Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-03

ATLANTIC-The annual picnic Of the At
lantic United Commercial Travellers will
be held at Lewis, at the lake.
IOWA FALLS-P. b.. Smith, roadmsster
for the Great Western between Oelwein
and Fort Dodge, has been offered the choice
Of two excellent positions with the Mexican
Central railroad. He will leave soon for
FL Paso to enter the employ Of that COM
pany. Several of the best engineers Of
lions with the Mexican road, and some of
them may accept.
MARSHALLTOWN - The Minneapolis g.
81. Louis depot at Terril, Ia, was destroyed
by fire set by lightning last night. All the
contents of the building were destroyed
with IL.
and adjoining bakery buildings burned
early this morning. The loss was 5000,
with no insurance. Proprietor Lee and
wife and baby narrowly escaped.
IOWA FALLS-The Modern woodmen
America in seven counties in this part Of
the state including, Hamilton, Franklin,
Grumpy, Story, Marshall, Wright and har-
din will join in a monster picnic and re-
union at Alden on August 6.
MARSHALLTOWN-Lyle Moler, aged 10
years, while racing his pony around the
Iair ground track this morning, ran the
animal into a pole nailed across an OPEN
ing In the fence. He was hurled twenty
injuries.
MARsHALLTowN - The 1-year-old
ga s1shter Of Mr., and Mrs, J: 7. Johnson
afternoon by falling into the washing ma
chine. While the mother, who was pre-
pairing to do the washing, had her back
turned the child mounted a stool near the
washing machine and then fell In.
IOWA FALLS-The newspaper plant a
Marlard, which was abandoned by Editor
gray ABOUT a year ago and which was
sold under a foreclosure Of mortgage, l.
to be put in commission again and the
paper revived. W. II. Byvank OF Waterloo
has bought the property and will get out
me tlrst Issue OF the new paper in about
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cholera is rag
ing in the vicinity of Ute, la. A great
number OF swine have died OF the disease
streaay and there is no evidence OF its
herd of 800 hogs by the disease. 8. c.
thompson has lost about half that number
and several others have had from twenty
MARsHALLToWN-The Iowa Central
whose main repair shops here nave been
me scene OF a strike of the entire force
yves 10 the American Locomotive works
at philadelphia, Pa, to have them rebuilt.
n me- e9mpany.s shops are filled with non
toIoe Is entirely inadequate to keep I'D the
repairs OF the motive power.
MARsHALLToWN-The large new barn,
with az it's contents, and all OF the other
outouldings on the farm OF ". II. Knoll,
near Bristow, was destroyed by fire this
morning. Spontaneous combustion, caused
caused the fire. Included U n the Contents 80 nSEs
OF the buildings were several head OF horses
and calves, farm machinery, hay and much
grain. The total loss Is $500. Insurance,
1880.
IOWA FALLS-Ben Bear. living south
east OF this city, is dead as a result OF
on one OF his feet. He was a son of An
drew Bear and a short time ago under
went an operation In which the toes and
portion OF the side OF one of his feet were
removed, hoping to check the ganErene.
But the operation seems not to have proven
SUCCESSFUL and the spread OF the poison ter
minated fatally early Thursday morning.
ATLANTIC-Word comes to Atlantic OF
the death OF a son OF Al Stafford. an old
time resident OF this city. and OF a serious
endorf' also a former resident. Frank
stafford died at Hollywood, Cal, OF con-
sumption. He was about twenty-five years
old at the time OF his death. Mrs. HUGH
endorf was the victim OF an automobile
accident In which she sustained a badly
cut nip, a broken nose, and a number OF
other cuts about the head and face.