Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-16
Rockwell.

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I Rockwell.
Last Monday Marshal Trefz armed
with necessary papers drove out the
other side of Hurley and placed one
! Carl Glintmyer transient hired man
under arrest charged with the theft on
! Aug. Of watch and other valuables
from the home Of John Overlook. His
arrest was made while threshing and
i in company with the officer pro-
! ceeded to the home OF John Miller. his
| employer. where he requested time to
i slick up bit before coming to town.
, He proved to be reasonably slick" at
i tireG just AS ne came :-o;f; thceshtn9
| for the next thing Marshal Trefz knew
! his man was hot footing 1t for near
by cornfield and disappeared in short
order. The threshing crew Joined in
the merry chase but Carl eluded the
entire gang and the accused spent the
night free man. but next day Sheriff
Holdren picked him up between Rock
well and Mason City-and the end Is
not yet
T, WapsIlo.
| Mrs Burlington and Mrs. W. c.
Bridges of this city narrowly escaped
being run over by the 4 o'clock passen-
ger train going north few miles
south Of wapello, yesterday afternoon.
The ladies were driving to town In
top buggy and were crossing the track
at what IL known az the Swafford
crossing. They did not see the train
until it was almost upon them. Mrs.
Bridges. the younger lady jumped from
the buggy, but Mrs. Burlington. who Is
quite old remained in the buggy. which
was struck by the train. She was
thrown from the buggy and was badly
bruised. altho not seriously injured.
The train was brought to standstill.
Mrs. Buflllgton was taken on board
and brought to the station at Wapello
Her husband was, informed Of the ac-
cident ard physicians Immediately
summoned. AS the injured lady is quite
old the injuries and shock may result
quite seriously.
Burlington.
Engineer Lionel Hawksworth the
oldest engineer on the Burlington
route and perhaps the oldest engineer
in active service on any railroad In
the country. had narrow escape
from serious injury and possible
death Wednesday afternoon Mr.
Hawksworth mans the throttle OF
switch engine No. 1915 About 5 O'Clock,
while doing some work on the west
side of the lower freight yards some
cars were pushed in on his engine.
"cornering" the cab on the right side,
reducing it to kindling wood and al
most pushing it of its bearings How
the engineer escaped being hurt he
can not explain. but he came thru
without scratch. The engine was
\ fakan m hn d.
this morning for repairs Engineer
Hawksworth is over 10 years of age.
but ts hale and vigorous He dates his
service with the Burlington route back
to nifty years ago when he fred a wood
burner in the freight yards on the other
side Of the river.
New London.
The worst storm OF the season fol-
lowed by downpour OF rain visited
this section Wednesday evening. A
great deal Of damage was done to trees
and electric light and telephone wires:
a large amount Of fruit was blown of
the trees. Large trees were blown down
In several parts Of town. brea king down
wires and blocking the streets. One OF
the old Fowler buildings which was re-
Gently moved to lot In the east part
OF town to be remodeled into a resi-
dence. was demolished. Some outbuild-
ings at the Frank Nugen home were
| badly damaged. a wood shed at Frank
Kings was wrecked and the west porch
OF the Chrissinger home was blown
of. At the Rlacker place just west Of
town the roof Of the large barn was
! blown of and the windmill also went
down. While the wind did a great
deal Of damage the big rain was badly
needed. The big reservoir north OF town
! was filed nearly to the top Of the DAM
Fairfield.
| The First Presbyterian church Of this
city was organized Oct. !. 1s41, and the
| congress cation Is now making plans for
the celebration OF It's 10th anniversary
the first Sabbath in October. 1911. Invi-
tations are being sent out to all former
| members OF the church now living and
it is hoped that many will be present
at this celebration. In this long period
| this society has had ten pastors. Rev.
| ]. F. Magill serving longest, from 1883
! to 1902 A son. Rev. George P. Magill.
pastor OF the Central Presbyterian.
church. Des MONIES. has accepted an
! invitation to preach the anniversary
| sermon. In 1S41 Rev. L. G. Bell crossed
the Mississippi river. proceeded on his
way west and organized church with
| nine members In this community. He
was one Of the strong and interesting
| characters OF those pioneer days. He
came to Iowa az the representative Of
the Presbyterian Board Of Home Mis-
| sfons and in the thirty-two years he
labored in the state organized three
presbyterfes, one synod. twenty eight
churches and two female seminarfes,
one Of them at Fatrheld.