The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-20
OVER THE STATE

VyEN Inc OlAlE
Mrs. Anna Ratliff of Salem has Just
reached her eighty-ffth milestone.
Her children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren met at her home in
honor of the occasion and with we'll
filed baskets and friendly greetings
spent the day to the satisfaction of all
present. Mrs. Ratliff is perhaps the
Oldest pioneer in Henry county, COM
ing to the territory in the TALL of 1887
and still owning the farm her husband
purchased from the government, it
never having changed hands.
Mayor Berg of Dubuque has issued
an order to the saloons to close at II
o'clock p. m. The order goes into. eff
feet at once. All wine rooms will be
abolished and on Sunday all saloons
remain closed till p. m. The police
are instructed to rigidly enforce the
order. This order is in line with the
plan of Archbishop Keane, but some
what modified. It will be regarded,
however, as victory won by the arch
bishop, as it is the first regulation Of
saloons attempted for years.
]. X. Baum, while walking on the
Chicago & Northwestern track be-
tween Mechanicsvllle and Stanwood,
was struck by fast stock train and
killed almost instantly. Mr.. Baum
was interested in the construction of
a school house as mason at Stan
wood. He stepped from in front of a
train coming from behind across to
the other track, facing the train that
struck him. 1t is claimed he saw the
train coming. He leaves wife. and
seven children, who reside at Stone
City.
Sheriff Haines has the most unruly
lot of prisoners in jail at Abel that
has fallen to any sheriff in years, Vic
tor Fish, Norman and Epps, the three
fellows indicted for entering the store
at De Soto and hauling away wagon
load of goods. They have made saws
out of watch springs, shoe shanks and
anything available, and have made
several attempts to get out. Satur.
day night Fish succeeded in saving
off the heavy iron bars and was just
ready to raise the window and let
himself down with strips Of blanket
he had tied together when he was dis
covered and captured. They feign
sickness and send for doctor hop
ing to get a chance to break for lib
erty. They have been searched a good
many times, and all the rooms search
ed and everything taken away from
them, but they seem resourceful
enough to meet any emergencies.
Lilas Johnson, young farmer boy
living near Lake Cairo, was arrested
charged with attempting to wreck
train. The lad has been putting rocks
and sticks on the track for some time,
and would stand off to the side to see
the train run over the same. He was
seen doing this some time ago, and
was told he would endanger lives by
SO doing. 1t was reported that he said
he didn't care if he killed a hundred
people. The trainmen have been on
the alert for some time in going by
that place. On the night of the abuse
for which he was arrested he had
taken long piece of timber, and
placed it between the timbers on the
bridge, and also had a large pile of
rocks ahead of the bridge. A slow
freight preceding the passenger hap
pened to see the danger and came to
a stop just as the pilot of the engine
struck the rocks. G.. & N. w. detec-
tives tracked him to his home by his
pigeon" toes. He pleaded guilty in
Justice Kings court, and will be bound
over to the grand jury.
w. G. Putnam of Davenport has
just received, shipped to him. a gift
from William Ziegler of New York
city, in the shape of the skin and fur
of polar bear, handsomely mounted,
and the tusks and skull of walrus,
which is to be presented to the Daven-
port Academy of Sciences and given
an honored place in the museum. The
gift, which is certainly handsome
one, was promised to Mr.. Putnam bv
liegler when he was in Davenport
few months ago. The bear was cap
tured by party from the America,
the expedition steamer of the Bald
win-ziegler polar expedition, close to
Camp Ziegler, Algier island, so de-
grees and "a minutes north. The wal
rus was taken near Belle island, Franz
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Frithjof, the supply ship of the Amer
lea. In the capture of this walrus it
succeeded in attacking the boat, driv-
ing it's tusks through the side of the
same. Disaster was only averted by
Bleaching the boat on an ice foe. The
specimens are quite valuable.
Will G. Hobbs. a young farmer three
miles southeast Of Lake City, was the
victim of frightful accident and died
from shock and loss of blood. Assist
ed by hired man, he butchered hogs,
and was engaged in cutting up the
carcasses, when the accident which
caused his death occurred. In stoop-
Ing position with sharp knife in his
right hand he was with difficulty cut.
ting part, when the knife slipped
and by the very strength which he
was applying was driven three inches
Into his right leg. The blade of the
knife was toward the inside. The
blunt edge glanced the femur bone
and the point thus caught the femoral
artery and vein. which. drawn over