Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-22

| in front of Milwaukee freight. The
engine and twenty cars passed over his
body, mangling it frightfully. No
cause is assigned for the deed. He
| leaves family.
James Heater, Is years old, residing
east of Independence, borrowed horse
and buggy from neighbor in his
fathers name. Subsequent develop
ments proved the father knew nothing
of the transaction, and search has
failed to discover the whereabouts of
the boy or outfit.
Stephen Howard, an old resident of
Lester township, Black Hawk county,
has died from the effects of an assault
made upon him by Charles p. Adams,
ghboring farmer. There had been
bad blood between them for some time,
caused by a quarrel over some stock.
Some of Adams calves got into How
ards field and Howard drove them out
and told Adams to take care of them.
| Hot words followed and Adams says
Howard attacked him with a milking
stool and he defended himself with
club, striking him over the head three
times. Howard fell, but later got up
and went to the house, when he got
worse, and has since died. Threats of
| lynching scared Adams and he went to
| Waterloo and gave himself up.
| Another story says Adams stabbed
Howard in the throat with pitchfork.
Howard was 20 years old and Adams is
35 and has always borne good
reputation.
Eight cases of scarlet fever have
been developed at Cedar Rapids as the
| result of the contamination of milk
sold. Several weeks ago case of
scarlet fever originated in that city.
The patient, girl, had been visiting
out of town, and when the symptoms
of scarlet fever became apparent no
| physician was called and the board of
health was not notified. Before fully
recovered, that is, while the skin was
yet in a harsh, scaly condition, she
visited the family of a dairyman in the
| country who sells, or did sell, milk to
retail dairyman in Cedar Rapids The
children of the dairy farmer o ltracted
the disease and the mother cared for
the children and helped to take care
of the milk. In due time the family
of the retail dairyman became sick of
the disease and since that time not less
than eight cases have been developed
among his customers. Health officers
are investigating the outbreak
A young man from Perry named
Leek was held up and robbed at the
| corner of East Third and Court avenue,
Des Moines, at II o'clock at night, by
three highwaymen. Leek had been
| in the city but short time and
says he was on his way to his boarding
| house on the east side after attending
an entertainment on the west side of
the river. He was passing along the
street when he was approached by two
! white men. They ordered him to stop.
He did so. Just then negro appeared
from the rear and prevented him from
| retreating. All three men had revol-
vers he said, and ordered him to give
up his money under penalty of death.
lie said he gave all he had, about S35,
and that then they made him stand
where he was until they made their es-
cape around the corner. He then
hunted up a policeman and gave the
officers description of the thieves.
Those descriptions tally with three
well known crooks who have been in
the city for some time and the police
feel confident that they will have
little trouble in running down the men
who did the Job.
One boy dead, man badly injured,
and SIS, 900 worth of property destroy
ed, is the record of the worst fire Bur-
lington has had in five years. The fire
occurred in the Boston store, on Jeffer'
son street, owned by J. BentZ & Sons
1t was caused by the carelessness OF
two bundle boys who dropped lighted
candle into a lot of cotton batting
which burst into flames, suddenly ill
ing the basement with sitting smoke
One of the boys escaped, but the Other
Oswald Pistorus, was overcome anC
: persisted. Mr.. Bentz in attempting tt
save the boy was badly burned abou
f the face, By the time the fire depart
ment had reached the scene the entir'
$ basement was in flames and every on
$ had been driven out of the building b.
the smoke. The firemen could no
8 enter the building on account of tn
: dense cloud of smoke, and were com
q PEELED to fight the fire from the outside
n 1t was slow work, and not for severa
n hours was the fire under control
@ Every vestige of stock in the building
G was destroyed by fire or water an
v smoke. The fine Photographic parlor
=. of Monterford & Hill, situated abov
the Boston store, were badly damage
. by smoke and water. Neighbour
buildings We're slightly damaged b
smoke and water. The loss is est
;s mated at S75, 900 with insurance to TIL
% amount of $4,000.
Is For farm loans write to the Securit
IS Loan & Trust Co., Des Moines, la.
II Shirts to order. Agent calls twi'