Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-14

brutal murder of James and JOSEPH
Robertson. father and son. near Har
Ian, Shelby county, September 81
1885, The murder was committed TO
money.
An unknown young woman died a
the poor-farm near Marshalltown
few days ago. She came there tire,
weeks ago and begged for shelter
claiming to be the daughter of parents
at Waterloo. A week ago she CAV,
birth to son. She refused to revea
her identity.
Judge Sherwin, of Mason City, ha.
just made public an important decision
In reference to justices of the peace
A protest was filed at Mason City, as
in a number of cities in the state
against the board of supervisors APP
proving bonds for more than two
justices, and, upon advice of Attorney
General Remley. the boards have uni
formly refused to approve bonds for the
third justice. In the case at Mason
City an appeal was taken to Judge
Sherwin, and he approved the bond for
a third justice.
Mrs Lettie NJ. Curtis, the fifth wife
of Editor Curtis, who ran the Anamosa
Daily Call and skipped out, has fled a
petition asking for divorce from r..
b. Curtis, alias +. Scott, alias w. Irving
Curtis. OF course her request will be
| granted. Nothing has been heard of
Curtis by which he could be located
1t is pretty certainly known that he is
the husband of five women, all young
The Peoria, Illinois, wife was in
Anamosa during the last session of the
district court. She is very pretty
young woman, and still seems to have
a tender feeling for Curtis.
The Clinton high school management
is divided against itself Miss Julia
Sweet, for twenty years principal, has
rendered her resignation because of
several differences between her and
Superintendent Bostwick. The pupils
side with the principal in the fight,
while the other teachers are divided.
In the meantime, school has been
dismissed. pending a settlement of the
breach. The board of education sus-
tains the superintendent in his actions
which caused the principals resig-
nation.
DIR. T. S. Farrar, well-known
Cedar Rapids physician, who has
attempted in the most sensational way
to commit suicide three times within
the past two months, presumably
because his wife had abandoned him,
was married few days ago to Miss
Martha Faas, wealthy young lady
residing near Williamsburg. Mrs.
Farrar obtained decree of divorce on
the grounds of infdelity at 1915 o'clock,
and half an hour later DR.. Farrar was
united in marriage to Miss Faas by a
justice of the peace.
The residence of Peter Nelson, the
paving contractor of Oskaloosa, was
wholly destroyed by fire few evenings
since. Loss, $1,000; partially insured.
In making the run the fire department
wagon was overturned and badly
wrecked. Driver Sam Jones, at the
peril of his life, clung to the reins, and
after being dragged over two squares,
succeeded in stopping the team.
Gathering up all of the wreck within
reach, he drove to the fire, his wagon
running on two wheels, and was in
strumental in saving thousands of dol
lars worth of adjoining property that
within few minutes would have been
in ashes.
A freight car upon the 80" tracks at
Des Moines was opened by a gang of
thieves. The car was loaded with
sugar and the thieves broke open sew
eral barrels and carried away over 500
pounds of the concentrated sweetness.
The detectives made an investigation
and searched several houses on Pelton
avenue and in the Whitechapel district.
They recovered 300 pounds of sugar
and arrested Arthur and James White
as the thieves. Later in the day Don
Thrasher, a brother-in-law of the
| Whites, was also arrested. The
detectives say that they have evidence
| to prove that the three men forced an
entrance to the car and stole the sugar.
The east-bound passenger train ran
into an aged. farmer named A. R. Wood
on the crossing block north of the
depot at Bows. 1t appears that the
gentleman was driving home after
making his usual purchases in town,
and not seeing or hearing the train, as
the track above the crossing is
INSTRUCTED from view by trees and
makes slight curve from the west
into town, he drove, unconsciously,
upon the track directly in front of the
rapidly advancing train. The engine
struck the buggy squarely, smashing
it into kindling wood and throwing
the fragments and Mr. Wood with
considerable force against the boiler
head. 1t is supposed that Mr. Wood
struck his head on the star that is on
the head of the engine and received
the wound he did over the left ear.
Blood spurted from the wound in a
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