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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
M1LLroNs ARE MADE YEARLY.
New Ideas Evolved in Manufacture
OF Umbrellas.


OF Umbrellas.
Up to few years ago, II is said.
only seven patents on umbrellas had
been issued in the United States In
100 years, this despite the fact, says
the American Inventor, that the an
nual production of umbrellas in this
country is close to 100000.
The ribs and stem of an umbrella
are generally made in factories hav-
ing a speciality of these items and
are sent thence to the real manufac-
urer. Here, first the man whose
work 1t is to assemble the parts in
serts a bit OF wire into the small
holes at the end of the ribs draws
them together about the main rod,
and puts on the ferrule.
In cutting the cloth 75 thicknesses
or thereabouts are arranged upon a
splitting table, at which skilled OPP
orators work. In another room are
number of girls who operate hem
ming machines. A thousand yards OF
hemmed goods is but a days work
for one of these girls. The machines
at which they work have a speed Of
some 5000 revolutions a minute.
After hemming the cloth is cut
into triangular pieces, with knife
as before, but with a pattern laid up
on the cloth. The next operation is
the sewing of the triangular pieces
together by machinery.
The covers and the frames are
now ready to be brought together.
In all there are II places where the
cover is to be attached to the frame
in the average umbrella.
The handle is next glued on and
the umbrella Is ready for pressing
and inspection. BY far the greater
number of umbrellas to-day are
equipped with wooden handles. A
large variety of materials may be
used, however, such as horn, china.
bone, agate, pearl ivory, silver and
| gold. Gold and silver quite naturally
enter into the construction of the
| more expensive grades of umbrellas,
/ some of which, In price, have been
known to bring as high as $3.50 or
| 5000 A wooden handle may like
wise be expensive, depending upon
the quality OF the wood used. Ebony,
! petrined wood, fir, oak and elder are
as well known to the umbrella man.
! The umbrella has been developing
rapidly during the last few years. We
! pick up even a cheap one nowadays,
| press a button and the top spreads
itself like an eagle ready for its
flight We are going away and an
ordinary umbrella is too long to put
in our grip. We find among our as
sortment of umbrellas and parasols
one that is meant for just such an
emergency and which, in most ac-
modating manner, folds up to suit
the size of our travelling bag. Other
new ones lock with a key. Some
spread their shade over eight or nine
feet OF territory, and manufacturers
aver that these are but a few OF the
improvements which we may expect
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
The Flat Whnnl.

The enormous energy developed by
a fiat spot In n wheel has been esti-
mated by Professor Hancock OF Pur-
due university, He finds that n fat
spot two and one-half inches long on
n thlrty-three inch wheel, carrying a
load Of 6,000 pounds at thirty miles
rail of more than 1000 foot pounds.
The same fiat wheel supporting u fifty
five ton interurban car running sixty
miles per hour would deliver blow
with an energy OF $500 foot pounds.
Such a fat spot would be produced by
wearing Off less than five one-hun-
dredths Of an inch of metal.-scien-
ti1c American.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-The wheat mar
ket was small and nervous affair
today with a heavy tendency. News
of each wheat sales here and there
gave It few twinges of strength, bat
at no time was the market better
than lac better than yesterday s
close
Corn was dull most Of the day
though the trade was more active
than yesterday.
Wheat-NIay, open .O7 1-2; close
/ .OG rs: July, open 9S IL; close, SS.
Corn-May, open Gl 3-4 close 6l
-: July. c3en So; close 81 ga; Sep
tember, cren G2 Is; close, G1 rs.
Oats-May, open so Is; close 81
81; Jm'y, open 46 -; close i6 IA;
September open 80 SIS; close 80 3-S
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LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET
Corrected Daily by Chas. Turner h C'
PAYING PRICE.

Corrected Daily by Chas Turner h Co
PAYING PRICE.
Butter, 24c per lb.
Eggs, 25c per dozen.
LaTd7SS l-2G per 10.
Popcorn-2c.
Potatoes, per bu., CSC.
SELLING PRICh.
Butter, per 10, Use.
Eggs, soc per dozen.
Cheese, N. Y. cream-2Oc per ib.
Lard-12 l-2c per ID.
Syrup-40c per gal.
Sugars-5c to lie per ID.
Teas--I0o to 81 90 per Ii.
Vinegar-25c per gal.
Salt--s1 .25 per Dbl.
Hand picked Navy Beans--6c per ID,
Carolina Head Rice-l0c per lb. or
3lbs., for 25c.
Lima Beans-10e ID.
Marrowfat BeaRs--7e ID. or tlbs. for
25c.
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Camille Flammarion's Home.

