Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-09

Dig misfortune Friday of last week in
the loss of valuable driving horse.
He had her running loose in the barn
yard and was attempting to catch her
| preparatory to driving to Patton She
became frightened at the Milwaukee
train that passed near the lot and
attempted to vault a picket fence In
doing SO she was pierced by two of
the sharp pointed pickets and in her
plunging imbedded them so deep that
she would have died in a short time.
To end her misery she was killed at
once. Mr.. Legg had refused an offer
of $125 for her a few weeks ago.
Newton.
Wednesday morning between and
$3.50 o'clock, a crash of glass startled
the members of the Ned Galusha fam
lily of South Vine street A little in
vestigation showed hole about as
large as a mans fist in a lower win
dow pane of a north window, and on
| the floor in the middle of the room lay
ball Of the 32-calibre revolver Mrs.
Galusha had lowered the window about
five minutes before. as they were pre-
pairing to leave the house for the day.
| Where the ball came from they do not
know, but they do know that some
body was doing some careless shoot
! ing.
knierim.
Last Sunday evening the little T. O.
Cooper boy while walking down the L
G. track near Wadleigh to his home
short time before the Chicago flyer
was due. discovered a piece of a brake
bar, wedged in the frog or switch
The boy knowing that this meant dis
aster to the many passengers that this
train carries notified c. w. Kellogg and
| they We're able to remove the wedge
before the train came dashing by. The
obstacle would no doubt have thrown
the train from the track Mr. and
Mrs. Wickman were on this train on
their way to Germany. Kellogg and
the Cooper boy certainly are deserv-
ing of a Carnegie medal for the act.
Clarion.
Clarion had narrow escape from
bad fire early Wednesday morning.
Ihe alarm, which was sounded at
1870 g. M. brought people from their
beds. The blaze was in the rear of
the Grove bloek among a pile of
boxes and was discovered by Frank
Wilson, who dispatched Harvey Duer
and Charlie Dubois to ring the fire
bell. The fire company responded
promptly. but the bucket brigade had
done good and effective work and the
fire was under control when the COM
pany arrived. The only loss was an
clubhouse and number of banana
crates and boxes belonging to the Mil
Ter grocery store.
laurens.
AS Frank Howe, who has been run
ming one of the traction engines that
are hauling out the dredge to the
Wheeler farm, was coming into town
out by the Crowder place, he attempted
to guide the engine with one hand
while he reached up over the engine
with his right hand to screw down
cap on an oil cup. A ravelling or
thread from his jacket sleeve caught
in the belt that runs to the governor,
and his arm Was instantly drawn under
and wound around the crank shaft,
causing compound dislocation of the
arm at the shoulder joint. the head
of the arm protruding thru the flesh
under the arm. He was thrown so VIC
lently against the engine that he was
badly bruised about the body and head.
The injured nan was Immediately
brought TO town where the doctors re-
duced the dislocation and made him as
comfortable IS possible.