Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1914 — Runaway Accident Almost Resulted in Bad Injury. [ARTICLE]

Runaway Accident Almost Resulted in Bad Injury.

Orb Wame, driver lor the Cten-. tral Delivery System, left his horse standing in front of the residence of Mrs. Kate R. Watson Monday afternoon while he carried groceries around to the kitcheft. When he came out of the house he saw the horse mnning toward the Washington street bridge. He set out fa pursuit but the horse Continued to run and in front of Warner Bros.’ hardware store it crashed into a buggy in which Mrs. Walter Harrington and, her son about 9 years of age had been sitting. Mrs. Harrington had heard the horse coming and had scrambled out of the buggy but the boy Was In the seat land his escape from injury was little short of miraculous. The buggy was wreckeckand crashed to the pavement. The little boy was beneath but was not hurt. The delivery horse fell down at this point and Ant Battleday caught the reins and held it- The Harrington horse, freed from the buggy, ran a short distance.

B. H. Priest, federal inspector, and Dr. H. J. Kaiinal, special agent for the state, are continuing their investigation of the cattle shipped from the union stock yards to this county, as a precaution against the breaking ourt of the hoof and mouth disease. From all parts of the country coming of the disease and of the slaughter of stock in the effort to stamp it otft. The inspectors did not eome into Rensselaer at noon today and The Republican could not find out whether any further traces of the disease had been found. T. G. Wynegar, who was ip the north part of the .county today, stated that arrangements were being made to burn over the pasture where some of the Brown cattle which the inspectors found infected, had been pastured. .; ' Good, evening! Have you a suggestion for the welfare of Rensselaer? Tell the editor or wftte it and mail it. -Her® is a chance t help our city by a good thought. Many splendid suggestions are being made. Yours may be the best one yet.