Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-09
IOWA
NEWS

county, suicidedg by taking strichnine.
He has large family and was in good
financial circumstances, leaving the
cause of his rash act mystery.
The Iowa State College at Ames is
going 10 have good roads school
August 13 to Is, and it is inviting road
commissioners and others to attend.
Many cities and counties would save
money If they sent good men to this
school at public expense.
The celebration of the seventy-fifth
birthday of Mrs. E. E. Dixson o. Mason
City brought together a family repre-
senting five generations now living.
Mrs. Hits of Amigo, Wis, the head
OF the line is "a years of age and still
hale and hearty. The third in line is
Mrs. George Brett, wife of ex-Mayor
Brett of Mason City. The youngest
link in the chain is 2 years of age.
Amos Carver, a negro miner OF En-
terprise, was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of a shotgun.
Carver started out with the intention
of hunting. He placed his shotgun in
the box of lumber wagon. Near the
Skunk river he got off his seat and
went to the rear of the wagon TO get
his frearm He started to pull It,.
barrel first, out of the wagon. The
trigger caught and the charge went
into his breast
Although members of the Council
Bluffs police force, in company with
a posse of citizens from Honey creek,
thought they had William Jackson
cornered in school house three
miles east of Honey creek, search
of the place failed to disclose their
prey. Jackson, who is wanted at
Council Bluffs for an attempted as
sault on Mrs. Elmer Robertson, seems
to have disappeared completely, and
the search in the vicinity of Honey
creek has been abandoned.
AS the southwestern branch train
of the Northwestern came into Irwin
a few nights ago it ran over and
killed the little 2-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Patrick Murphy, cutting
the body completely in two. The
child had been playing on the track
and as the road bed is not graveled
at that place the little one had
crouched between the ties making it
difficult for the trainmen to observe
anything on the track. Mr.. Murphy
is section foreman at Irwin, and for
merly resided in Carroll.
A. w. Eberhart. division freight
agent of the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific railway, made an important
announcement following the accep-
lance of the resignation of Dwight
Gilmore, travelling freight agent for
the state. Mr.. Gilmore has left the
railroad company with which he has
been for three years. J. p. Stephens
becomes travelling freight agent in the
place of Mr.. Gilmore. He is well
known throughout the state, having
been travelling freight agent before.
Richard F. Ball, a resident of Ma
son City, met with a serious accident
in a runaway at Ackley in which he
suffered a broken nip bone, injury to
the spine and the MASKING of one of
his hands He was brought home
after the fracture had been reduced
by Ackley physicians but it was
found that the bones had slipped and
that it was necessary that they be
Teadjusted, which was done with
great difficulty and great pain. q The
team took fright at a train. Ball
was dragged several rods before be-
oming disentangled from the lines.
Unless the Indianola interurban
company builds six miles of road by
September its franchise rights in In
dianola will expire. AS yet the COM
pany has awarded no construction con.
tracts, and nothing other than the pre-.
liminary surveys has been done.
When the franchise was granted by
popular vote in Indianola last spring
1t was with the provision that within
six months after the granting of the
franchise six miles of road should be
built otherwise the franchise rights
would be forfeited. The time will ex-
pire on September /. 1t is understood
much of the right of way has been
| secured or provided for, and it is pos
sible some extension of the franchise
may be secured through the city coun-
Gil This is the road which is being
promoted by r. r. Rollins, V. A. Gray
and others.
Geo. D. Elliott, formerly Of Iowa
Falls. is left without a cent in the
world as a result Of a fire in an
Illinois Central car at New Hartford
Mr.. Elliott has been engaged in the
| dewelry business at New Hartford for
several years, but had arranged to
move to Ackley and open a jewelry
store. He had packed all his belong
ings, including his jewelry stock
household goods and family clothing
in a car at New Hartford and the
same was consigned to Ackley. Before
leaving New Hartford the car was
found to be on fire and before the
fire could be extinguished the entire
contents of the car were DESTROYED
Mr. Elliott and family came to Iowa
Falls, their sole possessions being the
! clothing on their backs. They are
stopping with Mrs. Elliott's parents
until arrangements can be made tc
recoup their losses.
Joseph Pollock of Albuquerque, N
NJ, a nineteen-year-old boy, was found
, dead floating in the tail race about
fifty yards east of the south end O
J Court street at Ottumwa. A cloud o.
mystery overhangs his death and Sc
J few the circumstances from whici
, credible differences may be drawn
that it is probable the mystery will