Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-13
Northern Io1ua Items

Germania.
Miss Hazel Altwegg met with bad
accident here. while. chopping kind
| ling wood, when in some manner she
stepped on rusty spike which almost
went thru her foot.
Waterloo.
Mrs. Minnie Ludke has brought suit
for $4,000 damages against OtiIle Marx,
for the alleged circulation of state
ments that she stole q pair of shoes,
about last Christmas time.
Cedar Falls.
James Leahy, aged 80, died very sud
denly Tuesday noon at his home here
where he had lived since early man
| hood. He was a native of Ireland
and came to America when a boy.
Aigona.
While hunting with 22-caliber rifle
Noah Boynton was shot in the thumb
of the left hand by the accidental dis
charge of the weapon. The bullet
stopped when it came in contact with
the bone and was easily removed and
as it was promptly treated no compli-
| cations are looked for.
Jesup.
Fire destroyed the barn, hog house
and a number of other buildings on the
farm Of j. Lard, residing one and one
half miles west of this city. Sixty tons
of hay and 500 bushels of oats We're
burned but practically all Of the stock
was saved The damages We're esti-
mated at between $4,000 and $4,000
with very little insurance on the build
ings. The stock was insured. Mr..
Lard is a raiser of high grade cattle
and horses.
Fl. Dodge.
The first earth to be removed in pre-
paration for the new $130,00O United
States federal building was broken
Tuesday, just north of the cellar of the
old building. A force Of worklnen and
teams are busily engaged in excavat-
ing While excavation is going on an
other force of men are at work tearing
out the foundations of the old build
ing, cleaning the wreckage Oft the
site The salvage will be used in the
construction of the new building.
Nevada.
Advices from Great Bend, Kan. re-
port n very serious accident to f. M.
Confare who is we'll and most favorab-
ly known in Nevada and who removed
from Ames to Great Bend only a few
months ago. Further information
thru Mrs. Confares parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Harrison, Of this city, is that
an operation upon his fractured skull
was successful, and that the doctor at
the hospital thought he had good pros
pect of recovery.
Durango.
On Tuesday morning an italian
whose name it was impossible 10
learn suffered the loss of his right arm
in an accident near Durango where he
had been working with gang of his
countrymen. A rail which fell upon
the fortunate man completely severed
the right arm and he was thrown into
a terrible state of collapse as n re-
suit of the shock. The foreigner was
placed aboard a passenger train for
Chicago, to receive medical attention
at the company's hands.
AIgona.
Lucien Schichtl. the 14-year- son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Schichtl. met
with an accident that may cause
trouble for him all thru life. While
working around young horse the ami
NAL crowded him against the building
with such force as to fracture his left
shoulder blade and break his collar
bone. The lad did not seem to pay a
great deal &C attention .c !.is ::js:r
les and a physician was not called to
examine the trouble for several days.
when the seriousness of the affair was
disclosed.
Dubuque.
Twenty-Five young postulants in the
order Of st. Francis home returned to
the convent after week spent at their
various homes turnout the country.
This is custom OF the order, to al
low the postulants to return to their