Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-03
Southern Io,ua Items

! flames. But it was not before the little
girl had received some severe burns on
her back and hips. DR.. Byers rendered
/ necessary aid to the little sufferer and
i it is thought she will soon recover.
Princeton.
Fire breaking out on the roof of the
old Riverside hotel building here at i
o'clock Sunday morning caused small
damage. The blaze was seen by
I Charles Rock, night agent at the I. &
l. station, and thirty men with buckets
were soon on the scene The blaze was
out in fifteen minutes. . The building
! is a three story brick structure and is
/ now occupied by Mrs. Robert Dreschler
and her son, Clark Dreschler. as a resi-
dence. For many years it was occupied
( by families sent out for short vacations
T by the Davenport Woman's club. The
/ city council will meet representatives
I Of fire apparatus today in regard to
purchasing a chemical engine for the
! Council Bluffs.
Horace Barton. II -year-od son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barton living about
six miles east of town, is in a very
I serious condition at the Jennie Ed
mundson Memorial hospital as the re-
| suit of an accident in which a rusty
/ twenty penny spike penetrated his
skull to a depth of about an inch and
! a half The accident occurred Tues
day while young Bargon was engag ed
| in tearing down an old barn on the
! farm. One of the boards which he was
prying loose with d crowbar flew up
and struck him, the spike in the end
/ penetrated thru the skull just over
/! the left eye and into the brain. He
! had the nerve to pull the nail out
without waiting for assistance.
| Charlton.
The body Of an unknown man was
found Saturday by John Elder and E.
0. Millen in an old building on the
farm OF the former about mile and
a half northeast Of Charlton. The body
was hanging from the rafters and was
badly decomposed. The man had evil
IDENTIFY committed suicide, and 1t is
thought that he stood on a barrel while
he adjusted the moose and then kicked
1t from under him. The only con-
tents Of his pockets was leaf from a
book with the hymn Lead Kindly
Light on one side, and Yankee
Doodle" on the other. He wore dark
coat and cap and pair of overalls.
He had apparently been dead about q
AAoiieh. lie WAS ABOUT EVe leet anu SIX
inches in height, and the foref1nger Of
the right hand was missing.
0enison.
Gus Arnold, whose farm is located
about ten miles south of Denison, went
thru an experience that he doesn't
care to have again. While he was busy
raking up weeds along the road near
his farm the tongue Of the rake broke
and frightened the horses. The big.
strong farm animals became un-
manageable AMI when they broke into
i q wild run Mr.. Arnold lost his balance
and fell in front Of the rake. The
horses kept on running, and headed
toward home. Mr. Arnold being in
the meantime unable to get away from
the rake, and rolling and humping
along in his unfortunate plight he was
thus dragged at rapid rate until the
team turned in the driveway to en-
ter the barn. AS they turned one
wheel Of the rake went up and over the
edge Of bank, and thus the rake IT
self was raised from the ground enough
to release Mr.. Arnold, Upon investi-
cation 1t was found that the victim
had suffered no broken bones. which
was indeed fortunate, altho he was
badly shocked and bruised by the ac-
cident and may be several days yet re-
covering.