Show THE tragic af billy Dickt rb fourth 0 july A narrow improving nicely the most accident of the day nd the only one to really roar Us pleas iree was that which befell billy dickert young clerk of the jotting department of the monday evening when be forefinger of hie light baud was blown off and he wag otherwise injured y the of a giant cracker one t the largest on the market rickert and a party of young fel iowa bad pent the greater part of the lay in setting off large fire crackers en main street and it was in tl e evening that Billy while standing in front of sutton a restaurant lighted a g ant and placed it on the edge of the elde walh it did oot explode as soon as they usually d however and g companions ere inclined to give liliu jocularly speaking the horse laah Thin klog of course that the cracker not going to go off the unfortunate young dan stepped to the edge of the sidewalk and picked it up when the explosion occurred the injured man stunned and bleed ing staggered into the arms of a coni panion and was helped into the club saloon doctors in the meantime having been summoned by his friends dr V ard was the first to appear and had mr dickert taken to his office where the victim was placed under anesther anes thet acs ics and his wounds attended to tb fore finger of the eglit band was torn cleanly from the bone and was picked up n the sidewalk a short time after the explosion while the other fingers and in fact the whole band ere badly cut and bruised the young man s clothes bis coat trousers vest shirt and garments over bis right side and stomach were literally tattered by the force of the explosion and it was at farat feared serious internal injuries might As it was the physicians found it to remove what little was left of the tore finger and aleo llie tip of the ard 3rd finger on the same band mr dickert was made as comfortable as possible and taken home by friends the gentleman is newly married and his young wife as nearly heart broken over the affair the accident cast a gloom over nearly the entire community and among the friends with whom be wae celebrating reports of b s injuries were at alist greatly exaggerated exa and all evening anxious inquiring regarding bis condition were made he is now doing nicely but will always bear a grim reminder of july th |