Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-16
lurq :nu p1adsdag Epri 10 1902

Pettus and John O'Hearn. About
o'clock Sunday morning Brown was
seen going west on thru freight. He
was hanging on the side of a freight
car preparing to get off, but the speed
was so great he did not attempt it, but
was carried on to Batavia, where he
evidently jumped off and was manned
in the manner indicated.
Lyons.
Edward Fahey, the son of Mrs. Will
liam Fahey, while at play at the Cur
| nan residence near the fair grounds,
was bitten by the family bull dog.
While the children We're playing little
Edward jumped over fence near
which the dog was tied. This startled
the dog, which seized the child and bit
it severely on the face. A physician
dressed the wound and no serious re-
suits are expected.
Farragut.
The 9-year- son of John Findley,
near Farragut, was terribly injured
Saturday by water tank crushing his
leg The boy had climbed on the rear
of the tank and the driver did not no.
tice him when he started up with his
load and the boy fell under the hind
wheel, which passed over the femur Of
his leg lengthwise, breaking 1t in sew
eral pieces. 1t is broken close to the
body and close to the knee, making the
injury very serious one.
Webster City.
Since the so-called smallpox siege
experienced year ago last winter,
Webster City has been free from the
disease until within the past few days.
Within that time three mild cases have
made their appearance. J. e. Quaek-
enbush was the first to come down. He
caught the disease In Chicago. Satur
day Arthur Bieghtol, who resides on
North Superior street, was known to
have 1t. Monday morning a little
daughter of Mrs. Sadie Baker became
broken out.
ciarinda.
itiated into the mysteries of the ORA
Hawley's opera house. The work will
be done by the team from Semi ON Se6
temple, No. 9, Des Moines; seventy-five
knights and members of the d. Q. K. X.
will accompany the team from the cap
ital city. The local Pythians have rea-
son to believe that among others will
be Governor Albert B. Cummins, Judge
Horace Deemer of the supreme court
and Judge Smith Mcpherson of the fed-
eral bench.
Mason City.
The Park hotel in this city Is no more
a hotel. 1t was closed by Mr.. A. A.
Adams, who owns the building, on Sat-
urday. The furniture in the building,
which belongs to Ole FELTON,, will be
disposed of to parties wishing to buy.
He has leased the building until May
LIST and until that time will run it as an
apartment house, when Mr.. Adams will
take charge of it and Immediately be-
gin the remodeling of the whole house.
Three store fronts will be put in facing
on Main street, two of which will be %
feet wide by 20 feet long, and the other,
the one to the north, will be % by so.
Red Oak.
In the case of the state OF Iowa VS..
Wickwire, who was charged with burg
larry. the defendant was given a sem,
tence of eighteen months in the state
penitentiary at Fort Madison. Wick
wire is 35 years old. He leaves wife
and three children to be cared for by
the county. The word is out that
the T. d. Murphy Calendar Company
has sold out for a large sum of money
to the United States Color Print Com
pany, a trust formed by consolidating
six or seven of the largest calendar
companies in the country; also taking
in the Osborne company Of New York
and Newark, N. j., formerly of Red
Oak. The new company has elected L.
B. Osborn president for term of six
years at a salary of $4,000 per year.