Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-21
Northern Io1uu Items

the stairway, fell twenty-five feet to
the ground. The force of the fall les
sened when the man struck a gas pipe
that was leaning against the wall, and
he escaped with two broken ribs. Mr.
keenan, is recovering fast from the in
voluntary flight.
Hopkinton.
The little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Bedner narrowly escaped death
from poisoning Sunday morning. While
her mother was busy doing housework
the little girl managed to get hold OF
a. bottle of bluing and drank the con-
tents. Fortunately, the mother hap
pened on the. scene while she still held
the bottle in her hands. preventing her
from drinking the sediment at the bot
tom of the bottle, which is most pois-
onous. A physician was summoned at
once and saved the little one before
the poison had entered the walls Of the
stomach
Webster City.
Joseph H. Adams. for fifty years a
resident Of Hamilton county and Web
ster City. passed away at his home
last Tuesday night after eight weeks
of intense suffering with heart and
lung trouble. He had been g. sufferer
from heart trouble for a number of
years but not in an acute form until
about two months ago, from which
time he grew steadily worse in spite Of
the best medical attendance. Lung
trouble finally developed which has
tened his demise. Mr.. Adams was
past 63 years of age. He leaves a wife
and an adopted child. Mrs. Lou Fol-
lett.
North Vienna.
George Oberhroeckling, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Oberbroeckling, Of this
place. may lose one of his eyes as the
result of distressing accident which
he suffered when the tine of a pitch
fork entered the eyeball. The accident
occurred as young Oberbroeckling was
about to enter the barn on his fathers
farm. and, not seeing a workman en-
gagged in cleaning out the stable. he
ran square into the upturned fork In
the hands of the other man. The fork
struck him square in the face. one Of
the tines entering the eye. The attend
ing physician fears that the young
man will lose the sight Of the injured
eye.
Nevada.
Roy French. aged 10. son of Mr. AMI
Mrs. Clark French of Richland town
ship, came near death as a result Of
taking an overdose Of aconite when he
supposed he was taking the usual por
tion OF laudanum. The young man
was sick during the night and thinking
to take portion Of laudanum he went
to the shelf where the medicine is us
ually kept and taking down a bottle
which he supposed contained the laud-
anum. he took few drops ana at once
realized that he had taken the wrong
medicine. Telling his mother of the
mistake. she at once hurried him to
the cellar and after administering milk
and raw eggs as an antidote. the father
.pi,oned Tor q physician. ,rhirty-rlve
minutes after the poison had been TAX
en- DIR. Conner was on the scene and
the next morning the boy was feeling
as we'll as usual.
Dubuque.
A fiery meteor sped across the sky
over Dubuque one evening about 1880
o'clock recently, leaving n great trail
OF light IN its path and filing with
awe and wonder many who happened
to witness the phenomena Several
persons walking along Alta Vista
street In the vicinity of the House of
the Good Shepherd were startled by
the unusual spectacle and We're at q
loss to account for the happening.
Those who witnessed the meteor claim
it was going as fast as sky rocket
and appeared to break and disappear
over the northern part Of the city The
meteor appear red to be about half the
size of the moon, white in color and
having a fiery tail Some persons who
the spectacle say the meteor
or whatever 1t was they saw, resem-,
bled a shower of stars. while others
claim it was exactly like Ialley's
comet visible at Its best