Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-20
IOWA
NEWS

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Donald, the 2-year-old twin son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Overman of Viii
lisca suffered the unusual death in
one so young of lockjaw, resulting
from an injury to the foot The child
started to run across the street and
ran under a heavy ice wagon, one
foot being badly mashed. Two days
later symptoms of tetanu developed
and two days after that the child died
The year-and-a-half-old baby girl
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Hogan, of Iowa
Falls, died following severe burns
caused by an accident about week
ago. The little one pulled a teapot
half filled with hot tea off the table,
spilling the contents down the child's
back and shoulders. While the burns
were severe, it was not thought to be
serious, but peritonitis set in in day
or so and resulted fatally
After lying in commatose condi-
ton for about ten days, or almost
ever since she had tooth extracted,
Mrs. Eliza Clark, we'll known
woman OF MaTshalltown, and pio-
neer of the county. died at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. e. B. Connley.
The removal of the tooth caused a
rupture of a blood vessel In the brain,
and resulted in paralysis which af.
fected practically the entire left size.
Closely following his troubles which
eliminated in the divorce court sew.
81
Brenton, of Des Moines, was fined Sd
and costs by Judge Stewart for al.
legged abuse of his horses Mr.. Bren,
ton did not appear in court to receive
his sentence. He was arrested a
few days ago at the instance of the
humane society. A similar charge
was filed against him several weeks
ago
Oscar A. Rosengren, who was in
1ured in an automobile accident in
Marshalltown on July 81, 1906, when
he was run into by machine owned
by w. Il. Leech and f. F. Michaels
has entered suit in the district court,
asking $4,000 damages from Leech.
Rosengren claims that he as per-
manently injured as result of being
run down by the machine, which he
alleges vas running at an unlawful
rate of speed
Miss Elsie Hicknott, the 17-year-
old Keolluh girl who has been re-
ported missing from that city, was dis
covered in Burlington employed in
the office of local physician as
photographer. Her friends state that
she grew tired Of attending business
college in Keo)suk and slipped away
to Burlington. where she secured en-
= ploymer,. A friend secured her cloth
Ing and brought 1t to her, saying
nothing about it to any one.
Ed Wagner and Joe Burns, two of
the five cracksmen who We're SEN
fenced at Marshalltown for blowing
the Marshall Vinegar company's safe
III November, 1906, have been dis
charged after serving their two years
terms. The men We're among the
number who, after being arrested
single handed by Officer Frank Haas,
escaped from Jail by saving their
way out. The men were all recaptur
ed later, and all but one served terms
CONSERVATION reigns supreme in
Cerro Gordo county otticialdom over a
resolution passed unanimously by the
county board of supervisors that the
custom of paying the expense OF the
official would be discontinued this
year. No reason was given for the
act. Why the board should pass such
resolution cannot be fathomed
and they won't explain Most of the
county officials have been waiting
for the annual convention of county
officers for their vacation.
The professional diver Eugene Fer
ris, who has been searching the bot
tom of the river in front of Burling-
ton for missing propeller wheel,
has encountered much difficulty in
gaining solid footing on the bed
of the river. He states that the sand
and mud forming the bottom is SO
thlckly strewn with logs and lumber
that 1t is almost like trying to thread
dense thicket to make his way
about. and there is no solid ground
to walk upon. He says the logs and
lumber stick up in all directions and
are wtdsed in among each other so
tightly that 1t is impossible to push
them aside. The report of Diver Fer.
ris corroborates that of other divers
at Burlington and elsewhere that the
bed of the Mississippi river is for
est of logs and lumber that have ac-
cumulated during the long years of
lumber and log rafting ON the upper
river. Ii is stated that the Chippewa
and other tributaries of the Missis-
sippi in the north down which most
OF the lumber has been RATED ara
densely sown with lost lumber, and
the proposition has been made that
companies be formed to recover the
timber In the present day of fail
Ing of the lumber supply it is thought
that now buried in the mud of the
river bed is immensely valuable, and
at least one firm is said to be con
templating systematic dredging for