Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-14

I brigade is perhaps better known as
| Crocker's Iowa brigade. 1t is esti-
mated that approximately 1907 or 200
veterans will assemble at Washington
in September to attend the reunion.
Mount Pleasant.
Little Marcella O'Laughlin, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
| O'Laughlin, OF Rome, was badly
burned on Sunday evening. The child
had been playing with matches and
altho warned by her parents to desist
from doing this, obtained some
and took them to the other side of the
house. She lighted the matches and
set her clothing on fire. Her screams
brought her father to the rescue and
he at once extinguished the flames.
A physician was at once summoned
and the suffering child given the best
of attention. She will soon be all
right again. = r
Perry.
Mrs. Alfred Anderson. returned from
Minneapolis where she had been to
see her brother, Ed Maher, the former
Perry man who was hurt while max
ing a coupling on his train on the 500
line in North Dakota. Reports that
Mr.. Maher is still in serious condi-
ton and that it will not be known for
some time just how badly he is hurt.
Both of his feet were crushed and
while surgeons are making every effort
] to save them it can not be determined
for some time whether they can be
saved or not. His back is also badly
| injured. A part of one hand was so
badly crushed that amputation of one
finger and thumb was necessary, but
the wound is healing nicely.
Perry.
Dorse Winthrowd, who lives Just
west Of the river on the Dawson road,
was hauling a load Of hay and was
coming down the road a short distance
west Of his home when the electrical
storm came up. A bolt of lightning
broke just over his head. The shock
rendered him unconscious for about
half an hour and knocked one of his
horses down. The other horse, A.
year-old stallion, reared and turned
and started to run, dragging the rack
upon the animal which was down.
Harry Hall and Freddie Winthrowd,
who were ina wagon just ahead Of Mr..
Winthrowd, felt the shock Of the bolt,
but neither was hurt and they hurried
back to help him. Cliff Fagen, James
Council, David Hall and others in the
lneighborhood soon arrived and Mr.
Winthrowd was taken to his home. DR..
Mower was called and gave him medi-
cal attention. 1t was hours after be-
! fore he was considered out Of danger,
a sort of paralysis seeming to affect
him. At that time he recovered suffi-
GENTLY to swallow some nourishment
and since then he has slowly regained
1.-THE use of his muscles. The shock af-
fected his entire body.
Washington.
According to the records kept at the
| office of the county clerk there were
in Washington county for the year be-
ginning July /, 1915, and ending June
| 80. 1916. 161 marriages and IA divorces,
one divorce for each eleven and one
half marriages. In other words, 1t
would appear that in one case out OF
| twelve, marriages in Washington
! county are not success and release
from the marriage vows is sought in
the divorce court. This years figures
are about the average for the county
for a period of several years, both as
to marriages and divorces. A total
of $50 births in the year 1915 is shown
| by the records at the clerks office.
/ The birth statistics are obtained by
the township assessors when they
make their rounds early in the year
and are turned over to the clerk for
! tabulation. Eighteen insane hearings
were held in the last year by the COM
missioners Of insanity, CO " which III
| county clerk is a member. Some of
the persons adjudged insane were
committed to the asylum at Mount
Pleasant and others to the county
home