Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-02-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Because his wife last week placed
heated bricks at his feet when ne re-
tired for the night, M b. Kent, of
A. j. Allen of independence sold
5000 homing pigeons to ID. p. p.
French of the same town.
Attorney C. M. Thorne, of Dubuque.
has been disbarred from practice in
the courts in that city for the period
of thirty days.
Miss Lizzie Spaulding. of Waukon.
has been teaching in the schools for
Twenty-Five years with no vacations
other than the legal ones.
Fonda has an attorney by the name
of Frost, a merchant by the name
of Blizzard, and section foreman
by the name of Snow.
Mrs Katharine Leopold of Webster
City is an aunt of Edmund Heller, a
young naturalist of California, who
has been selected to go to Africa
with President Roosevelt.
Henry NJ. Hyde, formerly of Du-
buque, where he was newspaper
man, has been made the managing
editor of the Technical World Maya
zine.
Fred P. Pavey, an Iowa Central
fireman of Oskaloosa, is dead from
the effects of blood poisoning caused
by a scratch on the hand by bull
pup which he was playing with.
The Memorial university at Mason
City is making preparations to re-
ceive the annual convention of the
commandery in chief of the national
order of Sons of Veterans, which
meets there in August next.
The controversy over the Woodbury.
county farm at Sioux City, which has
been carried on for over year past,
has been settled by the resignation
of the superintendent, J. e. Copeland.
Fl. J. IverSon of Salix has been elect
ed to succeed him.
Mayor McConlogue of Mason City
has inauguarated a crusade on ques-
tionable vaudeville shows in his city
and makes regular rounds to the
various places of amusement to salts
fly himself that they are within the
bounds or good morals.
Ernest Bilbrant a ranchman of
Lane, S. D., who has been confined
in the jail at Sioux City for some
time past, attempted to hang himself
with the chain on his bunk, but was
released when life was almost ex-
tinct.
A flight of snow-white owls was
witnessed at La Porte City last week.
There were about forty of the birds
in the flock and they alighted in
tree so that good view was had of
them. The snow owl is a native Of
the far north.
John Shippy, young man of %
years, was arrested and taken from
Owatona to Mason City for raising a
check from $3.50 to $3.50. The
young man was very penitent and
will probably be dealt with leniently.
He claims to have committed the
crime to raise money to go and see
his mother.
By the terms of the will of Michael
Beacher the Sisters of Mercy Of
Iowa City will receive the use of
$11 900 worth of the deceased's per-
sonal property for an indefinite period.
The property is held in trust for the
minor children of Beache, who spent
the last seven yeas of his life at
Mercy hospital in Iowa City.
Macy Hunley is on trial in the
Monroe county district court at Abba
upon the charge of murder in the first
degree. Hunley is the man who went
into the company store at Buxton and
without one word of warning drew
a shotgun to his shoulder and fred
and instantly killed Bernie Watkins.
and instantly killed Bernie Watkins.
Amended articles Of incorporation
have been fled with the county re-
corder at Sioux City by the Sioux City
& Spirit Lake Interurban Railway
company will close deal with the
powers of the executive committee
and pave the way for the financing Of
the project. 1t is expected that the
company will close a deal with the
Westinghouse people of New York for
the construction of the road.
The grand jury at Council Bluffs
has made it's final report, it is re-
ported that the jury voted no bills
in the cases against former District
Clerk H. V. Battery, two of the six
indictments which were quashed ny
the court recently because of the IL
legal drawing of the jury. The case
of John ~ Shelter, charged with
keeping a gambling house and two
other similar cases, it is understood
were similarly disposed of.
The dedication of the statue OF
Chief Mahaska at Oskaloosa, the gift
| of j. d. Edmundson to the people OF
| Mahaska county, will be held in May
AS fitting the occasion the local lodge
| of Red Men, whose order Is founded
on Indian lore, have applied for ant
have been granted permission to take
charge of the ceremonies. 1t is pro
| posed to make great occasion of the
day and state and national officer:
| of the Red Men will be invited t.
come. Teams from many Iowa camp.
will also take part in the program.
Elk Point, S. D., is in Sioux City
hospital where he underwent an am
putation of a part of his left feet. IL
prevent the spreading of gangrene
! Doubt is expressed for his ultimate
4 recovery.
George W. Westlake of Marshall
town, aged SO, the first harness maker
to engage in business west of the