Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

the United States Express Company,
refused to accept the resignation Of
o. s. Phelps, who has been agent at
Oskaloosa for fifteen years, and will
keep his name on the payroll at full
salary for the remainder of his life.
Phelps at the age of forty-three en-
tered the service of the company in
'73 as a messenger on the Iowa Cent
raj and has since been continuously
in their employ, the oldest in the
express service in Iowa and probab-
ly in the west Phelps and his family
left Oskaloosa for Tacoma, Wash,
to reside. The kind act of the COM
pany amounts to much more than a
pension, he being allowed full pay.
Four cows, part of the states
herd at the boys industrial school at
Eldora, were slaughtered in Mar.
shalltown under the direction Of DR..
Paul o. Koto, state veterinarian, OF
Forest City, and his assistants, DR..
c. w. Anderson of Jewell, DR.. A. L.
Wood of Hampton and DR.. F. J. Nei-
man of this city. The postmortems,
which were conducted under federal
inspection, showed we'll marked les
ions in every case, and two of the
animals were unfit for anything but
tankage. The animals condemned for
tuberculosis were among lot shipped
by the board of control from Illinois.
A year ago the state herd at Eldora,
numbering thirty-six head, was entire.
ly free from tubercular infection.
A pioneer Wright county couple
living northwest of Iowa Falls in
Oakland township celebrated the fif-
tieth anniversary of their marriage
when twenty-five children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Claus Erickson called on them
and reminded them that a half GEN.
fury had elapsed since their marriage.
They were married in 1859, and in
1864 settled on the Iowa prairies
where they have since lived in Oak
land township. Ny. Erickson was a
member of Company G Twenty-second
Wisconsin volunteers and served for
three years in the civil war. In 1864
he was severely wounded and later
discharged. Mr.. Erickson is 78 years
old and his wife GO and both are in
the best of health.
DRINKS in the police court of Iowa
City will be defended and prosecuted
Iowa, according to a novel scheme
planned by Mayor Ralph Otto, who is
also instructor Of pleading and prac-
tice in the law school. According to
Otto's plan, the prisoners up for in
toxication and vagrancy will have
senior law students to prepare the
cases and represent them when the
trials are held. This he contends will
result in greater justice and also aid
the collegians in preparing for the
actual practice of the law.
The golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Stevens of
Dudley, in Wapello county, was cele-
brated at the home of their grand
daughter, Mrs. John Cooper at Knox
vile. The date was also the birthday
anniversary of Mr.. Cooper. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stevens grew up in Wapello
county were married there in 1859,
and have never resided outside the
county during all of the long period
which has interviewed since the pres
ent and that far away date "befo'
the wah."
Deliberately setting fire to his own
stock of goods, the Miller Mercantile
company of Gruber, Ia, and burning
it and the building to ashes is what,
it is charged, J. n. Miller of that
place, formerly Of st. James, Mimi,
did. The insurance on the store and
stock amounted to $500. Sheriff But
Ter of Estherville was notified and he
arrested Miller, at the same time fl
ing information accusing him of ar
son. He waived a hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury under
$4,000 bonds.
Jack Gihbel, brick mason employ
ed by George Stardley to make i'm
provement on the Henry Riegelman
property in Des Moines, plunged to
his death when the scaffold upon
which he stood gave way. Gibbel was
precipitated to the ground, sixteen
feet below, alighting upon his head on
a heavy timber. His skull was crush
ed, making death almost instantane-
Jus. He leaves a wife and several
children.
The top notch for real estate in
Greene county for this year was
reached in the sale of the l.. H. Rob-
erts farm of 240 acres, lying three
miles west of Patton. The farm was
sold to George Rutgers of Rippey
for $135 per acre. The place was well
tiled. we'll fenced, but had an old
house. Other farms have sold at 500
to 1927 per acre.
There were fourteen Iowans among
the twent- soldiers killed in the bat
tie of White Stone Hills, N. D.. tc
whose memory monument was dedi
Gated on the battle ield. Governor
Carroll, Adjutant General Logan ant
Col. H. B. Hedge represented Iowa a
the exercises and Governor Carroll
delivered an address.
In the personal damage suit at Ida
Grove for $4,000 brought against Ar
thur Mehan by Glenn Kephart, the
| jury awarded Kephart $25. Kephaf
claimed he was attacked by MehSI
and cut about the neck and cheek IL
such a manner as to MAIN and mar.
him Tor life. Both are prominent II
! Ida county. 49,,
Lambert E. Hall. of Newton. ha
bought the Thomas Mitchell farm o
TIA acres near Mitchellville for $26
100. This land was entered by MI
Mitchell from the government. 49,.
The marriage of Miss Lulu Maytag
| donphter of Senator and Nrs Fro,