M. Flammarion, with his wife. who,
by the way. is also keen thinker and
her husbands constant assistant, lives
IN a chateau at Juvisy, built right on
the spot chosen by Louis XIII. to
erect royal residence. Besides be-
ing an admirable housewife. Nine
Flammarion is one of the charter
members of the Disarma ment league.
Before Louis XIII. cast his eyes on
the place there was chateau there
Napoleon stayed in It on his way to
FOntainebleau. The mansion was ac-
quIred later by an amateur astrono-
mer, who had an observatory con
etructed on the grounds. When he
died he bequeathed the entire proper
" to a man whom he had never seen.
This man was Camille Flammarion.-
'.'AIemoirs OF Loie Fuller in New
York Herald.
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Daily Market Report
EAST BUFFALO

East Buaio, N. Y, Jan. Cat
tle-Receipts $50; steady.
Veals-eceipts 100; active; COM
mon TO choice 6.75 a 9.75.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts 1000,
active; lambs 5.25 a 8; yeamings
ESQ "a G.75; sheep $50 "a 5.75.
Hogs Receipts $500; slow; york
e,s G,1O a $40; pigs a G.lO; mix
ed G.35 a Gas; heavy Gas 40 $50;
noughs 5.25 a SIS.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

Pa sez:
That thee man with thee hoe
Is thee feller. b. jings,
who Is moulding thee world
In thee progress OF things
He sez
That boy who will work
When he's got Il to do,
May be richer than Gates
And be PRESIDENT, too!
Ma SEE:
That we all have to toll.
In thee Bible she red:
by thee swet OF your brow,
Shall your stummlcks be fed"
OH dear
| would much rather play,
Fer II seems to me NOW
That thee job isn't worth "a
All this work, anyhow! Ne
And then: JE
Oh, the Bible II sez ~
That thee things of today
Is about all there is
We should count anyway.
And say:
II ! missed in thee race
And thee votes was too few,
oh Just think OF thee shame
] would have to go throughl
Oh, gee;
! am going TO quit
This here job and go play,
Fer I'd rtlther ketch fish
Than be great any day!
@ o. q
Amenl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, Jan, 9,-Dressed poUI-
try-Firm, unchanged.
Live poultry-Quiet, unchanged.
= Butter-Recelpts 1874 packages;
moderate demand. Creamery extra,
80 Va 80; state dairy tubs, poor to
fair. 21 a 25; imitation creamery
firsts, 23 a "a.
I Eggs Receipts 3,7S1 packages;
steady. Nearby white fancy, 40;
fresh firsts 81 1-2 a 80; refrigarators
25 a 2S.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
-Hr.rnn GRAIN

Tslado. O., Jan. 9-Wheat-Cash
1.O7; May 1.O9 Is; judy 1.0l; Sep
tember 90 12,
Corn-Cash go; May NG3 5-S; July
G5: September Ga IA.
Ca,s-Cash 81 3-4 May SO i-2;
Juiy AZ 1-2; September 40 3-S.
Rye-iNo. /, IS; No. ?, n IL; No
3, 75 l-2.
Clovergeed-Cas and January 56l
1-2; March 5.67 10; October 6l2
l-2.
Alsike-Prime and Mnfch S95.
Prime timothy-lSO.
Butter-Creamery 80 1-2 g 81
dairy 25
Fggs-30.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
FLOUR

B. p. Marion IA bbl) 81 so.
Legal Tender IA bbl) $50.
Monarch ia bbl) Sl.30.
Knlckerbocker IA bbl.) tl.S0.
carnation Flour, IA bblJ %l.50.
Gilt Edge "a bbl), t125.
Gold Medal GA bbl) t1.7O.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
uNIuN STOCK YARDS

Union Stock Yards, MS, Jan. q
Cattle-Receipts 4O0 estimated for
Monday $4,000; market ; a. Zoe low
or. Light, 5.25 "a $50; rough $50
a $50; mixed $50 a go; heavy,
8 80 a $50; pigs, Abs IA $40.
Sheep-iReceipts 1000; estimated
for Monday 2GOOO; market steady.
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PITTSBURG

nlttsbmrg, Pa, Jan. 9-Caitle--
Supply Night; market strong. Choice
ESQ a 6.75; prime $50 a $50;
good 6 a G.2O; tidy butchers 5.25 6g
$50; fair 5.25 a s. bulls $50 a
4.75: heifers 3 "a 525; common to
good fat cows $50 a 3; fresh
mon to fair $40 a $25.
Sheep and lamhs-Supply light;
COWS and sprlngers $25 a $55: com
market steady. Prime wethers j.25
a $50; good mixed 4.70 "a 80,
fair MIXED 4.10 a AGO; cullI and
common 2 a 3; lambs "a 8;
veal calves a 10; heavy and thin
calves 4.5O a $50
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
rh. Atnnsnh.r. Of Mnr,-

