Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-24
Northern Io1ua Items

Kingsley.
w. H. Miller and ]. E. Wright last
week purchased the ]. H. Petersen farm
Craig. ..#.
A new 1900 pounl bell has been
placed in the belfry. of the Lutheran
church 1t has a clear mellow sound
and its ring can be heard for several
miles.
Waterloo.
Nearly eoo pigs and hogs on the
Dennis Shrock farm. four miles south
Of the city on the Eagle Center road.
have cholera and are dying rapidly! A
veterinarian Is treating the drove and
the owner is doing what he can to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease: never
theless farmers in that vicinity have
become alarmed and have adopted
precautionary measures.
Merrill.
Miss Fern Harker was the victim OF
quite painful fall last Friday. She
was doing some work at the head OF
the stairs at home when she made
mtsstep and fell to the bottom She
was picked up pretty badly cut and
bruised and a physician was sent for,
It required number of stitches to
properly adjust one Of the bad wounds
on the head.
LEM srs.
Ed Held, of Hinton vicinity. was at
the county auditors office on Friday
with seven fat young wolf cubs when
he caught at his place in Hungerford
township. The cubs were killed and
Mr.. Held received 81 bounty. Wolves
have been more numerous OF late III
Plymouth county than for several years
and from reports the same is true In
a number Of other counties.
s;b'ey.
Mrs. G.. v. Learned. who was drowned
ut Sea tile May 10, by the falling on
gang plank as she was boarding a
boat. was formerly teacher in the
Sib!ev high school. 1t was here she
became acquainted With Mr.. Learned,
a Sibiey boy, who was then employed
by the w. ]. Bruce Lumber Company
She was young woman of exception
al culture and her tragic death comes
as sad news to many friends here.
Dunksrton.
Lightning struck the barn on the
Tim Meany place, four miles southeast
Of here, about o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The barn was consumed. togeth-
er with the corn crib. hog house and
chicken house. The contents OF the
building also were destroyed. In the
building were seventeen cows, SIX head
of horses and sow with four pigs.
These were burned. together with q
quantity of farm machinery, grain and
hay.
Waterloo.
Father ]. ]. Haniey Will preach his
farewell sermon next Sabbath at
sacred Heart church. A few days
later he will go to Dubuque. where he
takes his new position as pastor OF
st. Patrick's church and vicar general
Of the Dubuque diocese. His sue
cessor at Sacred Heart will be Rev.
Daniel J. Lehman, of Vinton, and
Rev. d. p. Mulcahy. for the past six
years assistant pastor of st. Joseph's
church in this city, will go to the
vinton parish.
Ntaerioo.
II Black Hawk or chickasaw coun-
ties do not take advantage Of the
beneficence Of the late Harriet M.
Kendall for the establishment Of a
wor1an's home the proposition may be
taken up by a city in some other coun-
ty. However, the trustees Of the estate
have not as yet ascertained whether
the two counties named will avail
themselves Of the bequest, which will
amount to about $4,000, but the city
that has the home must contribute q
like sum. Black Hawk was given the
preference in the will. and it ID prob
able the home will be erected there.
Waterloo.
In an effort to be the FIRST to devour
a whole apple pie in a pie-eating con-
test, Clarence Loveland, II years old.
nearly choked to death. In order to
call a crowd to his wagon street ven
der offered q quarter to the boy who
would eat pie in the quickest time
and whistle. = I.oveiand was among the
four entries. By an extra effort to
win the race the Loveland boy clo9ged
his throat When he showed strangu-
lation, first Aid to the injured wae 80
miuistered ana the oRending md4ssls