Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-15

faction, leaving the church in the I'M
disputed possession of the Dubs fac
ton. A decree had been entered in
the district court quieting the title in
the latter faction, but when an appeal
was threatened compromise was
brought about upon the terms indi-
Gated. The property in question is
valued at $1,000.
The celebrated case of Phillip Boman
against Franklin county was tried last
week in the district court of Wright
county and resulted in verdict OF
$500 in favor of the plaintiff. The
case was brought four years ago for
injuries sustained by the falling Of a
bridge near Acley while driving over
it with load of hogs. The litigation
has been continued since, having been
appealed and tried in the supreme
court and sent back several times for
errors on the trial. The plaintiff
claimed $40, 900, but was limited ON the
trial last week to 81 500 by the rulings
of the court because he had made
pervisors of the county to take So, 500
in compromise to avoid law suit. 1t
is believed the jury would have given
Mr.. Boman SIS 200 if the court had not
inhibited them by instructions.
Sheriff Boylan F. d. Houser, Charley
Edick and Marshal Mcmillan, of Mason
City, left that city in quest of two sus-
picious characters who had been located
near Written. The fellows had be-
tween $500 and $500 worth of stuff in
grips and bags consisting of revolvers,
razors, knives, shears, bits and drills
and quantity of clothing, mittens,
gloves, etc. Many of the articles have
cost marks on them. The men gave
their names as John Mckee and John
Allen, and said they were brick yard
men, formerly from the Carolinas, but
their home was near Sedalia, Mo.
They are each from 40 to As years old.
| The clerk from Johnson's store at Hub
bard, which was robbed a short time
ago, identified some of the mittens,
! etc. as goods stolen from that store.
The Union burglars had their prelim-
mary examination before Mayor Moir,
and were bound over to the next term
of court and bail fixed at $500 each.
A short time ago Rev. William
Stevens Perry, D. d., bishop of Iowa,
returned to his home in Davenport
from sojourn of several months in
Europe. During his absence he left
young man by the name of p. l. Earl
with his wife as the occupants of the
house. Bishop Perry's nephew also
| occupied room in another part of the
| house The Earls took in man named
Marshal as a ledger Since his return
Bishop Perry finds that his house has
been stripped of valuable books,
pictures and other belongings, of rail-
road mileage, souvenir coins, table
ware and other valuables, and that his
| stock of wines, and his store of other
| provisions have been consumed.
The Earls are highly connected in
Davenport. They are under surveil-
lance, but are not likely to be crowded
hard for the facts that are in their
possession. Marshall is charged by
them with the thefts, but he has gone
and cannot be located. The extent to
which the Earls are implicated has not
as yet been made apparent, nor has a
| statement of the amount of the
loss, but this already runs high
| into the hundreds of dollars and is in
| creasing. Some unimportant goods
| have been recovered from the pawn
brokers' Among the articles are
diamonds and other articles of valua BILE
jewelry. The discovery of the looting
| has made sensation.
The peculiar prescriptions made by
DIR. w. NJ. Brunt of Eddyville got him
nto trouble in the federal court at Des
Moines. He was arrested some time
ago for violating the internal revenue
laws by selling liquor without gov
eminent license. He was taken before
commissioner and bound over. Upon
his returning home he had two men
who appeared against him as witnesses
arrested in a state court, the federal
officers think for the purpose of intim-
idation. After all this was against him
he got into bad odor again by prescrib-
ing to fellow who is in the habit of
drinking almost to excess most pc
culiar prescription. He told him to
take ten ounces of whisky and three of
glycerine, place them in bottle and
take in ten drinks after shaking we'll.
According to some of the evidence he
has been in the habit of carrying
around with him bottles of liquor
which he would prescribe to almost
anyone. This raises the question OF
the rights of doctor to sell liquor.
The federal laws are very strict and
say that doctors have no right to
encourage appetites for liquor and
forbid doctors having liquor stored in
their offices to give to customers unless
they pay the license. When Brunt was
ordered before Judge Woolson for SEN
tence he had great deal to say why
he should be let off easily but he was
fined $500 and sentenced to Jail for 100