Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-13

was 23 years of age, and resident
Of Coon Rapids.
Billy" Lemon enc of tho oldest
and best known miners living near
Colfax. was almost instantly killed at
Sewers mine, No z. He was just
stepping into the cage when a pulley
broke loose and fell crushing his
skull He leaves a wife and family.
Three men, Clement Hough, Howard
Terry and w. Moss, were caught in
the collapse of cellar on the prem
ises Of II. A. Terry at Crescent, and
| Mr.. Hough was crushed about the
hips and is in serious condition, and
may die. Howard Terry, son Of Fl. A.
Terry, had a leg broken, and w. Moss
was badly bruised and hurt about tho
| head. The injured men, Hough and
Terry, are married. The former has
a large family of children.
A charge of shot meant for ducks
was received by Thomas and John
Baker of Mason City, resulting in the
loss of Thomas Bakers right eye and
| slight flesh wounds to John Baker.
The two, with Division Freight Agen4
Newell Of the Great Western at Fort
| Dodge and AIDE Randall of Mason City
were hunting ducks at Clear Lake.
When flock arose, Mr.. Newell fired
in direct line with Bakers boats. 1t
was purely accidental.
The wild duck crop this season is
| far superior to any for the past few
years. The largest number bagged
this year was ninety-eight in four
| days. This was done by Raymond
Graham of Des Moines, who has been
| spending the summer with his pa
rents at Spirit Lake and went over
to Swan Lake near Estherville Satur.
day and remained until Wednesday,
The lad is only IA years old, but a
crack shot and set a good pace for
the hunters in this vicinity.
A Jail break occurred at Primghar,
the county seat Of O'Brien county,
few nights ago. Frank Hickey, an
escaped inmate of the inebriate home
at Knoxville, awaiting return to that
institution, and Finly Billings, who
was serving a sentence Of seven days
for intoxication, dug through the
brick wall of the county Jail and
made their escape. Hickey was just
recaptured last week, and now both
men will be indicted for Jail breaking.
This is the third or fourth to get
away from the county in the past ten
! years.
Hydrophobia is prevalent among the
cattle, horses and dogs of Johnson
county, according to DR.. Henry AL
bert, Iowa state bacterioligist, who
has completed a series Of investiga-
lions in the Iowa state laboratory.
He found positive proof that at least
six cows on the Kostelecky farm near
Iowa City had had rabies when killed.
Many other animals, he declared, had
been bitten, and are now mad through
out the county. He urged the mayor
and city council to issue an order as
to dogs, and asked for a "muZZle-or-
kill' attachment thereto. This, he
believes, may avert the death Of many
more animals, and, perhaps human
beings.
John c. Lynch, aged 70, one Of the
oldest residents Of Wellman, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
in the head with a revolver. He had
| been i'll for a number of years with
rheumatism and for some time had
been confined to his bed. On the
morning of the tragedy he sent for
an attorney, who called at the house
and some legal business was trans.
acted, but it is not believed that
this had anything to do with his
suicide. The attorney had just left
the house when he heard a shot from
within and on entering found the old
man stretched out dead. Mr.. Lynch
was a former hotel keeper in Well
man, but for number of years had
been retired.
The mystery of the disappearance
Of several bicycles from Clinton
streets was cleared by the confession,
of Andrew and Charles Stauffer, aged
respectfully and II years The two
boys acknowledged their guilt tc
Chief of Police Lorenz, owning up to
having stolen five bicycles within
eighteen hours. Two of the stolen
wheels the boys left in the street
and these, with two which they had
secreted in a bedroom at their home
were recovered and returned to theft
owners. The latter two wheels had
been painted green by the boys. The
police have not arrested the boys in
view of their youth, and the local
authorities have the matter under
consideration. 1t is probable that the
young offenders will be sent to the
state Industrial institution. Neither
seems to realize the serious nature
of the crime of which they have &C
knowledged their guilt.
AS the result Of quarrel over herd.
ing some cattle in the roadway, John
Stark, a prominent farmer near Port
land, is made defendant in the dis.
trict court on the complaint of G. T..
Dunlap, who asks damages to the
amount of $1,000, which he alleges is
due for injuries received in an as.
sault with a loaded buggy whip In
the hands of Stark. Dunlap was herd.
ing his cattle in the roadway, which
were looked after by come members
of the family. The children were
warned by Stark that they must keep
on their side of the road, which they
are said to have only partially obey
ed. Stark became enraged and set
his dog on the cattle, which was in.
terfered with by Dunlap, when Stark
is alleged to have attacked him with
the whip, inflicting serious injuries
about the head. Stark was arrested
and fined IS in justice court.
The little 6-year-old daughter Of Mr.
Hoopstra, a Sheldon market gardener
who fell under the wheels of thresh
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