Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28

trial. IL the plaintiff accepts. the
defendant will appeal to the supreme
court
Deserving her two little daughters
the younger only year old, Mrs
Herbert Bishop, aged 10, wife of a
young farmer near La Noble, has
disappeared and has not been seen
since the 10th, when she went to
Marshalltown. Also disappearing
from the neighborhood is Norman
Rygmyr, aged 81, of Forest City, who
has been working as farm hand for
Earl Tomlinson, neighbor Of
Bishop.
| The second trial of Davenport's
| famous sponge case was commenced
a few days ago. Mrs. Annie Arp ask
ed $4,000 damages from A. l.. Hage-
boeck, j. T. Halter and j. H. Mey-
haus, prominent surgeons, on the
ground that they left sponge inside
her husbands body in operating for
appendicitis and that the sponge
caused his death. After trial lasting
a month last winter the first jury dis
agreed
News has reached Sioux City of the
marriage OF Mrs. Joanna Thurston
to j. l.. Turner of Tulafe, Cal at
Tulare. Mrs. Thurston was Sioux
City's first police matron and served
in that office for many years, only a
few weeks ago being succeeded by
Mrs. William Roberts. She and Mr..
Turner were childhood friends, but
became separated and met again
quite by accident, while Mrs. Turner
was in California about a year ago.
Mr.. Turner is a prominent business
man at Tulare.
Clear Lake was a few days ago
swept by severe storm-the worst
IN good many years. Much damage
was done along the shores and many
pleasure craft were wrecked. Nnm-
erous parties were caught out on
the lake Unexpectedly and several
were forced to stay on the water all
night long. One sail boat party of
six were wrecked in midlake, the gale
taking away the masts and sails.
None was drowned, however There
was a heavy downpour of hail and
rain with the wind.
Rebecca May Adams, aged 20 years,
committed suicide at her home at
Ottumwa by drinking carbolic acid.
The young woman had evidently con,
templated the deed all night and
groans coming from her room awoSe
other members of the family, but she
was beyond all aid when found. I'm
requited love is assigned as the
cause. The girl is said to have been
Keeping company with a young man
who was not allowed to come to her
home. She has been employed as a
clerk in a local dry goods store.
Reuben Adams, a manly young lad
only IA years old, was drowned in
pond near Pella, while out with
several other boys for their first
swim of the season. Young Adams
could swim, but he seemed to be
stricken with cramps while beyond
his depth. He called for help, but
his companions could not reach him,
and when grown men arrived he had
disappeared. His body was recover
ed about thirty minutes after the
drowning, and every effort was made
to resuscitate it by the use of oxygen
gas, but in vain. The lad was a
popular boy and was the son of Mrs.
Adams, matron of Cotton hail. Cen
trail university.
On the agreement that the costs
which are about $1,100, would be paid
by the petitioners the project for a
drainage canal on the line between
Floyd and Cerro Gordo counties, was
dismissed by the joint action of the
boards from the two counties. No
reason was given for throwing up the
project but that of expense. 1t is the
first attempt ever made by Floyd
county board to put in a drainage
ditch and the proportions seemed
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000.
All the preliminary surveys have
been made, the profiles and speci,
fications drawn. The petitioners are
farmers living in the neighborhood.
The ditch would drain about 1000
acres of veritable swamp.
Andrew Williams, son of John vii.
liams had a thrilling experience on
the farm of John McNees, two miles
west of Clarinda, and narrowly mis-
sed being drowned with his horses
which lost their lives in the Noda.
way river. The young man was plow.
| ing in field bordering the river and
had driven close to the bank but not
nearer than usual. The river bank
under meath, however, had been un.
| dermined but this fact was not notice
! able from above and the entire out
| fit of team, pillow and man were pre-
| cipitated into the water by a huge
slide of the land into the river. The
! pillow became entangled at the bot
| tom of the river with roots and held
| the horses fast so that they were
drowned. Young Williams was taken
under the water and being unable to
swim would have been killed had he
not succeeded in gaining hold of
the pillow and from the top of it mana
ged to regain the bank which was
| still crumbling. The horses and out
fit were valued at $780,
Vinton business men are planning
a fine permanent park along the
Cedar river, adjoining the city on the
northeast.
Forty-four more strikebreakers,
| half of whom are for the car depart
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