Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-04-07

II. y. hOlDlrg, ABOUT 10 years old, llv-
ing with his son two miles and half
south of Paralta, Linn county, was
fonnd dead in bed. On account of the
extreme age of the old gentleman, he
had been permitted to sleep as long as
desired, but was usually reasonably
early to rise. Adhering to that idea,
no one tried to awaken him until about
10 O'clock, when Mrs. Kolbirg, Jr.,
thinking he was over-sleeping himself,
went to call him and found him dead.
The cause is not known.
The jury in the celebrated Roberts
case at Oslsaloosa, returned a verdict
recently, giving the plaintiff, Miss
Mamie Roberts, Judgment for $1,000,
one half the amount asked for in her
petition. The Judgment Is against her
father, ]. L. Roberts, and brother-in-
law, t. A. White. The jury was out
forty-one hours and number of bal
lots were taken before agreement was
reached. 1t is understood that the jury
stood nine to three in favor of the full
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Iowa Holiness association,
held few days since in the Y. M. c. A.
parlors at Des MONIES, arrangements
were made for the holding of a ma
tional camp meeting in that city June
1920. Members of the national associa-
ton with eminent experience and wide
representation as speakers, will be
present. The present arrangements
are that the camp will be located at
Oak Park. The Iowa association feel
honored in the acceptance of their in
vitation to conduct their annual camp
meeting this year by the national asso-
citation.
The most important and sensational
civil case ever tried in Mahaska county
lis now being heard before Judge Dew
ey at Oskaloosa. Miss Mamie Roberts.
:35 years of age, has brought suit
against her aged father, ]. l.. Roberts,
and brother.in-law, Il. A. White, for
malicious persecution, in attempting to
have her adjudged insane and incarcer-
ated in an asylum. She claims it was
a plot on their side to cheat her out of
her share in her fathers estate, he be-
ing worth about $4,000 and having
eight heirs. She asks damages to the
amount of one-eighth of her fathers
possessions, or $4,000. More than
thirty witnesses have been examined
and the bones of every skeleton that
ever pervaded the family closets have
been ratified and re-rattled
The children of North Hill school at
Burlington have been in fever of
excitement about an electrical phe-
,nomena that has been discovered in a
large tree on the play ground A
little girl lodging coyly backward to
elude the grasp of some bold youth in
cidentally came in contact with the
tree in question and received severe
electric shock The mild shrek of the
shocked maiden brought her mates to
the scene, and with much shrinking
and fearful tremblings the little folks
advanced in turn to get shock, the
girls invariably shrieking and the boys
shouting as they touched the strangely
possessed" tree and fell backward to
escape a second shock. Strangely
enough, the tree was found to be cleo
trified only on one side.
Hon. Charles Doerr, of Fort Madison,
received rather discouraging news from
his son, c. p Doerr, of Chicago. C. p.
has been operating on the board of
trade for a number of years and has
been doing well until recently he be-
gan to lose on wheat deal which final
ly took him under, which his friends
were sorry to read. A Chicago paper
says: c. p Doerr, trader who gradu-
ated from the open board to the rCgu-
lar board, failed to get through the
clearing house. He was about S.. 900
shy He has been scalping with more
or less success for some time; made
money last fall, and has lost recently.
Cutler, Armour and Lester are the
largest creditors. None of the losses
are large, but they are pretty well
scattered. The report of his trouble
depressed the market temporarily,
about 200, 900 bushels of wheat being
sold on his account.
Quite little excitement was caused
in Northwood by the arrest of seven
young men for robbing an old miser
who used to live in that place. Tanner,
who died some months ago in Albert
Lea, had quite fortune in real estate
and money deposited in the bank at
Northwood and in several Minnesota
banks, and usually carried quite sum
with him, besides drafts, deposit checks,
etc. He had been robbed three differ
ent times in Northwood and several
times in Minnesota. 1t seems that the
real thief, S. c. Tompson, got scared
recently and turned states evidence,
duplicating several who are perfectly
innocent as principals to the crime.
The preliminary hearing was held re-
sulting in three being held over to the
grand jury, one discharged, and the
others were taken to Minnesota on
requisition for robbing the old man in
Glenville.
A singular case of misery and wr etch-
edness caused by avarice, has come to
light in Floyd county. Mrs. Anna
Schmidt, an aged German lady, was
found in her own home the other day
in a terribly destitute condition.
With no relatives near she has been
living alone in a small house and liter
ally starving herself to death, denying
medical attendance, food and care, in
order that she might save untouched
$500 she had in her possession. Recent
ly she sent word to the trustees that
she desired to go to the poor farm, and
in order to prevent her money from be-
ing used for her support she sent it to
a neighbor with instructions to for
ward to some person in'Germany. The
money was deposited in the First Ma
tional Bank OF Rockford pending an
investigation into her case The sup
ervisors, Notwithstanding her plead
ings to save the money, will spend it in