Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-12

Cherokee.
A new barn belonging to Thoma.
Parks. near Cherokee. burned to tn.
| ground with 500 bushels Of oats.
Danbury.
Miss Ida Saxton. Of Danbury, wa!
! shot in the leg while walking alone
| the railroad track near Danbury. Sinai
| boys who were hunting did the mis-
chief. The wound il not serious.
| Gaiva.
While trying to re-enter bugg!
from which he had alighted to- &c
warm by running:;Be Goodrich. o
Galva, fell and had his ankle sprainet
when the buggy wheels passed over his
foot.
onawa.
Hiram Mitchell, an Indian, who was
hauling load of grain across the
river on the ice to Onawa, lost the
entire load in the river when the back
wheels broke thru and the wagon
tipped up. The driver and team es-
capped.
Manson.
z. E. Lantz, farmer near Manson
was seriously hurt when he fell un-
over. He was walking by the side OF
the load with the reins tied behind his
back and close to the wagon when ne
stumbled. falling in front Of the
wagon wheels. Several ribs were
broken.
Harris. @
r. NJ. Riggs, Of Harris, has a new
device whereby his mail is delivered to
the house from his rural mail box
three-quarters Of mile away. A car
rage runs on ball bearing pulleys over
a wire by means Of a crank. and when
the mail Is in place the people at the
house quickly pull it home. The de.
vice cost about $50 to install.
Manson.
The barn of ]. H. Henrichs. farmer
residing about eight miles from Man
son, took fire in an unknown way and
burned eight head Of horses and fifteen
head Of swine, besides all the hay and
grain the barn contained. There was
only 5000 insurance on the loss. Hen
richs has about fifty head OF cattle left
to find grain, hay and shelter for. The
loss Of stock amounts to about $1,000.
vinton.
Death entered the home Of promi-
nent family in Vinton Friday morn
ing. Mrs. Ostrum Stone passed away
after \ brief Illness. She was SO years
Of age and had been a resident Of Vim
ton for fifty years. Mr.. Stone is now
past 80, and is very Ill. They have
three children. NJ. c. Stone OF Mt. Au-
burn, Otis Stone Of v!nton, and Mrs.
T. b. Cobbey Of Denver. Colo.
vinton.
n. d. Barney. a prominent citizen
Of the south SLOPE" passed away
last week at the advanced age OF 81
years. He had been i'll for some
time and his death was not unex-
pected. Just one year ago he and Mrs.
Barney celebrated their sixtieth we'd
ding anniversary. and three months
later Mrs. Barney died. Mr.. Barney
held many town and township OFFICES
and was a member Of the Masonic
lodge and an active member in the
Presbyterian church.
Fort Dodge.
The First National Bank OF Fort
Dodge excels in deposits for the past
year, banks in the other largest towns
in northern Iowa, such as Waterloo
AMI Dubuque, according to the regu-
lar report Of the bank. Deposits for
the past year were $2.5o0.oco. The
surplus Of the bank has been increased
from $15o.ooo, TO s.Oooeo;. the undivia-
ed profits are $4,000 and this with
the capital stock Of 5000. 900 makes the
total capital. surplus and undivided
Fprofits. $4,000.
Watsrloo.. ..
Mrs. John H. Riley has received a
letter from he- sister. Mrs. Charles
rilkins. who now resides at Tacoma.
wash. stating that Charles Knospe.
: former resident Of Waterloo town
snip, was killed ut Tacoma on Thurs
cay. Mr.. Knospe was employed q