Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-14

amount of $4,000 to in all new
water works.
A Dyersville shipper states that he
shipped 1,152,O00 eggs from that city
during the month of April, which rep
resents over $4,000 worth of hen
fruit.
Because her motherinlaw, Mrs.
Ellen Mayors, alienated the affections
of her husband, Mrs. Lilly Mayors
was awarded verdict for damages in
the sum of $4,000 by a jury The
nesses detailing the family troubles
of the Mayors. The verdict comes as
a surprise
Cornelius Jennings of Oss;an, who
was found guilty of the revolving
crime of rape upon his own daughter,
a young girl under Is years OF age,
was sentenced to life imprisonment at
hard labor in the penitentiary at
Fort Madison, and he was imme-
diately taken to the penitentiary by
the sheriff.
Shepard Owen, the first man ever
to attempt to ride the death trap
loop" on a bicycle, has retired from
his perilous profession and is now liv-
ing in Waterloo. Mr.. Owen began
his daring feat in Boston five years
ago, and successfully rode the famous
death trap 437 times. On his 43Sth
trip, however. in 1906, while at
kenosha, Wis, Owen received al,
most fatal injuries, being confined to
hospital for three months.
The jury in the Lyle will case, on
trial at Newton, returned a verdict
setting aside the will. This is a de-
feat for the widow, who was George
W. Lyle's third wife, and victory
for his son by his first wife and his
grandson, the contestants. The case
has been bitterly fought, involving as
it does, an estate that is worth $45,-
600 in lands alone. 1t consumed ten
days and more than fifty witnesses
were examined. The expense of the
trial will be large.
The action of the Rock Island road
in reducing the wages of its section
men from $3.50 to $1.3O a day has,
resulted in many of the older men
leaving the company's employ, stat
ing that with families to support
they cannot earn enough at the re-
duced wage to meet the present high
living expense. The company is re-
placing these old employees by
foreigners who are willing to work
al fol
they are not accustomed to the
standard of living of Americans.
An epidemic of smallpox Of a Sc,
rious character is being experienced
at Emerson, and vicinity, where
large number of cases of the disease
P. Hanchett of Council Bluffs, men,
Der of the state board of health, has
just returned from there, where he
made an inspection of many of the
sick. He inspected cases in six
families on farms and number of
cases in the town of Emerson. He
says that all the cases are typical and
that several are of serious type.
One at least, is expected to prove
fatal.
A honeymoon Of only a few days
was broken when Sheriff Jackson or.
Riley Collins and brought him to
Ottumwa, where he was taken in
charge by Sheriff c. L. Jarnigan Of
Hampton, Franklin county, on the
charge of enticing a girl under Is
years of age away from home. A
little over a week ago Collins, who is
80 years old, left Geneva with Sarah
Huntback, aged IA years. The couple
went to Lancaster, Mo-, where they
were married. A few days later they
came to Ottumwa and Collins Sc
cured job on the construction gang
of the Milwaukee and went to work
near Farson, where he was arrested.
The Iowa State college has just
secured GLORIOUS Whirling Cloud"
the champion high-acting harness st2l-
lion of America, for class work and
breeding purposes. This horse was
formerly owned by Thos. w. Lawson,
and has won many first and cham
pionship prizes at the leading horse
shows, including Madison Square
Garden, New York. He is a mahog-
any bay in color, stands 1872 hig1 and
weighs LAO pounds. This famous
horse has been loaned to tie college
by Mr.. McCord, Omaha Neb. He is
without doubt the greatest high-act-
ing trotting bred stallion in America
apd tho ooIIaoa autboritiac ORC yary
much elated over securing him for
this season.
The lifeless body of A. NJ. Brewer
was found in the river at Fayette
near the bridge at the end of Main
street. But few minutes before he
was conversing with a friend on the
street and gave no indication that
he intended to end his life, but a,
letter found in his coat pocket, which
he had placed on the bank with his
hat and cane, told that his drowning
was a case of self-destruction. Mr..
Brewer wrote that he wished the
newspapers to know that he had pre-
meditated the act and that he was
prompted to do it by nervous NAL
ady Of long standing. He declared
that he did not wish to cause his
family further care and that he felt
suicide his duty.
Assurance that work on an interur-
ban line from Spirit Lake to Sioux
City would be commenced in less
than four months has been given by
]. D. Browning OF Spirit Lake, pro-
moter and general manager of the