Professor Percival Lowell the as.
tronomer. says that the assistants at
his observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz.,
have been able to determine that there
is measurable water vapor on the
planet Mars and that the atmosphere
Of Mars affects the spectrum in the
same way, though only One-fifth as
much, as does the earth's atmosphere.
There has been much controversy
with reference to the atmosphere OF
Mars and its qualities. Those scien-
lists who disbelleve In any life on the
planet have known that their point
could be proved II the absence OF an
atmosphere should be shown.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

THIS is the story 1NHIs is the story
4 Grandpa sent. L Grandpa told
1t had the proper His little grandson,
Sentiment. Six years old.
II told of noble He took that grand.
Wilfred Booth, son
Who clung intently on his knee
To the truth. And said: "A pirate
Roamed the sea-
All nicely printed "a fierce old pirate
In a book Ten feet high.
You guessed It's With dark blue
htruoture whiskers-
At :. look My, oh. my!
Poor Wilfred. TEMPT 'He had a cutlass
ed SIX rect long
Would not lie. And fought "iliio
He said that he singing
would WIN sohs'
Rather dlel
though many "He captured ves-
chances sells
Came to him Right ana lett
70 slip and thus get And slew the crews
In the swim, with
Vs. slashes deft
Poor wilfred "He hid his treas,
stanchly ure
stood his ground In the sand
And in a lie was And ruled like slaves
Never found his
Pirate band.
His face was pallid Men tried to catch
As his hair him
He never would be Long they sought,
Heard 20 swear. But each time was
the
Catcher caught.
one day some wick He'd stand his VIC
ed tins
BOYS came by On their decks
And iured him with And blow their yes
an sells
Awful liel Into wrecksi
They tempted Will "And then he'd voy-
fred ago
Don't you gee?- on and on
To take some apples TIL no one knew
From tree. where
He had gone.
They vowed the "He sank million
farmer Ships or SO;
Said they might How much he plum
Thus satiate their dered
Appetite. don't know.
Tho farmer, anger zone day this pi-
Got his gun; Ceased to roam
The bad companions And, dressed up
Ran, each one splendid
Came back home.
The farmers mus "He only came
ket back.
Banged away All the rest
And killed poor VIII He killed and got
fredl his
Fatal day! Treasure chestP'
A heipfnl moral Twas this that
Tagged the tale grandpa
TO make II proper Told, and then
without fail Grandson sighed,
Tell Il
All againW
Chicago Post.
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CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Jan, 9-EIogs-Iower;
receipts 50 cars; shipments 1000;
yorllers els a. go; mixed G.25;
heayies G3O extra Nights G1O; best
pigs $50 a 6; stays and roughs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

The message stick" is a sort of
flag of truce used by the natives OF
Western Australia. when travelling
beyond the boundaries OF their own
tribe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

Hogs Receipts 30 doubledecks;
market slow, prices lower Prime
heavy Gas; medium G.25 a $40;
heavy yol'kers G.25 a. G.35; Light
workers 6 a G15; piga 5.75 a 5.S5;
rough, : m $50.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

Between IL and 16 churches
day, or between 1000 and 5000 a
year, are built In this country,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
45O a $50.

4.5O a. 1PO.
aWes-Steady; receipts night
Sheep and lambs Steady. receipts
light
Cattle--St "ong; receipts light.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

