Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-08-14
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS


FREQ Pecks was seriously injured
while attempting to stop a runaway
at LeMars.
The contract has been let for
new opera house at Denison. 1t viii
cost about $4,000.
The sexton of the Dow City GENE
terry hanged himself in & tree in the
cemetery grounds. No cause for his
action is known.
Stephen Bareum, a laborer, was
instantly killed at Mason City when
caught under freight car at the Lee
high cement mill
Mrs. Fl. Denherder Of Sheldon was
fatally injured when an auto in which
she and he1 husband were riding was
struck by an Omaha train.
Two cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported to the state board
of health from Hopkinton. The pa
tents are 2 and years old.
Mrs. John Condor of Marshalltown
shot and seriously wounded her hus-
band in a family quarrel when her
former husband visited their home.
Ten horses were burned, eight cat
tie, five hogs, hay and grain were de-
stroyed when the barn on the John
caught fire.
Hogs sre dying in large numbers
around Red Oak, one farmer having
lost 200 young pigs and thirteen old
| ones. incubation proved Ineffective.
/ The first Brethren church of Wat
/ erloo Is to have a new house of wor-
! ship, preliminary work on which ha;
already begun. The church when
complete will cost $4,000.
John Almquist, rich retired farm
| er of Shenandoah, sold five farms TO
FIVE of his sons at auction and re-
fused to sell sixth to sixth sen
because the price bid was not enough
Harry Story, aged 25, bricklayer,
fell from the top Of the Hubbell sky
scraper at Des Moines to the ground
! and died in the hospital half an hour
later. His head was crushed. He
1 leaves wife and family.
The report of the treasurer shows
that it cost Lake City s971.76 to eel
citrate the Fourth of July. The COM
mittee in charge now has a balance
on hand of $130.24 as starter for a
similar fund in the future.
The many improvements being
made at Iowa Falls this summer have
brought sbout shortage of laborers.
The paving company as we'll as the
contractor for the new postoffice are
finding it hard to find help.
c. c. Fenlon, 80 years old, a pio-
neer Northwestern employe and own
er of several farms in the county
died Of heart disease at Clinton. He
was the father Of Maude Fenlon Boil
man Of Rockford, ILL.,, noted singer
P. M. Miller, an aged resident OF
Clinton, committed suicide in the
summer kitchen of his home by hang.
ing. His body was found three hours
later. It is supposed that i'll health
and dependency caused him to kill
himself.
E. Dolan and S. Darling of New
Albin are busy receiving congratula-
tons on the great luck they hao
while at claiming. One afternoon
while cooking out shells they discov.
cred a handsome balloon shaped pear
Of pinkish luster, weighing about 81
grains.
The fve-year-old son Of John Swift.
ger Of East Des Moines was probably
fatally injured when he fell from a
Walker street car. He ran from his
home and climbed of car to escape
playmate. When he attempted tx
get off the car he fell off on his head
fracturing his skull.
AS the result of fight at Manly
Michael Cochrane, brakeman on the
Rock Island, was shot through the
legs by the town marshal, who wa:
trying to que,l the disturbance. Coch
rane was severely wounded, the bal
ticking effect at the knees and passing
through ketb limbs -s.....s-.-y
"This is the way to commit sui
side," Charles Slossy, z years old
said to friends of his own age at De.
Moines. He put a revolver to hi!
head and pulled the trigger. Dealt
came shortly after. The boys hat
found the revolver, which contained
one unexploded cartridge, in an alley
Mrs. Charles Johnson and 2-year
old daughter, Dorothy, are still in ;
Des Moines hospital as the result o
cuts received from the father, VIII,
attacked them with a knife. TIL
father is still at large and the polio
are searching for him. The mothe
will recover, but the child is expecte,
to die.
While Mrs. Montgomery, he
daughter, Mrs. Sydney Baughman
and children were driving to Girls
void their horses became frightene
ut passing automobile, driven b,
John Hully, and overturned tn
buggy. The occupants were badl
bruised and one little girl was badl
injured.
A state executive committee of tn
Moose lodge will meet in Des Nome