Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-03

Waterloo.
Mrs Fred Voorhees,, living at Edg-
wood cottage Chautauqua park, Sat
, urday at 1873 took forty grains of
bichoride Of mercury by mistake. Ply
sicians arrived five minutes later and
did everything possible to relieve her.
She will probably survive.
Cedar Rapids.
DR.. c. NJ. Cogswell, of Cedar Rapids.
graduate of the college of homeo-
pathic medicine of the University of
Iowa. was elected first vice president
of the Hahneman Medical College
Alumni Association at the fifty third
convention of the society in Chicago
The association includes all of the
! homeopathic colleges in the country.
Cedar Rapids.
Attorneys have succeeded in getting
settlement of $1,000 from the North
western Railroad Company as damages
for the death Of Cazemier Dakanis, a
Lithuanion who was killed on the
morning of Jan. 81, this year. Dakanis
was on his way to work at the cereal
! mill when. he was struck byleone Of
1.-THE Northwestern's fast trains.
Forest City.
! Frank Flint, tenanting the John
Beadle farm in Ellington township.
Host six fine cows last week, the. AMI
mails being killed by bolt of light
ming as they grazed at the roadside.
1t is safe to assume that the. yearly
stock loss from the above cause would
be greatly lessened if farmers would
adopt the custom of grounding their
wire fences.
Woodstock.
Fire at the F. L. Beshey farm, one
mile west of Woodstock, at o'clock
Thursday afternoon, destroyed barn
45x60 feet, and a twenty foot cattle
shed Three work horses vailed at
$500 and a number Of hogs, which were
! in the cattle shed, persisted In the fire.
In addition to the horses the barn con-
tanned fifteen tons of hay, 400 bushels
! Of oats, fifty bushels of wheat, eight
! sets of harness and many other arti-
cles Nothing was saved from the
building.
!! Monticello.
| George Tobiason. ST.. wealthy
farmer of Wayne township, was seri-
ously injured by a horse, last Tuesday.
and for time it was not believed that
| he could survive. The late reports
| from his bedside indicate, however.
that there are bright prospects for his
recovery He was in the stable with
heavy Clydesdale mare. trying to lead
her out by the name. The horse pushed
! MIR. Tobiason against the barn with
| such force that his body was injured
| and his skull fractured. When FOUND
/, he was unconscious, and the blood was
oozing from his ears and nostrils. Ply
| sicians were summoned hurriedly.
They feared for his recovery, on ac-
count of the evident seriousness OF the
injuries. The day following, however,
he regained consciousness.
Cedar Rapids.
Barnes and Chamberlain have
stone in their office weighing about
ten pounds, which. if indications point
/ to anything may result in those livins
on Fifth avenue. west. and other
streets recently paved, tearing up the
! brick and banning for gold. For the
stone on exhibition is rich with what
experts declare to be particles of gold
The stone, while rather small, weighs
like lead. and If the stone Is full OF
paydirt. then 1t stands TO reason that
the sand taken out of the excavation
for, Barnes and :. Chambelain's new
building must also have particles OF
gold in It, It is worth investigating
however. and on the result Of that in
vestigation may depend whether there
| is a fine big six story building so!ns
up, or gold mine in the heart of the
city.
Sioux City.
! H. L. Jones. member Of the Morn.
ing Side College class Of 1911. dice
Saturday night at midnight in hos
pital at LeMars as a result of a kicl
in the abdomen delivered by. horse
Mr. Johns was son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Johns. of LeMars. He attended
! Morning Side College four years to.
Rether with his brother, Lloyd w
Johns. He was married last fall to Mis-:
! Edna Dieke. Of Kingsley, Iowa, wis
also was Morning Side graduate. d /
ter college courtship. The acciden
r occurred al the farm CT Howard Rers.
stresser near CleEhorn. Mr.. Johns con
tinued working short time after be