Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-27
Northern I0ua Items

justing the harness and dragged forty
rods AItho badly mangled. no bones
We're broken. On the same day
neighbor boy. John Johnson. WAS
caught in the same manner and
dragged 60 feet Both boys We're res
cued by their fathers. who We're work
ing in adjoining fields.
Charles City.
Sam c. Sloan. former newspaper
man of Charles City and who is we'll
known in Iowa newspaper circles. Is
quite sick at the Woodman sanatorium
at Colorado Springs, with tuberculosis.
About two years ago he went west for
this trouble and had been getting along
nicely until recently. when he caught
cold. which was followed by the grip.
and he is now considered in quite Il
serious condition. Mr. Sloan was at
one time president of the Iowa State
Editorial Association.
Mason City.
Two rural route carriers have been
compelled to give up their job on ac-
count of some trou ole, (which seems to
affect their -spines Herman Doderer
for years has carried a rural route out
of Mason City. This trouble came on
and it got so bad that sometimes he
would ride in his wagon for miles on
his knees, as that was the only way
he could ride without pain. He had
steel braces put on his back, but that
did not relieve him, and he has been
compelled to give up his work Alvin
Presholt, who has carried out of Clear
I Lake for a number Of years. was sim
ilarly affected, altho his kidneys
seemed to suffer most, and he has quit
the work and taken up other. Both
! men after leaving the routes have al
most entirely recovered from their
trouble.
AIsona.
George w. Bowers lost a good barn
! by fire Sunday evening between and
/ 9 o'clock His farm is located about
three miles north Of Algona in Union
township. The origin of the fire came
from the explosion of lantern. Some
of the family had been away from
home in the afternoon and came in
rather late with q horse that was con-
| siderably warmed About $3.50 O'Clock
Mr.. Bowers went to the barn with a
lantern to see that the animal was
all right and cared for. While the
lantern was sitting on the floor of the
barn it exploded. throwing oil over
some hay and refuse and in twink
| ling of an eye the structure was in a
blaze An alarm by phone was turned
in to all the neighbors. and by their
prompt response the damage was con-
fined to the barn and it's contents and
amounted to $4,000.
Sioux City.
| Of Council Bluffs
indicted by the federal grand jury on
the charges of stealing. opening a gov
eminent mail pouch and destroying let
tiers, pleaded guilty only to stealing the
pouch and was sentenced by Judge G.
| A. Willard to serve eighteen months in
| the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
| worth. Murphy was arrested with Jo-
| seph f. Reed, who claimed to be from
Bellville, Wis, and Andrew J. ROUGH.
! of Peoria, Ill 1t was claimed they
| took a mail sack from the depot plat
| form at LeMars. Rouch since has
| died. Reed was indicted on the same
charges as Murphy. Murphy made n
| clean breast Of his story in pleading
guilty He told Judge Willard his true
name was Hughes, but claimed to have
we'll to- do folks and Acknowledged he
had concealed his identity out of re-
spect for them.
Waterloo.
! Champlin Howe. residing on the Far
| rington farm near the Black Hawk
county line in Bremen county. had Il
! narrow escape from a horrible death
| Tuesday night. Mr.. Howe keeps a fine
stock farm and has some extra good
cattle Late in the evening he went to
the field to drive fine bull into the
! cattle yard and had succeeded IN got
| ting the animal, which was in a surly
| temper, into the yard when the beast
! turned upon him, knocked him down
and started To gore him, trampling up
on his legs, almost breaking the right
! limb and pinning him to the earth with
! his head in Mr.. Howe's stomach. AS
| theI animal raised his head for an
other attempt TO make his horn eff
| fective, Mr.. Howe shouted and rolled
over The bull thereupon butted him
| In the back, but only broke the skin.
Fortunately Mr.. Howe's dog heard the
| fracas and came to his rescue or the
| animal animal ;SSss-st have eventually finished
! him. AS it was the dog distracted the
bulls attention and Mr.. Howe made his
escape