Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-01-28
IOWA
NEWS

clocks, etc.
Thurston Potter, of Burlington, the
boy charged with having ruined his
sister, Elizabeth Potter, was found
not guilty.
Elmer Over was brought by detec
tives from Chicago to Dubuque where
he has been indicted on five counts
of forgery and must stand trial for
his alleged offenses.
The city teachers of Iowa City
have linked together to gather evi,
dence against pool room proprietors
who permit minors to play in their
places
The last report of the executors OF
the will of Mrs. Martha Ranney,
shows that the State University of
Iowa will receive $S0,130, after de-
Quoting $4,000 for expenses.
A Dubuque jury awarded damages
in the sum of $500 against the city
to Mary Dempsey for injuries sus-
tanned on an icy sidewalk. The plain
tiff had sued for $4,000. The case
came up for trial three times.
The office of Roach Bros, cattle
and coal buyers in Plainfield was
burglarized. The safe was unlocked
and twelve dollars and half was
taken and gold watch.
Caught in shafting and whirled
around several times, his clothing all
torn off, bones broken, and internal
injuries severe, d. A. Crist, manager
of the Hunting elevator, at Mason
City, escaped with his life.
William Liekweg of Sheffield has
brought suit against City Marshal
II. H. Carhart of Sheffield for $1,000
damages, claiming he was unlawfully
placed in the city Jail by the city
marshal.
Roscoe Welty, son OF a former pas
tor of the Presbyterian church OF
Creston, in fit of dependency com,
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. II esaywS2ra e AOl
with a razor. He was % years old
and at the time resided in Omaha.
Father Coffin of Fort Dodge gave
81 600 to the college at Iowa Falls
to be used in founding Father Coffin S
library Of economics. 1t is under,
stood in the making of this gift, that
the library is to occupy section in
the college library.
Postmaster Johnson, of Logan, who
has been closing out his cattle and
hogs, received as high as $500 per
head for some of the cattle and an
average Of $40 per head on thirty.
nine hogs. A short time ago Mr.
for $185 per acre.
Eta Reynolds has at last secured
damages from Drs. Schroeder and
Smith, of Des Moines, for a yard or
so Of tape, which she claims the
physicians left in her abdomen after
an operation for appendicitis. A jury
in Judge HoWe's court awarded heI
$4,000. The case has been tried
three times.
Col. Raymond, of Hampton, senior
member of the Franklin County Re
corder, is confined to his home with
paralysis. About one year ago he
received a paralytic stroke, but he sc
far recovered as to be able to attend
to his business. Early in the win
ter he caught a very severe cold and
now has become dangerously i'll.
In their annual report Postmaster
Myerly and Assistant Postmastel
Ryan, Of Des Moines, made public
the cheering news that during the
year 1908 the postal receipts were
| $643,4O75S, a gain of $54,6226S owe,
the year 1907. This places De-
Moines in the front rank of western
postoffices and makes it compare fay
orably with the cities of the east.
! A prominent furrier of Mason Cit
is authority for the statement that il
half a dozen counties of northern
Iowa at least a half million dollar
worth of hides have been bought an
sold. Never was, there so many hide
as this winter. The ponds, lakes an
rivers are filed with muskrat an
mink and hides have been uniforml
high.
The Central Iowa Poultry and Pc
Stock show had been merged wit
the Iowa Poultry association Th
new organization which will b
known as the Iowa Poultry and Pc
Stock association, has decided on De
MOines as it's permanent headqua
ters. This means that in this cit
next January there will be held tn
greatest poultry show ever seen
the state.
At an election carried at Grunt
Center the Iowa railroad was owe
helmingly voted an per cent ia
amounting to $15,3S4. There W.
also voted by the same majority
franchise granting it the use of I'll
streets, alleys, etc, besides sever
public utilities. There were but tive
ty-two votes recorded against IL
proposition out of total of 286 vott
cast.
Paul Radloff, a prisoner soon to
taken to the penitentiary for arse
hung himself in Jail at Marshalltow
He used a shirt, tied it to the ce
and jumped from bench.
, Kellerton is in the midst of an e.
demic of smallpox. At last repo
there were about one hundred cas-
, and thirty families under quarantir
Mayor Thompson of Beaconsfield h
ordered the schools closed, also
: public gatherings. There are
I number of cases in the country. b
, so far there have been no fatalti
on account of the disease.
BY a vote Of 566 to 223 the prof.