Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-07

county and their residence here has
been a continuous one. the greater time
being spent on the farm. In 1894 they
moved Il this city.
Des Moines.
one drowning and one rather serious
injury constituted the fourth OF July
casualty list so far as reported 10 the
police Sunday night, tho the drowning
,%as in no way connected with ceie-
bration OF the holiday. The dead VIII
ian, Shirley, 30 years old, living I the
e:.d ct South East Twenty fifth street.
The injured: Lyle Dawson, IS years
old OF 1917 Maple street. Young
Shirley was drowned at , o'clock yes
terday afternoon while bathing in the
Des Moines river one-haif mile east o.
the W-interset bridge which is near the
end Of South East Twenty-ifth street.
Another lad. whose name the police
were una Die 10 learn, was with Shirley
and is reported to have narrowly es-
capped when he attempted 70 rescue
Shirley.
Newton.
Al called meeting of the building
committee Of the Lutherans Monday
evening at the parsonage, the contract
for the new church was lei to William
Knudson & Son of Des Moines. Mr..
knudson being The lowest responsible
bidder The consideration was SIS, .3e
The other contracts viii be let in the
near future as the committee deems
proper. Work on the wrecking of the
old VI. E church will begin within
week or so and within five or six
months the new building will be COM
pleted and ready for furnishing. Mr..
Knudson says he will push the work as
fast as circumstances will permit and
spoke very congratulatory to the Lu-
theran people upon their good fortune
in securing such an admirable site for
the erection Of their new building. The
building committee viii sell the seats
in the old N E. church.
Macedonia.
Two men were injured rather SER
iously and five others slightly, in
cutting affray. in the stock yards in
Macedonia Saturday night. Charles
Benton OF Carson and Sherman Nun
dorf Of Griswold, we're slashed about
their heads and both also suffered cuts
across their abdomens when they went
10 the assistance Of Art Jackson.
local man VINO became involved in an
have come from Henderson TO take
part in a poker game No arrests have
been made and il is stated that both
Benton and Mundorf VIII recover. The
Henderson men quarreled with Jack
son earlier in thu evening and later re-
turned and attacked him, it is alleged
Several men went to the assistance OF
Jackson and in the melee the Hender-
son crowd drew knives with the re-
suits stated.
Laurens.
A number Of boys living east OF
Laurens went 10 the big tile outlet east
of w s Makes. They took a little
target rifle along TO shoot fish. While
the boys were lounging about and set
ting on the cement bulkhead, one OF
the members slipped a cartridge into
the gun and in some way discharged
it. The bail struck George Buckwal-
ter, Oldest son OF v H. Buckwalter and
wife of Laurens, in the back near the
spine and about the tenth rib. Medi-
ca! aid was Immediately summoned
He was first carried to the Mackie
home ard afterwards late in the after
noon taken home. He was not more
than three feet from the gun when it
than that. This proba bly, kept the ball
from penetrating very deep. The bull
LEI has not tbeen located yet but it is
i thought that it did not pierce any of
| the internal organs. He has been rest
| ing well since the accident and it Is
probable that no complications will re-
/ suit.
| Keystone.
| The Reverend Francke pastor OF the
| German Lutheran church of Keystone,
! suffered a serious accident last week
which may cause him to lose mis- arm
/ While driving with his wife and daugh-
| ter north of keystone, the horse be-
| came frightened at a calf tied in the
! public highway. Reverend Francke gol
! out Of the buggy to lead the horse pas'
| the calf The horse began pIungIns
| and in some way forced him against
| 4arbed wire fence in such way that
| his arm was badly lacerated and an
artery was punctured Blood rushed
| from the wound with much force
| Reverend r'rancke started to walk te
! a nearby farm house but fell three
/. times. The third time he fell 30 that
/ his arm was under his body and SUI
| ficient pressure against the WOuna
caused the flow of blood to cease. He'll
was called and DR.. Thompson was
/. brought TO his assistance. he ~as
found to be in very weak condition
j from the loss OF biood,s ESPECIALLY II
1.-The arm which it may be NECESSARY fe
| amputate ii flow of blood into 1t can