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

| Howard Wright, of New Hartford,
aged II years, lost the sight of both
| of his eyes while watching his
| brothers blast stumps.
A. G. West. merchant jeweler and
lifelong resident of Tabor. fell dead
from heart failure. He went out to
clean the walks and was found dead
about half hour later. He leaves
widow, a married daughter and one
son.
John Evans, switchman in the
Milwaukee yards at Mason City, was
struck by a switch amp while hanging
to the side of car. His head is
seriously hurt. His face has deep
gashes and he also has internal in
juries.
The annual meeting of the Iowa
Academy of Science, which consists
OF the science teachers of all the lead
ing high schools, colleges, academies
and universities in the state, will
held its annual meeting at the State
Normal school in Cedar Falls on May
! and 2.
In the caving of a roof at the Pear
son and Malry coal mine, one mile
southwest of Clarinda, two men lost
their lives. They are j. Arnold, age
80 years, who leaves a wife and two
children, and ]. H. Brewer, age so
years, survived by a wife and three
grown sons.
While driving to town to see sick
son, who was under the surgeons
knife, Mrs. Ross, living north of
Mason City, was thrown from her
buggy, breaking her arm and severely
bruising her body. The horse be-
came unmanageable and her buggy
struck the curb of the bridge.
Nearly dead from the loss of blood,
Arthur Morris, young farmer north
OF Mason City, was found with his
arm at the wrist nearly shot away by
the accidental discharge of his gun
while he was crawling through a
fence. When he as found he was too
weak to walk. He is in a very critical
condition.
BY grasping a revolver in the hands
Of would-be suicide, Fred Lakin pre-
vented Oscar German, prominent
Ellsworth business man from killing
himself. The bullet entered Lakin's
leg, inflicting a flesh wound. The af-
fair occurred in Lakin's office in Ellis
worth. Temporary insanity is the
cause assigned
The senate finance committee has
made a favorable report on the bill
by Senator Allison to authorize and
direct the treasury department to pay
j. H. Gallagher of Iowa $4,000 for
bond stolen from him and destroyed
many years ago. The house has 81
ready passed this bill, which was in
troduced by Representative Conner.
For maintaining a liquor nuisance
near Coo Falls, station on the inter
urban about half way between Iowa
City and Cedar Rapids, Fred Engel-
thaler was fined $500 by Judge Howell
Of Iowa City. Action against the man
wac commence by the county attor-
ney. He had a place on the north side
of the Iowa river which was quite
popular on Sunday.
Recent discoveries in the ruins of
Pompeii prove that the ancient
Romans used windowglass; but for
centuries houses in England were
without window-glass, the place of
which was frequently supplied with
waxed linen or oiled paper. At the
end of the eighteenth century there
were men living whose occupation
It was to paste oiled paper into win
dow-sashes Horn was also used as a
substitute for glass.
An entire family of three members,
living near Strahan, died within one
week. Two weeks ago a son was
born to Mr. and Mrs. George Slater.
The mother was taken i'll soon after
and died five days after the child was
born Then the baby died, and the
day following the father succumbed
to an illness of short duration. Mr..
and Mrs. Slater were of the same
age-24 years-and had been married
but a short time.
TIL; heirs of the late Milo Peterson
CT Lake Mills will get damages to the
extent of $4,452 from Albert A.
Brackey, also of Lake Mills on the
81 ound that Brackey furnished liquor
to Peterson, producing drunkenness
which terminated in death. The de
bauch is said to have occurred at the
Brackey home near Lake Mills about q
year ago. Peterson was found during
the following day near the Brackey
barn dead. He left a family of four
| children.
The Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers
| association held its annual convention
| at Cedar Rapids and elected the fol-
| lowing officers President, r. e. Dew,
of Council Bluffs; vice president, j.
F. Doty of West Liberty. Resolutions
were passed denouncing the parcels
post bill and favoring postage rate
of cent per ounce on first class mail
matter. Des Moines, Sioux City and
Cedar Rapids are candidates for the
next convention; the location will be
determined by the executive board
later.
Fire, cyclone and death are the in
struments of grief the fates have used
on Mrs. Hans Nelson of Liberty town.
ship, Woodbury. county, within the
past few months. Following closely
upon the death of her husband and the
destruction by wind storm of crops
and farm buildings, her farm resi-
dence few days ago caught fire from
a defective fiue and burned to the
ground with nearly all the contents
The loss on the house and furniture
is about S4,5C0, and there was about
$4,000 insurance
One of the greatest sales of prize
corn ever held in the state was helt
at Marshalltown few days ago, wher
l,504 ears on display in the shor
course were disposed of at auction fol
s515.50. Fred McCulloch, of Hart
wick, president of the Cedar Rapids
short course and winner of severa
, sweepstakes, paid $11.50 for one ca
Of his own corn which took one of tn,
sweepstakes. Many ears sold aroun,
3 $40 each. Fifty ears of McCulloch'
1 exhibit were bought by E. S. Grouse
E of Liscomb, for $104.50. and thirt
I ears of the same display were pun