Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-07
Southern Io1ua Items

and when 1t dropped to the ground 1T
was SO badly damaged that the aviator
found it necessary to box 1t and ship
it to Burlington via thee, b. & Q. The
birdman escaped without injury.
| shenandoah.
| Stanley. the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. n.
H. Ingals. was quote badly hurt by be-
ing thrown to the pavement by Shet-
; land pony. The boy had been sent to
town to get some butter and was on
his return trip with the butter under
his arm. Just east ON the armory on
Thomas avenue, the pony suddenly be-
gan to act up and the 3D. was thrown
to the pavement. His Jaw bone was
broken and the lower lip was bitten
thru by the teeth. He was taken to
the doctors office, where his wounds
were dressed and he is resting COM
fortably at this time. The pony has
not yet been found. 1t belonged to
George Warner.
Fairfield.
The barn on the farm of Joseph
L. Drish. who resides three quarters
OF mile south of the city limits, was
totally destroyed by fire. A call was
sent in to the fire department and they
responded at once, but the distance
was so great thta they arrived too late
to render assistance. Mr.. Drish lost
most Of his farming implements in the
fire and also lost one calf. The total
damage will amount to about $1,000.
$1,000 OF which is covered by insur-
ance. The other fire occurred at the
home Of John A. keltner on North
Sixth street The fire was a small one
end was nut out before the fire de-
partment arrived.
Washington.
The prospect Is that the fall crop Of
teachers in the rual schools In Wash
ington county. will be short this fall.
County Superintendent Minnie r. Con-
ner states that she is aware Of twenty
four rual teachers who will succumb to
the inroads of the god Of love during
the present month and before the fall
term of school commences The lure
of 5000 an acre land and riding to town
in an automobile is too strong for the
rual school teachers to resist. Miss
Conner states that she Is apprehenstve
that there will not be sufficient school
teachers next fall to MI the demand
an dthat a number Of Washington
county schools will be without teach
ers next fall.
Shenandoah.
II there Is any one who has more
bad luck than A. z. Davis, the ice man.
It ia not known who he is. In April of
last year he was unfortunate in get
ting his hand caught in pulley at his
ice house and two of his fingers were
taken off. He had not recovered from
this when his large ice house and barn
was destroyed by fire. which was
great loss az 1t came at a time when
the ice season was on in full blast and
his trade was good. Following this
Mrs. Davis was taken seriously Ill and
for many weeks 1t was feared she
could not recover. During the confer
ence here last summer at the new
Methodist church his mother was
taken Ill while at work At the church.
She fingered for . short time and was
buried Oct. I. Last week the fire COM
pany was called to his home. The hre
was IN . closet on the north side Of
the house and in there were most all
the wearing apparel Of the family with
the exception OF the washing which
had been sent away that day. They
have no idea as to how the fire started
unless It was from the electric light
wires in the closet. The inside OF the
room was considerably charred but the
house was not otherwise damaged.