Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-24
WapeIIo.

WapeIlo.
Mrs. M. A. Cotton. administrators
and widow of F. NJ. Cotton, has brought
suit against the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway Company, claiming
damages of $4,000 for the killing of
her husband.
West Liberty.
James Bali, aged 81 years. one Of the
Oldest business men in West Aberty'
died at his home Of apoplexy. his death
being sudden. He was born In ONO
and spent most Of his life In West
Liberty, having conducted one OF the
leading hardware businesses.
Iowa City.
Col. w. p. Hepburn will be present
at the johnson county old settlers re-
union, which will be held at the fair
grounds on Thursday, Aug. 20. Colonel
Hepburn came back from Washing
ton, d. c., early in the summer and has
been spending several months IN Iowa.
He has been planning for two years to
attend one of the old settlers reunions,
hut until now has been unable to do
so.
Burlington.
John Kelley who works on the Bur-
lington route steel gang, at or near IN.
Pleasant had an adventure that ne Will
remember to his dying day and that
might have been his last. He had run
across a stranger and had some words
with him near the car barn on South
Main street, and the preliminaries for
a set-to seemed under way, when the
unknown drew a knife. He stabbed
Kelley in the chest and ran, disappear
ing in the darkness.
keokuk.
August Arend, for number of years
car repairer at the Keokuk Electric
Railway Company's car barn, met with
distressing accident when ne was
thrown headlong from a motorcycle
which he was riding. and his face and
arms terribly cut. No one seems to
know just how the mishap occurred ana
he was picked up several minutes pos
sibly after he had been thrown from
the machine he was riding. He was
unconscious for several hours.
Muscatne.
Suit has been filed in the district
court against the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railway asking judgment for
|s76. The plaintiffs claim that they
shipped a car load Of hogs from Plato,
and when it arrived at Chicago 1t was
too late for that days market, the
price had dropped by the next day and
they suffered consequently. The claim
Of SIS represents the price of extra
feeding and care, shrinkage and diff
ference in market price.
Hancock.
The home of Barnum Van Beck, a
prominent farmer living three miles
west of the city. was totally DESTROYED
by fire. originating it is thought, from
a defective chimney, damaged by
lightning last week. Mrs. Van Beck's
a-st intir tion Of the fire was whey.
she stepped from the house and saw
the entire roof in flames. She was
able to get a few clothes from the
house, everything else being entirely
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000
Boone.
Carl c. Ahrens, q fireman for the c..
& N. W. railway, was brought to Boone
from Grand Junction, where he was
Frustrated with the heat. He was on
"a freight engine and was stricken at
at about 10:30 and as soon as possible
he was taken from his engine and
transferred to No. 4, which gets in
here at 1880 a. M, where he was met
by the ambulance which took him at
once to the Eleanor Moore hospital
Altllo he was unconscious at first lie
recovered later and Is getting along
nicely now.
Iowa City.
Forced to give up his special Off
GERS star, gun and murderous looking