Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-24

weighed 500 pounds. H. c. Will
ford has bought the old Baxter House
Of Deibner Brothers and the two lots
now occupied by the G.. c. Staplin
wagon shop and will move the Baxter
House to the Staplin location. Mr..
Staplin will close up his business.
wreck his old building and use the
lumber In building a residence.
EstherviIe.
Elmer, the 14-year- old son Of Peter
Peterson, while playing with a dyna-
past five years and has given good
satisfaction.
mite cap was injured by exploding in
his hand. tearing the flesh from his
! thumb and two first fingers Of his right
; hand, SO badly that amputation be-
tween the first and second joints was
| necessary The boy was picking at the
contents of the cap with a nah and
supposing that he had removed all Of
tho same held the. cap over a hot stove
to see what 1t would do.
Des Moines. ii; es
Joe Knegiericlx. of Boone. was ar
rested as he steppsS.e from an interur-
ban car Friday evening and held for
an assault in Boone upon Joe Swigert.
Knegierick. In quarrel with Greek
at railroad camp struck at his ad-
versary with a heavy iron bar. He
missed the man he intended to strike.
the metal bar landing on the head Of
Joe Swigert who was standing by.
Swigert was knocked to tho ground
, and his skull fractured. He Is lying
unconscious and It is said that there
is little hope for his life.
Sioux City.
Councilman r. s. Whitley. who for
merly was superintendent Of schools,
was back on the old Job for a few
hours Wednesday night. He is head Of
the examining board which gave a test
to thirty-seven plumbers who must
have licenses under the new ordinance
The examinations were given at the
Armstrong school building. The coun-
Gilman was assisted in the work by
City Engineer K. c.. Gaynor and
James H. DurlSin, plumbing inspector
The test consisted Of thfrty-one ques-
tons on technical subjects. Only three
master plumbers took the examina-
ton.
Ida Grove.
County Auditor Warner has compiled
the county crop statistics. The report
shows that farming conditions are
changing somewhat and that more and
more wheat Is being raised every year.
more and more sheep are being fed and
more and moro alfalfa Is being raised.
The corn crop OF the county last year
was 41o1.571 bushels. The oats crop
totaled 2,053,953. Ida county house
wives gathered 612,561 dozen eggs.
There are 1850 horses. sig mules, and
41,609 cattle in the county: 1880 head
of cattle were sold for slaughter. There
/ are 5,965 cows MIXED in the county;
| there are 1921 sheep in the county;
l7,571 were shipped in for feeding.
| Knerin1.
! Mrs. J. E. Baker, wife OF DR.. Baker,
Of Knierin1. has filed petition in dis
trict court asking Judgment against
Moeller Brothers for the sum OF &c.,
600 as damages for injuries sustained
from falling on a defective stairway
| to building owned by the defend
| ants. The petition alleges that the
| Bakers resided on the second floor OF
building in, Knierim owned by the
Moellers and that on Nov. IS, 1910.
Mrs. Baker stepped on loose step in
the stairway, receiving a fall which
resulted in the total paralysis OF ono
of her lower limbs. partially paralysing
the other and inf1icting such other
injuries as to cause her to become an
invalid permanently.
Rockwell City.
Miss Esther Thornburg, who with
her parents has been for some time
stopping at the Hensley home, met
with a peculiar accident and it seems
almost miraculous that she did not lose
her life as result. The little miss.
who Is about IS years OF age, was play
ing about the premises when the COW
ering to an abandoned we'll gave way
with her and she shot to the bottom. q
distance OF thirty feet, It being twenty
two feet to the water, and there being
eight feet Of water in the well. No
one saw the accident. and when discov-,
cred some time later the girl had suc-
ceeded IN climbing up the rough walls
Of the well to a short distance from the
top. Mrs. Hershey first discovered
what had happened and calling Mr..
Hensley they were able to reach the
girl and drag her up to safety. Aside
from being slightly bruised and awfully
} unused ND" the girl was uninjured.