Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-07

brass cannon weighing some few
hundred pounds out Of an abandoned
mill well at Carlisle, Ia? The well is
twenty feet deep. The cannon was
fired in celebration Of Lincoln's first
election. Later it was dumped into
the well during war time dispute.
w. p. Keeney of Carlisle and Z. +.
Chapman Of Eugene, Ore, formerly
OF Carlisle, reported the whereabouts
of the cannon to Supt. B. F. Osborn
of the Iowa State Pioneers associa-
ton.
The police have been asked to aid
in locating two boys who escaped
from the Industrial school at Eldora.
One of the lads was Delbert Cordell,
who was sent to the school from
Waterloo, for larceny. He was &C
companied by Leonard Ayres, who
went to the institution from Algona.
Two Mormon preachers who have
been holding street meeting at
kamrar have been run out of town
by mobs of women and girls beat
ing dish pans and cans which
drowned the speaking. Men stood
ready to back up the women and the
Mormons fed from town on foot.
Ground has been broken for the
Western Old Peoples home on the
site of the former residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer in Cedar
Falls. 1t will be of brick and stone.
By the payment of from $500 to $500
anyone of advanced age can live
there the rest of their lives.
Business houses on the north side
of the main street at Meservey were
burned with loss of $4,000. The
heaviest losses fell upon Fry's har-
ness shop, HI. X. Paul hardware
stock, Charles Nobanett building,
Twin building creamery station and
Farmers Savings bank.
Barney Thompson, a farmer, near
Webster City, woke up the other
morning to find big drainage ditch
being dug across his farm. He roared
at the supervisors who were manag
ing 1t and it developed that his prop
erty was not included in the legal
publication for taxation.
Twenty-Five saloons are all that
can legally run in Council Bluffs, &C
cording to a decision by Judge
Wheeler of the district court. II
was in the test case of the state VS.
]. F. Warrington. AS result the
license fee will probably be raised
by the city council.
Jack Donahue is in the hospital In
Ottumwa, lying near death from q
deep cash in his right groin said to
have been inflicted with pocket
knife in the hands of Charles Xix
who attacked him during dispute
over a dollar. Donahue is expected
to die.
Wholesale and retail lgrocers and
butchers at Cedar Rapids are organ
izing and raising a campaign fund to
fight the plan of the citizens to op
en- a market place similar to that In
Des Moines, on the ground that II
cuts down their profits.
The annual encampment of the
bath regiment, /. N. G., at Ottumwa
will be known as Camp Bishop, in
honor of the former colonel of the
regiment. Colonel X. P. Howell is in
command. A full band and twelve
companies are there.
The Northern Iowa Power and
Light company has completed its
second dam across the Des Moines
river at Humboldt at cost of $780,.
600. Work is to commence soon on
Inc 100000 power house and dam
at Fort Dodge.
The monument of Mrs. Henry Lot
will be, dedicated at Webster City,
September 10. She died in 1S49 fol
lowing the raiding of her home by
Indians who killed her children. The
old settlers will have charge Of the
services.
Estimates made on the disastrous
fire which destroyed the garage OF
the Musgrave Fence and Auto com.
pany and two adjoining warehouses
of the Musgrave Paper company in
Des Moines place the loss at about
$4,000.
Bernard, the 15-year-old son of r,
Boor of Ashton lille playing with q
celluloid comb placed it in the
flames OF a gasoline stove and the
resulting explosion set fire to his
clothing and caused his death.
Carp and Buffalo are being seined
from Storm Lake by the wagon load
by order of the state fish and game
warden and it is expected that in a
few years the game fishing there
will be good again.
James Page, aged 27, coal miner
Of Coalfeld, is dead as the result OF
trying to board a train at Abba. He
fell under the wheels and was near
~ cut in two. He recently came from
Scotland
Francis Richie, So years old, a pi'
oneer of Cedar Rapids vicinity.
dropped dead after eating hearty
lunch. He came from Ireland in
1879. arriving in Cedar Rapids in
1880.
DR.. C. e. Stewart, postoffice In
spector. was seriously injured when
an automobile turned turtle ness
Williamsburg. He now is at his home
in North Liberty near Iowa City.
George Shields. OF Eldon, aged 40.
probably was fatally injured in a
runaway when he was thrown from
: buggy, his head striking against
the curbing.
Lindsey Robinson and his wife,
who reside at Colfax, were arrested
by Deputy United States Marshall
George Bidwell on a charge Of boot
Logging. They were bound over to
the federal grand jury.
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