Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-02
Northern Io,un Items

(, country few years. Judge Anderson
refused to grant decree and gave the
! young couple some good advice and
advised them to try and live in har-
mony.
vinton. So
AZ Sidney Cook of this city. who was
4 wanted by the local exemption board
I for failing to report for examination
when called was arrested~at Carlin-
vile, Ill., Monday and brought to Vim
| ton. His arrest at tCarlinville was for
completely in Stealing Ford automo
bile from Herman EHerbst, of near La
Porte City. two weeks ago. Joe Dali
nenbaugh and Charles Wayson, both
of this city. were with Cook at the
time he was arrested, but both made
their escape.
Sloan.
Theodore johnson. the -year-o OLD
son of Alfred Johnson, a farmer of near
Sloan, was run down and seriously,
if not fatally, injured at 1890 Satur-
day morning on a road crossing Of the
Chicago & Northwestern railway at
Sloan, when he attempted to cross the
| track ahead of passenger train No 9.
Young Johnson suffered severe bruises
| about the head and his hands were
badly mutilated. He was unconscious
| when aid arrived. The team was
killed and the wagon demolished, the
engine striking immediately behind the!
horses.
Sioux City.
Whether or not 7O-year- old man
cs:: wall. from, Sioux City to Chicago
in a week, or even two weeks, is a
| question opened up for discussion by a
challenge issued by NJ c. Carrigg, city
scavenger inspector at city hall. Mr..
Carrigg made the challenge on the oc-
casion of his SEVENTEEN birthday.
which he celebrated Saturday. This
challenge is that Mr.. Carrigg will start
| from Sioux City any day, and walk
from here to Chicago, if there is any
! other 7O-year- old pedestrian willing to
make the start with him. IF they ar
rive in Chicago in time for any OF the
world series games they will celebrate
| by attending. Otherwise they, will look
over the town and then walk, or ride.
back home
vinton.
i Michael Needham and Charles Klei-
neck have each filed suits In the dis
| trict court here against Benton county,
alleging damages done to them in an
auto accident July Il Ave miles north
Of Newhall on the bridge crossing Wild
Cat creek. Mr.. Needham asks $1,1S3.H
| as damages done to himself and his
| car. and Mr.. Kleineck seeks to get
$4,000 damages. Mr.. Kleineck was more
badly hurt than was Mr.. Needham, as
he suffered broken leg and other in
juries when the car skidded off the
side Of the bridge to the creek bed.
| They want damages because of the
negligence of the county to provide a
suitable approach to the bridge and be-
cause the bridge was not equipped with
guard rails for the safety of the users
OF the bridge. =
vinton.
The two negroes Ed Lewis and Ben
ME Shannon who were arrested a
month ago on charge of larceny and
lodged in the county jail awaiting
trial, pleaded guilty before the district
court now in session and were each
sentenced to six months in jail at hard;
labor, They were arrested for break
| ing and entering the office.of DR.. Me-
Morriss, of Blairstown and stealing
morphine granules. Harry Burton,
proprietor Of he Peoples Variety Store
at Urbana, was indicted and will be
held for trial on the charge OF arson.
The Peoples Variety Store was burned
twice last summer, and the insurance
company filed the charge Of arson
against Mr.. Burton. He waived counsel
before the grand jury and pleaded mot
piiiltyp bt1t was indicted and held for
trial