Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-08

and had been in the employ of the
Rock Island lines only since November
10. He came to Cedar Rapids from
Cushing, Oklahoma. -
Following the recent gift by Mrs. I.
NJ. Fisher of Allison to, the Bradford
church OF a plate TO be put over the
front doors bearing the inscription,
1.-THE Little Brown Church in the
Vale. Erected in 1852" comes another
gift in the form of two front doors.
These are from, the builder and first
pastor Of this historic church, the Rev.
]. X. Nutting Of Florida. The new
doors are Of cyprus wood and are, Of
course, painted brown. The gift re-
places the old weather beaten and
warped doors and is greatly appreci-
ated by the community to which this
church ministers. The present pastor
SIS the Rev. B., W. Burleigh.y
Waterloo.
Buck Grove, west of Parkersburg,
has been all torn up and the timid ones
kept in their homes at night of late
because Of weird and ghostly sounds
at the John Flutes farm, but the mys-
terry has been solved. The matter
reached a climax when cement blocks
were hurled thru the window Of Flutes
home, breaking crockery on the stove.
Flutes secured couple of bloodhounds
and the animals picked the scent from
the cement blocks and set off to a
neighbours house. The neighbor had
recently been trying to force Flutes to
sell his farm and the ghostly acts were
intended to frighten him into doing so.
Court proceedings are expected to re-
suit from the ghostly matter
Cedar Rapids.
A Lane, 523 Cobban court, employed
at the Douglas Company starch works,
was robbed while en- route home from
work shortly after 5 p. m. Sunday. The
footpads obtained 81 in cash, after
holding up Lane at the point of re-
volver. Lane was crossing a vacant lot
near his home, and noticed two men
standing in the path which has been
worn by pedestrians who cross the lot.
AS Lane approached. one Of the men
pointed a revolver at his head and
commanded him to throw up his hands,
which he did. The other man then
went through his pockets, obtaining a
purse which contained 81. The man all
so took Lanes watch from his pocket,
but returned it.
Waterloo.
Automobile accidents were numerous
Sunday, but none Of the occupants
were injured. An automobile operataed
by r. H. Shaulis Of Cedar Falls, col
lided with car driven by Pete Klein,
SIS Locust street, at the intersection Of
i Fourth and South streets at 12:30 Sun
day afternoon. Klein's machine was
badly damaged. Lloyd Brown, 106
randolph, driving an automobile, col
lided with horse and buggy owned by
G. ]. Mastella, IA Monroe street. Both
the automobile and the buggy were
damaged G.. w. Harding, Ill Alta
Vista avenue, while driving his auto
| mobile on lower Lafayette street col
lided with buggy belonging to r. NJ.
! Scott & Sons, at $40 Sunday morning.
The buggy which was hitched to the
rear Of another vehicle, was damaged.
Waterloo.
An unusual accident was reported to
NJ. A. WEIGH, chief special agent for
the W., C. F. NJ, Monday. Mrs. Pearl
Russell Of Laporte City, was waiting to
board the early morning train to La
Porte City during the past week and
t as the local car approached the cross
ing she raised her suitcase as signal
for the potorman to stop. Mrs. Russell
was evidently closer to the track than
she anticipated the car sstT TICK tho
suitcase and hurled Mrs. Russell down
the embankment. She injured her arm
quite seriously and suffered broken
bone in the wrist. The injured woman
was picked up by The train crew aitj
was removed to La Porte City.