Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-28

the penlleutldTy.
The little town Of Denmark eight
miles north of FIT. Madison, is In a
state of excitement over an attempt
to blow UP the house OF Rev. c. N.
Manchester, pastor Of the Baptist
church.
Death from nearly eight ounces Of
carbolic acid Is the selfdetermined lot
of c. A. Brown, a Percy, Iowa, resi-
dent found dead in barn near Col.
fax by Preston Brown, an uncle and
former father-in-law of the suicide.
| The Waterloo Granite Brick com.
pany has secured an order for 1,000,-
| 600 bricks for the Waverly beet sugar
factory. The shipment will make 100
car loads. The sugar factory will re-
quire 100000 bricks.
| Whitecaps took Andrew Miller OF
Wheatland from his home at mid
night, tied him to the trunk of a
| tree in the woods and gave him a
terrible beating. Miller, who is a
| blacksmith, is accused of neglecting
his wife and spending his money for
drink
Claude Grant, prosperous and
well-to-6o farmer residing near
Boone, was shot Monday afternoon by
Claus Meier, a neighbor. Meier and
Grant met In the road and Meier fired
at him four times. The cause of the
trouble Is not known. Grant will re-
cover.
A curious old will has been filed in
the Office Of the clerk OF the Atlantic
| district court Asa A. Runyan Is the
name of the decedent and the will is
dated 1S4S, in Louisville county, Ken
lucky. The will leaves the slaves to
| his wife and disposes of his other
property to his children. Included in
the estate are 160 acres of CasS coun-
| ty land, hence the filing Of the will
| here.
The saloons in Cherokee have been
| closed in conformance with an order
served on them several days ago by
the county attorney, Guy Gillette.
The saloons have been permitted to
run for several months, although the
required number of signatures were
not secured when the mulct petitions
were circulated. The city and county
officials simply ignored the law in
volved, but recently protests have
been so numerous that the officials
were compelled to enforce the law.
Struck squarely in the eye by the
fist of e. s. Hepner, an employee of
the Sinclair Packing company, j. A.
| Parker, $50 Seventh street, Des
Moines. was knocked through the
| plate glass window in the front of
the Peoples Furniture store on Wal
| nut street last night. Parker re-
| ceived serious cuts about the head
and shoulders, inflicted by falling
glass. His wounds were dressed and
he was taken to his residence in the
| patrol wagon.
Jumping from the sidewalk down
an areaway which leads into the Lane
e Gillespie saloon, 223 Court avenue
Des Moines, Special Policeman Miller
alighted astride the shoulders of Will
Bell, who was emerging from the
place with jug of whisky and q
| pocket full of stolen quarters. Bel
was dragged to the street by Miller
and Patrolman BelliZzi and was taken
to the police station, where he is
held on charges of breaking and en-
tering.
A broken leg and a serious case OF
the grip did not deter two Ida Grove
brid f,rooms from keeping their en-
gagement at the marriage altar. Otto
Brockman, who, a few weeks ago.
| was thrown out in runaway and sus.
| tanned broken leg, went on crutches
| to marry Miss Mary Oechle, both well
| known here. Herbert Easton arose
| from his bed against his Doctors or.
ders and was married to Miss Ida
Miller, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Por-
| It's Miller, prominent residents of this
| place.
Constitutional prohibition in lows
Is coming to the front again. The OLD
prohibition leaders, are preparing for
| a fight before the people.
Petitions are in circulation in the
state asking members to act favor
ably on a resolution submitting the
| question of constitutional prohibition
| to the vote Of the people In few
| days a resolution to that effect will
be prepared and will appear before
the legislature.
1t has been rs years since Iowa
voted for prohibition.
The eastern central Iowa farmers
institute closed in Cedar Rapids Wed
| nesday evening with the election of
| the following officers:
President-Fred McCulloch.
Vice president-T. H. Carothers.
Secretary-C. J. Winter.
| 1t was decided a farmers short
course should be held in this city the
last week in January, 1908. The reso-
lutions urge the state legislature to
pass the 2-cent fare bill, a state wide
| rNrip hill n q raptnrnnaI dnnIr1,
| rage bill.
A woman giving the name Of Ander
son, which name, however, is prob
ably fictitious, attempted to desert
her three weeks old babe in Webster
City Wednesday, leaving it at the
| Travellers Home boarding house
where she was staying. She was in.
| tercepted in a nearby town where she
expected soon to board train for
Minneapolis, where she said she re.
sided.
| The woman came to Webster City
| Just short time prior to giving birth
| to the child and went to st. Joseph's
Mercy hospital, where the baby was
born.
She claims that her husband de.
serted her several months ago.
Nine out of twelve prominent OF.
tumwa women selected as a jury to
give a verdict on the Thaw case voted
for acquittal of the defendant Those
voting in Thaw's favor state that they
think he did good deed in Riding
the world of White. The others say
that justice ought to be done regard.
less of sentiment.
Jackson A. Evans, who fifteen