Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-24
Northern Io1ua Items

Illinois University has been rapidly
coming to the front among the few
| leading universities of the country. the
size OF it's women's physical department
being revealed by the fact that here
are four assistants and 500 girls taking
the work in the freshman class. Miss
Freer is to be congratulated upon Sc
curing such an enviable position SO soon
after graduation.
/ Northwood.
The falling OF the old city water tank
late last Friday afternoon was wit
messed by number of people. The old
structure was torn down and is being
replaced by a steel tank of $4,000 gall
Ions capacity. work progressing rapidly
at present. The old tank fell to the
ground in somewhat peculiar manner
heavy chain being fastened around
the top of it and leading to the ground
and by the means of a number of pull
leys, a team of horses pulled the tank
from Its base. The big wooden affair
fell to the north with crash. the
| water having all been drained out be-
fore the work Of removing began.
Sioux City.
Mrs. Fred Benfer suffered severe
injury to her right arm Saturday eve
ming. In company with her daughter,
Miss Matte, she was returning from
| downtown, and when at the intersec-
ton of Concord and West streets, in
stepping from the sidewalk to the exca-
walton made for the new paving base.
she tripped and fell. In protecting her
self from the fall as much as was pos
sible, the bulk of her weight was sus-
tanned by her right arm. The severe
and continued pain an Nray examina-
ton revealed the fact that one Of the
bones Of the forearm had sustained a
| fracture and that there was a severe
! displacement of ligaments at the wrist.
| With the fracture reduced and all pos
sible attention given to the torn liga-
ments, Mrs. Benfer is resting as easily
as the injured member will allow.
Sioux City.
The farm offered at public auction.
located in Sioux county. and advcr-
| tised iidely thru this entire section of
the country, was sold Tuesday after
noon the sale being conducted and
| cried by Auctioneer +. j. Homan, of
Remsen. The farm was owned by Ole
H. Olson, of Humboldt, S. d.. and was
placed on public sale last winter. AT
that time the weather was so bad that
the sale had to be called off, but this
! time there was good weather and roads
and a large crowd was there. The farm
is located one mile south of Rock Val
ley. Iowa, and is we'll improved. 1t was
sold to John VanderStoog. of Rock
Valley, at $171 per acre. The pur-
chaser is well pleased with his deal as
the farm Is considered one of the
choicest pieces in Sioux county. The
seller ia well pleased with the services
and with the price obtained.
| RoIfe.
Clarence Clave. son of the Ottoscr
banker l.. ]. Clave. and Edward Hols-
chow, farmland, were killed on the
Let Fisher farm, on Des Miones river
eight miles northeast of Rolfe. during
the thunderstorm Sunday morning ut
1880 by thunderbolt. which struck
| the chimney and descended into the
kitchen. They were standing near tine
| range at the time facing each other.
and their bodies fell one over the otn1r
Another hired man was in the room at
the time and escaped with a slight
shock. recovering In time to extingulsh
fres started in the clothing Of the dead
man and to sustain Mrs. Holschow,
| who was stricken by hysteria. She
escaped by being In adjoining room.
Mrs. Holschow was keeping house for
young Clave. while the husband worked
on an adjoining farm. Clave was Is
years Of age and Holschow Is. the lat
! ter gentleman moving to this locality
last spring from Tennessee.