Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-03
tramp escaped Owens cut is not con-
sidered dangerous.

marry MISS Myrtle buchanan OF That
city, but discovered she had married
Charles Fosselman week before.
Thereupon Hayes purchased n revolver
! and proceeded to the Fosselman resi-
dence, where he undertook to beseige
the whole family, who locked the doors
and fed upstairs. The police arrived
in time to prevent fatalities.
Mrs. w. V. Jones was thrown from
her carriage, at Fort Dodge, and was
badly injured. Her nose was broken,
her face gashed, and internal injuries
also sustained She now lies in criti-
cal condition. The accident occurred
in narrow, i'll lighted street, and was
caused by the carriage overturning on
large boulder. A suit for damages
against the city is threatened
G. N. Beeler and his 13-year-old son.
who were driving from Grinnell to
their home in Jewell City, Kan, were
run into by a Burlington freight train
on farm crossing three miles east of
| Villisca. The wagon was broke into
kindling wood, the horse was killed and
the man was hurt about the hips and
shoulders, his face being cut, while the
boys right leg was broken below the
knee.
While Joseph Pontzius and wife, liv-
| ing near Columbus junction, were out
milking they were startled by the
screaming of their children. They
started for the house and were horrifi-
in the road, the clothing being burned
| from the body of Walter, three-year-
old son. He lived only short time. 1t
is supposed the boys clothing caught
| fire from the stove while his sister was
fixing the fire.
Elmer Coulter, of Audubon, and
Frank Brown, of Fremont, Nebraska,
met in a corn-husking match on the
farm of Ed Chasteen, four miles east of
Nelson. The stakes were $500 side,
Coulter giving Brown five BUSHES in an
eight-hour contest Coulter husked
and cribbed 119 bushels and Brown lis
bushels, Coulter losing the match by
one bushel. He sprained his wrist and
worked to a disadvantage. A large
amount of money was wagered on the
result.
Leonard Lochner, the street car dri-
yer, shot by the boy bandits, at Du-
buque, few days ago, died, after suf-
| fering intense agony. Hanson, who did
the shooting, appears to be Indifferent.
He is II years old and is a hard char
acter The other boy, Lee, is very con-
trite. He prevented Hanson from
shooting at the officer who arrested
them at Oelwein. He said they were
fully determined to start out as high
waymen, and several more men might
have been killed if their career had not
been cut short. Conductor Magee
would have been killed by Hanson had
Lee not shut the door of the box car
when Magee opened it at Oelwein.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern train, on the DEBORAH branch,
struck large stone which had been
! placed between the rails. The stone
was three feet wide, four feet long and
| ten inches thick. The engineer at
| tempted to stop the train but only par
tally succeeded and the engine struck
the stone with such force as to throw
the stone clear off the track and caused
the engine to be ditched. The engi-
neer went with the engine, and when
4 lxN1 ,,f no. all
and was extinguishing the flames which
threatened the rolling stock The
mystery lies in how such large stone
| got on the track.
A peculiar case has been decided at
Clinton. N. A. Felch possessed a horse
| which he thought was about to die, and
he gave John HELLER So to give the an
| imal decent funeral. HELLER took
the horse to a stable, gave it dose of
medicine and with good care and feed
the animal improved in health and
flesh. Felch then got possession of the
horse, which he supposed was dead and
HELLER secured judgement against
him for $40 for medicine and feed. The
| case was appealed to the district court,
which decided that as Mr.. Felch did
not engage Mr.. HELLER to doctor the
horse the plaintiff could not recover,
and as Mr.. HELLER did not kill the horse
defendant RECEIVERS the So.
The community of Fontanelle seems to
have been struck by the suicide craze.
Three suicides have occurred in that
vicinity within six weeks. One night
recently the report was circulated that
Mr.. Rathmann had committed suicide.
| Upon inquiry the following facts We're
hard for two weeks or more, was very
abusive to his family and was raising a
row generally; had gone to bed, but
| got up and started out when his wife
asked him not to go; but he went, and
this was the last seen of him alive
| After half an hour the boy was sent to
look him up, but reported that he could
not find him. His mother told him to
go again and not come back till he
| found him. He then went into the
DdCh VI IilC oJdDlCs NucTc HC
found his father with his throat cut in
three places, dead. A razor was found
near the body, after considerable
search. The boy started to drag the
body into the house but was unable to
do so, SO he called for help, of which
there was plenty on hand in a very few
minutes. Two doctors were sent for
but life was extinct.
d. G. Thomas, an employee of the Brit
tain Packing House, at Marshalltown,
was boarding with J. Hoclridge, who
was also an employee of the same COM
pany. He was sober and industrious
man, but lately had been acting
strangely, and told several friends that
he feared some calamity would befall
him. He went to bed early few
nights since, and about midnight he
made such noise that he disturbed the
household and HoclSridge asked him
what was the matter. He said burglars
were trying to get into his room Mr.