Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-25
Northern Io1ua Items

and broke one Of her legs Just above
the knee. The break was a very pain
full and severe one. She had gone to
the cellar and came back up without
closing the door. She sat down by the
stove and upon feeling little sick and
faint. started to go out and get some
fresh air. and forgetting that the cell
lar door was OPEN stepped into 1t.
falling to the bottom of the steps.
Sioux City.
Eugene G. Batten denies any knowl-
edge Of the whereabouts of the trunk
supposed to have been shipped or
checked from Sioux City to st. Louis
On Nov. 13 or II. and which Circuit
Attorney Sebert Jones. Of st. Louis,
was ordered by District Attorney
Whitman. of New York, to seize. Mrs.
Batten has not been in ST. Louis for
some time and was supposed to be in
Sioux City. ST. Louis detectives arc
watching all trains in the hope Of find
ing the trunk.
Dubuque.
On Thursday morning a warrant
vas sworn out by Officers Raesli and
Mulligan against D. NJ. WEIGH, Great
Western conductor. The defendant is
accused of having blocked three cross
ings on Thursday morning for Pc
Rod extending over sixteen minutes.
whereas the city ordinance specifies
the limit as five minutes. This is the
second arrest made for such a cause
during the past few days, which makes
Lit apparent that the authorities are de-
| termined to put an end to the NUS
ance which has been complained OF
frequently for number Of years past
! Eagle Grove.
! The young woman who was taken Ill
on Great Western train and got OF,
here Saturday. go nearly unconscious
that she was unable to give any ra.
tional account of herself. has proved tc
be Miss Sarah Clarke, of Scranton II
! seems she was nursing at Mason City
and bought a ticket and checked he,
/ trunk to Fort Dodge. On the train sht
was suddenly taken i'll and got on
when the train stopped here. Her faith
er came here from Scranton and TOOL
her home Tuesday afternoon. She was
1 suffering from over-work and com
plete nervous breakdown.
Fayetts.
In the person Of Miss Alice Minel
Mcdonald, Fayette has real COUNTIES!
! In whose veins fiow9 the, blood OF Rob
ert Emmett and Of Ethan Allen. She II
now registered as a countess by birtf
and legal heir to the duke of Linster
the old Irish family. She Is to become
an army nurse, is one of the younges,
. members Of the Irish political study
club and is probably the best informed
person on Irish politics In the state O
Iowa. She is friend of Miss Clare
Barton. who calls her my little lrisf
girl" Miss Mcdonald il the grea'
| grand niece of Robert Emmett. thu
great Irish hero, and great grand
daughter Of the nineteenth Scotch and
eighth Irish earl Of Abbylex, who wal
killed in the battle Of New Ross II
1898. Miss Mcdonald has her fath'
er's records as far back ~ ITS. eh'
also 10 a daughter Of the American
revolution and gets her records IRON
Ethan Allen and Elisha Miner. Ethai
Allen IL the gentleman who INFORMED
the British commander he must sur
render in the name Of the '0feat 10
Ihovah and continental congress" OH
IL also daughter Of the war Of 1914
90 easily stands first In ancient Ant
honorable lineage In Fayette county
II not the state Of lows.