Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-27

Matioek.
| The farmers elevator at Matlock
burned with 10000 bushels of oats. A
strong wind from the northwest kept
the flames from destroying the town.
shellsburs.
| The two men believed to be James
| A. Timoney and c. H. Benson, the fell
| lows who touched up the Rock Island
depot at Shellsburg. have been arrested;
| at Hillsboro, 0. c. D. Wilson, who
worked with the men at Shellsburg. has
gone to Ohio to identify them.
kaIo.
| NJ. o. Bake was pinned beneath
an immense chunk of frozen clay
at the plant of the kalo Brick and Tile
Company at kalo and was taken to
Mercy hospital with both legs broken
and badly crushed. Physicians hope
to avert amputation. Bake is Ia
borer employed by the Kalo Brick and
Tile Company and he and his family
have been residing at Kalo only for
two months
independence.
1t has been definitely decided that the
Stephens brothers. evangeHsts, will
held revival services in tabernacle
at Independence. Work on the taber-
nacle, which will seat about 1000 peo-
pie, was begun Wednesday. Plans for
1t were received from Architect Albert
P. Gill, who is now erecting taber-
nacle for Mr.. Sunday at Lima. o. A
man from Waterloo, who was chief
factor in the erection of the tabernacle
there. will assist with the work at In
dependence where meetings will open
Sunday, Feb. 5.
LeMars.
The damage suit Of Minnie NJ. Nash
against the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapols and Omaha Railroad Com
pany is set for the first jury trial Mrs.
Nash sues for $4,000 damages for the
loss of her husband, who was killed at
Hinton last year by ST Paul freight
train as he was driving to his home.
The only criminal case on the docket t
this term is that of the state of Iowa
against John Sandstone. who was held
to the grand jury for shooting at the
Merrill city marshal, julius Klatt, few
weeks ago.
Cedar Falls.
Glenn Brown, young farmer about
81 years Of age. fell last Sunday after
noon and broke his right leg. Mr..
Brown seems to be doomed to acct
dents. He is reported to have sus-
tained broken left arm seven or eight
times. Some months ago in attempt
ing to jump on a horse he broke his
right leg so badly that it was found
necessary to amputate the leg just be-
low the knee. He recently procured an
artificial limb and was just getting
himself accustomed to it and on Sun
day afternoon while walking about the
house he fell and broke the right leg
above the knee.
Cedar Fails.
Charles Young, fireman on the Great
Western Short Line, had a narrow es-
cape from instant death shortly be-
fore the noon hour Wednesday. Mr..
Young and Engineer German were do
ing some switching. They were on
the track just south Of the Inflated
mill on East Second street Mr.. Young
stuck his head outside of the cab win
dow and a piece OF stone fell Off and
struck him q glancing blow on the
right side of the head that necessitated
his hurrying to the Office Of a surgeon.
where the wound was dressed. Had
the stone struck Mr.. Young on the
center Of the head 1t might have been
fatal.
Fort Dodge.
A telephone call interrupted a
church social at Evanston Tuesday
night and hurried Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Billings and their children home,
only to find their house in ruins
AZ the result OF q nre Of unknown
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