The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-12-16
BIG BULL RUNS AMUck MONDAY
Dives Headlong Into Sewer Ditch on
Railroad Ave., Breaking Neck.
Law Suit May Develop

A big bull which was bein:, driven
to Denison by Chas. Johnson. who
lives on the O'Connor farm east oil
| DenisOn, staged show all of his own
last Monday noon down on east Rail,
road avenue but when the curtain
dropped on the last scene OF the ex,
citing lite drama. the star actor had
landed in sewer ditch breaking his
| neck. The big bull was quietly walk.
| ing along together with three cows
and when in the neighborhood of the
power house, Mr. Bull started to paw
the earth and before he could be
Quoted he had started down the street
at the rate OF sixty miles an hour and
without caring the least where he
went or what he ran into. Contractor
Carey Unfortunately had started to lay
line OF sewer directly in front OF
the path the bull had taken but had
been careful to place some barracades
along the ditch but this was no warn
ing at all to old MIR. Bull who had de-
cided to yet across that ditch or break
his neck. Down into it he went ker-
PUNK and broke his neck and it was
all over.
Mr. Johnson had traded the animal
to Enoch Olson, who lives out ON the
Jensen farm east Of Denison and was
to deliver it at the stock yards near
the Northwestern depot together with
the other three cows. After the acct
dent occurred. the animals throat
was cut in hopes that the meat might
be saved but it was limited by some
one. it is said. that the city might be
made liable for the accident so the
animal was left in the sewer ditch and
q lawyer employed to investigate
whether or not there was
against the city for the loss of the ami
NAL. We are told that lawyers are
still at work on the case and that
law suit may develope to decide wheth.
err or not the city is liable.
The Woodmen Circle held their an
nual election of officers Monday eve
ming. Dec IA. The following officers
were elected:
Guardian. Mrs. NJ. A. Harding; Past
Guardian. Mrs. A. c. Green: Adviser
Mrs. Otto Christensen; Clerk. Mrs.
James Armstrong: Chaplain, Mrs. F..
N. Olry: Attendant. Miss Deborah
Thompkins: Inner Sentinel. Mrs. Roy
Partridge. Outer Sentinel. Mrs. Will
liam Coan: Manager. Mrs. S. p. ia
cobsen: Physicians. Drs. r. p. Plimp-
ton and c. w. Carr.
After the regular business meeting
a delicious lunch was served by the
menu committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Kral. of Vail,
were peasant callers in the city Mon
day.
Gust Stehr and Fred Quade were
down from Boyer Saturday transact
ing business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wolf were here
from Vail Monday shopping and trans
acting business.
Miss Edna Timm. the bookkeeper at
the -Denison Bottling Works. is taking
a vacation from her duties this week
She is spending the week in Omaha
visiting with friends.
Edward Abbott was down from Boy
err Saturday attending to some bus
mess matters at the county capital. !
While in Denison he made the Review
office call and extended his sub.
scription for another year.
The weather the past week has been !
highly pleasing to the coal men for
the mercury has been steadily drop |
ming and II seems as If il never will |
find the bottom of the thermometer. |
The lowest point that it has reached |
thus far this winter was this morning |
when the government thermometer on
the college hill registered Is below |
zero. but little thermometers on the
front porches about town were not
at stopping there but many |
nit the 20 degrees below zero mark
before they stopped their antics.