WANTBD--Rallway Mail Clerks;
Customs Clerks; Clerks at Wash
ington. commencement salary,
$4,000. Many March examlna-
tiOns. Candidates prepared free.
Write for schedule. Franklin In
stithte. Dept. Jl0, Rochester. N.
Y. 1-5-26tpd
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AnenI

watseka QllD Stawart.--A Chicago
physician has Just announced his some-
what startling discovery that he has sue
leeded IN making the dead heart beat.
II the doctor would now discover how to
make the dead beat pay, the business
men and editors OF the country would
rall over ench Other In an effort to erect
4 suitable monument to his memory.
@ o o
Dlsoords.
The family that keeps a hired girl
long enough 10 learn her name is in
.uck.
The man who Is afraid OF shadows
will never find bee tree in the
woods.
Coronet-A word used by a poet
and misunderstood by some music
loving people.
4 Il 4
Don't expect to win from a man who
has never played the game before.
lie always draws all the good cards in
The deck.
No man can do too much work II he
eats and sleeps the proper allottage-
provided always that he does his work
without worrying.
The man who has married of all his
daughters without having to support
more than one son-in.law may be con.
sidered a great success.
4 4 4
The stork Is the ayOwed enemy Of
the turkey. Every time the first
named bird visits house he payes the
way for a sacrifice OF another drum
stick when the kid gets big enough to
gnaw on one
Sermonette.
Parents do wrong in keeping their chill
dren hanging around home, sheltered and
| enervated by parental Indulgence The
| eagle does better II stlrs up It's nest
| when the young eagles are able 10 ny.
| They are comoeled TO shift for them
selves, for the old eagle literally turns
| them out, and at the same time tears
down all the feathers from the nest.
IT'S this rough ana rude experience that
makes the king of birds so fearless In his
| flight and so expert In the pursuit OF
prey II is a misfortune TO be born with
silver spoon In your mouth for you
| will have II 10 carry and plague you all
your days Riches often hang like a
dead weight, Yea, like a milestone about
| the neck of ambitious young mem
| Horace (Okla.) Eagle.
o o o
Marriage.
| lie who marrles for love gets wife;
who marrles for position gets lady; who
marries for money gets a mistress. III you
are sick. the wife will nurse you; the lady
will visit you; the mistress viii inquire
about your health. IL You die the wife
win weep for you; the lady VIII lament,
and your mistress win wear mourning.
| This Is life In reality,
O o o
Extra.
During the printing of the weekly pa
| per In a small western town, says the
Minneapolis Tribune, the office cat got
damned in the Job press ana the enter
prising editor Immediately set up the
! following scare headlines;
Horrible Accident Nine Lives Lost
R.-~,Ma4.-4
i 0
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

Watseka dll) Stalwart.--A Chicago
physician has just announced his some-
what startling discovery that he has sue
,eeded III making the dead heart beat
II the doctor would now discover how to
make the dead beat pay, the business
men and editors OF the country would
fall over ench Other In an effort to erect
suitable monument to his memory.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

statesmen WANTED-$3G week
and expenses to men with rig to
introduce poultry and stock rem
edles. Experience unnecessary. Re-
liable Company and exclusive ter
ritory given. The Grant Co. Dept
SS, Springfield, Illinois.
12-S0-l2tpd
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Cracked Homlny--4 or ) be. tot

Cracked HominS-11 OF be. Tot
10c.
Corn Meal-20c per sack.
Graham Flour zoe per sack
Pruns--8 1-3 TO l5c per ID.
Seed Raisins-13c per ID, 2 lbs, 25e.
Cleaned curronts, 10n Der H.
Golden Flake ia bblJ $40
Glover Leaf "a hbl.l 81 so.
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FOR RENT.

FOR Rents room modern house,
nicely located. Call Phone 4S5.
12-26-tf
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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| CAN SELL you good land cheap
in Central Oklahoma. Address A ii.
Myers, Shawnee. Okla.
Observation-Disclosures
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FOR SALE.

LOTS FOR SALE-Inquirs at 277
Oak Street.
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WORK WANTED.

WANTBD-Work in boarding house.
Address j. j. J. 247 10 ~ Main.
l-4-6t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

The pigmies o. Africa are rarely
heavier than 80 pounds,
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NNflNI IsIJ--II -IIIdUlIIdFIOIL TtSdTuIHE q
good farm or business for sale;
not particular about location; wish
to hear from owner only, who will
sell direct to buyer; give price, de-
scrlptiOn and state when possession
can be had. Address l.. Darby
Shire, Box 1S20-A, Rochester, N. Y.
1-6-Gtpd
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~ ~ ~

During the printing of the weekly pa
per IN small western town, says the
Mlnnapolis Tribune, the office cat goi
iammed in the Job press ana the enter
prsing editor Immediately set up the
following scare headlines;
Horrible Accident Nine Lives Lost.
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q % %
Sermonette.
~ 70 ~
Marriage.

lie who marrles for love gets a wife;
who marrles for position gets lady; who
marries for money gets a mistress, II you
are sick. the wife will nurse you; the lady
viii visit you; the mistress viii inquire
about your health IL you die the wife
win weep for you; the lady viii lament,
and your mistress win wear mourning,
This is life In reality
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Mirror Want Column.
WANTED.

