Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-13

| homes before reception, to spend {
week in their family circles before re-
turning to the, convent to take upor
| themselves the VOWS of the order and
| the white veil and habit of religion
| The order Of st. Francis is perhaps the
only one in this country which has a
| custom of the kind.
Cedar Falls.
| Bernice. the 1-year- old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Darlington was
most painfully burned by getting hold
of a can of concentrated I've and be-
fore being noticed by Its mother the
| little child had spilled considerable OF
| the contents on its face and hands and
it is feared that she may have swal-
| lowed small amount of the deadly
poison. The child is suffering from
deep burns about the mouth and chin
which were caused in her efforts to
swallow the contents of the can. The
extent of her injuries cannot be de-
termined as yet
Roland.
Carl Teig. young man Of this COM
munity. met with qute4a serious acct
dent. He and Orville Oleson were
out riding when they met Mr.. Chris-
tianson. of Randall. in his AUTOMOBILES
The horse became frightened and COM
menced to kick, when Carl used the
whip on him. 4 strap broke on the
harness and the horse ran up against
a telephone pole and stripped the har-
ness off the horse and smashed the
buggy The two boys jumped out of
the buggy. Orville escaped without
any injury while Carl had his leg brok-
en-. both bones being fractured just be-
low the knee.
EstherviIe.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the city council the corner lot of the
H. c. Coon block on South Sixth street
was purchased for a city hall site. The
lot is 2Sx110 feet, and the price paid
was $1,000. This amount also pays for
the privilege of using the south wall
of the Armory building IN purchas-
ing this lot the counclinen certainly
secured a bargain. The location is
good and in erecting building there
will be only one side and two end walls
to put up. The council expects to
erect a building the coming summer of
arrangements can be made. 1t will
either be built of brick or cement.
Jesup.
Ray Baldwin. who lives three miles
east of town, is going around on crut-
ches on account of an accident Mr..
Baldwin had occasion to go into the
yard where the cattle were kept and
as soon as he had the gate closed be-
hind him he was attacked by bull
He succeeded in catching the animal
by one horn and in some way, I'M
N hi self 90 nf
for a moment. The animal turned on
him a second time and in trying to gore
him stepped on his ankle and fractured
one of the bones. Just then Mr.. Bald
wins dog came to his assistance and
The maddened animals attention. was
attracted to the dog. thus giving Air.
Baldwin time to crawl out of the yard.
Waterloo.
While Mrs. Sam Scott was busily en-
gagged about an upper room of her
home, Beatrice, the 2-year- old laugh
ter. was playing about the window,
which was protected by q full length
screen. Suddenly the mother heard a
crash and a low cry from the child.
Turning quickly she was Mortified TO
see that the screen and the little girl
Were missing. Rushing to the window
she saw below in the gathering dark
ness Il motionless little white figure,
Mrs. Scott screamed to neighbor for
help and ran frantically down the
stairs and out of doors expecting to
find her baby dead. She and the
neighbor tenderly carried the little girl
into the house and summoned physi
clan. The doctor arrived in a few
minutes and after a careful examina-
ton announced to the anxious but de-
lighted group that there We're no in
juries whatsoever aside from having
the breath knocked out Of her tiny
body.