Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26

| declared to be constitutional by tn,
state supreme court. This decision
declares as unlawful any contract be
| tween railroad company and Its
employees by which the employee Is
made to sign away in advance of any
possible injury his right to damages
The body of Jack O'Brien, a loco.
motive fireman, who was run over be.
tween Dubuque and Freeport, was
found floating in the river at indie
pendence. 1t Is supposed that he
either fell or was knocked from the
midnight train. There was long cut
on his head and the body was badly
bruised and decomposed. His family
home is at Ryan. There are fears
of foul play.
The decomposed body Of a man.
who was identified as Frank Brock
ner of Chicago, was found In the
woods ten miles northeast Of Fair
field. The last seen of Brockner was
a week previous at the same place
at which the body was found. So far
no clue has been discovered to lead
to the clearing up Of the mystery sur
rounding the death, and but little Is
known Of Brockner. Foul play is
feared.
A report from Colesburg. In the
northwestern part of Delaware coun-
ty, gives the particulars of the discov.
cry Of the remains of a child, which
was found by some workmen who
were excavating for a basement of a
house. The baby was apparently about
5 years of age and the time OF Its
mysterial burial is estimated to have
been two years ago. The finding of
the skeleton has started all kinds of
rumors and no one has been able to
solve the mystery in a satisfactory
manner
The county seat contest in Mills
county, by which the town Of Malvern
sought to remove the court house
from Glenwood to Malvern, was set
ted by the board of supervisors decid
ing that Malvern had not enough sig
natures on the petition. The board
therefore decided that no election
could be called. This is a decided
victory for Glenwood from the fact
that out Of three members Of the
board two of them were workers for
Malvern, residing in that town and
vicinity.
The largest hatch of chickens that
ever took place in Iowa and probably
the largest ever managed by woman
anywhere took place at the farm OF
Mrs. ID. G. Johnson, four miles north
Of Maxwell, on the 21st. Three weeks
ago Mrs. Johnson set thirteen incuba
tors with about $40 eggs each. 1t was
impossible to get so many fertile eggs
| at once, as frequent tests during the
progress of incubation proved. Those
not fertile were culled out from time
| to time and on the day mentioned over
1000 chicks made their appearance
For the fourth time William
George, a pioneer citizen of Iowa
Falls, has been sent to the asylum al
| independence for treatment. Eact
| time Mr.. George has been sent tt
| the asylum he has shown a marked
improvement, mentally, and each time
has been returned home, pronounced
| cured by the asylum officials. But
no sooner Is he back at his home
than his malady returns and 1t Is
found necessary to send him back tt
the institution for treatment. He Ii
advanced in years, but active for one
Of his age.
Patrick Brophy, a farmer who lived
east of the city, was struck by 9
Northwestern passenger train neal
Des Moines and was killed instantly
Brophy worked on the R. w. Marquis
farm and was on his way home after
spending the day with a brother
Marlin Brophy Of Easton Place
| While no witness to the accident
could be found it is thought that the
farmer failed to hear the train ap
preaching and was struck by the
pilot, death resulting instantly. Rail
road men found the body lying along
the track. Coroner Beck was notified
and had the body taken to an eas
side undertaking establishment. Later
in the day it was identified by Bro
phys brother.
With a pool chip lodged in his
throat Carl, the little son of A. H
Eberhardt, living at Beaman, has beer
taken to Iowa City in hopes of re
moving the obstruction when 1t pass
es into the stomach and can be re
moved At first, the accident was no
considered a serious one, but the da!
following it was thought best to con
suit a physician. An examination
with an X-ray machine showed the
chip had lodged in the throat. Or
being taken to Iowa City, the sur
geons advised postponement Of an op
| hot hn oh II
pass into the stomach from which i
could be removed much easier thar
from the position it occupied in the
throat.
Jasper Thompson, prominen
banker and pioneer of Forest CITY
was thrown from buoy and had hi!
right leg broken about half way be
tween the knee and hip. Mr.. Thomp
son is quite an old man, being pas
70, and is also very heavy, weighing
nearly 400 pounds, and 1t Is feared
that he will experience a great dea
of trouble. Mr.. Thompson had driver
up town and had got his mail anC
had been sitting in the buggy al
home reading for nearly an hour, anC
had let the lines drop down to thu
| floor, supposing he had his foot OF
them, until the horse started and hi
| reached down for the lines to fine
they were gone. The horse ran but
short distance before turning the
buggy over and throwing him out
breaking his leg.
Walter Hanrahan, the 17-year-olt
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Hanrahar
of 1896 Pacific street, Burlington. wa!