Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-03
Northern Iouua Items

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Lake View.
H. P Helms has been reelected
principal Of the Lake View schools for
next year al raise of $40 per month
IN his salary.
Forest City.
Peter Klang. while blasting rock
near the Sine residence, lost an eve
While watching a blast it went off and
hurled fragment Of rock into his eye
and totally destroyed the sight. The
eye had been injured before and was
defective
Carroll.
The official program for the ninth
annual state convention of the knights
Of Columbus, to be held at Carroll,
May 10th and 18th has been issued
The headquarters will be at Burke
hotel, and The convention will be held
in the court room.
Hampton.
The frs litter of cub wolves captur-
ed this season were brought 10 the
county auditors office by Henry Marty
Of Geneva township. The consignm enI
consisted of seven young cubs and Mr.
Marty received two dollars each for
the seven scalps.
Waukon.
The Missouri Iron Company is COM
pleting the purchase of the land for
the right ef-Way to the mines. This
insures the building of railroad track
which has been looked for these many
years. The iron mines are going to
be worked
Whttemore.
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Esser have ended
the fftieth year of their married life
and the event was duly celebrated.
High mass was celebrated at St Mich
aeis church in honor of the event and
their children and their respective fam
lilies gathered at the Esser home to
help make the day a joyful one.
Montgomery.
Three members of the family of B. F.
Pierce, Rock Island agent at Montgom-
cry, are quarantined with smallpox
There are also three cases in the fam
lily Of brother Of the agent, who re-
sides in Lakeville township. The
brother recently visited in Oklahoma
and contracted the disease. None OF
the patients are dangerously sick and
it is thought that all danger of new
cases is past.
Boone.
The big barn on the Crawford Hess
estate in the country was completely
destroyed by fire, the blaze being dis
covered about the middle Of the after
noon. Nothing could be done 10 pre-
vent the spread Of the blaze and the
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cent buildings also went up in smoke.
Some implements, feed and the like.
which the tenant, Charles Brown, had
in the barn at the time, were destroyed
lie Mars.
The dog poisoner is getting in his
dirty work in LeMars and a number
of faithful companions have gone to
their long home the past week. The
miscreant Is particularly active in the
southwest part of town. Eugene Ellen
becker, residing on Court street, lost
one of his valuable imported beagle
hounds by poison. The dog was val
ued at $50.
Forest City.
p Clang met with bad accident
while blasting rock. He was in the
act Of setting off charge OF dynamite
when in some unaccountable manner
the charge was prematurely exploded,
horribly mutiiating Mr. Clang's face in
solar that it was necessary to remove
one eye. and at the present writing it
is not known whether the other can be
saved or not, but the chances are that
it cannot be saved. Mr.. Clang was
blind in one eye before, and it was
this blind eye that was removed, the
other one remaining doubtful. He is
in his seventies, living alone, being a
widower, and the accident is indeed a
severe one.
Ida Grove.
Landlord Ferguson is out $35 and
protest fees which he advanced on a
worthless check presented by W. II.
Blair, who claimed to be- travelling
salesman for J. II. Benson & Co, Of
Kansas City, dealers In auto oils.About
April 9 Blair stopped at the Hotel Fer
guson and made the rounds OF the aut-
omobile houses selling oils. When
ready to depart he asked Mr., Ferguson
to cash the expense check for $35
drawn by J. H. Benson & Co, in favor
Of Blair. This Mr.. Ferguson did. The
check was cashed through the bank at
Baxter. Reed & Co., and was later re-
turned by the Security Bank Of Kansas
City endorsed mot paid for want Of
funds" The Kansas City bank sent
a letter stating that while J. H. BEN