Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-07

age rs. lost the little finger on MS
right hand and his brother, Edwin,
was badly burned about the face.
The accident occurred at the garage
OF which the Widdle brothers are
proprietors. The young men were US
Ing giant powder from fire crackers
with which to load the cannon and
had fired 1t once but something went
wrong with the second charge and it
exploded prematurely.
lansing-Nvhile stacking hay In the
field Wednesday evening Tony FER
ring met with serious accident CO.
casioned by the breaking Of the guy
line releasing two 40 foot poles which
fell striking his head. He was car
ried Immediately to the house where
he laid In stupor for "a hours. The
attending physician states that he Is
suffering q fracture Of the skull but
ontertains every hope for his recov-
cry.
6oone-A mortgage for $1S5, 900, 900
which has been filed In the office of
the county recorder sets a new record
for instruments of this kind for
Boone county. The mortgage was
given by the Northwestern Railway
Company to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company of New York and
Edwin Marston, trustee. The loan
was made by the railway company
tc take care Of its obligations and the
mortgage Ia q first refunding gold
bond mortgage on all of the buildings
owned by the railway company. This
important instrument which must be
filed in every county in which the
road does business contains ITO pag-
es, or total of40,O00 words. The fill
ing fee Is II per thousand words or
$40.
Independence-The people of this
city had a shock when 1t was wired
from Chicago that Hon. C. e. Boies
had died Friday at Columbus hospi-
tai. Chicago following an operation
for appendicitis. Mr.. Boies went to
the National convention and not be-
ing in good health remained for
treatment after the close Of the con-
yention. His wife was called to his
bedside the first OF the week, but it
was not thought that his case was
dangerous. His body will be brought
home on the midnight train. The de-
ceased has been in tho state legis-
lature for several years one Of the
most conscientious legislators, he
was n quiet thoughtful and excellent
man and lifelong member OF the
M. II. church and Sunday school. He
Is nephew of Ex- Governor Horace
Boies now In his nineties and resid-
ing in southern California.
CenterviIle-Slava Padovich, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Padowch. living
three miles west of this city, is In the
st. Joseph hospital in this city with
three wounds on the leg where a
rattle snake struck him. The littis
fellow, only three and half years
old. had gone to the garden with his
mother and had remained outside of
the fence where the grass was tall.
He had been there only short time
when he called to his mother that
something had stung him. When the
mother examined the place she feared
that snake had bitten him as three
separate wounds were bleeding, each
place resembling the piercing OF u
snake fang. The boy was rushed to
the house and the father called. Not
knowing what kind Of snake had Bit
ten the child, the father went to the
garden and in the spot where the boy
had been playing he saw and killed a
two foot rattle snake. There were
ten rattles on the snake but the rep
tile struck at the father of the child
without warning. DIR. G. r. Tillmont
Ia treating. >the wounds and altho tbs
leg is badly swollen and the child has
suffered greatly from the snake bites.
it was announced that 1t was thought
he would recover.