Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-16

man Louis Baker and another railroad
employe and they were thrown 10 the
ground by the force of the i'm pact with
the big stone. The hatcar was derailed
and ran humping along the ties for
distance OF nearly two hundred feet.
The switch engine did not leave the
rails. The bowlder that caused the de-
railment Of the car weighed, IL is es-
tisnated. about 500 pounds.
Blanchard.
The dredge boat people have had
their boat in operation since the first
of this month. They have a dynamo on
board the boat and thus have electric
lights, SO they can work at night, They
are now running two shifts of men and
working night and day The water
was very low in the river for a time,
and they had some trouble to float the
boat. They will build dam across the
entrance of the new channel and then
use large steam pump 10 pump wa
ter from the old river bed to the new
channel, thus giving a sufficient depth
OF water at any time. 10 float the boat
OskaIoosa.
Ellsworth -NcFall, residing about
three and half miles southeast of
, Oskaloosa, a brother of Charles Nc
FAN. of the Hawkeye Lumber Conn
pany. met with a painful and serious
accident a few days ago, sustaining a
fracture of both bones of the left leg
below the knee. The accident occur
red in barn where boy was catching
some pigeons. One of the birds few
into stall frightening a horse. Mr..
McFall went into the stall and was
kicked and knocked beneath the horse.
resulting in broken bones and severe
bruises. The injured man managed to
pull himself away from the plunging
animal and escaped more serious hurts.
keokuk.
Charge of violating the law In the
matter of falling to keep proper rec
ord of second hand goods purchased
may be preferred against the second
hand store of Holland & Lundgren. 1t
is learned that an investigation Is be-
ing made and that such action will
likely be taken that may result in
heavy fine for the proprietors, if facts
as represented are proved to be true.
The discovery of two trammel nets.
valued at s25, which were found at
the second hand store and were not
given up until the police had secured
a search warrant, is believed to be
the reason lnal may ieau ~ dctlOH
against the firm. The tramTnel nets
are alleged to have been stolen Satur-
day night by Rufe Chesser from Frank
Burt. an Old fisherman, and sold to the
second hand store.
Madrid.
The sinking of the new coal shaft
south of town b. the Scandal Coal
Company. has been suspended for the
past month. the con1ps ny having lost
one shaft by quicksand and are now
ready to commence sinking for the
third time. Mr.. Henry Hanlin, of La
Sale. Ill, is to have charge of the
work. Mr.. Han1lin had charge of the
sinking of the famous Cherry. Ill. mine
and is an all-around coal man of large
experience, and little difficulty is ex-
pected under his management. The
main difficulty experienced in securing
a shaft is vein of sand and water of
about twenty-five feet in depth and at
distance of about seyenty-five feet
from the surface. The company has
twenty-five or thirty new houses nearly
completed at this new mine and side
track under construction. and if sue
cessful with the new shaft, will soon
be doing large business.