Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-22
NEWS FROM over iowa

Oh ndmIIOH County anu d PioiAihSho
attorney at Stratford, died at his home
in that city few days ago.
Mrs. Mary Stock, "A years old, while
crossing the track of the Chicago Great
Western railway at Dubuque, was run
over by the north-bound passenger
train and instantly killed.
f. A. Johnson, of Prairie City, was
taken berore Commissioner E. r.
Mason in federal court at Des Moines
and committed to Jail on the charge of
selling liquor without a revenue stamp.
George Mclaughlin, one of the oldest
settlers of Abel, committed suicide.
He was heavy loser in the recent fire
at that place, and brooding over this
was probably the cause.
A fatal runaway accident occurred
near Geneva. w. A. Church and wife
were driving home, when the horse
became unmanagea BILE and ran away,
throwing the driver out. Mrs. Church
jumped and was thrown violently
backwards upon the frozen ground,
resolving internal injuries from which
she died few hours later.
A few days ago a man by the name
of Henry Cope was found badly frozen
on the highway about a mile southeast
of Newton. He was discovered by a
passer-by lying near the roadside, dead
to all appearances. He lives at New
Sharon and was walking to Newton.
He sat down to rest and was rendered
unconscious by the extreme cold. He
did not regain consciousness for several
hours. His hands and feet will have
to be amputated.
o. NJ. Galloway, salesman in the
large implement store of Higgins &
Saville, Mt. Ayr, is the victim of sad
accident He delivered corn shucker
to George d. Bennett, some six
miles from Mt. Ayr, and put the ma
chine in operation, and while showing
the working of the machine his glove
accidentally got caught and his right
hand and wrist were drawn into the
machine and cut all to pieces. He was
driven to Mt. Ayr as soon as possible
and the injured member was amputated
some four inches below the elbow.
The jury in the case of Edward
French VS.. the c., NJ. & st. P. Ry. Co.,
tried in the United States court at
Fort Dodge, brought in judgment for
$1,000, The amount sued for was
$4,000 In two cases of embezzlement
the defendants pleaded guilty. Thos.
j. Smith, charged with stealing $500
from the postoffice at Lake City, re-
ceived a sentence of eighteen months
imprisonment and fine of $50. The
other was the embeZzlement by o. d.
Thompson, postmaster at Thor, who
got sentence of two years imprison-
ment and fine of $500. Sentence in
both cases was suspended during good
behavior.
Sheffield a town of 200 inhabitants,
fifteen miles south of Mason City, on
the Iowa Central railroad, has been
almost entirely wiped out by fire.
Twenty business houses beside num-
Der of dwellings were consumed. The
fire originated in small stable at the
rear of the Central House, and in less
than two hours the town was in ashes.
A limited supply of water and few
buckets were all they had to fight the
flames with. Three years ago the %
of October the town suffered a S35, 900
blaze. and the last fire burned over the
same district, which had been rebuilt
with more substantial buildings. The
loss will reach 1000, with insuranc,
of $25, 900.
Dennis Ryan, an attorney, and Franz
Kennedy were arrested at Sioux Cit!
on a charge of conspiracy, and Ken
needy on the additional charge o
obtaining property by false pretenses
The charges were filed by Kennedy
wife. She alleges that Kennedy ha
long wanted her to put the title to tn
property on which they live in hi
name instead of hers. but she ha
always refused. There was mortgag
on it, and few days ago she went t
Ryan's Office and was asked to sig
what she was told was a release of tn
mortgage, which she did, but has sine
found out that it was in fact warrant
deed conveying the property to he
husband. She will prosecute both.
State Superintendent Sabin says tina
the meeting of the State Teachers A
ISOLATION at Des Moines during til
holiday week, December 20 to %,
going to be the largest in attendant
that has ever been held. He expec
there will be more than ], 200 teache
present. The association gets strong,
every year. The papers are prepare
with care, and the line Of work take
up is more systematic and arrang,
with more thought for the gener
good. The proceedings are now pu
lished by the state and carefully e
tied, so that the whole does not nal
to exceed 200 pages. No paper can
read before the association till co,
of it has been deposited with the secI
tary.
Lee Haynes, of Newton, was r,
over by Rock Island passenger ira
no oit II. f..