Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-21

| MondayF'rank Bickford. son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Bickford. met with
quite serious acciderrs Vile and his
father were out hunting and Frank
| set his gun down for a moment cooked.
When he went to pick the gun up the
trigger caught on stick and the gun
was discharged with the result that
the young man was shot in the left
| hand. which was considerabl bly, injured.
He was taken to Crsston and II was
found necessary to amputate the third
and fourth fingers and alarge; portion
of the hand. The young man Is to-
! day reported getting along as well as
could be expected, altho it is not pos
sible TO tell what the results may be
or whether the remainder of the hand
! can be saved.
! Fort Madison.
Charging inaccuracy and incon
stancy in sums charged against them
for convention, prisoners are prepar-
| ing TO bring new guns to bear on the
| law which makes prisoners finance for
| the cost Of their trial. following tbs.
| receipt of the itemized amounts due
the county in which the prisoners dis
covered surprising inaccuracy. Men
who pleaded guilty and waived trial
| are charged as much az the man who
stood trial and had witnesses are
threatening TO get lawyers and fight
| the law. A number, Of inmates here
have written letters to the clerks of
| the court. where they were tried ask
| ing for an itemized DILL OF costs. A
! comparison of these show surpris-
! ing inconsistency.
Fort Madison.
! Morbid melancholy over unrequitted
! love caused Miss George Wiemuth, Of
| 1873 Walnut street. at late hour
! Wedn esday evening to attempt her
: life by the poison route. taking a
spoonful of iodine. The poison scared
her throat and caused intense pain,
! frig ut ening the girl considerably and
arousing a great desire to proong the
| earthly existence she had thought to
terminate. A physician was called an
an antidote administered TO alleviate
the effect of iodine, tho IL was stated
| that an insufficient quantity of the
poison had been taken to cause death.
Miss Wiemuth was infatuated with
local young man, who from all evil
dences. did not return the regard. The
lack of affection on the part OF the
swain preyed on her mind to such an
extent that about II o'clock Wednes-
day evening she took matters by the
| forelock and proceeded to utilize the
! first means that came to her hand to
bring an end to her troubles. Iodine
y, ould have to be taken In fairly large
quantities to cause death. In small
amounts. beyond temporary discom-
future and pain, the resultant effect is
10 MI, Of Tod
young woman.
Marenso.
Simon Snyder of the Marenso Re-
publican has soiu 10 !. 8. Far or
Chicago. the half interest in that paper
formerly owned by the late Marley
Paine and purchased last July by MI.
Snyder. Mr.. Farquhar arrived the last
Of the week and Immediately took up
the duties of his office. Articles OF In
corporation have been applied Tor al
Des Moines and the new company VIII
be known hereafter as '"rhe MarenSO
Republican" with J. S. Farquhar as
editor and s. G. Snyder publisher The
new editor needs no introduction 70
1 Marengo people and has a wide circle
OF friends thruout Iowa county, wnlch
was formerly his home. While stu
dent at the Marengo high school ne
originated the Orange and Black
column in the Republican which VIII
be revived. Later he wrote series oi
articles on European Travel which
was published in this paper. After
leaving the University OF Chicago MT
i Farquhar was for time a reporter or
the Chicago Examiner and during q
period. of six years with the Chicage
a OF IL b tswA<1
OF the cash, change and contrac,
branches of the advertising stan anc
manager Of the classified advertising
4 department. He is native loWah
born at Ida Grove. in 1890. The srea tsi
part Of his school days were spent y
Marengo.s He WAS mavrie6s to Adisi
Irene Lockwood of Chicago IN 1917 ane
they have two children.