Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

horseman of Marshall county and
many throughout not only Iowa but
the entire country, the news will be
learned with regret. Jim Blaine was
not only the first really good horse
| bred in this county, but one of the
best ones that was ever produced in
| Marshall. The horse died Dec. / at
| the home Of his owner, G. c. Church,
two and one-half miles southeast of
Liscomb, at the age of % years. There
| is not horseman In the county of
twenty years standing who does not
remember Jim Blaine. The horse was
bred and raised by the late G. w.
Ferguson, on the Ferguson farm, juse
east of Marshalltown Jim Blaine was
sired by Hinsdale Chief 1888 by Ed
win Forrest 40. The horses dam was
Kate, by Green's Bashaw. Jim
Blaine's best mark was 2:24 which
| was not bad in his day. AS a 6-year-
old Mr.. Ferguson exhibited the ami
NAL at the Iowa State fair, together
| with four OF his colts, and secured
first premium in the roadster stallion
| in the same class. Immediately after
| his state fair winning Mr.. Ferguson
was offered $4,000 for the horse
| which he refused.
Miss Vera Meinly of Muscatine, one
of the most accomplished and best
known young women of Muscatine
| died suddenly at Minturn hospital,
| New York city, after brief illness
with scarlet fever, having been re-
moved to the hospital from the St.
Andrews hotel. Miss Heinly as an
| elocutionist, possessed rare talent,
and many times she has delighted
Muscatine people with her art and
powers in recitals. Perhaps one of
the greatest distinctions that came to
her was her appearance in Carnegie
hall, at Pittsburg, and the triumph OF
her efforts on that occasion.
The Sheffield Brick & Tile com.
pany of Sheffield was hit hard by
juries in the district court in this
county when one jury gave Mrs.
Henry Neal $500 damages for the
life of her husband, and another gave
Mrs NJ. H. elliott, who also lost her
husband while in the employ of the
company a verdict for $4,000 dam
ages. In the former case $4,000 was
asked and in the latter $4,000. Both
cases will be appealed.
Nathan III. Collins aged 81 years,
who ran fiat boat from Red Oak TO
Des Moines and who even earlier
drove an OK freight between KeokuK
and Des Moines, died at his home at
Monroe. Heart disease and dropsy
caused the death. His eldest son Pc.
arc was several years ago jailer at
Des Moines and the wife of the son,
Mrs. Collins, is still a matron there.
Collins lived in Monroe county AZ
years.
While Charles Norton and family of
Avoca were driving their auto on the
country road near there, a deer jump
ed in front of the machine and started
down the road. Norton increased the
speed Of his machine and followed.
When he had increased the speed to
fifty miles an hour, the deer was I'M
able to keep ahead and jumped to
one side. The animal is part of the
herd near her and is often seen.
State Veterinary ]. H. Spence OF
Clinton was called to Mount Pleasant
to examine cows which it was be-
lieved were infected, at the state in
stitution there. More than fifty of
the animals were found to be infected
and were ordered killed. Unsanitary
condition of the barns is believed to
have been the cause, and the condi-
tons in the barns will be bettered i'm
mediately.
Abbie Miller. sweet-faced, fashion
ably gowneu girl of 10 years arrest
ed in Des Moines at the street car
waiting room. pleaded guilty to a
charge of vagrancy and in open court
tainted the police with not doing
their duty and with permitting social
conditions in Des Moines, which she
declared had brought her to shame.
She was caught flirting with men.
The inquest over the body of Mrs.
Marshall Jordan, who was drowned
at Burlington August 20, was held by
Coroner Korschgen of Keokuk and
was mere formality. Relatives of
the dead woman from Mt. Pleasant
were on hand and identified the cloth
ing and other effects worn by Mrs.
Jordan and told of the details of the
drowning
August 26 to September is the
date set by the American association
of Fairs and Expeditions for the Iowa
State Fair of 1910. There is not anoth-
er fair in the country on that date
and consequently the Iowa fair man
ayers are highly pleased with the as
signment.
VIII Parmlee of Newton was quite
badly hurt when he jumped from a
moving Rock Island train that had
slowed down at crossing near his
home. He struck on his head, cutting
a long cash in the scalp, but was able
to get home unassisted.
E. e. Eastman of Owatonna, Mimi,
has accepted the position of general
secretary of the Council Bluffs
Young Mems Christian association
and is expected to arrive within the
next few days to take up his duties.
John Bailey has sued the c. NJ. &
st. Paul railroad for $4,000 damages
for the death of his nine-year-old son,
killed by the cars year ago when
| he was on his way home from school
at Mason City.
Word has been received from Cal
| ifornia to the effect that Prof. |. A.
| Ross of the State University of Iowa