Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-02-06

to that storeroom, preventing . more \
serious confagration. Only the stock
Of goods Of the Brown store was
damaged. The interior Of the room
was slightly scorched. Mr.. Browns
loss is $1,000. covered by $4,000 In
8suTance. ii
Dana Jenkins Of Perry will rece:ve
$4,000 as the result OF losing an arm
and . leg when he was run down BY
q M. and st. Paul train. The verdict
SLOWING this much was upheld BY the
Minnesota supreme court. @ vi
Liquors sliced In the Manson drug
stores was condemned in Justice
Hartley's court ut Rockwell City and
ordered DESTROYED. Druggists Griep-
penberg and Daniels were arraigneds
upon charge Of keeping q nuisance
aud bound over to the February term
lof the district court.
e. N. Sawyer OF Hull has announced
his candidacy tor representative from
Sioux county on the republican ticket
to succeed Gerrit Klay, who has ls' de- DE-.
ctded not to run this year. Mr.. Sawyer
has been county surveyor for NUM-
Der OF years and was until recently
editor Of the Hull Index.
Old time railroad men Of Perry and
eastern lows have received word Ct
the tragic death OF George Perry. .
veteran locomotive engineer. who has
been In the employ q the Milwaukee,
company for forty years. Perry died
while pulling one Of the fast passeu-
ger trains on the Puget Sound extern
sion near Easton, Wash.
The organizations q which the late
DIR. Ira X. Z Gardner was Q member
1 have elected his successors. They are
a. follows: Board Of education. +. 3.
Strike: library board. Or. N. Schil-
ling; United States board Of pension
examiners. DR. Paul e. Gardner: CONF
smissi0ners OF insanity. Or. Paul r
B Gardner: director OF State bank, 81.
& H. Bailey fs8 ~ sS
week in the sh.ft OF the Central I0wa
Fuel company near Charlton, fatally
injured Fred Flows. a miner. MI.
Flows was under the cage repairing
"a belt when the cage was allowed TO-
descend into the mine. Plows was
crushed SO badly he will die. Mr..
4 Flows lived In Lucas county all his
3 life His mother was Mrs. William
Plows OF Lucas.
F. +. Hickey, stock feeder, at Pilots
burg. near WcIlman. so years old. was
badly injured in helping to move well
drilling tools. He sat on the tool
1 chest In a wagon going down an In
cline and the 500 pound chest fell,
throwing the man out. Richey's right
arm was badly crushed, and II was
found necessary TO amputate his left
leg which was badly broken. He will
recover. " IL
Theodore Clowd. who lives north Of
West Point. was severely injured
while helping TO hitch 9 team 81
horses. He was assisting his son,
Charles. who was preparing to drive
10 town when the team became fright.
ened and ran away. Mr.. Clowd waaf
1 standing between the wheels and .wail
1 thrown to the ground. He received
one severe cut on the head just over
the eye and was otherwise badly]
4 bruised. ~ s.i53 u III
The little depot at Madrid wail
thrown into the widest confusion
4 when twelye-pound baby girl was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Hughes.l
OF Kentucky. who we're on their way
TO Lincoln. Neb. Station agent Barby(
acted as head nurse until the ARRIVAL
OF the doctor. and hot water wal
I drawn from the engine. The Hughes
are related to the Aliens who figured
IN the court house shooting ARRAY ri
I Virginia. .,ts 81
A very painful accident, though
luckily not . very serious one. occur
ring at the masquerade In john
Crimm's hall st Andover, when Miss
Sophie Rittmer. who was dressed q
Santa Claus, was badly burned. MissI
Sophie was attempting to light the
candles ON Christmas tree, MrsI
Peter Rittmer representing the treeI
In some manner about $3.50 O'clock
the cotton coat. which was part o.
Miss Rittmer's disguise, became Il g
nited A wooden shawl was quickly
thrown about her. extinguishing the
flames. but not before her limbs, arms
and neck were seriously burned. Mis-
Rittmer Is employed by Mr.. Grimm
and Is resting rs comfortable % car
B he expected at the Grimm home. Hel
parents reside 10 Cedar Rapids.
The city council OF Estherville ha1
employed w. III. Grover. Of Ames. ID