Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-30

home from Fairbank. Mrs. Beal had
her nose broken and suffered other
bruises about the face. Her mother
was even more seriously injured. They
were taken to tho home Of Mrs. Beal's
sister In DunkertOn and Mr. Beal was
notified OF the accident. A travelling
man or the train ilsc had his thumb
thrown out Of joint and others suffered
minor injuries.
Forest City. NJ
B. A. Plummer. OF the First National
Bank. was the object Of an attack by
q demented young man with a gun.
The young man was Gus Klang and he
mad a hallucination that Mr.. Plum1ner
was trying to hypnotic him. He fol-
lowed Plummer for a, block or more up
the street with a gun aimed at him.
crying: "Will you quit? Will you quit ?"
Mr. Plummer agreed to Quit and the
young man was Immediately taken into
custody and after a hearing was COM
mitted to the asylum at Cherokee.
Anamosa.
T. NJ. Nilds. for six years the sheriff
CT Jones county. died at his home in
Anamosa from y complication Of dis
eases. Mr.. Wilds was a member Of the
The civil war for more than four years.
He was in the implement business at
MechanicsviIle and for short time at
Monticello before locating at Anamosa
some thirty years ago. He was born
in Pennsylvania in 1929. and was about
70 years OF erc Mt the time OF his death.
He is survived by a wife and two sons.
Waterloo.
The store started here five weeks ago
by the affiliated labor bodies as a So
luton OF the high cost Of living has de-
veloped a volume of trade far beyond
expectations The store handles all
Kind. Of food products. Including gro
ccries, and butter and eggs. 1t Is
called the Union Mercantile Company
The business the first week averaged
$3.50 a day and the fifth week 1t aver
aged nearly $500 day. The double
store building is already too small and
either larger quarters will have to be
engaged or branch stores established
The authorized capital 1. $4,000. di-
vided into shares Of IS each
Webster City.
John Butler appeared before Justice
George F. Tucker and swore out In
formation charging J. H. HURT, color
ed, with perjury. HURT Is the man
who appeared as q witness against But
Ter in the ca SO Of the state versus But
Ter, wherein Butler was charged by a
grand Jury indictment with assault
with intent to commit murder. HURT
was here In Webster City the night OF
the trouble. seeing some Of the fight be-
tween Butler and Policeman Young.
He was subpoenaed as q witness at
tho trial and now Butler charges him
with perjury. Tho information was
placed in the hands Of Sheriff Brown
and HURT was located at Marion,
where he was arrested upon receipt Of
a telegram from thes heriff hero.
ida Grove.
Graham Fisher. son Of DR.. and Mrs.
b. E. Fisher. member Of tho senior
class In the high school, and o men,
beg Of tho football squad, was acci-
dentally shot at the Company b ar
mory by Victor Simons while tho two
were preparing for indoor target prao.
tice. Fisher went back to sec some
thing about the target and einons
picked up rifle supposed to DO un-
loaded. The ride proved to DO loaded
and tho bullet struck the wall then
tho door and. raOounded, struck Fisher
IN tho hip. passed thru sixteen inches
Of flesh and landed In the pie Of the
abdomen. whore it was located BIZ
means Of tho x-ra1. 11shee u getting
along nicely. ana Il % thopght no
operation will be necessary, The bullet
was not extracted,