Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-08-28

negligence, stephen Mason has nice
suit in Des Moines against the Chica
go, Milwaukee &St. Paul railroad, de
handing damages of $4,000. He wal
struck and knocked from trestle al
Dedham, Ia, by a gasoline car while
attempting to rescue William Roberts
20 years old, whom he found in the
path of the machine. Mason and Rob
erts fell to the ravine twenty fee
below.
The annual reunion of surviving
members of Company c, Twenty-nintf
Iowa infantry, was held at the home
of ]. T. Case at Logan recently. The
company was organized at Magnolis
in 1862. OF the 100 members who en-
listed the following were present: B
F. Roberts, Ames; Ike Bedsail, Mag
nolia; John Read, Dunlap: John Val
Arsdale, Northbend, Neb.; James Ow
ems, Logan; A. Beadle, Woodbine, ant
F. T. Hill, Beebeetown.
Tony Tyler, while leading the field
of eight starters in the motorcycle
race between Mason City and Hamp
ton, a distance~of sixty-four miles
ran into a bridge and one eye was
knocked out and he was internally
injured. There were eight starter:
and four men finished. They made
better than a mile minute.
The picnic of the north central Iowa
Buttermakers' and Dairymen's asso
citation at New Hampton was a sue
cess. c. H. Nelson of Waverly
breeder of Holstein dairy COWS, gave
the main address. Mr.. Nelson be
lieves that Iowa will supply the world
some day and our lands will be worth
$500 per acre.
The Latter Day Saints in camp al
Magnolia elected Elder Sidney Pit
of Persia president of the reunion
Anna Stuart of Mcndamin was elected
secretary; S. B. Kibler OF Woodbine
chorister; A. NJ. Fyrando, of Magno
liza, press committee, and /. d. Game
of Mondamin was appointed chief o.
police.
Voters OF Cedar Rapids defeated
the proposition to vote 100000 ia,
to aid the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and
Northern road in completing its ex
tension from Urbana to that city. All
exceptionally large vote was polled
The majority against the proposition
was 1882. A large number of women
oted.
Henry Sternweis, wife and three
children were murdered and ther
cremated in the ruins of their home
sixteen miles northwest of Dubuque
All of the buildings on the farm were
burned excepting one and rags sat
urated with kerosene were found II
this building.
The body Of .. welldressed mar
was found hanging by sachel strap
from a stringer on an Illinois Cen
trail railroad bridge near Merrill
Grips near by contained $50 in cash
j. w. Cooper, an agent for the Roch
Island railroad at Marble Rock, was
arrested as he was attempting to es
cape from that town with $500 IL
cash belonging to the company.
Mourners at the funeral services
of Hans Christensen, killed in an au
tomobile accident, we're stampeded
from the church at Elkhorn wher
struck the building.
A movement Is being organized
among business men at Sioux Cit.
looking to an attack on the state
capitol tax similar to that recently
sustained at Ottumwa.
Eleven new bridges we're ordered
at recent session of the Jackson
county board Of supervisors meeting
at Maquoketa. The total cost is es
timated at $4,000.
While bathing in the Y M. c. A
swimming pool at Waterloo, Clyde En-
mis-, Is years old, was drowned while
his companions looked on unable t.
rescue him.
Martin L. Middleton, aged 65, Wa!
found hanging from the rafters of hi!
own hog house near Minerva. He hat
committed suicide while respondent.
1t has been announced that tn,
Southwestern Iowa Medical societ!
win hold it's annual meeting a
Creston September 4.
e. r. Beemer and wife are boil
dead as the result of their AUTOMOBILE,
being struck by the Rocky Mountain
Limited at Ladora.
Postmaster Charles w. Mccarthy O
Ottumwa has been commissions,
after considerable uncertainty of hi
final appointment.
B. A. Jacob OF Ottumwa has beer
appointed assistant meat inspector II
connection with the bureau OF ANNA
industry.
Mary Cox has been appointed post
master at Leslie, Clarke county, vic,
Y. X. Mcpherson, resigned
The city of Valley Junction viii
have to elect another mayor, Jess,
Compton, who was recently elected I,
succeed George Gray, resigned, hai
refused to accept the office. AS a re
suit the members of the city council
are looking for man to take owe
the trouble-burdened position of heat
of the city government.
The first membership card in tn,
Iowa State Pioneers association, O
which Granville M. Dodge OF Council
Bluffs is president. and B. F. Osborne
of Rippey secretary, was issued to d
E. Raber Of Perry.
The threshing outfit OF Buehler
Litner broke through a bridge neal
Red Oak and landed on the embank
ment below. w. o. Nelson sustained
a broken arm and William Buenlei
had several ribs broken. The engine
was completely demolished and the
separator was badly damaged.
During an electrical storm C. C
Britain, living near Iowa Falls, lost
eight head of cattle struck by light
ming. The animals gathered in ra
vine under an oak tree to escape the
storm and were killed in their tracks
The loss was $1,000.