Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-11


fair ground at the latter place, and
was seriously, perhaps fatally, in.
Jured. He was taken to the hospital.
Lawrence Pourret, Sioux City boy
who was run over by freight train
a year ago and the amputation of his
ilmb was found necessary, has had a
novel grating experiment, a patch OF
frog skin four inches square being
grated on his leg. The success Of
the latest grating cannot yet be de-
termined.
A Milwaukee freight, eastbound, al
crossing In Moravia, struck Thomas
Nichols, throwing him fifty feet. When
assistance arrived he was unconscious
and died within two hours. He and
his wife were on their way to church.
His wife crossed safely before the
engine, but Mr.. Nichols seemed dazed
or undecided and was struck.
The will of the late John II. Leav-
lit, of Waterloo, gives $4,000 to Tel
.edega college, one-third Of the entire
estate to his wife, $4,000 TO each Of
his five children. and the income OF
the residue OF the estate In trust to
children and grandchildren. Leavitt
was a pioneer banker anu Is reputeo
to have been worth nearly million
dollars.
While in the act Of filling gaso-
line stove, Mrs. Clarence Crumb OF
Mason City, was badly burned about
the arms, hands and face. The most
serious burns are on the hands, which
are mass of blisters with some deep
burns. The clothing was entirely
burned from her body. The members
Of the family rushed to her aid and
prevented bad confagratlon.
On series OF promissory notes
made to him by the Common Sense
Engine company OF Indiana and after
NETT M. Smith, G.. Campbell Janney
OF Ottumwa has been sued by Fetch
er S. Heath and Frank w. Whitaker,
Indiana parties, claiming TO be pres
ent owners Of the notes. for $4,000.
II Is stated that a similar suit has
been filed in Indiana against Smith.
Glenn Willis, young newspaper
man Of LenOx, announces that he has
made a wager with some ocal news
PAPER men that he can circumyent the
globe in one year, leaving Lenox WITH
ont a cent and, in addition to earning
his way, save $4,000. Willis has not
announced his plan, bit It Is known
that he expects TO do considerable
newspaper correspondence. He Is now
making preparations to start on his
tour
A raid was made on the saloon at
Knierim by Attorney J. r. Houser Of
Des MOines. About so gallons of
liquor were captured. An injunction
against the men who were running
the pace and also placing an iujunc-
ton against the building In which the
saloon was doing business was OBJ
tanned The work was done quietly
but thoroughly. Houser Is attorne.
for the Iowa Anti-Saloon league. The
saloon closed has been running con-
trary to the local opIion law.
While in the act of holding bar
Of soap on the drive belt of a thrash
ing machine, Henry Diercks, a prom
inent farmer living south of Mason
City, was caught by the bet and
hurled against the engine with such
force as to crush several ribs and
break his left arm. His face was
also badly lacerated. He remained
unconscious for nearly one hour and
1t is feared that his injuries may
prove fatal. Dercks is an expert,
enced thrasher. 1t is thought that
the loose sleeve Of his jacket caught
in the bet. Last winter he met
with a similar accident in an elevat.
or, being caught in a gasoline engln.
and disabling his right arm, which Is
not normal.
Evertje Demots Of Sioux Center
has secured a divorce from her hus.
band because he prohibited his three
grown sons from indulging In tlia
sport Of bowling. When the first bowl.
ing alley was installed in Sioux Cen.
ter about year ago, the father tried
to have the place put out of business
because his sons frequented 1t. Hear.
ing Of this, the sons unbraided their
parent for being an old fossil. The
mother sided with the sons against
the father and caused a breach which
could never be healed The divorce
has been granted and one third of
$4,000 property has been given the
wife az alImony. The citizens OF Sioux
Center, convinced that the trouble
started In the anxiety of the father
to see his sons spend their snare mo.
monts profitably, svmpathize with
him.
fire at Fort Dodge destroyed the
large transfer barn of Braky & Lath.
rop, together with its contents, includ.
ing e.even head of horses. The fire
was discovered at noon when the PEG.
pie were going home from church and
attracted a large crowd. The dying
screams of large draft horses on the
inside of the burning structure sent
spasms of terror through the crowd.
SO fercely did the fire burn that but
two animals were saved, they bein5
the two poorest in the barn. An at
tempt was made to cut the halters
and release the imprisoned animals,
but the men could not endure the
fierce heat and managed to liberate
but three. Two were secured and the
third ran back and was consumed
with the others. The surrounding
property was damaged to the extent
OF several thousand dollars, including
Fitzsimmons' repair shop and tho stor.
age building of the International Har.
vester company. which sustained
loss of $4,000. The loss on the stock
Of the transfer company will reach
$4,000, besides the building and feed
contents.
BY charge from shotgun Thomas
Barlow, farmer Of Mount Vernon