Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-29

gagged in moving it. The instrument
became overbalanced and fell on Mr..
! McMaster, badly bruising his side and
cutting open one leg. Had it not been
for blackboard which caught the
brunt of the fall, Mr. McMaster would
have been crushed to death. His re-
covery is hoped for.
A delegation of coal shippers from
the state of Iowa called upon General
Manager DelanO of the Burlington at
Chicago. to protest against the system
of weighing coal shipments. After
recently re-establishing their own
weighing bureau, the railroads refused
to accept mine weights, and insist
upon destination weights. The coal
dealers say there is a shrinkage in
transit. which this method obliges
them to lose, and which they desire
the railroads to share.
A ragged tramp, giving the name of
William Barquiss was picked up near
Marshalltown and taken to Des
Moines for the purpose of placing him
in a hospital. Barquiss was in a nor
rible condition. His feet had been
frozen and were swollen and dis
colored. One of them was wrapped iii
a lot of rags and when the fellow was
lifted from the train he was unable TO
walk. He was taken to the city jail
and will be sent back to Marshalltown.
There had been no provision made for
his entering Des Moines hospital, it
was claimed.
Condition and use of the 100000
miles of road in Iowa will be the sub
ject of inquiry in connection with the
census which the assessors will take
next month. At meeting of the exc
cutive council it was decided to IN
clude inquiries as to the extent of the
travel over the roads of Iowa, the
quantity of produce hauled over them,
the cost of the travel and the capacity
of Iowa farms to produce road-mak-
ing materials. This action was taken
on recommendation of Professors
MarStOn and Macdonald Of the state
college at Ames. The latter Is in d.
rect charge of the state good roads
commission created by the last gen
eral assembly.
Fred Hope and Charles E. MurpHE
from Hamburg. are in Jail at Omaha,
charged with ATTEMPTED robbery. Thev
entered the residence of Mrs. DAVIS
at Omaha, when she was alone in the
place, and, safely inside, told Mrs.
Davis that they desired possession OF
her money and her jewelry. Despite
the threats of the two men, MIS-.
Davis made a rush for the street door
and called for the police. The bandits
made their escape, but one of them
in the hurry dropped a letter al
dressed to Charles f. Murphy, Ham
burg, Iowa. With this letter AID the
description Of the men, furnis led hY
Mrs Davis, the police later succeeded
in capturing the two men. Murphy
had $25 on his person when searched
While most or the Coe students at
Cedar Rapids are scattering to the
four corners of the state to spend the
holidays with their friends, Ave
healthy freshmen arc confined to
their rooms by order of the board Of
health because another is sick.
Charles Martin of Carroll has been
at home for severa days and the doc
tor announced he had a case of con
tagious chicken FOX in light form.
His fellow students in the house on
SCUM lWtlllu street. WtlS pl JllpllN
uuarantined and will be forcel to
spend their entire Christmas vaca-
ton there instead of going nome, as
they had expected. Those detained
are Wherrly and Fishwild of WON.
ing. Minder, Rogers and Swearington
of Sac City.
Probably the most remarkable
came hunt of the season occurred near
Marysville, Marion county few days
ago, in which 349 rabbits were
brought to earth. The participants in
the sport were William Little and
Samuel Barnhill. two experienced
hunters living at Marysville. The
hunt was to decide the winner of the
hundred wager and numerous small
bets were made by outside parties.
Much interest and excitement arose
over the affair, which occupied a per
iod of eight hours, at the end of which
time Little had bagged 239 rabbits
and Barnhill Ill. Each hunter had Z
helper and nothing was used in the
hunt except guns. Game is abundant
in the vicinity of Marysville, espec-
iallv cotton tails.
The Dedham Savings bank, Of
which J. G. Cation has been president
for many years, has just filed a petit
ton with the county clerk asking for
an attachment against the property
of J. G. Cation to the amount Of
$4,000. 1t is claimed in the petition
that on the 14th inst. defendant gave
( to plaintiff bank a note for $4,000,
payable on demand; and that on
January last he gave a note for
$4,000 payable in thirty days. The
petition claims that Mr.. Cation is I'M
able to pay these notes, and further,
as president of the bank, that he had
in his possession notes signed by sew
. eral business men of Dedham, in all
amounting to about $4,000; that he
! has converted these into money and
has not delivered same over to the
bank. The petition also states that
Mr.. Cation has left the state and that
he is trying to convert his property
| into cash
r. J. Baker of Oskaloosa sold the
! Maxwell & Crouch Mule company Of
East St. Louis 1877 mules, for which
he received $l7,077. 1t W the larg.
est shirment ever made ON Oska.
loosa The animals were all raised
within a radius of forty miles.
Mr.. Marriott, the gentleman whose
store was robbed at Carbon a few
nights ago, says the robbers did not
succeed in getting away with The
money drawer of the safe, but they
did get quite little jewelry and
clothing besides little small change
A heavy charge Of nitro-glycerine was
used to blow the safe open.
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