Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-22
Northern, Io1pa Items

of handling persons injured in Rock
Island railroad accidents, but points
a moral to all boys. 1t is said that
,Pearcell was not employed by the
show and that he insisted on following
the wild west until the train cut off
his right leg broke his right arm and
injured his hip. On the other hand
there is criticism over the fact that
the boy was left in the rain while the
police made desperate efforts to get
a physician for him.
Sioux City.
The erection Of en-story rein
forced concrete store and office build
ing on the northeast corner Of Fourth
and Nebraska streets was announced
by T. S. Martin, Of the Martin Dry
Goods Company. Mr.. Martin declares
that the building will not be COM
pleted before 1918. The building will
be one of the finest and largest struc-
lures to be erected in Sioux City for
a number of years. It will have a
Fourth street frontage Of $50 feet and
will extend 216 feet back on Nebraska
street. 1t will take in the building
now occupied by the Isis theater. While
Mr.. Martin declares that. the an
nouncement is q lite, premature, he
nevertheless guarantees that the struc-
ture will be erected. The leases Of the
tenants occupying the building at the
present time do not expire until April
l, 1918, but under conditions of the
leases the tenants will leave on April
!, 1917.
Sioux City.
Three nations are buying horses In
Sioux City, Italy France and England.
The italian officers give out the i'm
preston that this country will be a
steady purchase of horses in the Sioux
City market during the. coming sum
mer, and the other two countries have
been steady buyers for months past.
On Sunday the italian representatives
bought fifty horses here. Monday they
purchased an additional 100. The
animals departed Wednesday for New
York on their way abroad. Most OF
the horses weigh about 1000 pounds.
The price In most cases was $3.50 each.
Strict tests Of the adaptability OF
the mounts to military uses are ap-
piled before purchase No purchases
Of artillery horses. the heavier type,
have been made here by the Italians.
Agents Of the French government
bought between 300 and 400 head of
horses Weighing from 1900 to 1850
pounds, Tuesday. Fixed prices for
horses, the heavier type, have been
made to which the Italians, as well as
French and English, apparently ad-
here. This has prevented any move
ment to boost prices unreasonably.
Hampton.
Mrs. Albert Jost, Of Hansell, has
brought suit against Mrs. George Jones,
also Of Hansell, for $3.50 damages for
severe burns inflicted by the applica-
ton Of boiling water, applied. it is al
legged, by the defendant on April 20.
The two women were neighbors. but
they both claimed small rope. Mrs.
Jost had gained possession of the OBJ
ject of contention and thought her
claim on the rope well founded, when
she discovered that her supposed prop
erty was across the line in the yard
OF Mrs. Jones. She demanded the rope
Of her neighbor, it Is alleged. and
upon the defendants refusal to re-
linquish it, started to carry it home
anyhow. She had not reached her
own yard when she saw Mrs. Jones
advancing with kettle. The plaintiff
declares that Mrs. Jones flung the
boiling water upon her. severely burn
ing both her arms and her left lower
limb. Mrs. Jost declares that she has
suffered much pain as a result Of this
alleged act of the defendant In the
case and that she will continue to
suffer considerable for some time.
The burns were so severe that they re-
quired the attention Of physician