Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-13
Coon Rapids.

Coon Rapids.
The council here has arranged to
/ have lights restored for the streets
| These were discontinued some time
ago owing to lack Of funds. A part
| of the cost Of keeping a night Watch-
man has been subscribed by business
men and this enables the council to
pay for the lights.
Clinton.
| The sawdust fire which has been
| burning in the mill yards here for the
past few weeks was extinguished sun
day afternoon when several local resi-
! dents used the fire hose to good adVan-
tage The. sawdust when once started
| will burn for weeks and altho no dam
age ever results from the fire, the
| smoke blowing about the city is very
disagreeable.
| Burlington.
| Oscar Bloomer, the 12-year- old son
! of Mr. and Mrs. ]. W. Bloomer, OF No.
1873 Des Moines street. is the first vic
tim of the cherry season. He was en-
gagged in picking cherries, when the
! limb on which he was standing broke
and precipitated him to the ground.
distance of about ten feet. He alishted
on his leg in such a manner as to pro-
duce compound fracture just below
the knee.
Perry.
Norman Schaeffer, who is employed
in the elevator at Bouton, met with
painful accident when board from
the top of the elevator fell and the
end of it struck him on the head. he
was brought to this city and it was
| e., IN take sew
eral stitches to close the wound. Re-
ports from the unfortunate man are to
the effect that he is getting along
nicely.
Tabor.
Kelley Carnes had three fingers or
his left hand badly cut while he was
assisting in removing stumps at the
A. Barnes farm south of Tabor He
was digging around the stump with
shade and Charles Havener was chop
ping the stump with an ak. keies
made a stroke with the AK, and the
sharp edge struck Kellcy's left hand
l. in such a way as to nearly sever the
first finger and cutting the two middle
fingers quite badly.
Guthrie.
The contract for the big soldiers
monument to he erected by Guthrie
county in the court house square a
Guthrie Center, has been let to Z. u
oldham Of Perry. The price named II
$500. The monument is heroic II
size, being surmounted by a figure 81
feet. six inches in heighth. 1t Will d
over twenty feet from the bottom
the base to the top Of the figure. Tn
y cutting will probably be done In tn
Perry shop.
Ee;rfieid.E
Those who want TO hold cow.
fair at Fairfield have won out IN IN
: supreme court in the fight with thos
e who want to. sell the old fair GROUND
?. and divide what there is among IN
, Stockholders. The supreme court loun
that a court of equity has no r1snt
step in and decide for company VIVA
lit shall do, and that as OFFICERS nav
been chosen who want to hold count
fair and the association is not insoiV
rent there is no excuse for appointmen
Of q receiver and winding up the dust
ness. Some Of the stockholders wante
to quit entirely.
Abba.
Ray Lewis, about q years Of ag'
son OF Thomas Lewis, who runs Tn
4 ibrick yard out on the Abba interurba
road. told his father that he was goin
into town TO get some medicine froi
DIR. Eschbach, who was treating MI
for stomach trouble. His brotne
watched him until he got into the Bur
! lington yards and then he lost trace