The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24

LIEU ooUhDEldAS, " IL yeaT-Olu BOY
of Lemars was shot in the left arm
while walking along near the mill
dam. The bullet inflicted painful
wound. 1t is not known who fired
the shot, but it was supposed to have
been some careless hunter.
WESLEY MAGELLAN, aged 80 years,
living at Muscatine, got into an alter-
cation with the sons of Dave Settle
meier, their father taking sides in the
mix-up that followed. MAGELLAN was
stabbed several times with a knife,
the result of which may prove fatal.
He has cash across the abdomen, one
through the leg and one in the left
side, penetrating the lung. The par
ties are under arrest.
RoLFE WIRDs, a IL year.old boy liv-
ing near Eldora, met death us the re-
suit of a bee sting. The boy was the
eldest son of John Wirds. About a
week ago he was stung on the wrist
by honey bee. 1t is believed that
the sting penetrated vein, for the
boys arm began to swell and so did
one of his legs. The parents be-
came alarmed and summoned ply
sician from Radcliffe, who called in
another from Alden for consultation.
The boy grew steadily worse and then
M. c. Morse of Eldora and a physician
from Bows were summoned. After a
thorough examination of the case it
was found that blood poison had set
in and that the base of the brain was
effected. The boys sufferings We're
intense until relieved by death.
A DISASTROUS wreck occurred at Vic
tor few nights ago, resulting in the
destruction of several thousand dollars
worth of property and stock. A west
bound Rock Island freight train was
switching when it was struck by an
east-bound freight. Fortunately none
of the train crews were hurt, although
all had to jump for their lives The
engineer, fireman and brakeman of the
east-bound train saw the danger IN
time to jump and escaped with slight
bruises. The east-bound freight en-
CINE. four car loads of cattle, seven
car loads of lumber and a number of
empty freight cars were derailed and
ditched by the collision. Nearly all of
the cattle We're killed instantly, result
ing in loss to the shippers of $50
head of fatted and fancy cattle, being
shipped to market. The few cattle
that escaped instant death were so
badly crushed and manglea that it
was necessary to shoot them to put an
end to their misery
A >pETERM1NED attempt at suicide
was made >Sby Patterson McGown
near the farm of Allen Gipe, in Spring
Creek township, Black Hawk county.
Early in the afternoon Mr.. Gipe no
ticed the man passing his farm. He
sts1 te,' q e>wntthe nead in tho direction
the stranger had taken and in a few
minutes discovered him some distance
in advance. crawling along the side of
the road on his hands and knees and
noticed that he was leaving trail OF
blood in the path. Mr.. Gipe hurried
forward and was confronted by a hor-
rible spectacle. 1t was discovered
that the dull blade of an AK had been
driven into the skull in three different
places and one of the blows had
glanced as it struck and carried away
q piece of the skull about an inch
square. Late at night he regained
consciousness enough to talk abou t
himself, when his name was learned
and the information gained that he
had escaped from the insane asylum at
indie pendence. He said he was. on his
way to Usage and that his home was
in New York, on the Hudson He was
taken back to Independence from
LaPorte by City Marshall Gillian.
A DECISION in an injunction suit has
been entered by Judge Fellows which
entirely upsets all mulct dealers of
WinneshielS county except those of
DEBORAH. 1t grew out of a petition for
injunction, sued for in the case of M,
L. Hill VS.. Thos. Kane. a saloon keep
er in Ossian. The attorney for the
plaintiff raised the point that the
board of supervisors in canvassing the
mulct petition of consent did not cover
one particular requirement of the law,
to-wit, that in canvassing such petit
tions the supervisors shall make a
finding of the results in four respects
viz: First, in cities of over 5000 per-
sons; second, in the county as whole:
third, in the various towns; fourth, in
the various townships. There is moth
ing in the record to show how many
voters and signers there We're to said
petition in the town of Ossian. This
point raised new question. Incor-
porated towns have an actual exist
tence, as much so as counties or cities,
and are not to be COMPOUNDED or mixed
up with townships. When attention
was called to it Judge Fellows felt
compelled to hold the point we'll taken
and granted the petition for injunc-
ton as prayed.
WILLIAM PENRoD, JR., stabbed his
father, William Penrod, Sr., near the
home of Sam Harrington, son-in-law
Of the elder Penrod, just south of the
Spring Creek school house, near Bur-
lington. The cut inflicted by young
Penrod on his parent is in the left
breast and is about four inches long.
The blade of the knife struck a rib,
and this no doubt saved the mans life.
The injured man resides in Lee county,
Green Raw township and is a we'll