Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-01-07
IOWA
NEWS

ZION 10 ngnt the city ana pump lne
water.
Plans have been completed for the
addition to the engineering building
for tho Iowa State college, to cost
$4,000.
. Plans have been prepared for the
Jasper county court house at Newton.
Bedford stone will be used. 1t will
be 120xs0, with 116 foot tower, g.
story and strictly fire proof.
A vote will be taken at Grundy
Center Jan. 20 on granting the Iowa
Construction company franchises for
street railway, electric power plant,
gas plant and telephone system.
After teaching fifty consecutive
terms in the high school of Cedar
Falls, Miss Lura Phillips resigned.
She will go into the Chautauqua field
as lecturer on farm topics.
Henry Marshall, business manager
for Matt PARROT G. Sons company at
Waterloo, died December 30, of ty
phoid pneumonia complicated with
peritonitis.
Her mind unbalanced by the death
of her son, Mrs. VIM Westphal of
Davenport attempted suicide by cut
ting her wrists with razor. She is
not expected to survive.
Preliminary work for the construc-
ton of large drainage system near
Mason City is about completed. The
system will be twelve miles long,
draining $4,000 acres. The estimated
cost is $150,000 to 100000.
Jack SEWERS and John Como, two
Clintonites who have Jail records,
stand good chance to be returned
to the state prison. The men were
arrested for breaking into a Clinton
mans hen coop and stealing dozen
choice pullets.
Sam Mercer, agent for the Burling-
ton at Greenfield for II years, has re-
signed from the company's service in
order to enter upon his new duties
as county treasurer of Adair county
to which Office he was unanimously
elected in November.
Cash prizes in the sum of $500
have been hung up by the Marshall
County Farmers Short Course as
sociation for the best horses, cattle,
swine and sheep that will be exhibited
at Marshalltown during the short
course in February.
In the county attorney contest at
Knoxville between Mayor w. S. Bill
by democratic. and r. L WEIGH, re-
publican, the contest court ordered a
certificate of election issued to Bill
by. The official count gave Bilby eiey-
en- plurality and he now has thirteen.
Dan Voorhees,, an eccentric man a.
bout fifty years old, dropped dead
while walking over one of his farms
adjoining Murray. He has lived there
for the past twelve years and so far
as now known has no relatives living.
1t is not known yet whether he left
will or not. He was reported to be
worth over 100000.
A very serious accident happened
to Mr.. James Games, the editor of
the Bloomfield Democrat. While he
was feeding the large printing press
in some manner his hand caught IN
the press and tore three of his fingers
off. He would have bled to death
had it not been for prompt assist
ance.
John Tetric, half blood Cherokee
Indian near Council Bluffs was bound
over to the United States grand jury
by n. A. Crawford. United States
commissioner, charged with bootlegg-
ing. Tetric admitted to the COM
missioner that he had sold liquor, and
boosted that he had sold gallons of
it to anybody who wanted to buy.
H. Jocks, wealthy retired farmer
of Denison was found dead in an old
abandoned we'll on the farm of his
son, Herman Jocks, in Goodrich town
ship. A broken brace on the wind
mill tower and broken boards cover
ing the well indicate how he had at
tempted to go up the tower to re-
pair the mill an6 h { f.lIen into the
well.
With her daughter in imminent
| danger Of spending the next few
weeks behind the iron bars of the city
| Jail, Mrs. Mary Stallisworth of Des
| Moines created something of sen
sation in police court by stripping
herself of all her jewelry and throw
! ing it upon the desk of Judge Stew
art as surety for $50 appearance
| bond
| Edward Nc Namara, of Grafton
held for killing his father Martin NJ
| Namara, made confession to the
sheriff of Worth county. He said hc
planned killing his father to proven
his marriage to a housekeeper, Mrs
Corcoran. He said his mother anc
brothers worked hard to accumuatt
property and did not want to see tn,
woman get it. When he entered hi
fathers room he said "I'll kill you
unless you promise not to MARI!
that woman" The father refused an,
the shots followed.
Receiver Jamison of the defunc
First National bank at Charlton com
menced paying % per cent dividend
to the depositors Dec. &c.
| Arrangements has been completed
whereby the Literary Magazine O
Chicago. an illustrated magazine sup
plement for Sunday newspapers, viii
come into the possession of De-
Moines men. and its Offices and place
OF publication will be removed to tina
city at once. This deal gives De
Moines an institution that will be on'
of the most important acquired il
1902. The publication already has