Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-06-27
IOWA
NEWS

An unknown man having the dp-
pearance of a railroad employee, who
had apparently been riding on the
trucks of Burlington passenger No.
A. was instantly killed by falling I'M
der the wheels. He boarded the train
at Danville.
Charles Porter, aged % years, the
son of William Porter OF Mystic, was
drowned in the Evans pond near that
place a few nights ago. He had been
in swimming with some friends, and
! when they started to leave they
! found his clothes on the bank.
Rossetter G. Cole, former head of
the Iowa college conservatory, has
| been chosen to be professor of music
and director of the school of music
| of the University of Wisconsin. Pro-
fessor Cole came to Grinnell a num-
Der of years ago and has done much
to advance the musical work of the
college.
While attempting to light gas
stove Miss Jennie Park of Des Moines
was severely burned as the result of
an explosion. The generator was
not in working order and when the
| match was applied the explosion en-
sued instantaneously. Miss Park was
burned about the breast and face very
painfully but not dangerously.
Delbert Crosby, the 3-year-old son
of Henry Crosby of Mason City was
drowned in Calumus creek He ac-
companied his brothers to the stream
to battle and was left by them. The
body was found five hours afterwards
| by a workman at the Decker Packing
plant. The family were ignorant or
his fate till the child was brought
home
Mrs. S. G. Schuelmeister and her
two children, aged II and IA, were
seriously, though probably not fat,
ally injured in a runaway at Missouri
Valley. Mrs. Schuelmeister was driv-
ing the family horse which became
frantic from something on a new
harness and ran away Mrs. Schuel-
meister was dragged for some dis
lance and may be injured internally
John Anderson and Jens Dickinson
will probably die as the result of a
runaway. On coming down hill in
! East Bows their horse took freight
anC upsetting the rig, threw them to
the ground with great force, where
they lay until help came, when they
were picked up for dead. They were
taken to Bows and medical aid sum-
moned. 1t is thought they cannot
survive.
A pathetic incident in connection
with the drowning of William Rich
ardson in the large county ditch near
Duncombe is the fact that after eX-
hausting every known clue, friends of
the deceased have been unable to To-
| cate any relatives to claim the body.
The coroner's jury brought in a ver-
dict of death by drowning" attach
ing no blame to any one. The de-
ceased was As years of age and a
man of good habits
What became of the funds Of the
! Seymour bank, which recently failed,
is still mystery. No one has been
able to find out what Cashier Ware
did with the several hundred thou
sand dollars that are reported to have
disappeared. j. A. Bradley, president
of the First National bank of Center
vile stated that while he was very
close to the Seymour bank failure
situation, 1t was as great a mystery
to him, as it was to others, what had
actually become of the money.
Capt. Alfred C. Harris, postmaster
of Eldora, whose serious fall down a
cellarway at his home in that city a
week ago, came near costing him his
dition as the result of the fall cou-
dition as the result of the fall coupl-
pied with serious complications which
have troubled him for some time, and
the attending physicians give the
family no hope for his recovery.
His wife is seriously i'll and the only
son, DR.. A. A. Harris, Brooklyn,
S. D., dentist, is at his parents bed
side.
Taking the wrong bottle in the dark
cost Mrs. Jane Pollet of Buxton her
life. The woman, who had been i'll
for four days, went to Abba, and
bought bottle of paregoric. Return.
ing home with it she took a dose and
went to bed Later in the night she
again felt badly and rising to the
shelf where she had bestowed the bot.
tie and took it down, as she thought
The unfortunate woman really drank
sulphate of copper. Her sufferings
were horrible, but she could not have
lived long.
Papers have been filed with the
clerk of the district court by which
the incorporated town of Logan and
! w. H. Johnson, an interested party
bring suit against A. B. Hosbrook
Jonathon Holeton and NJ Murray
members of the board of supervisors
of Harrison county, and G. w. Atkins
auditor. May 10, the board passed
a resolution striking from the 1907
assessment of Logan city, the moneys
and credits of one William Brayton
in the sum of Sc, 40. Plaintiffs claim
that Brayton appeared before them
while they were sitting as board OF
equalization and they refused to
strike the items prayed on account OF
double assessment and that his ap
peal should have been taken to the
board before the expiration of TWEEN
ty days as required by law.
Iowa soil has produced about every
thing known to the temperate zone
but it remained for Joseph Curry, a
farmer, living near Tiffin Johnson
county, to exhume the richest croI
yet found in one square foot of Hawk
q eye territory Ploughing, he unearth
ed a $40 gold piece, two S. gold
pieces and watch key set with dia
monds. The valuable find was made
in piece of timber land. The dates
on the coins show they were minted
in the SOS. What mishap or ever
tragedy placed the treasure where II
was discovered, even the oldest set
tiers in the county cannot tell.
Getting in too deep water caused
the death of Otto Grievel who was
drowned just below the dam at Grun
dy Center. Grievel, who was rs years
old, was brick layer by sade.
Frank Thompson of Cascade was