Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-05
Northern Io1ua Items

( Schancke gave the child severe beat
| ing, using his fists and blacking and
bruising it's face seriously. The strange
conduct led his wife to think some
thing was wrong and an Investigation
| followed.
Sioux City.
Unable to speak but two words of
| English. "ice cream" John kostakas. a
| Greek, lies in the city detention hospi-
| tai paralyZed from the waist down, suf-
fering from cerebro-spinal meningitis
j His condition is critical. In replying
! to questions Kostakas shakes his head
up and down for mo" and sideways for
| yes" just opposite to the general rule
| If he RECEIVERS, which is considered
doubtful, Kostakas will probably never
have the use of his limbs again He is
| a boy is years old and had been in the
United States but short time when
| taken i'll.
Dubuque.
Mrs Kate Byers has sworn out a
warrant against her husband. Charles
Byers, before Judge Glab. She says
she is afraid he will kill her. and that
he has made numerous attacks on her.
1t appears that the couple has been
living apart. and the woman says that
wherever her husband sees her he takes
after her and attempts to do her in
jury. She further asserts that on
Thursday he came to a place where
she was working in the city, and grab
bing her by the throat, threatened to
have her life. Byers has not yet been
apprehended.
Cedar Falls.
John Call sold his seventy-four acre
farm to the Galloway Gibson Company.
Consideration $14,SO0. Mr.. Call, after
this deal was consummated. bought the
Dwight Hill farm, three miles east of
Cedar Falls, comprising eighty four
| acres, for s14.ooO. Mr.. Call now owns
"a! the George Clark farm, which Ny
Clark thirteen years ago sold to L. s.
Ostrander for $50 per acre. Mr.. Os-
trarder, after a few years. sold it to
Thomas Springer for $50 per acre Mr..
Springer sold it to Dwight Hill for 800
and now Mr.. Hill sells the eighty-four
acres Which Ostrander once owned for
N75 per acre.
Grundy Center.
Just after P. p. Smith had built the
fire in his shoe repairing shop he stoop-
ed down to pick up a hammer when his
knee. gave way and he fell to the floor
uHSOASSious. Miss susie f'IlHner STOP
ped in with some shoes to be repaired,
ard finding NJ Smith IL e.: ;i,.u,,-
sciousn condition. went at once and
telephoned for help. He was taken
home and it was at first thought tina t
he was stricken with apoplexy, and
not until Friday evening was it dis
covered that a blood vessel had bursted
in his leg. Mr.. Smith has been in
quite critical condition but is much
better He had a similar experience
about eight years ago.
Dubuque.
The entire police force have been on
the lookout since Friday night for an
automobile which was stolen from Fill
more during the afternoon, and which.
1t was believed. was driven in the al :
rcction of Dubuque. The circumstances
surrounding the theft of the car. which
belongs to a well known resident of
the nearby hamlet, We're bold in the
extreme. and much excitement was oc.
tcasioned in the neighborhood by the
happening. According to the story told
the police over the phone, the motor
had been left standing outside of one
of. the business houses of the town
while its. owner went inside to attend
to some matters. Parties across the
street. a short time later saw a young
&.ass hurry around a corner OF the
NuSlding, jump into the car and drive
on In the direction Of Dubuque