Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-16

extreme northeast section of the coun-
ty. in Pleasant Grove township. east
of Barnes City. The land Is conveyed
by Emmag gene Pierce. Of Henry county.
Ill.,, to ]. w. Scovel. Of Poweshek
county, Iowa. The price per acre is
s115.
Shenandoah.
Charles Cline, proprietor OF Cline's
laundry. received some very painful
burns while building a fire under the
boiler at, his plant He had just start
ed the fire nicely and opened the door
to put in some more coal when there
was an. explosion OF coal gas, and the
flames burst out of the door, burnin &
Mr.. Cline on the left side of his body
quite severely. The left side OF his
face and his left arm are the worst.
The doctor says 1t is not serious but
it is very painful and is causing
Charles no end OF suffering. Fortu
nately the burns are not deep and he
will be able to be around again in a
few days.
Newton
Miss Leona Munger daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. D A. Munger. who reside
nine miles southeast of the city. mar
rowly escaped serious injury when
she was thrown from horse. while
taking ride near her home. Miss
Munger was riding along at q good
canter when the saddle girth loosened
and she was thrown to the ground
She struck the ground on her shout
der. and for time it was feared that
the clavicle was broken, but upon ex-
aminat ton by a physician 1t was found
that the shoulder was only badly bruis-
p,
was severe. but the young lady has
almost entirely recovered
Riverton.
Ed Green. living south of Farragut,
had a very serious runaway while
blowing corn with a team of mules.
They were hitched to a riding cultiva-
tor when they became frightened and
started TO run. In their mad chase they
became entangled with another team
that was working in the same field, and
before anything could be done the four
animals were piled in q heap. One of
the mules was impaled on the iron rod
on which the seat is fastened to the
cultivator and died in q short time.
The rod was run nearly thru its body.
1t was d fine young animal and will be
severe loss to MIR. Green. The cul-
tivator was pretty badly demolished,
Mr. Green escaped without injury and
is very thankful that it Is no worse
than it Is.
Corning.
Two ballast trains with large gangs
of workmen are now In operation at
the ballast pits near Corning and Far
ragut on the c., e. Il Q. The ballast
that was prepared at the Corning pit
about year ago was taken out this
spring and used all along the main
line. and the train that Is there now
Is picking up what the steam shovel
left, and the ballast Is being used west
Of Red Oak. The first step that Is
taken in preparing for the making OF
ballast is to dig a deep trench about
half mile long and eighty feet wide
Next old ties are split into four pieces
and these are stacked in "X' shape the
entire distance of the trench and after
this is completed more ties are piled
in the top "V'' shaped part Of the *
while the lower part is left for an air
space Next cars of gumbo and slack
coal are brought on the scene and this
is thrown in on the burning ties, frs,
layer Of slack and then a layer OF
gumbo, until the pit is entirely filled
In order to set all of the ties afire al
the same time and to make them burG
with great intensity oil in large guam
titles is used The pit Is then entirel.
untouched for one year,