Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-12
lndependOnee.

independence.
The twentieth annual session Of the
Buchanan county farmers institute
will be held here Feb. IL, 13 and IA. A
good program has been. arranged
Among the outside speakers are MISS
D. Maud Aris, of Hopkinton; r. y.
Steen, Of Ames. and J. w. Jarnagin, OF
Des Moines. F. p. Steen will be Judge
Of the crop exhibit. ~
Deimar. .
K. Kzerian, aged 90 years, an Armen- :
ian, was struck in the back and badly
hurt while at work on the c.. NJ. & st.
P. tracks here. He was in the way OF
hand car which was trying to get
away from an approaching train. The
train struck the handcar which In turn
gave Kzerian severe bump. The In
jured man was taken to Cedar Rapids,
where he was placed in a hospital.
Pilot Mound.
Fire Monday wiped out most Of the
business section Of Pilo: Mound. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. O.,W. Tor
nel's hardware and implement store,
T. e. Tomlinsons grocery and restau-
rant, and L. L. VOLTS barber shop are
total loss. The office of the Monitor
the newspaper here, was badly dam
aged, and the /. o. Q. F.. Masonic and
Woodmen lodges lost all their records
and paraphernalia.
correetionviIle.
The man in Iowa who has lived the
most years in this state is likely res
ident Of Correctionville, and he Is D. Nj.
Heath, aged 70 years. the veteran pio-
neer. Mr.. Heath has lived 11k years
in the state Of Iowa, having first settled
in jackson county when the state was
a territory. At that time the country
was mostly settled by trappers, hunt
ers and Indians, so Mr.. Heath has wit
messed Iowa's history in all its changes
and fortunes.
Waterloo. :
Mrs. Irene Rupplinger. wife of Mich
olas Rupplinger, Illinois Central brake
man. residing at 519h Lafayette street,
Tuesday evening swallowed a quantity
at the Presbyterian hospital with the
chances for death or recovery about
equal. Details of the affair are lacking
as no information could be obtained
from the husband. 1t is not known
whether he was at home with his wife
when she swallowed the nearly fatal
draught. but If not he arrived there
soon afterwards. for when she was
taken to the hospital he accompanied
her. Mrs. Rupplinger. it is said. in
tended to take some medicine for a
cold, but made a mistake and got hold
Of bottle containing the bi-chloride.
Sioux City.
The second death as result of the
Omaha railroad wreck Monday a:
Bigelow, Minn., occurred Monday night
at $3.50 o'clock when D. L. Gibson, ex
press messenger. died in hospital at
Worthington, Mimi, as result Of injur-
les received on the head. Mr.. Gibson's
hc:::c va; &; 81. Paul! b.. he was well
known in Sioux City, as he had been
running in and out Of here for ten or
fifteen years. He was in the express
car which was one Of the two which
rolled. down the embankment and
turned entirely over. He was severely
lacerated about the head. Conclusion
Of the brain il assigned az the cause Of
his death. He was about SO years OF
age. He leaves widow, son and q
daughter. The daughter Is teacher OF
Latin in McAllister College. st. Paul.
The funeral and interment will be at
st. Paul.
Cedar Rapids.
William Jenkins, who was fatally
shot Monday morning by Dan Will
liams. while the latter was under the
influence Of love and gin. died In
Mercy hospital Tuesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. The death Of Mr., Jen-
kins is deeply felt among the colored
people for he was an upright man,