Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-14

railroad for the past forty years, the
Knoxville Abba branch of the line
passing thru a portion of his land. He
has always had peculiar dread or
the ears" A few years ago his sons
and bes, friends threatened TO tie and
rope the old man and take him on a
trip 10 the state fair, but abandoned
the plan when he vehementlv declared
that ne would kill every man in the
crowd If such a thing was ever at
tempted He will be so years old on
Feb. 20
Newton.
W. II. Snyder. Of Newton. has gone
TO Russia He left this "eek and will
sail from New York to Bergen or
Christina. then by rail to Petrograd,
where ne Will report TO the Russian
government He goes as an expert to
start and look after the trenching ma
chimes sold by the Parsons company to
the Russian governments for use in the
war. 1t is not known, where the ma
chimes are located. SO farther than
Petrograd Mr.. Snyder does not know
where he is going The boat he sails
on goes via the northern route. away
north Of the British Islands. so he will
be out Of the district in which the Ger
man submarines are working. How
long Mr.. Snyder will be gone IL prob
iematical but it is thought he will land
In Petrograd before Oct. l. The New
York agent OF the Parsons company is
In Petrograd now.
Fairfield.
The city of Fairfield Friday exper-
~ ~ votrHAh has
been recorded in the past ten years,
when s35 inches of water fell The
rain was accompanied by a big cleo
trical storm and lightning did consid-
cradle damage about the city in diff
ferent places. A pole on the power line
between the Oakland dam and the city
vas struck, cutting off the electric cur
rent for a time until the local plant
could be put into operation. num-
Der Of telephones were also out OF
commission this morning. The sewers
in some parts Of the city were entire
ly unable to care for the doWnpour.
the streets and intersections at some
places being completely covered with
water for nearly block. Streams ana
creeks all over the county were out OF
banks and considerable damage was
done to new grading and road work in
the country
CIarinda.
w. E. Biggs. Of this city, and a
young man friend by the name of Lee
Mar met with what might have been
a very serious If not fatal accident
Wednesday. The two men had been
east of town In Mr.. LeMar's auton o.
bile and We're approaching the city
over the very steep hill known as
Rawlings hill. A heavy shower Of rain
had fallen a short time before and the
car was going at fair rate Of speed.
AS it was descending the hill, the rate
of speed was too great for the slip
perry roads and it turned turtle over
it's occupants. Mr.. LeMar was unin-
jured but Mr.. Biggs suffered broken
rib, and having been an invalid for
some time, the accident was quite a
severe shock TO him. The car, which
was a large, new one, was badly dam
aged. The owner OF another 23toiio-
bile who had been driving behind MT
LeMar brought him and Mr.. Biggs te
town.
Davenport.
Penning his last soulful and ardent
words to the woman who had 1liteo
him. a drink Of carbolic acid In his
hand Earl Bogart aged about rs,
teamster, was interrupted in his grew
some plans by the timely arrival OF
Traffic Officer Ed Blickhan late Fri
day. When Bogart saw the entrance
to his apartments darkened by the ap'
pearance OF the officer, he pulled thu
cork and raised the bottle Of deadl,
poison to his lips. One long boune
and the officer was at his side. Jerk
ing the bottle from Bogarts hand. Of
fcer Blinkhan spilled quantity OF !
on his hand and received painfu
burns 1t was all about girl, Bogar
said. She had told him to "peddle Mi
freight" and the burden seemed to-
great. In his great grief he had gon'
| to pharmacy, purchased the carboli
acid, and then gone to saloon ant
taken several drinks. He saw Onice
Biinkhan at the corner Of Second ant
Harrison and went out and said GOOD
bye. He told the officer he was goinl
! away. but did not hint rs to what nj
destination would be.