Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

not. Long litigation is promised in
case the ordinance stands.
A blank cartridge from didn't
know it was loaded" gun inflicted a
painful wound upon Herbert Reich
pointed the gun at him and pulled the
trigger. The powder burned him
severely in the face, but his eyes were
not touched.
Hearing complaints of the operations
of Washers on the streets of Clinton,
the police nailed one Of the individuals.
John Thompson, pattern maker, was
arrested after he had chased 15-year-
old girl, who ran into cigar store
for protection. The masher Is being
held, and more arrests are liable to
follow.
fatal catastrophe at the Cedar
Falls Electric theater was barely
averted following the explosion of a
moving picture film. Harry Andrews,
the operator. had to jump some ten
or twelve feet from the operators
booth to save himself and he suffered
serious burns of the face and hands.
The fire ruined the apparatus and did
damage amounting to $500 or more.
A gasoline engine factory will be
located in Dyersville, and company
is being organized with a capital or
$4,000. c. B. Willenborg is one OF the
movers in the enterprise The engine
is one designed by man at Aurora,
from whom they have purchased the
patent right. The new factory will
make the third factory for that place
A canning factory and an overall fac
tory are also in operation.
A sensation developed at Dubuque
when Sheriff Derger of Minneapolis
arrived to arrest Earl Z. Crawford, a
Great Western engineer, alias Jesse
A. Shoe, on the charge of bigamy.
Crawford and his wife have been resid-
ing with the woman's father, Adoipn
Hammermeister, so Merz street, for a
year past. Crawford is said to have
a wife at Minneapolis. He went back
without requisition. The woman said
she knew little of her husbands past
life.
Miss Mary ]. Mahoney, aged 60
years, died at Ottumwa from internal
injuries said to have been afflicted
when she was assaulted by Oscar
Hogan, colored, several months ago.
At the time of the assault Miss Ma
honey was brutally handled by the
negro She was in the hospital for
nearly a month after and has been
gradually growing worse since she
was brought home Hogan was con-
victed of the crime during the present
term of court and Is now in Fort
Madison serving a life sentence.
If Attorney General Byers and the
Burlington Civic federation keep on
at their present gait Burlington will
be one of the highest towns in the
Mississippi valley. The civic fedora.
ton has notified the mayor and all
other responsible officers that the
gamblers must be driven out of Bur-
lington at once. The president of the
federation has received a letter from
Attorney General Byers offering all
the assistance he can give them in the
enforcement of the law in that city.
They propose to make the campaign
a strong one.
Dame Fortune has smiled on Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Fenton, who live
on a farm seven miles west of Abba.
Mr. Fenton is but 20 years of age and
his wife is a few years his junior.
Through the death of a grandmother
the young man has fallen heir to an
estate in Illinois that will give him
$4,000. At the present time he IS
engaged in wood chopping, and the
thought of the new wealth has not
turned his head in the least. He has
made arrangements that he will pos
sess a good Monroe county farm when
the inheritance shall be his, and has
planned for one little trip for himself
and wife and then back to the farm
and the labor that will increase the
bank roll.
Mrs. J. Mortimer Wilson, formerly
Mrs. F. E. Webb, the divorced wife of
the former pastor of the First Bap-
fist church in Cedar Rapids, is one
of tae central figures in a new sensa.
ton Her former husband obtained
a divorce about year ago in which
startling admissions were made in a
letter written by her to the judge OF
the district court. Last week she
came to town with a new husband
They were entertained by many mem
bers of the church and later they gave
banquet to those friends at the
Hotel Montrcse, leaving on a midnigh,
train for Chicago. The husband had
| cashed a draft for $500 on a Boston
bank earlier in the day and now it has
been discovered that the draft was
worthless. The police of Chicago
| have been asked to arrest them if pos
| sible.
The Rock Island road has served
notice that in pursuance of further
retrenchment, the telegraph wires
| would be taken from the stations al
Plymouth and Rock Falls in Cerrc
Gerdo county, and similar small sta
tons on their line between Waterloo
and Minneapolis. The act means
that couple of dozen operators will
be let out of employment or reduced
in pay, as after certain hours these
stations will be closed, and passen
gers will be compelled to flag al
trains. The Northwestern has cut gu
three stations between Belle PLANE
and Blue Earth. All freight consigned
TO these points must be prepaid, al
there will be no agent. The North
western has aso taken off slaepin,
coaches between Mason City and Chi
cago, and although it met a vigorous
protest, the act has, not as yet beer
rescinded 1t is understood the low;
Central will cut out fifteen stations
between Monmouth and Manley juno
ton.
The jury in the sensational Smith
Hendrix rape case at Muscatine foun,
for the plaintiff, granting Miss Yer;
Smith judgment. of $1,000. II
criminal proceedings some time ag
Hendrix was found not guilty
Edward Torrey, the 2-year-old sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Torrey, o
Boone, picked up bottle Of carboli
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