Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
Southern Io1ua Items
WILLIAMSBURG.

| Williamsburg.
William Fry, tenant on the Thomas
X. Price farm, northeast of town, died
suddenly at the T. ]. Perry drug store
of heart failure. He had come to town
TO consult a physician. His wife was
with him al the time Of his death.
North English.
! During the severe storm here
Wednesday the home OF Ed Stumps
was struck by lightning. tearing down
| the chimney and tearing a hole in the
roof, throwing SCOT over the house,
damaging rugs and furniture. Mrs.
| Stump was slightly shocked.
South English.
! The newly consolidated school dis
trict west Of South English has voted
! for the bonding of the district and
building of new $4,000 school house.
| The proposition carried by l04 ma
| jority, and the new building will be
/ erected this summer at Webster
Des Moines.
| Struck by train as he crossed the
railroad tracks William Carey aged
| "a, had his left leg almost several
! his body. The leg had to be am
/ putated CAREY was the fourth mem
! Der OF the family 10 &c victims of a
! railroad accident Three brothers
were killed in a wreck near Des Moines
several years ago.
Council Bluffs.
| The ]. Zoller Mercantile Company's
store had brilliant fireworks display
Sunday afternoon that cost the firm
! 500. A lighted match was thrown in
| the stock of fireworks by boy in re-
venge because clerk in the store had
! refused him a match. For a time
| roman candles, sky rockets. large
crackers. rorpedoes and other noise
makers were hurled thru the air in
| all directions.
Muscatine.
! While Melvin Grady, age 3, son Of
! Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Grady, and his
uncle. Frank Painter. age 4. were play
/ ing in the formers back yard, difficult
ties arose which ended in the loss OF
a niger for the younger child. Whether
the boys were trying to see If the axe
was sharp. were trying to perform
surgical operation, or some other
/ cbild's experiment is not known, but
| the fact remains tina, the Grady child
1 is about this morning with the middle
! finger on his left hand held in place
/ with spiints and the entire hand band
aged up. The older child in some man
ner dropped a sharp ak on the left
hand of the little Grady boy and cut
! the middle finger off and lacerated the
entire hand
Knoxville.
/ Lewis Converse, pioneer stock
raiser Of Clay township. Marion county,
reports the loss Of $500 worth OF
/ thoroughbred Aberdeen Angus CATTLE
which accidentally took turns at drink
ing from bucket Of liquid Paris Green.
The poison had been prepared for the
purpose of spraying potato patch
! adjoining the pasture. Mr.. Converse.
who was in a field nearby, saw the
animals. four in number, gathered
around the bucket and ran to drive
them away. The damage had been
done however, the bucket having been
drained Of it's contents. All four died
within a half hour in terrible agony.
The hired man, who had placed the
! bucket il, the pasture near the potato
| field. was Immediately discharged.
| New Sharon.
| Scarcely had the ruins Of the old
| Neill & Momyer elevator quit burning
! when men with teams began removing
the debris and the actual work OF
building a new modern elevator COM
menced. One week ago Wednesday
night the fire occurred and Thursday
| morning, even after the hard rain, the
piles of grain and timbers were still
smouldering. The ashes were too hot
to permit teams to 90 thru them and
| the hose was used for several hours
| before the work could be started.
Teams are now making quick work OF
clearing the ground and George Wilwell
lis experimenting the excavation for