Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-15
Iowa News
NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

| II. A. Bacon, an OLD resident anu
veteran Of the civil war, died at
Creston.
| College students at Grinnell are
planning the formation of a class in
| Esperanto. fg
!. G. Chaplin of Sand Spring sold
his farm of lie acres to John Bohlken
for s14,50O.
Fire, which caused loss of over
| $4,000 destroyed the home of G.. d.
Harper of Waterloo.
The third annual show of the APP
panoose County Poultry association
was held at Centerville. &s%
Alexander Boyd, for more than
sixty years a resident OF, Iowa, died
at Waterloo at the age of 81.
Emory j. Roe has been appointed
rural carrier and Charles F. Magic
substitute at North Buena Vista.
The city council of Perry author
lied the paving of a number of the
streets of the city with bitulithic pa
wing. .... ...l
Fire, which consumed a barn be-
longing to Albert Fitkin at Nora
Springs is thought to have been scarf
ed by tramps. .-s
A lodge OF the order of Pythian
Sisters has been organized at Corn
ing. Mrs. Ida B. Crum, of Bedford
had charge of the organization.
After being married forty-three
years, Mrs. Almira Ley of Eagle
Grove wants a divorce from her hus-
band and asks $4,000 alimony.
Yves Marsh was fined $50 and
costs by Deputy Game Warden E.
H. Franks for having in his posses
| sion fish spear at Cedar Rapids.
Arthur Roland, colored, of Burling-
ton, who was arrested for attacking
his father with a long knife, was sen.
fenced to nine months in the county
| jail.
Abram Clegg, farmer living one
! mile and a half north of Valley juno
ton died at his home. The cause of
his death was old age. He was Sc
years old.
The jury in the case of Archie
Smith against the Illinois Central
Railroad company returned verdict
in favor of the plaintiff for $500 dam
| ages. He sued for $3.50.
George Stearns, who was bound
and gagged by the robbers who blew
up the bank at Russell, was found
over to the grand jury charged with
| completely in the near robbery.
chnan ho1opoinu 70 Datar
Lamp were killed near Mapleton when
a passenger train ran into the flock.
Sixteen also were so badly injured
that it was necessary to kill them.
George Norsbet, a miner at Sc
vers, was found dead in his brothers
house. He had been in usual health.
The cause of death is unknown. The
deceased was about 80 years old.
AS the first step in the crusade to
make Monroe county completely
dry" the grand jury at Abba brought
in nineteen indictments Df which
eighteen were against Alleged boot
leggers. ~..'
w. B. Spencer lost the sight of
both eyes and his son, who was
working with him lost the sight OF
one, when a charge of dynamite ex-
ploded suddenly, in a mine near
Dawson. ...g',
Postoffice Inspector j. s. Swenson
has been recommended for promotion
according to word received at Coun
Gil Bluffs. Swepson became well
known as principal sleuth in the May.
bray cases. +
Joseph N. Hays, democratic candi-
date for county recorder at Keokuk,
who was defeated by F. c. Chambers
by one vote, has filed his contest for
recount. If granted, tho recount will
be held Dec. 10.
Christopher Hammes, aged "a years
of Hanover, Germany, and had been
farmer in Hancock county, ILL.,.
| for siXty-six years. He was prom
| inent in agricultural affairs in this
| state.
Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver
was a new name read ON the list of
departed brothers, when. the Fort
| DOOSS Ilho LhClt hlS
mortal service. The memorial ad-
dress was delivered by Senator c. G.
Saunders of Council Bluffs.
| Former representative Hepburn.
who is IN Washington for the winter,
is working away from time to time
on his memoirs. Colonel Hepburn
began these some time ago. They
promise to be of great historical val.
ue as well as of unusual interest.
The Fort Dodge and Bell telephone
exchanges were consolidated at FIT
Dodge and a total OF 5000 telephones
are now handled through one ex-
change. The Bell company's local
business was bought by the local
company, the Bell company handling
only the toll business. ~
Pensions have been granted to VIM.
Beattie, SIS; Johanna Behand, $12:
Margaret E. Cameron, s12; Thomas
B. Frazer. SIS; Mary E. Haley, s12;
Jas. Harrison, SIS; Margaret M. Nc
Clintock, SIP; Thomas E. Marshall.
$40; Christian Rockey, Sl2; John
Rolls, SIS; Albert Schiff, Sc; Michael
Steelsmith, $50; Enos Tyson, SIS;
Hugh Wiley, $50.
The repains of supposed crimina.
were found at Storm Lake by work.
men engaged in the digging of eel.
lar. A pair of locked steel hand.
cuffs were found among the bones.
For the first time in the history
of Lynn county, 1t is practically free
from debt, the last of the $4,000
bonded Indebtedness having been paid
| with the fall collection of taxes,