Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-02
Northern Io1ua Items

Iowa Falls.
s. f. Huber and c. H. Burlingane
have sold their two farms near Usage
one containing 100 acres and the other
100 acres, for 500 per acre.
Luzerne.
A fire at I.uzerne came very nearly
destroying the home Of Henry Ran
Istead, and an adjoining residence. BY
hard work the buildings We're saved.
The fire started from gasoline stove
in the woodshed.
Storm Lake.
While digging cellar for the new
ihome Of Jerry Sullivan. the remains Of
a supposed criminal were found. a
lpair of steel handouts locked were
}found among the few remaining bones.
LeMars
Hermann Blankenberg is plaintiff in
a suit against John Stastny. farmer
living in Perry township. and wants
ls5.O0 damages. He alleges Stastny' 8
dog frightened his horse. causing a
runaway in which Blankenberg suffered
permanent Injuries.
Independence.
Harry Christensen. aged 10. son OF
a local merchant, had narrow escape
from drowning. In company with sew
eraI companions he was enjoying the
skating on the Wapsie when the ice
broke beneath his weight and he fell
into the water. He chung to the edge
of the ice until he was rescued.
Rockwell City.
Everett Smothers. the young des-
perado who assaulted and knocked
down an aged police officer here a
couple of weeks ago and then made
his escape under cover Of darkness. was
brought back here from G;rinnell in
irons by the same officer whom he as
saulteJ. Smothers is in Jail at Rock
we'll City. unable to get bonds.
Cedar Falls.
\ William c. Nuhn has received q let
ter from Mrs. George EclShard at Gales
burg, ILL.,, in which she states that the
Rev. Mr. Eckhard. for the past twenty
years a resident of Cedar Falls, Is
very seriously sick with pleuro- pneu-
monia at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. S.. A. Wagner.
Manson.
The Farmers Elevator Is up against
the same trouble that it had last year
no cars. The Central seems to have
trying to have a "Y" put in. but the
railroad commissioners seem to think
Manson can wait. The want Of the
~ cost, the company $4,000 last year
and the chances are that the loss of
business maye be Il serious handicap
! this year.
LeMars.
The first case Of the present term
of court was that OF John Donrbusch
against John Mensen The plaintiff IN
this action sues for 500 damages He
alleges that Mensen sold him some
poor seed corn. that the corn was not
as represented and did not grow after
being planted. and in consequence the
plaintiff had poor stand OF crop, sus-
tanning a loss Of several dollars on
every acre.
Spirit Lake.
Earl Beerman. of this place had a
narrow escape while out in an ice boa t
on east Okoboji lake. He and another
young man were taking a ride in their
boat and broke thru. Sarl was thrown
into the water. but the other passenger
managed to get out Of the boat before
| it went down. Earl was in the water
about twenty minutes before assist
ance arrived and got him onto solid
| footing. This is the third accident OF
like nature in this vicinity SO far this
fall, two of which were fatal.
leMars.
John Kounkel was found pinned be-
meath an automobile which was turned
| upside down on the highway few
! hundred yards from the home OF NJ.
Kounkel, his father, residing near Nep-
tune The elder Mr.. Kounkel happened
! to look down the road while out in the
yard on his premises and saw an auto
! mobile bottom side up a few rods away.
He fastened to the spot and found his
son. John. lying unconscious in the
dirt with the machine which he had
| been driving lying across his. h1SS and
back. Helm was secured ano fife UNI