Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-20
IOWA
NEWS


ailment is spreading throughout the
neighborhood.
Leonard La Plaza, aged 80. Sicil-
ian track laborer employed with the
Northwestern gang, stepped into a
deep hole while bathing in Silver
creek, south of Dewitt, and drowned.
He has a wife and two children at
Palermo, Italy.
Some malicious person or persons
at Farley evidently bear a grudge
against dogs, for during the past week
five dog owners discovered that ca
mines belonging to them were poison
ed Mayor Kehoe lost a valuable dog,
which was great family pet
Frank Price was given a sentence
of one year in the state prison at Fort
Madison for breaking and entering a
house at McPauPs, Fremont county.
He pleaded guilty to the charge Of
younger companion, Charles Craw-
ford, was given six months in the
county Jail.
Jack" Foster, harvest hand, aged
AZ years, formerly a resident of Fort
Dodge, suicidei at Melette, S. D., by
throwing himself in front Of a mov-
ing train. Foster and his wife separ-
ated three months ago, and a failure
to effect reconciliation with her earl
Ter in the evening led to the rash act.
Fosters body was cut into pieces.
A case which occupied nearly two
whole days in the district court at
Sidney grew out of the sending of a
1-cent comic valentine last February.
Hiram Hoppock received the valen-
tine and accused H. A. Whistler OF
sending it. Whistler denied the accu-
sation and Hoppock and some pals as
saulted him and put tar on a valuable
Galloway coat. Whistler was awarded
a small verdict for damages.
Bessie Holstein, who was shot by
her father at Muscatine a few nights
ago while he was in a jealous rage.
still lives, with two 38-calibre bullets
imbedded in her brain. The patient
has recovered consciousness AMI now
talks to the nurses. Physicians are
puzzled, saying they cannot understand
how she lives. The optic nerves were
severed by the bullets and the pa
tient is blind,
A. r. Coryell, a blacksmith aged AZ
years, committed suicide in his shop
at Villisca, by shooting himself
through the head with a revolver. Mr..
Coryell arose at an early hour and
wrote two letters. One Of these he ad-
dressed to his wife and the other he
addressed to the own marshal. These
will probably explain why he took his
life, but their contents have not yet
been made public. After writing the
letters he went to his shop, where his
body was found by the marshal.
Jim Peters, or Piepaha, the famous
Iowa Indian Interpreter at Tama, Wis
tied in Iowa City with the party of
Musquaki Indians who are one or the
attractions at the Johnson county fair,
Mr.. Peters has one of the finest pieces
of corn in Tama county, twenty eight
acres in ALL He states that some OF
the stalks have three or four we'll ma
tured ears on them. The Indians
agree that his is the best piece on
their lands, and they raise some OF
the best corn that can be produced.
G. w. Miller of Cedar Falls has
brought suit against William White
In which charges are made that the
! defendant induced him to become in
toxicated on July 8, 1906, deprivins
him of his reason and understanding
and thea taking advantage of his
condition to sell him an automobile
He alleges that in the deal he gave his
! promissory note of $500 and executed
a mortgage on lot thirteen, in BLOCK
! fifteen, Normal Hill addition to Cedar
Falls. He now maintains that the au
tomobile was not worth the price paiC
and asks the court to declare the
mortgage null and void and issue ar
order to have the note returned tt
him.
At Blockton, little city on the
Great Western, few night ago, some
miscreant broke the plate window
house in the town. The damage viii
amount to about $500. AS yet no clue
has been discovered that might Leaf
| to the apprehension of the criminals
but bloodhounds were sent for, In
the hope that they will be able to fine
the trail. Brick and rocks were
thrown through the glass, and these
have not been handled in the hope
that from them the dogs may get
the scent. Ten business houses sui
fered-Ed Nation, hardware; J. N
Freeland, general merchandise; the
Blockton bank; Cuilin's clothing
store; William Hoteling, general mer
chandise; Keplinger's grocery; Duff:
drug store; Anderson's drug store;
Chambers feed store. In some build
ings two windows were broken. NJ
reason for the outrage can be assign
ed, and it is generally believed to have
been the act of either a drunk or 6
crazy man. A few months ago a
Guilford, Mo-, a town on the Grea
| Western, several stations south o.
Blockton, the same kind or an outrage
was committed. The perpetrators were
never discovered and it is though
possible that some man with a mania
for this sort of work did the mischie
at both places. The people or BLOCK
ton are greatly enraged.
A distressing accident occurred OF
the Nelson farm one mile east o
Little Port. Henry Strum had a de
vice attached to his gasoline engin
with which he could saw his wood
In endeavoring to push the belt OF
from the device his arm got entan
gled, drawing him suddenly into tn
heavy wheel of the engine, cutting hi
right arm off and throwing his bod