Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-03
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les OF the west, which is a remarkable
showing when 1t lis considered that the
company is not an old one This COM
pany is now employing 2,775 on Its va
rious contracts, which number is exclu-
sive of the men to be employed on the
Milwaukee cutoff and the contract
which the company recently received in
Minnesota. Both of these latter con-
tracts will employ in the neighberhood
of 1900 men, which will raise the total
number OF men employed on all of the
ycompany's contracts to over 5000. Work
will be commenced on the two last
named jobs within a week.
Maquoketa.
The Excelsior says: The city dads
mean business with that city building.
The plans provide for building 40x7O
feet, frontage on Pleasant and Olive
streets. 1t will be two stories high and
contain ample room for the council
room, fire company rooms, hose
and hook and ladder rooms, marshal
and weighmaster rooms, and jail, as
we'll as commodious city hall for mass
meetings. 1t will be a very neat build
ing, modern and convenient. The bids
are to be opened Monday night, and in
all proba bility the work will commence
at once.
Council Bluffs.
A number OF boys were playing sol
der on North Eighth street Saturday.
Some of them had been at Camp Dodbe
during the recent encampment and they
were executing field maneuvers in ex-
tended order. Some were armed with air
OH hot mi To, @
very complete, including a hospital
corps and stretcher. In the sham battle
some way or other Oscar Allen got in
front of the air9gun of Ole Anderson.
The small bullet struck Oscar in the leg
and penetrated the flesh some distance,
The hospital corps promptly piled him
in the stretcher and took him home
permitting Oscars mother. however, to
dress the wound and offer few words
of advice to Private Ole Anderson.
An organized gang of horse thieves
has been operating in Mills county the
paststwo weeks and in that time five
valuable horses have been stolen. Thus
far but little trace has been had CT the
stolen animals. Heavy rewards have
been offerd.
Newton.
One of the most sickening accidents
the Record has heard of in many day
happened to Robert Spearing last
Thursday morning at the home of Spen-
Ger Rees in Palo Alto township, where
he was assisting in the sinking of a we'll
A young colt was playing about and ir
some way fell and rolled partly under a
fence-a predicament from which it was
unable to extricate itself. Rob, good
Samaritan like, went to the rescue, an6
taking hold of the colts hinder parts
pushed it thru the fence. No sooner was
| 1T set free, than quick as thought il
kicked wlckedly at its rescuer. Rober
was smoking at the time and the colt:
foot struck the pipe, driving the stem
| thru his tongue-entering just about the
| left side in front and tearing diagonall,
thru the tongue, fully two and hal
inches, coming out on the right sidt
back near the throat. Robert had thu
nerve necessary to pull the stem out
and 1T required no little amount either
| The stem was Of bone over two and {
half inches in diameter at the big end
DR.. Hammer probed and cleansei tn,
| wound and Robert Is standing his mis-
fortune first rate and 1t is hoped tina
no serious resultsswillS follow, altho hi
tongue is badly swollen and gives hin
considerable suffering.