Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-28
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1 Gtehsis Center.
Lightning killed slx head OF cattle
/ Monday owned by Wilson strlnger The
eattle had sought shelter under cot-
sonwood tree and the bolt descended the
tree, killing al in the bunch. They were
valued at about 5000.
Dayton.
The shooting tournament being held
BY Messrs. Corey and Cole is proving
quite an Interesting meet. A large NUM-
Der OF shooters are on hand. Ft. Dodge
70 represented by a good delegation.
Some good scores were put up.
Macon.
Louie Maxfield was seriously injured
Friday morning while attempting to
board moving train. He was thrown
violently against handcar and re-
ceived several bad bruises and cash
In the head. Four stitches were taken
to repair the wound.
Hubbard.
A few Of the sugar beet patches be-
came lost in the weeds and have been
plowed up by the owners. But nearly
all parties who have volunteered to try
the sugar beet experiment have been
able to keep their fields clean and the
beets are doing nicely.
Independence.
Company E had a meeting at the
armory Thursday night last. and the
question was squarely put before the
boys by Capt. Herrick az to how many
would volunteer In case their country
needs their services in China. Every
member gave in his consent.
Reinbeck.
Some Of our merchants have COM.
n1enced to ship apples to the northwest
by the BARREL The crop is quite boun-
tiful this season. 80 Bernard Brash
fell from load OF grain and. disocated
his shoulder This makes the second
time he has met with this misfortune
inside OF five weeks.
Newton.
"A great deal of interest was shown
In the meeting Of the Central Iowa
Poultry Association. held at the incu-
bator factory on Tuesday of last week.
Those interested in poultry in Jasper
county are determined to have a sue
cessful show during the coming winter.
and the indications are very encourag-
ing.
Fenton.
H. p. Hanson and his hired man while
~
by lightning Monday night. Neither
were hurt seriously. tho Mr.. Hanson
VI was thrown from the stack to the
ground, distance OF about sixteen
feet and the lightning tore one of the
tines off the fork he was using. The
team ran short distance with Shanel
before he came to his senses sufficient
to stop them.
Waterloo.
"A. G. Parker's 11-year-old son was
stunned BY lightning while sitting near
the telephone during the storm Thurs
day and knocked senseless on the floor,
= - Ten members Of the Waterloo Cur
Club went to Cedar Falls Wednesday tc
compare their skill with that OF the
malgssmen in that place. Henry Welt
nauer and w. Waddell OF Waterloo
distinguished tn emselves, the former By
taking first place. the latter second
Some very good shooting was done anc
those who went from here express
themselves as having had splendid
time.
Iowa City.
John Dostal, of the firm of Dosta
Bros, is in Chicago, where he Will pur
chase the most costly and unique ma
chine ever imported in Iowa City 70
their mammoth brewery. The mechan
ism Is known as refrlgerating machin
and will afford an efficient substitute
for the twenty-five tons of ice that &
into the cooling cellars daily. The ma
chine simply manufactures intsnsel.
cold air which Will be forced by appli
ances thru the various cooling cellar
and will when erected do away with tn
necessity of utilizing Ice. The outh
complete will cost about $4,000, an
Will be without doubt the most expen
sive. affair ever imported into the city
Audubon.
Friday morning William Rucker wa
in town getting some repairs for hi
binder. which was damaged in a run
away the day before. He had six horse
on the binder and they We're going dow
hill when the horses suddenly got be
yond his control They ran hard an
the bundles flew back. His little gir
was riding the leaders. He said for
few moments he greatly feared sh
would be run over and killed and ex
pected the destruction Of the binder. II
called to his little girl to pull the lead
ers TO one side to avoid a wire fenc
ahead. She did 80 and this tripped an
threw down the team behind theI
and the whole OUTFIT was brought to
standstill With jerk 50 suddenly tina
the little girl was thrown to the groun
at distance ahead Of about tw-nt
feet, hut wac uninjured. On examina
ton lit was found that about So woul
repair all damages TO the machin,
which was a lucky outcome to what a
one time looked like a very serious al
fair.
Davenport.
The clothing and boot and shoe mel
chants Of Davenport have shown yer
gratifying Willingness to fall In Wit
the Sunday closing movement whic
the Retail Clerks Association inaugui
ated short time ago. Nearly all III
merchants in those lines have slgne
Y. the agreement. and the only reason
IL stated. that two or three names a,
lacking from the list is that it has M
had time to go clear around. The dat
on which the agreement Is to go inl
effect Is Aug l. go that only one MOI
Sunday is left for the people who lns
on doing their shopping or that da
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