Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-26
Northern Io,ua Items

I Mr.. Wente turned his car and pursued
the two men to Cedar Falls. They
whipped their horse and made away
as rapidly as possible. One man lost
his hat. Mr.. Wente located the parties
after they had arrived at a livery
stable. notified h officers and a the
pleasure of seeing them in custody.
One Of the assailants was drunk. The
other is said to have put up a battle
against the officer, but vas over
powered.
Webster City.
When Mrs. Josephine Howard and
Mrs. J. N. Lyon were returning from
the local cemetery. the horse which
they were driving became frightened
at some object by the roadside. SHE'D to
side and ran dow the road, collid-
ing with a tree mi breaking the buggy
shafts. Both ladies were thrown out
Of the carriage and badly bruised. Mrs.
Lyon escaped without serious injury
but Mrs. Howard had to be taken to her
home and has been in great pain ever
since. It Is feared that her spine has
been seriously hurt in the accident.
Dunksrton.
After a second accident occurred
here Sunday afternoon during the ball
game between Dunkerton and Eagle
Center, the two teams stopped play
ing and the days program was can
celled. Fell Magee, 20 years old. an
outfielder, had two fingers split open
and broken when he attempted to catch
a long fly to center field. Shortly af-
ter he was taken out Of the game.
Matthew Ordner. 81 years old, broke
his right leg while he was running at
ter a fly to the outfield. He was look
ing up at the ball and running when
his feet became entangled in a barbed
wire fence and he was thrown forciblS
to the ground. His leg was twisted In
der him as he fell and the zone broken.
Manchester.
James Slattery. one OF two bachelor
brothers who have been working a
farm southwest Of Manchester. was
found dead sitting in a chair. The two
brothers had been about their usual
farm work during the day. At chore
time james remained in the house
while his brother. Tom Slattery. COM
pleted the chores. Upon entering the
house he discovered that his brother
| had expired. For a number Of days
Mr.. Slattery had complained that he
was not feeling we'll. and on the even
ing OF his death. when last seen by
his brother, was sitting by a stove pre-
! pairing hot applications to allay pains
which he had suffered for several days.
Heart failure is assigned as the aus
| Of his sudden death. Mr.. Slattery was
q man of middle g and was widely
known in the western part Of Delaware
county, where he had lived many years.
Marion.
Mr.. and Mrs. g.. Quaas are real pio-
neers Of Linn county. coming. from
Germany to Marion in May, 1919, with
thirteen other families and Of this par
ty they are the only one living. In the
summer Of the same year Mr.. and Mrs.
Quaas moved to Cedar Rapids and MI.
Quaas followed his trade. that Of q car
penter and helped build the first two
story frame house in this city. In the
year 1850 Mr.. Quaas purchased q tract
OF land five miles north Of the city and
lived on this continuously until four
teen years ago when they moved to
this city and remained here until about
1.-TWO years ago when they began max
Ing their home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bachman. OF Robins. on Thurs-
day, June. Is. Mr.. Quaas celebrated his
estA birthday. Mrs. Quaas celebrated
her seth birthday In May and their
friends rendered them . card shower.
They received 2l6 cards.