Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-20

ferson. futile had left the door of her
cell unlocked and asked another pris-
oner to keep an eye on her during his
brief absence. She had on only a wrap
per- fascinator on her head, overshoes,
Without shoes, and Wore no mittens.
The woman was thoroughly benumbed
when the officer overlook her, walking
along the road.
Buffalo Center.
While marching in the fire drill al
the school house. Raymond, son of
Postmaster and Mrs. f. L. Secor. was
accidentally stabbed in the stomach
The boy ahead of him had a knife witt,
the blade open, which he was holding
in his hand behind him when the one
back of Raymond accidentally pushed
him against the knife. intlicting a bad
wound. He MAS improving nicely yes
terday and it is thought he will fully
recover in q short while
Mason City.
The profits of the county farm this
year are more than $4,000. while there
J is left on the farm about $4,000 worth
OF property in the way of stock, feed
and machinery, etc. which places the
# farm in net profits in the lead of other
county farms in Iowa. The inventory
shows that the farm has now s4.053
worth of feed, 1,436 worth of hogs,
s3,3o7 worth of cattle, s2s5 of sheep,
S1,275 worth of horses and about $500
worth Of fowls The farm is estimated
| TO be worth, including buildings. $27,-
$40.
Akron.
Mrs Carl Nelson and baby, six
miles west of town, had marrow es-
cape from accidental injury or death
Mr.. Nelson was upstairs cleaning a
30-caliber rifle and his wife was sitting
in the room below, holding the baby
The rifle, which he did not know con-
tanned a load, was in some manner
discharged. the large bullet crashing
thru the floor and missing the child
and its mother by less than two inches
A piece Of plastering dislodged from
above inflicted a wound on the infants
head, not serious.
Hinton.
Joe McDermott sold thirty-se ia
steers TO Snyder Bros. for $4,000, or a,
average of sos apiece. One stee
/ weighed better than ton and none o
them less than $500 pounds. The.
We're rolling fat and in fine shape
: which goes to show that Mr. McDer
mott is some stock feeder He bough
them last spring at cents per pound
, and they have made q gain of 70
: pounds each on an average. They wcr
the finest bunch of fat cattle shippe,
from here in long time 1t took thre
cars 10 carry them to Chicago
! Waterloo.
Consolidation OF the Independent
p Telephone Company. the Corn Bel
= Company or the absorption of thee
j, Belt by the Iowa, or Bell interests. wa
effected at the annual meeting of tn
g stockholders of the Corn Belt Tele
q phone Company, even tho it cam
). about in q way that was not expecte
by the general public. by means of go
ing around to the back door to ge
in the front room, which action ha
e been expected ever since the announce
4 ment last summer that the Bell inter
: ests had gained control of a majorit
n of the stock of the local concern.
lClear Lake.
"a Guy Edison, the 10-year-old son ,
a Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Edison, met with
:, livery painful accident while at pla
- labout the school house grounds. II
and other boys We're sliding down I'll
coal chute. when in some manner Ii
Edison boy got his left foot caugl
i land was then pushed off the chute /
n one of his playmates and hung by OF
.e leg. The force of the fall was so gre.
'e that the ball in the knee was toll
k. from the socket. Medical attention W,
It promptly procured but the docto
N consider 1t worse than break and
" Twill probably be several months befo
= 1.-THE boy can use the leg.