Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-02-23

sale is advertised Tor Mafcn ]. ne
motion is in the interest OF creditors Of
defendant holding under second mort.
gage. 1t is based oa the ground that
the priority of claims has not been ad-
Indicated in the court, and that no
sale should be made until such priority
is determined.
John Detliffee was shot and instant
iy killed at Walnut by Adolph Bur-
miester. The circumstances of the
killing are as fallows: Burmiester and
his brother were engaged in a rough
and tumble fight over pool game IN 4
saloon near the depot, when VIM.
Clarey attempted to separate them.
Adolph Burmiester then drew a revol.
yer and atte mpted to shoot Clarey,
who threw up his hands and forced the
muzzie of the revolver over his Shout
der, when it was discharged, the mis-
sIlc causing instant death to Detliffe,
who had no hand in the quarrel. Det.
life was farm hand, about 2j years
of age and unmarried. BuruLester
has been lodged in Jail at Avoca. He
is we'll known in Western Iowa and is
possessed of considera bic wealth. lie
has been recently married.
The oldest man Ia Iowa aud prob
ably in the west is Mr.. ChaS l.. Pool,
of Allamabec county, who will cele.
bratc his lO7th birthday on the 18th of
the coming month. lie was born in
Congrasbury, Somcrsetshirc, England,
in 1886. He was thrice married, his
first wife living but nine years. In
England his business was farming and
REGULATING IN teLslcs AMI aftcc oming
to this country he was engaged in farm :
ing as long as ne was able to work,
In 1910 he came to this country with
his second wife and ten children, leav-
ing the oldest son in England. He set
tied first in Kane county, Illinois,
where in 1850 his wife died. In 1851
he removed TO Allamakee county.
which has since been his home. A
though 50 advanced in years, Mr.. Pool
can walk about, and with the aid of
his glasses read the finest print. Two
years ago he was hurt by fall, since
which he uses cane to assist him in
walking. Mr.. Pool has seventy living
descendants-seven children and sixty.
three grandchildren.
Joseph Gallagher was killed, ten
other men seriously burned in their
faces and hands, and as many more re-
ccived lesser wounds us the result of a
dust explosion at the Chicago Il Iowa
mines at Cedar, three miles from Abba.
One hundred men were in the mines at
the time, and but for the fact that.they
were generally close to the cold air
shaft the result would have been I'M
usually fatal. The man who fired the
Shot, Joseph Gallagher, was beheaded
by the explosion, and the coal dust ig.
hitting shot flame for hundred feet
about the room, telling all the miners
within that distance to the floor,
rendering some unconscious and burn
ing score more or less seriously.
Those who are reported burned about
the face and hands and whose con-
ditlon Is considered critical, although
not fatal, are: Harry Long, Charles
Long, john Robinson, Albert Ander-
son, George Abbott, Tom IRWIN, II. IL.
Lorrigo, II. H. Wapler, Ga bricl John
son and Mike Hokins. The scenes at
the mines were sensational, the wives
of the miners flocking about the mouth
of the shaft moaning and sobbing,
One woman was only restrained from
jumping into the shaft by force.
The case of Emma Byers, minor,
versus Boyd & EIgler at Harlan has at
last terminated. The case is one of
peculiar circumstances. In May, 1891,
the little girl of J. NJ Byers of Defiance,
met with an accident while at a neigh
bors suffering fracture of the humer-
us just above. the elbow. Dr. c. o.
Eigler of Defiance, was called to re-
duce the fracture lie in turn called
DR.. Boyd to assist him. They reduced
the fracture and bandagcd the injured
member. A few days after this the
little girls fingers turned black and
sweiled up. Twelve days afterwards
the bandage was removed and another
supplied. Twenty-Five days after the
first operation the second bandage was
removed, and it was then discovered
that n small opening had formed below
the elbow, from which matter was ex-
uding. This new complication became
I'd
finally the little girl was taken to Har.
Ian and DR.. Cobb examined the arm
and found the radius bone entirely
dead, which he removed. This neces-
the ligamcnts of the radius and ulna,
aud the consequent loss of the hand.
The plaintiff sought to show that Drs.
Boyd and Eigler lacked the requisite
skill and knowledge to properly per-
form the operation of setting the brok
en- limb. Another phase of the case
was the expert testimony introduced
by the defendants, leading doctors of
to the correct methods of treatment
employed by the defending physicians.
But despite all this 1t seems the jury
considered the preponderance of the
evidence to be IN favor of the girl, and
brought in a verdict accordingly, fix
ing the damages at 81, 500,
The Dallas County mills u Dallas
Center burned to the tround The fire
company was promptly on hand, but
owing to the scarcity of water and the
rapidity with which the fire spread it
was impossible to save anything. How
it caught Is a mystery. Insurance, $500.
Loss about $500
Burlington is again suffering from an
epidemic of burglarles. There was not
a night last week that some residence
or business house was not entered.
Expert burglars went through the resi-
dence of Mrs Ed. Gardner, taking val.
uables, diamonds, watches, etc, to the
amount of several hundred dollars.
The home of Harvey Robinson, at
Cedar RaDids, was partially destroyed