Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-20

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Flint, fireman.
The man, w. W. Wohler, who com
mitted suicide at Sheldon, was found
to have poisoned himself by drinking
a half ounce of laudanum. The doctor
| held an autopsy and sent his stomach
to the state chemist for analysis. The
revolvel shots did not take effect.
The Walnut-Elk Horn Railroad
company is now an assured fact, a
company having been organized with
| 100000 capital pledged to build q
road from Walnut to that place. John
Peterson of Elk Horn is the presi'
dent. Atlantic is endeavoring to pro.
mote an electric road to Kimbleton
Judge Smith OF Cerro Gordo county
sentenced Earl Hartman of Clear
Lake to four months in Anamosa pris-
on for forgery. He lad secured about
$50 on three checks, forging the name
Of j. S. Wheeler, president of the
City National bank. He was caugnt
a few hours after securing the money
In corn field west of the city In an
attempt to escape from the officers.
Because his neighbors treated him
to coat Of feathers, John Dressler,
Wright county farmer, now seeks
redress In the courts and asks $4,000
| from each of the neighbors who had
a hand In the sensational proceeding.
About year ago Dressler was taken
| from his bed by company of neigh
bors and given a coat OF tar and
feathers, the punishment being melted
out on account of Dressler's abuse OF
| his wife.
Deserted by her husband after
violent quarrel, which caused hyster-
les and heart failure, Mrs. Edward
Smith of Fort Dodge, wife of team
ster, was found unconscious in a hall
way. 1t was by mere chance that she
was discovered by caller, who sum-
moned medical aid and restored the
woman to consciousness. Her con-
| dition is critical, but 1t is believed
that careful nursing will save her life
Smith has decamped for parts un'
known.
Because there was not an idle plas'
terer In the city, E. H. Martin, presi.
dent Of the big 100000 Martin Tele-
phone company of Webster City,
donned white suit and with trowel
In hand and mortar board well filled.
plastered an arch In his fine big
double brick block. Fourteen years
ago Martin was a poor man, working
at the plasterer's trade, and this was
10 hol hoI n frNypI m
his hand since. He completed the
job as quickly as an expert.
A contract has been closed wherein
Charles E. Patterson of Iowa Falls
will erect an $4,000 mausoleum for
w. F. Johnson, the millionaire farm
err of Tama county. This monument
that Mr.. Johnson has planned TO
erect in his home county will be OF
the Grecian-Doric architecture with
heavy Corinthian pillars at the en-
trance. The caTSoleum will be built
Of granite and the interior finished
in pure white marble. 1t will contain
eight catacombs and will be one OF
the finest structures of its kind In
central Iowa.
George Deal, a former prominent
Davis county farmer, was shot and
fatally wounded as the result OF an
old feud over cattle, by neighbor
near Garden City, Kansas. His body
was brought to his old home for
burial. Deal was shot from ambush
while crossing fence at dusk into
the field Of his enemy after stray
cattle, and received the full force OF
the load in his face. Though thrown
from his horse he had energy enough
left to remount and ride thirty miles
to Garden City. He was unconscious
when found some time after, and
death soon resulted. His face was
entirely shot away.
BY a vote of two to one, the three
judges sitting on the case of the cleo
ton contest for recorder in Des
Moines county decided against throw
ing out the bal.o,s alleged to be de.
fective because of the cross placed In
square opposite a blank space In the
republican judicial ticket. The bal
lots will be counted and as a result
the case brought by the republican
candidate, Sanquist, has been aided.
The attorneys for the defense claim
the ballots in question are defective
under the law, denying that the re-
cent legislature amended the law SO
as to cover the present case. 1t Is
possible If the contest is decided
against Hawkins 1t will be appealed.
Gnawed and chewed by rats until
blood poured from a dozen WOUNDS
about the head and face, the 5-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Leitzke, living near Nicola presented
| a terrible sight to the eyes of its par.
ents when awakened by the cries
of the little one during the night.
| When a light was thrown on the cot
terrible sight was revealed. Blood
was streaming down its face, dyeing
the night dress a crimson hue, while
its arms and hands were laceratcd
by the sharp fangs Of the rodents. An
! investigation showed the rats had
gnawed deep into the flesh, and evil
IDENTIFY made ravenous by the taste
| of blood, had endeavored to eat the
child. Fears for it's recovery are en-.
,ertained and every effort is being
made to prevent blood poisoning set
| ting in.
A fash of light on the uplifted
glass saved the life of A. w. Day, a
shoe man of Fort Dodge, who poured
a chemical poison into the glass,