Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-18

Ute.
The German Lutheran church people
have decided to build Il new school
| house here alongside Of the church and
! will begin operations soon.
Clarence.
Fred Phillips has stalk Of corn On
exhibition in Clarence which has six
| filed.
Mauuoketa.
| Charged with the crime Of adultery,
e. E. Davidson and Anna Kane were
lodged in the county Jail Monday, hav-
ing been committed by Justice Bittner
Of bellevue. The county hastile is now
! comfortably filled with transgressors.
Ute..
Six new silos have been purchased
| in this immediate vicinity and will be
erected in time to be filled this fall
/ Those who have ordered silos are
Jacob Christensen, NJ. B. Riddle. S. c..
| Thompson. Christ Christensen, L. c.
Palmer and William Meadows.
Maquoketa.
! George Johnson. the burl:' negro who
set fire to couple OF strawstacks III
lie ItOI l!letIi pSttt VI Liz SOuIlSS ~ 6Cs
revenge, was immediately sentenced to
the Fort Madison penitentiary under
the provision Of the new state law that
was passed by the last Iowa legisla-
ture.
Hedriek.
| w. l.. Lantz, prominent farmer Nv
ing south OF Hedrick. was found dead
in his home Saturday evening about
III YaI-
rick to attend the chautauqua. and
found Mr.. Lantz lying on the floor.
where he had evidently dropped. His
death was caused by acute indigestion.
Delta. 2
The barn Of Harvey Davis. near Delta
burned to the ground Wednesday
morning. They think it was Of incen-
diary origin. as they discovered the
horses We're out and several doors that
they kept locked, opened. as Mr.. Davis
was the Shores Remedy Company. 1t
was total loss of all he had. except a
buggy and harness which they saved.
Webb.
H. H. Mills threshing machine made
| a record-breaking run on the Grievc
place adjoining town Tuesday. thresh-
ing $40 bushels out of the shock.
| This was in oats and made but little
over twenty-five bushels pc: acre, and
1t would be hard to estimate what the
hoys could do with their rev machine
had there beer an average crop.
Roland.
Almond Thompson. living six miles
southeast of here, sold his farm last
! week to c. w. Pond. Of Milford town
| ship. the consideration being 1925 per
acre. The farm consists Of eighty
acres and is a good piece Of land. that
! will undoubtedly rise in value soon Mr..
and Mrs Thompson and their esti-
mable family expect to purchase resi-
dence in Roland and move here some
! time during the fall. probably not until
after they have had their sale.
Spencer.
The large barn If w. H. Webb about
four miles north of town. costing ST.
600, and but recently completed. was
struck by lightning Sunday morning
about 3 o'clock and burned with, about
$1,000 worth of hay just put in, and
two fine horses and colt valued at
$1,000 There was insurance on the
barn. and the hay had fortunately been
insured on Saturday. This is heavy
loss for Will and besides he had three
thoroughbred calves killed by lightning
en- the Monday preceding. w. l. Eng
lard losing one at the same time. The
lightning seems to be fierce up that
way.
Webster City.
In an explosion OF gasoline at the r.
]. Hurd home in Williams recently.
Mrs. Gladys Hurd-S Smith and little
Miss Arlene Lynch, aged years. a
granddaughter OF the Hurd family and
a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lynch. Of this city. were badly burned.
Mrs. Smith was using the gasoline In
cleaning room. Friction caused the
explosion. A Are alarm was turned In
and the family rused to the assistance
of Mrs. Smith and the little girl. The
flames were extinguished. but Mrs
Smith was badly burned about the
arms and feet, while little Miss Lynch
was fearfully burned on the arms. face.
body and lower limbs. Her injuries are
considered very serious, but not necas-
sarily fatal.
Monticello.
The body Of Samuel Boyd was
brought to Monticello from Planking-
ton. g. D., last Monday morning. Mr..
Boyd was struck by lightning while
working In the field. several miles from
Plankington. last Friday. at o'clock
p. m. He was instantly killed. He was