and Western Association
OF Car Service Officers. On that date
convention Of that association Will be,
held in any other city than Chicago for
the first time in history.
Fairfield.
While crossing the 20" tracks at the
Malleable Iron Works crossing Thurs
day morning DR.. w. Fordyce's automo-
bile went dead in front Of the $50 east
hound passenger train. Being uTiapi
to start the machine the doctor sprans
out and narrowly escaped by running
70 the side of the right Of way. The
machine was wrecked. This is the
same automobile in which the doctors
brother, DR.. O. Fordyce, was killed at
Guthrie Center a month ago.
Davenport.
Plans are being made by the Han
nah Caldwell chapter of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution of Daven-
mort. for the erection Of a monument in
Washington square to commemorate
the sie1ling Of the treaty of peace at
the end Of the Black Hawk war in 1882.
boulder is to be set up In the square
with pApriate exercises on Sept. 81,
the 18th anniversary Of the signing OF
the treaty with the great Indian chief
Des Moines.
Harry Wilkinson, local newspaper
man who conducts q chicken farm on
West Fifty-frst street, lost valuable
cow Thursday night when the animal
broke into the chicken pen and
stumbled over a shotgun which had
been placed in readiness for chicken
b,aves airing attached fo the