Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-15
Northern Io1ua Items

known to Arthur or his companions
one of them contained a blank cart
ridge and while being handled by one
Of a party of girls the weapon was
discharged and the material of which
the cartridge was composed struck
Arthur just over the forehead, causing
a bad wound and an indenture Of the
skull. As 1t was he was rendered UNI
conscious and remained for some hours
between life and death. M
Cedar Rapids. @}%s
Mrs. Kate Fordyce, Who nelied last
Friday left an unique record. During
her $e years Of life she never had but
one quarrel and that wasEwith wom-
an who said she was glad President
Lincoln had been assassinated. Mrs.
Fordyce had lived in Iowa since 1853
and In Cedar Rapids since 1856. She
died in the home where she had re-
sided for nearly half century. In the
yard of the place she had watched
! cottonwood sprig planted by her son,
E. A. Fordyce, of the firm of Crosby &
Fordyce, grow to be one Of the largest
| trees in Cedar Rapids. Besides FIVE
Echildren, one brother, Jonathan Ham,
of iowa City, Sc years, survives her.
l /.
Waterloo.
Nine fire alarms were received at
central fire station Sunday, while Fire
Chief A. A. Durham discovered
chimney fire while making a return
trip from one of the fires. The num-
Der Of alarms surpassed all previous
records for one day and brought the
total numberlof fires for February to
Il trt1 Gyy4 t1H~
kept busy the total losses for the day
will not exceed $500, according to an
estimate by Chief Durham. Only one
accident marred the days work, but no
one was injured. One Of the wheels
on Fire Chief Dunham's auto fell off
the car when the machine was being
driven into the station.
Arnold.
The grain company owned by j. p
Oleson and managed by Chris Han
son, at Arnold, lost SIT from light
| fingered crook Feb. 1. 1t was a stormy
day and the manager was not at all
busy, and was out of the office a short
time, during which he saw party en-
] ter the office. Later on going to the
/ office he found the cash drawer rifled
Of all its cash-$17. Checks for large
amounts had not bene touched. Messrs.
Oleson and Hanson Immediately got
busy, and have a line of evidence that
they believe will land the guilty par
ty in the pen. 1t seems that he
Is hard drinker, and for some time
has been pressed for money.
Independence.
A peculiar accident happened at the
II 1oe m
men were engaged in blasting rock on
the side hill to put in fence posts. One
Of them dropped a dynamite cap and
for fear that some one might step on
the cap and be injured they started a
search for 1t. Several of the county
home hogs were running in the lot
land while the mon were searching
there wa an explosion followed by a
! squeal. One Of the county home pork
ers had been nosing around, got the
cap and proceeded TO chew 1t up hog
like. AS result the hog lost the
larger part Of his masticating appara-
tus ana Overseer McCiintock was
obliged to butcher unexpectedly.
Nashua.
Ed Sturgeon, one Of the Iowa Tel
ephone Company's linemen, was Sc
verely injured Saturday forenoon by
falling from twenty five foot pole on
which he was working. Both bones OF
an arm were broken and his wrist dis
located and he was severely bruised.
The accident happened near the John
Eckes place in BROOKLYN. Mr.. Spur
geon had gone to the top Of the pole
and, as he supposed, put his safety
strap around his body and snapped it
into his belt ring, but instead he
snapped 1t into the top of ID pair of
pliers and as soon as his weight came
Lagainst, the strap he, was pfecipltated
lsto the ground. In falling he struck the
branches Of an evergreen tree which
partially broke his fail or Ne probably
would not have been more seriously
injured. IL not instantly killed