Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-05
Council Bluffs.

Eighty-one convictions in the district
court the past year cost Pottawattamie
county s2ll3O.12 Twenty nine of those
convicted were given penitentiary sen
fences.
Washington.
Samuel Matthews. aged 80. one OF
the Oldest men in the county. died
Monday night He had lived in tnis
county since 1865. Before the war ne
was an abolitionist, and served as Il
conductor on the underground railroad
in the war times. He came here from
j Pennsylvania.
Fort Madison.
1t is highly probable that the Fort
Madison Chair Company. whose con-
tract for convict labor at the state
prison here was recently terminated,
will continue the manufacture of chairs
and later branch out in the jobbing
furniture business. This was the rec
olr,rr1endation OF a committee appointed
70 investigate conditions of the free la
Dor market 10 see il such action would
be profitable.
Columbus Junction.
Mrs Ida Strong. who resided in the
vicinity of Gladview. was found dead in
bed at about o'clock Saturday morn
ing. when her husband awakened to
get up Heart failure was attributed
as the cause of her death; however,
she had made no complaint the previ-
Gus day She vas about 40 years OF
age and leaves to mourn her sudden
taking away her husband and four
children. the youngest a baby of one
year. She also is survived by her
in,
Bonaparte.
Mrs William Gillaspie. who lives
northwest of here about four miles,
was in the woods hunting blackberries
and had her target rife along for COM
pany when she saw rattler. The
snake was stretched at full length on
the ground and she shot him thru the
head at first shot. The reptile was
four feet and one inch long; six inches
in circumference, and had fourteen
rattles and a button. This is the larg-
est and oldest snake of this kind killed
in this vicinity in years.
Winfield
The board of directors, at a meeting
called Thursday, decided to change the
date of the fair to Sept. Z. s. 8 and 10
on account of the unfavorable weather.
The heavy rains which have continued
for the last few weeks have delayed
the farm work to such an extent that
the board felt the farmers of the sur
rounding country would not come If
the weather was favorable, but would
feel il necessary to care for their
crops in order to save them. They ex-
tend cordial invitation to everybody
to attend the coming meeting.
Columbus Junction.
One Of the hardest rains Columbus
junction has had in many years fell
Sunday afternoon between the hours Of
3: 80 and $50, when 3A inches of rain
descended, accompanied by much thun-
der and lightning and some hail. The
loss to people living in the west part
of town will be severe, because Short
creek, which winds thru that part of
the city, overran its banks, water run
ming into the windows of many houses,
running many gardens and cornfields,
washing out bridges and also washed
about 15G feet of track between CO.
lumbus Junction and Cotter.
Shenandoah.
Driving thru shallow water that was
flooding the road. Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Johnson and their 5-months' -old baby
were plunged into the Nishna river
Sunday afternoon when the bottom
suddenly dropped out of the road. The
unexpected plunge was due to the
streams .reversion to an old channel.
cutting out a part OF the roadway near
Vincents park. When the buggy turned
over, releasing them, Mr.. Johnson
clutched his wife with enc hand and
the baby with the other, struggling to
the shore. On the edge OF the bank
he looked back for his horse and saw
the four feet sticking above the water
He spoke to the pet horse which re-
gained it's balance, and swan to the
shore. A $50 kodak, Mrs. Johnson.s