Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-03
IOWA
NEWS

The Salter boys were saved from
watery grave at Allerton by Claud'
Conklin, who, at the risk of his OWL
life, pulled them from beneath th
thin ice under which they had gone.
Shoplifters got in their work il
Nevada during the holiday ruch. TIL
most important piece of work so ia
was the lifting of a package of die
mond rings, valued at over $50, at tn
Graves drug and jewelry store. Their
is no clue.
William Powers. farm hand nea
Fort Dodge, had his nose bitten Of
by a vicious horse during q publ
sale in the presence of hundreds Q
people. His jaw bone was rsshed an
the flesh badly mangled. Blood poiso
may result.
At LaHarpe, ILL.,. Elizabeth an
Julia daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
George Campbell living near Burlins
ton. died from poisoning, probabl
from eating Christmas candy. Tn
little son also is not expected to live
The two little girls were dead befor'
the physician could reach them.
j. w. Trauman, arrested by revenue
agents for conducting masked still
in his house near Burlington, was az
raigned before United States Commits
sloner Glynn at Keokuk, pleading no
guilty and waving preliminary exam
nation. He was bound over in thu
sum of $500 to await the action O
the federal grand jury.
A warrant has been issued for tn,
arrest OF ]. B. Hollenhors, formei
roadmaster of the Great Western. TO
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Hollenhors is charged will
completely in the defrauding case o
w. v. Sibert and Joseph Bridges, WHIT
are out on bonds in Marshalltown OF
the charge of conspiracy to defraut
the railroad by padding the pay rol
with fictitious names.
Clarke Williams, well know
farmer has brought suit against Clarl
county for $4,000 damages for per
sonal injuries. Williams was driving
home Sept. Z, when his horse stuck 6
foot through rotten bridge near his
home. Williams tried to rescue tbs
animal and was thrown over the
bridge railing to the rocks twenty fee
below. rib was broken, his righ-
hip dislocated and his spine perman
emily injured. He will be a cripple
for life. The board of supervisors al
the last session declined to settle tn,
matter out of court.
Colonel Horton of the Soldiers
home at Marshalltown says that the
supply of meat which that institution
has received during the last quarter
mas been superior In every way tt
that formerly received. It was bough
OF local institution there Mr.. Cow
ME says that this does not surpris,
the board, for it is a fact that tn,
Iowa packing plants can furnish bet
ter products than any Chicago institu
ton, and today the Iowa plants ar,
getting 2 or cents more money TO
their bacon in Europe than the Chi
cago establishments.
Miss Anna S. Hannebuth, principa
Of the River View school at siou,
City, resigned her position a few
days ago. and left to get married tt
Fred Harrington of Minneapolis, a
merchant. With Mr. Harrington sh,
went to Chicago to attend a reunion
of his family. In Chicago the groom
to be was slugged and robbed and h
died in Chicago hospital. Superin
tendent Stevens of Sioux City school.
received letter from Miss Hanne
buth telling Of her misfortunes ant
asking that she be given her old pc
sition, which will be done.
Something of sensation in relig
ious and social circles was occasionet
| at Dubuque when suit was filed il
| the district court by Anna Rosemire
| soprano soloist, against Westminster
Presbyterian church for $3.50. In the
petition the plaintiff declares that sh.
entered into contract with the
| church for choir work for a year al
$35 a month. The plaintiff AYERS thai
she was at all times ready and able
to perform her part of the contract
but that she was barred by officers o,
the church from fulfilling it. Shit
claims damages as above stated, mas
much as she was unable to secure
other positions owing to the fact q
her contract with Westminster church
being common knowledge.
Signs are multiplying that the Man
chester Davenport interurban line will
soon be reality 1t developed thai
Blood & Hale of Boston, who built the
Moline Watertown electric line, have
been figuring on the new line. The
Manchester road would have The
unique feature of tapping six trunl
lines, including the Illinois Central a,
Manchester, from where the line is tt
run to Monticello, then cross the Chi
cago & Northwestern at Amber, thu
Milwaukee at Olin, the Northwestern
at Stanwood, and the Rock Island al
Upton. So far it is an almost straight
north and south line, which if contin
uei would take 1t directly through
Moscow to Muscatine This fact prom
Uses to open up spirited rivalry be
tween Davenport and Muscatine as tt
which shall be the southern terminus
of the road. From Upton it Is ex
pected to turn southeast to Wilton
Bluegrass and Davenport
Claiming that he has made SANDER
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