Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-21
Northern Io1ua Items

and Welleford have amused the vet
Grams by their selecticns. After an alb
sence from the reunions of several
years they were recalled for the Cor
rectionville encampment, and their eff
forts to entertain were warmly appre-
ciated.
Nashua.
A spark from an engine set fire to
the Silas Wait pastures Mrs. Wait did
not notice it until some one passing
by called her attentionpto the fact. She
attempted to put it out by fighting
the flames but was unable to do so
alone. G. G. Hoyer and several of the
ladies in the neighborhood helped
fight the flames. After fighting for
considerable time they succeeded in
putting the fire out, but not until it
had covered about five acres and had
come within three feet of a straw
stack.
Dubuque.
Word has been received from Ire
land. by cablegram, to the effect that
Sister Mary Augustine. of the Order
Of Presentation. died last Thursday.
Sister Mary Augustine was formerly
Miss Bridget Heelan, a sister OF
Father Heelan, OF Sacred Heart
church. Fort Dodge, and she was for
merry a student at the Academy Of the
Visitation here, having been gradu-
ated and being member of the
Alumnae of the Visitation. A young
woman of beautiful life and noble
character, her passing has caused the
deepest sorrow.
Williams.
Ted Osler, a young farm hand taken
to Webster City hospital from Will
Jams last Friday night suffering from
terrible injuries sustained by being
kicked in the stomach by horse, died
Tuesday Young Osler was hurt in
ternally, q number of the intestines be-
ing rupfured by the blow from the
horse shoot. An operation was per-
formed as soon as possible. but at no
time since the accident had the young
mans condition been anything but
critical. After a hard days work In
the field, one of the animals kicked the
lad in the stomach.
osI~ein.
Mrs. Charles FESTIVAL turned in an
alarm Of fire Monday morning about
II o'clock. The fire company was
quickly on the spot with the engines
but in this case they could work bet
ter beating out the fire with old
brooms, coats and whatever was
available The freight train oging
north had set fire to the grass along
the track and the fire quickly spread
to Mr.. FESTIVALS meadow. burning
considerable hay that was in shock
and his hay loader. The flames rap
idly approached the house and IL 1t
had not been for the prompt assis-
lance this also would have burned.
Webster City.
Bruised, shaken up, and his collar
hone badly fractured. Grin Short. aged
10, lies at the home of his uncle. John
Bosworth, in Cass township. the VIC
tim Of a haying accident that happen
ed on the latters farm. Young Short
was employed by his uncle In harvest
ing the hay crop. Short was on top
OF a load Of hay operating the fo1k
The fork with its load OF hay was
hoisted into the loft Of the barn and
young Short was in the act OF tripping
the load, when the trip rope broke and
he fell backwards from the load Of
hay to the hard ground below. a dis
lance OF perhaps eight feet. The re-
s,llting fracture OF his collar bone was
pronounced by the phystciap who at
tended The victim following the acct
dent, to be one of the worst that he
had AvAr xaan-