Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31
IOWA
NEWS

I 9lSHllSlu DlrIHudy TWO WeehS aSo'
made record breaking walk to Win
tercet last Vice.. His home is at
Greenfield. twenty-eight miles west
Of Winterset, and he walked the en-
tire distanca In twelve hours, reach
ing the home of his son, G. II. VIII
son, in time for supper. After
short rest he walked another half
mile to the Methodist church and at
tended a lecture.
| While Ralph and Arthur Zimmerman
| Of Farragut were out looking after
| their traps along the river, Ralph was
| shot in the face by some one on the
| opposite side Of the river. The mo-
ment the first shot was fired the boys
| cried out. Ralph with pain, and APP
! peals were made to the unknown per-
son on the opposite bank to desist.
| Instead OF complying, however, three
| shots followed the first One of tn
| shots struck Ralph below the eye and
made a serious wound.
The presence of counterfeit silver
| dollars in Ottumwa has brought the
| government secret service men to
| that city. Just how many of these
| spurious coins is in circulation is not
! known, but it is understood several
have been picked up. The first one
was detected at q local bank about
a week ago and it was first reported
that between two and three hundred
we're in circulation. The government
men do not believe that there are
very many Of these coins being pass
ed.
Austin Fox, street railway con-
iuctor of Oskaloosa, was nearly kill
ed while on duty. He had gone ahead
of his car to see If the Iowa Central
crossing was clear. An approaching
freight train caught his eye, and
while watching it he was hit by a
| passenger train approaching from the
opposite direction. He was knocked
down and rolled thirty feet by the
pilot, before Will Richmond, a bus
driver, succeeded in pulling him off
cover.
Climbing through a swinging pane
of glass Sx12 incnes. In the matrons'
quarters, coursing along telephone
wires twenty feet to a pole, sliding
down the latter to freedom, was the
| feat of 12-year-old Roy Fuller, await
ing commitment at Dubuque to FL
dora on a charge of vagrancy. The
feat was little short of miraculous.
| The lad declares he can get out Of
any place his head will 60 through.
He has been recaptured and is now
in the custody of the sheriff at the
| county Jail.
A. S. Smith, well to do farmer liv-
~ he ~ ri
was arrested charged with violating
the game laws. When Smith saw the
officers coming he rowed across the
river and tried to get away. Deputy
Sheriff Chanley Huff was too quick
for him, however, and jumped into the
icy water and swan the stream.
Twenty-six rat traps, a fish trap, four
muskrats and eleven fish were found
in his possession. Game Warden
Lincoln of Cedar Rapids is present to
help prosecute the case.
Leanore Woodward, the 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wood
ward of Lewis, was operated upon at
the hospital at Oskaloosa for a frac-
tured skull The little one was play
ing in the Jarn when one of the
horses kicked her in the head. The
skull was broken and splintered for
a space Of about three inches square.
Immediate attention was given and
she was taken to Atlantic in an AUTO
mobile. The operation seems to have
been a perfect success and the lit
tie girl will probably recover.
1t cost Sioux City young man
named T. ]. Butler about $50 to shoot
a mrskrat at Browns lake near Salix.
He didn't know that there was a state
law against the killing of these ami
mails between April l and Nov. l, bit
there Is, and when Justice st. Onge
and his constable learned that But
Ter and a companion, both BOYS. had
shot rat. they caused the arrest of
the game law breakers. Butler YVES
fined SO and costs, which amounted
to s3.45. The Justice then wound M
the affair by confscating Buffers s35
gun.
Still another Iowa university profess
sor has been placed on the list OF
those benefited by the Carnegie pen
| sion fund. The latest is Professor
| c. S. Makowan of the school of ap-
| pied science. His health broke down
and the regents granted him a years
| leave of absence. The Carnegie con-
| tribution will be $1,000 for the COM
ing year. Professor Amos N. Cur
rier, the veteran dean of the COLES e
! Of liberal arts, is a permanent bene-
| ficiary, and DR.. G. T. w. Patrick will
receive assistance during a period of
three years.
James Quail, a prominent farmer
living two miles southeast of Ida
Grove, conitted suicide a few days
ago by hanging himself in the
barn. He had just returned from
town with load of lumber to be used
in a new corn crib he was putting
up, and leaving his team standing
In the yard, went to the barn. His
wife went to the barn few minutes
later and found him hanging in a
stall. He leaves a wife and baby,
having been married but few years.
He was prosperous and apparently
happy and his rash act was SIR.
prise to all his relatives and friends
14-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Faber, who live northwes 81
OF Bode, was drowned In wash
boiler with about six inches of water
In 1t. Mrs. Faber was washing and
} had gone into the house for mo
ment. When she came back the CHILD
was on its head In the water.
The large hay, barn and cattl,
sheds OF B. F. Simpson, who lives tiv,
miles south Of Extra, were destroyed
; by fire a few night ago. The barr
contained lis tons of hay. The in
3 tense heat set fire to the residence
which was extinguished before mucl
] damage was done. There is partial in
surance.
The board of regents of tn. Stat
University has authorized the build