WANTED-Ladies to make shields
at home, SIS per 100 or l5 cents
piece. For information send
stamped envelope TO Dowagiac
Shield Co., 528 West Main street,
DuwagiaC Michigan 1-9-Ttpd
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-12-23
MURDERER
CAUGHT and MUST
ANSWER FOR CRIME
Accused of Crushing Head Of
His Companion-1s Located
in Indiana.

Sac City, Ia. Dec. 21.-L. v. Daniel.
who is charged with the murder of his
companion. Goodwin Youn. at Odebolt.
on September 10, 1908. was arrested at
Greencastle, Ind, and brought to Sac
City by Sheriff Malcolm Currie and
placed in the county Jail to await
preliminary hearing.
Goodwin Youn and l.. v. Daniel went
to Odebolt to work on the Adams farm
and on Sunday. September 10, they in
quired the way to the Adams farm,
purchased hats in a store and started
for the farm. They were later seen
to enter an alley near Ed Roos's barn
and those who observed them supposed
they were drinking. Near evening Mrs.
Roos Went to the barn to get a basket
of cobs and discovered that man
was lying In the doorway and she could
not open it. When her husband came
home she asked him TO get some cobs
He went to do the errand and found
the man lying there. and believing him
drunk, did not disturb him. Later they
decided to investigate and went out
with light and found that the mans
skull was crushed. The officers We're
notified and the wounds were dressed
hospital, where he died the following
Tuesday. Letters found in the pockets
of the murdered mans coat identified
him as Goodwin Youn. Youn's COM
panion. L. v. Daniels. could not be
found then, and he was not located un-
III few days ago. when he was at
once arrested
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-12-23
SHOOTS GIRL Ne
LOVES AND TRIES
TO END OWN LIFE

SIOUX City. Ia. Dec. 17.---Made des-
perate by the knowledge he was about
10 lose the woman he loved, Fred Criss.
or Peterson, twice shot Clara Boyd or
Mrs. PETERSON, at close range and
emptied the other three chambers of
ms a,s,ar revolver into himself about s:1b
O'Clock last night at SIT Sixth st.
Patrolman Overmire, who was in the
house at the time, rushed into the
room and seized the man before he
fired the last shot but was too late to
prevent the double tragedy.
The ambulance was at once called
and the groaning man and woman re-
moved to Samaritan hospital. At a
late hour today both were suffering In
tensely. The woman is paralyzed from
her waist down. The man, though in
great agony, is in the better condition
of the two
Couple Often Quarreled.
The events which led to the double
shooting had their beginning a year
ago when Clara Boyd, she was known
by this name every place she worked
went to live as the wife of Fred Crisis
VINO used the name of Peterson at the
foomlng house where the shooting oc-
Cured.
Most of the past year the couple have
been living at 517 Sixth ST., where they
nave mad frequent quarrels. Never be-
nad serious differences. Last week
Crlss or Peterson went to South Da-
kota to look after some horses he
owned.
According to Mrs. M. ]. GILLESPIE.
who conducts the roolning house where
the couple lived, Mrs. Peterson, or Cla-
ra BOYD. was not in her room any of
the three nights that her supposed hus-
band was away. He returned home
Thursday and stayed around the house
most of the time. He was heard ap-
pealing to the woman to be good and be
like she used to be- He seemed in a
melancholy mood and not like him
self
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-12-23
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
DISEMBoWELS Man;
BODY IS BURNED
Tragic Death Results From
Careless Handling of Gun
Carried on Wagon.

Sutherland, Ia, Dec. 1S-Charles Mer.
sitt. a young man, aged 20 years was
disemboweled near here yesterday by
the accidental discharge of a shotgun
which he was carrying on hayrack
Merritt was helping Ed Lenhard h,
the hauling of hay and after they had
arrived at the stack and We're in the
act of loading. Merritt remembered that
he had left his gun in the bottom of the
rack and went to the rear to draw it
from underneath the hay. The gun was
discharged and the whole charge en-
tered his bowels. killing him instantly.
"A gruesome incident was added to the
tragedy when Lenhard left the body
where it fell to go for assistance and
looking back saw the hay enveloped in
flames from the fire of the gun Re
turning he found the clothes burned
from the young mans body and the
body badly charred The young mans
parents reside at Matlock, Ia. and he
had recently been making his home
with John Holt, an uncle living five
miles northeast of Sutherland