Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-09-04


his wife's brother-in-law, and then
killed himself. Jealousy is supposed
to have prompted the tragedy. Clear,
though shot in the face and the side.
is expected to recover. He is IS years
old. Brobst and his wife have been
separated for some months and she
Had sued for divorce. Mrs. Brobst
lived two houses from Clear, whose
housekeeping she had been doing.
Iowa will receive one million dol
lars of the $46,500,00O which the gos
eminent will allot the agricultural
states OF the west and south to aid in
moving crops The money will be APP
portioned during the months of Sep
TENDER, October and November, and
it is TO be repaid not later than April
Iowas share will be deposited in Des
Moines and Sioux City. Judge Martin
J. Wade Is the governments represen-
tatiye.
Harry NJ Meneough Of Grimes prov
ed to be the best boy judge of stock
and corn in Iowa. He was awarded
first prize in the boys judging con-
test at the state fair. The other win
ners OF prizes were: Vernon Guthrie
of Newton, Harry ~ Webster of Run
nells. ]. Leo Ahart of Dow City and
Raymond Teachout of Imogene The
prizes given the boys for judging are
scholarships to the state college.
The Soldier river OF Iowa is no
more. Natures stream, which was so
crooked that it did not carry off the
water which always accumulated in
TIE valley after heavy rain. has
given way to big ditch which has
taken out the curves. Large areas of
land that hitherto have been swamps
have been reclaimed and will return
crops in the future.
Charles Lamb of near Mondamin has
given the Latter Day Saints church
organization OF the Little Sioux dis
trict his collection of the relics of the
race antedating the Indians. Stone
hammers. sledges, copper knives,
dressing knives OF stone, curiously
shaped pieces of pottery taken from
the bottom of deep gulches are in
cluded in the gift
Wilbur Patterson, a farmer living
near Wadena, was charged with hay-
ing dumped cholera hogs into bitches
and left them unburied, SO that when
the rains came the carcasses we're
washed into Mink creek and thence
into the Volga river, and left lying on
the lands of other farmers. He
pleaded guilty and was fined s25 and
costs
The approaching tern. "a court at
#iilll---see the greatest
number of criminal cases in many
years. Interest centers in two muir
der cases. Those of James G. Quick,
charged with the murder of his wife
ON the night of May 20, and that of
,Mermet Breaaen, the Turk, who shot
and killed Roshet Cater.
Dependent because he was without
funds and without home, L. l.. Deu.
Ell, aged 60, shot and fatally injured
himself at the home of Mrs Sam Cob
en- of 720 Mulberry street, Des Moines.
He died within few minutes after
the shooting He is survived by two
sons, Arthur B. and Frederick Deuel.
of Omaha, Neb.
H. B. Dodd. resident of Waterloo,
was killed while working as brake
man on freight train In the Dubuque
Illinois Central yards. He helped TO
care for a man who had been killed
on train at Nashville. on the same
trip on which he lost his own life
The Algona district conference of
tire Methodist church convened in AL
gona. Thirty-five ministers OF the
district were present The main ad-
dress was delivered by the Rev. A.
f. Craig, president OF Morningside
college.
An unknown Mexican was fatally
stabbed In fight In laborers' bunk
car at Columbus Junction and fell dead
as he was trying to escape. A half
breed Indian named Augustin is al
legged to hare done the killing.
Capt. Charles s. Wells of Knoxville
attended the first state fair held at
Fairfield fifty-nine years ago. He Wis.
tied the state falr at Des Moines this
year to see whether much improve
ment has been made.
President Wilson has nominated the
following Iowa postmasters: McGreg-
or, Anton Huebach; Onawa, Ben Jen-
sen; LaPorte City, E. r. Ashley; Mon
trose, Henry F. Eppers.
William Garvey, the man charged
with criminaly assaulting Emma
Schmidt near Rockford was arrested
at Marble Rock and identified by the
young woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Goldthwaite of
Boone celebrated their sixty-first we'd
ding anniversary recently.
The Temple Grand theater at
Creston will be closed the coming the
atrical season, as the Masonic lodge.
which purchased the building for lodge
purposes, would not renew the lease.
Grover Davis, aged 20, was instant
ly killed by an illinois Central passen-
ger train while he was working as a
switchman at Cedar Rapids. He leaves
a wife and aged mother.
The second annual Skunk valley
picnic was held at CASTLES ford on
the Raccoon river east of Guthrie
Center. One thousand people attend
ed the affair.
Jacob Reuter- committed suicide by
hanging himself at Dubuque. He hsd
been an inmate of the asylum for in.
sane two years, but had been released
two months ago. A wife and five
daughters survive.
AS result of the intense heat last
week, August Paanzer of Tripoli lost
seventeen cows worth $50 each and
one horse. The animals were in
pasture.
Harry Howard was stabbed and
fatally wounded by George Rooms in a
fight at Des Moines. Rooms was ar
rested and Is held to await results.