Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-12
Southern Io1ua Items

any trace Of fire. Mr.. Sieburg is much
worried about the fire, as the insur-
ance will not nearly cover the loss.
Some insurance was carried on every
thing but the car. An Insurance Of
si00 was carried on the corn, but 500
bushels lost at $50 a bushel means a
| loss Of $500 with insurance not half
enough TO cover. Mr.. Siebburg will
| not rebuild till after harvest.
i Perry.
John Riley, 4-year-oId son of Mr..
| and Mrs. Henry Riley of East Tenth
street north. was seriously injured
| Sunday evening al O'Clock. when he
VAS kicked by a colt. fracturing his
skull in two places. John with
t.neighbor boy, Roy Schermerhorn. was
| playing in a pasture near the Riley
home. The boys decided they would
take ride on the colt that was frisk-
| ing about in the pasture. They cor
! nered the animal and were trying to
| mount him when he turned suddenly
| kicking Little John on the forehead just
! above the right eye.
! Buck Grove.
While Jack Welch was working in
| his blacksmith shop ne found that a
| IRE had started in a rear room. and
! ne secured mis- books and got out The
cause Of the fire is unknown. as there
was none in the forge Lightning is
! mentioned as a reason, but there was
! 10 iou1 thunder during the rdinstU iii
/ which was in progress while the fire
| was burning. The meat market, which
| stood but few feet away from the
shop was badly damaged on the south
| side but hard work on the part Of the
| bucket brigade saved 1t. The insur-
| ance people made prompt settlement
| with Mr.. WEIGH, and he has nasons
engaged 70 put up 20x40 brick shop.
Muscatne.
The 10-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. James Essex miraculously es-
! capped death when she was knocked 10
! the ground by an automobile driven by
| Dr.. Toms, near the corner of Cypress
and Sixth streets. According to wit
| nesses Of the accident the little girl
| dashed out in front of the automobile
driven by DR.. Toms and before no
could apply the brakes the car had
knocked the girl to the ground catch
| ing her clothing on the fender and
| dragging her a distance of about six
| feet. While she sustained serious cuts
and bruises about the head and body
no serious developments are anticipat.
ed and her complete recovery is ex-
pected.
Logan.
Logan has mystery, a deep, diabol-
ical mystery. A few years ago man
| living at Denison traded for the Logan
| opera house but for the past year or
SO the investment has proven a poor
one and little attention has been paid
to the building. Yesterday the owner
arrived in Logan to look over the
building and accompanied by one of
Logan's leading citizens they visited
the deserted building. The first thing
which greeted their eyes was the total
lack of electrical fixtures, which had
ssccG e place %~;hhs::ss ::h.e building was
locked. Upon looking further they
found all the ropes gone from the
drops, the drops and wings torn and
rnutilated, the stoves gone and last bu.
not least, the rectif1er used on the
stage was found to be missing. Find
ing SO many things gone they decided
to investigate thoroughly. They de-
lscended to the basement and were
amazed to find the miscreant had made
a complete job of the matter and taken
the furnace out and all the connec-
y lions