Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-21
Northern Io1ua Items

, his home with a, broken leg, the victim
of runaway accident Mr.. Perrys
Wife was attendiing a patient in the
country and her husband was driving
out to bring her home. When near the
| river >Nbridge northeast of town, Mr.
Perry's horse was scared by motor
cycle and turning sharply around on
the narrow grade leading to the bridge
ran backward toward the city. Tho he
| tried to the utmost to regain control
| of the animal Mr. Perry was power
| less to do SO and when near the II. III
Ash home on East Second street. was
thrown from the buggy. sustaining a
broken leg above the left ankle
Dubuque.
Dubuque has been free from destrtIc-
tive fires for more than three weeks.
This period covers the time during
which Walter Smith. who confessed to
setting two fires, in the basement of
the Grand opera house during the
progress. of a, performance, which was
witnessed by more than a thousand
people. has been in custody He has
been, indicted and the public is await
ign with keenest interest the Develop
ment when the trial shall come up.
which is scheduled for the present term
Of court. The police are satisfied they
have the author of the four destructive
CONGREGATIONS which in less than a
fortnight swept to ashes 100000 worth
of property.
Fort Dodge.
Joseph IIabhab. junior member of
the firm of Habhab Bros, left a few
l.. 4
where he will steal a wife and carry
her back to the new world and install
her queen of his household here The
merchant viii seek a Wife. marry her
according to the rites of the Moham-
medan church. and then spirit her
away to the coast. where they will ship
to America either thru the port of New
York or san Francisco \ marriage
such as Habhab anticipates. is fraught
with difficulties. While marriage Is
encouraged and even forced upon the
Younger people of Syria. marriage With
a Syrian who has deserted the old
world for the new is an unpardonablc
offense Hence the strictest secrecy
will be observed by the young mer-
chant when he reaches Beirut. After
the marriage ceremony there is bu.
one thing letl Tor the groom " 10 bt-
fore he can claim his wife and that is
to abduct her, and spirit her out of the
country
RoekdaIc.
While driving to Dubuque Mrs. John
Schilling, living in the vicinity OF
Rockdale suffered number of painful
INJURIES when the pair of spirited
horses she was driving became fright
ened at an object in the road. ana
started off on q mad gallop with the
terrified woman unable to stop them
Hitting a rough spot in the road. Mrs.
Schillng was thrown out of the buggy,
where she lay for several minutes.
finally making an effort for assistance
at a nearby farm house. The horses
meanwhile became exhausted and were
stopped by two intoxicated parties re-
turning from spree at Dubuque the
night before. Taking advantage of the
condition of the woman, they demand
unable to pay the required sum. Mrs.
Schilling was forced to give all of the
change she carried with her. Recover
ing sufficiently to talk Mrs. Schilling
related her experience. Two of the
farmers sons were off in a hurry and.
overtaking the guilty parties. soon re-
turned with the money, after which
Mrs. Schilling was taken to her home.
The horses were slightly bruised as a !
result of their mad dash, while the
buggy was a total wreck.