Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-27
Northern IolOa Ite,11s

/, was at q neig1bor's. At Inidntght &1SX
! returned home, and were eoMAW MAk
myMified to ind the front plate 49,
window smashed. In the baeem4ne'
| they discovered that the furnaces W49
badly wrecked, but the fact that 1h43
water pipes were bursted and allONeM
the water TO run. probably prevented III
/ fire. The furniture was showed arouno
the room. The building Was rAised
| from the foundation and In dropping
J back several Of the joists were dam.
aged. The cause OF the .axplosion ~ -
mystery but II 10 likely that II 49,
caused by the accumulation Of EAs ~
4 the furnace.
! Dscorah. & ss
Mrs. w. g. Hayward, thru her go
torney. y, r. Acres, died suit axainst
I the city of DEBORAH last week for $500
damages. The cause Of the suit u the
injury sustained by Mrs. Hayward last
stone going over the crossing leading
| from her residence towards the Rock
Island depot. In the fall her left arm
was broken and her wrist dislocated.
7, vinton.
| The school board in the consolidated
/ district OF Norway have decided M
submit to the people Of the district
u proposition to issue bonds In the sum
OF $4,000 for the purpose Of making
improvements In the school building
and the acquisitions OF additional
ground to meet the requirements OF thv
state that would permit them to draW
, from the state annually the sum ~
| $3.50. N
Humboldt.
One day last week John SCHUYLER,
VINO resides in the vicinity of Mallard.
turned out span of valuable horses
| for the day. They started to cross 81
| big drainage ditch and both OF them
got into it and could not get out They
were discovered In their predicament
! and help went to get them out. They
succeeded In getting one horse out but
while they were doing this the other
one drowned. The one gotten out was
In APP retty bad way. The Icy water,
had SO chilled him that It amounted to
1 almost freezing to death. 1t was quite
a loss for Mr.. Schiller.
| Conrad.
Leonard Whitmore. 12-year-pld son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitmore, liv-
ing near Ivester, met with very pain
! full accident last Monday afternoon,
when his right hand became caught
in corn shelter. The boy was PLAYING
around the corn crib where the Smelling
was taking place and while In the act
or trying to dislodge rat under tho
/ crib with a stick, accidentally struck
| mis- hand into q cog wheel OF the ma
chine. His cries for help attracted the
/ attention Of Dick Brown. who was run
ming the engine and he Immediately
stopped the machine. The boys hand
was so badly lacerated that the thumb
and two fingers had to be amputated.
Waterloo.
| On March LIS C. A. Dickey. after sew
eral attempts. drove around Henry
Menken on country road. A small
incident, but see what has happensed
since: Dickey, when passing, twitted
Menken with taking up too much OF
the highway. Merken tried to have
Dickey retract. There was q hstic en-
counter. Dickey had Menken arrested
for assault and Menken was fined $10.
1t developed in the testimony at Men
kens trial that Dickey had driven 70
the right side in passing Menken.s Mem
ken then had Dlckeyz arrested for vio-s
lating the road law. Dfckey pleaded
7 guilty and Judge Mullan imposed .
fine of 81 and costs. The court could
not repress smile when the whole
| tragic story was unfolded to him Dy
! County Attorney Wenner.