Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07

| Algona.
AL Cheney sold his eighty-acre farm
in section 80, Greenwood, and will
move to Bancroft. The purchaser is a
Mr.. Kline, and the price paid was SIS
an acre. Mr.. Cheney to put in the
crop.
Fort Dodge.
The Christian church has disposed of
its present church building, and i'm
mediately upon it's removal, about
July l, work will begin on a fine new
100000 building to be the church home
Of this denomination.
Moorland.
| Obeying her mothers behest to call
heavy electrical storm recently, Miss
Celia OHearn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William O'Hearn, farmers living
about three miles east of Moorland,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
Sioux City.
Thirty young men have Joined the
United States navy by means Of the
recruiting office in Sioux City since
January 1. This is considered a good
record by Quartermaster j. B. Zim-
norman. Seven enlisted in January,
three in February, twelve in March
and eight in April.
Bows.
Ed Erickson, Of south of town, is
finding some handsome pearls in the
Iowa river. He shows one that he has
had placed into a ring that is one of
the finest that is often seen. He re-
Gently sent one of them to Wisconsin,
for which he received $50, and he still
has large number left.
Neville.
Because he did not speak to his
horses when he went into the barn
Tuesday morning, Elmer Day is laid
up with a broken leg. He had been
in the barn some time and was pass
ing behind a COLT when the animal be-
came frightened and kicked, breaking
Elmer's right leg above the knee.
Renwick.
Rev. Mr.. Nicholson, while slowing
away a few articles in the hay loft last
Friday, unfortunately fell from the
window, a distance of about eight feet
and sustained serious injuries, both
wrists being broken and the bones dis
located. The bones in the right arm
were found to be badly broken anc
crushed.
Gutenberg.
Frank Kirchbaum, who resides nea,
Gutenberg. met with very serious ac.
cident while chopping wood. In som,
unaccountable way the blade of the
ak struck him squarely in the heel, lay.
ing open a wound thru flesh and bon,
nearly to the top of the ankle. At one
time it was thought that he would die
from loss of blood, but it was finall,
stanched
correctionviIIe.
The pile driving and bridge building
gang of the Northwestern is practi.
cally rebuilding every bridge between
Carroll and Sioux City on the Neville
line. and has made Correctionville
headquarters for the past week. Tht
men say there is another month's
work between here and Sioux City
While working in this section, the pile
driver will put in the piling for the
Moran & Lee sand pit, after which the
track will be laid into the pit.
Akron.
William Woods, a white haired man
was picked UP by the police at Yank-
ton recently. When searched he had
about 5000 worth Of jewelry on his
person, comprising watches, rings
charms and other articles. Advices
tending to the conviction that he was
the man who burglarized the Akron
jewelry store Of w. E. Whitney on the
night of April q. This belief was con-
lrmed when Sheriff Peter Arendt, OF
LeMars, arrived and Identified the
man as the individual he had been Of.
fering $25 reward for. Sheriff Arendt
took his man back with him to stand
trial.
Charles City.
There will be no Sunday baseball
games at the fair grounds this sum.
mer II the action taken by the Chau.
tauqua directors at a recent meeting 1!
enforced. as 1t is evidently Intended 1
is to be. For several seasons the boy.
and young men have been in the habi
Of congregating at that place and in.
dulging in the national game, TIL,
Chautauqua board has sub-leased tn
! grounds from the Commercial club. an