Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-14
IOWA CONDENSED.

While visiting at Radcliffe, the s.
yearold daughter of 0. l.. Mossman
and wife. of Buffalo Center, was kick
ed by a horse. She was probably fat
ally injured.
Three miles northeast of GAINESVILLE
stone quarry caved in, few days
ago, killing Maurice Shepard
instantly and burying his son to his
shoulders, The son received slight
injuries.
A young man named Mccall, living
southwest of Ute, was accidently kill
ed. He had raised window to get
into the building and while trying to
get into the building, the window fell
across his neck, and when found short
| ly after he was dead.
An eastbound freight on the Chicago
& Northwestern near Beverly broke
! in two few days ago. A
stop was made at the station for
water, and the rear end ran into the
| front. Fireman Adams. of Clinton,
was badly injured about the hip and
|
| jured. Six cars of grain were wreck
ed. and two are a total loss.
| AT Vinton recently Tom H. Miner,
the attorney for Frank A. Novak, the
man who is charged with the murder
of Edward Murray at Walford last
February, appeared in court and filed
motion for continuance of the case
to the November term, setting forth
that he had not yet had time to make
preparation for the trial County
Attorney Tobin made no objection to
continuance and the continuance
was granted.
Brueno, the 16-year-old son of Henry
Peters, living near Parllersburg, met
instant death by the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of a
younger brother. They had been out
hunting and were on their way home.
The shell in the gun carried by the
younger brother refused to go off, and
while he was investigating, the car
fridge exploded unexpectedly, the
charge striking the elder Peters in the
back of the head.
At Usage recently the cold storage
plant owned by Ben Katz and operat
ed by John Agen, of Seattle, togethe,
with pigeonary owned by E. Bying
ton, was totally destroyed by fire
The cause is unknown, but is suppos
ed to have been spontaneous combns
ton. The total loss is 100000, o
which about half is covered by insur
ance. The city is almost entirel,
,, without fire protection, and was un
able to render any service.
On ID. Reeds farm, north of DEBORAH
Ashley L. Dawley, Jr., was accidentl.
killed by the discharge of shotgun
in his hands He and boy wer
clearing up some land, and before go
ing to work Ashley decided to go GU
: and kill Il squirrel. AS he took tn
, gun from the corner the trigger caugh
: on board in the cupboard and snap
n ped the cap, discharging the gun
The boys face was SO close to tn
muzzle that the whole charge entere
his mouth, killing him instantly.
. Safroll uispatc Johu Doechef, III
u man who shot his wife and six childre
:, and attempted suicide near Breda
y Carroll county, is dead. He nevc
:. fully regained consciousness after T.,
ceivng the shot which caused hi
II death. The child is expected to die a
any time and cannot recover 1t
said that Blocker had had trouble
II is alleged that John Boecller, Sr., ha
7, some time ago notified John, Jr.. tina
!. he must move.aSraaU. and that the farl
{, e. ~ hair is dressed Il by Henry, tn
~ ra' n0is was not t
gu ow'iong time h
salg of his re
u.iad acquiescei