Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-10
Webb.

! Little ErScl Pyle fell against an oil
stove Saturday and branded the word
new" on her check as plainly as it
was lettered on the stove. Fortunately
the burn is not deep enough to leave Il
permanent scar.
Dubuque.
Walter Cullen. while returning to his
home on the hill at night was startled
by noise in the air above him when
suddenly huge eagle dropped in the
path. 1t measures seven feet four
inches across the wings and weighs
fifty-nine pounds.
Wyoming.
Wall Lake.
/ From thirty-tllree acres of barley
Louis Hess good farmer living near
Wall Lake, harvested an average of
thirty-nve bushels to the acre. He
marketed all OF the crop, except 100
bushels. and his check totaled the snug
sum Of $l.13o.
During the storm Thursday night
lightning struck the barn OF Bert Peck.
west of town, completely destroying
the building. The fine stallion owned
by Mr.. Peck was in the building and
was killed by the bolt Of lightning and
consumed by the flames, the latter be-
ing quite loss Both the barn and
the stallion were insured.
Sac City.
A big surprise to the business people
Of Sac City was the news which leaked
out last week to the effect that Will
lam p. Bauer had sold his hardware
stock to w. F. Weary. However. 1t Is
safe to say that no one else was much
more surprised than was Mr.. Bauer
himself He had been in business in
Sac City twenty-six years.
Sidney.
Because he was in a hurry is the
reason Joseph Duff, a drayman at An
derson, is alive He hastily harnessed
his team of mules and just as he was
leading the animals from the barn the
huilding collapsed. There were tons
of hay in the NOW and so narrow was
Duff's escape that one Of the mules
vas struck by falling bale.
Cedar Rapids.
Charles Todd. hardware merchant,
living in Wilton Junction, Iowa, died in
hospital here Friday evening from
actinomicfe. one of the rarest dis
eases known to medical science. Two
years ago he broke a tooth. which
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gan much the same as lumpy Jaw IN
cattle. After battling twenty months
with the disease he was unable to con-
quer it
Des Moines.
Fred Fluscher, en- route from Lin
sey, Tex, to Lorimer, Iowa, was dis
covered in. the toilet room OF Chi
cago Great Western train SATURDAY
morning in a dying condition from
deep cash which he had cut in his
right arm. evidently with suicidal In
tent. The police surgeons met the train
and hurried F'luscher to the hospital.
where he lies in a critical condition
from loss of blood. He refused to talk.
Buck Grove.
George Hester had the great mis-
fortune to get hurt while attending the
fair at Arion. He was watching the
races when q horse became unmanage-
able and bolted out among the specta
tors and knocked Mr. Hester over.
breaking a collar bone. Mr.. Hester
had only nicely recovered from a pre-
vious accident which makes 1t doubly
hard to bear this time. He is getting
along as we'll as can be expected.
Sutherland.
/ What might have resulted in fatal
accident occurred here Saturday morn
ing about 10 o'clock. Emil SEEK. a
young man who was preparing to I'M
load coal from a boxcar. In trying to
push the door back, lifted 1t of the
| bearers and 1t fell. striking him. on
the neck. He was picked up uncon-
scious and lay for hours before re-
gaining his senses. The doctors at
tending him fear that he may be par
aiyzed.
Thompson.
George Sank, farmer living In the
VICINITY OF keister. swallowed silver
dollar last Sunday morning. He at
once came to town and paid the local
doctor a visit, stating that he believed
the coin had lodged in his threat, as
there was an unpleasant feeling In
that region. Upon examination the
doctor found that the dollar had pass
ed into the stomach, and 1t 10 not
ture will result Mr.. Sank now thinks
IL in the bank.
Green.
Tho mule-foot hog. so named from,
the shape Of his foot, Is to como into
prominence In Iowa. On account Of 90
many hogs dying in this state few
years ago from cholera some Of the
breeders cast about for a hog that
could Withstand this disease. The
mule foot answers to all the demands
and has come not only to Iowa but
thruout the hog-growing sections. to
stay. A. J. Doore has herd Of forty
and he recommends them very heartily.
fio says that oH SccS3H: CO the 6ne
quality of their meat they demanded a
premium in the markets. He has made
the test and is confident that the first
$50 nounda Of meat can he nut on the