Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-05

that IL e. c. Hinshaw, state game
warden, was correctly quoted as hav-
ing said that Iowa hunters would be
permitted to shoot ducks as usual
next spring because their state Ii
censes had been issued, Hinshaw is
going to get lot of hunters into seri.
Gus trouble. The federal law is going
to be enforced and violators will be
arrested and prosecuted despite any
thing to the contrary.
Eli Craven Of Graettinger and his
brother Abijah of Wallingford, have
Just received checks in settlement of
an estate, good proportion of which
was slaves The estate was that of
their grandfather, John r. Craven,
who died in North Carolina in 1857.
The property consisted, among other
things, of sixteen slaves and 314 acres
OF land. During the civil war the
records in the county seat town of
Asheboro, n. c., were burned, and for
time all trace of the heirs was lost.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Rail-
way company must pay to Dana JenS-
ins of Perry $4,000, the amount al
lowed him by a jury about a year
ago. Jenkins was struck by a train
near the station at Perry and lost an
arm and leg. He sued the COM
pany and was given $4,000 damages.
This amount was reduced by the court
TO $4,000 and in the appeal taken by
the company the supreme court up
held the lower court.
All doubt that Charles Brazell, a
Dubuque street car conductor, 45
years old, was murdered was remoy-
ed when the autopsy was held. Braz-
ellis body was found lying in pool
of blood in his home. Numerous
wounds found on the body convince
the authorities he was murdered. The
room looked as If there had been a
poker party the night of the crime,
and Brazell's pockets had been turn
ed inside out
Special pension bills for Iowans
have passed the house in congress in
number of cases. Representative
Prouty has got through pensions for
the following Des Moines residents:
Joseph M. Johnson, $40; H. L. Arm
strong, $50; John NJ. Cochrane, $40.
Representative Towner has got
fhrough the following: John Hodge,
tianleyville, $50; DIR. William d.
Christys Diagonal. $50; William Bald
win, Charlton, $40
Officers of the Swedish Mutual IN
snrance company were reelecfed at
the annual meeting of the association.
Ihey are11 Resident Ernest Carlson,
Boone; vice president, S. Hook, Mad
rid; eeretary-treasurer, Chas. A. Sill
ford, Boone. The directors are Ern-
est Carlson, Boone; S. Hook, Madrid;
John Croft, Slater: s. G. Carlson,
Stratford; Carl ]. Hedberg, Boxholm;
Carl A. Peterson, Fort Dodge.
C. N. Sawyer of Hull has announced
his candidacy for representative from
Sioux county on the republican ticket
to succeed Gerrit Klay, who has de-
cided not to run this year. Mr.. Saw
yer has been county surveyor for a
number of years and was until re-
Gently editor of the Hull Index.
George Dostal a noted tenor will
give a recital in his home town of
Iowa City April 81, his first public APP
pearance there after several years
Of successful operate career in It.
ally, Dostal has been taking leading
tenor parts in grand opera in Naples
and Venice.
The progressives OF Humboldt coun-
ty are planning vigorous campaisn
for the coming primaries and election.
A county organization has been per
fected.
The unwitten law governed a YER
dict of not guilty in the case OF Joda
'osley, accused OF numbering John
~chrum at Mosley's home in Center
VILE on last Thanksgiving night.
State Highway Commissioner J. w.
Holden of Ames and Civil Engineer
c. e. Olson of Scranton, inspected
Van Buren, county roads last week.
A squabble over the ownership OF
so cent chair has resulted in a dam
age suit for $4,000 being started in the
superior court at Perry.
The State Savings bank of Freder-
tcksburg, Ia, is to be converted into
"The First National bank OF Freder-
icksburg," capital $4,000.
Iowa postmasters reappointed: Pies
sis, O'Brien county, Chris Rommel;
West Phalia, Shelby county, Miss
Caroline Hesse. ST..
Representative Kennedy has intro
duced a bill appropriating 100000 for
public building at Fairfield.
Representative Kirkpatrick has in
troduced bill allowing $4,000 for
a public building at Eldon.
Pensions recently granted to resi-
dents of Iowa are: Mary A. Pease,
Muscatine, SIP; Nancy A. Frost, OF
tumwa, SIP; Martha ~ Lacey, oska-
loosa, $12 Martha ]. McCulley, Wap-
clio. s12.
Former Governor Warren Garst,
state industrial commissioner, dellv-
cred an address at Waterloo to en-
ployers of labor on the new compen.
sation law.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Suydam, old time
residents Of Rippey. celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary last
week. Mr. Suydam was veteran of
the civil war.
The district convention OF the
Knights of Pythias was held at Can
tril Following reception to grand
lodge officers addresses were given
by Mrs. o. F, Pooler, r. r. McBeth
and Glen Kimball
The Northern Iowa Poultry associa-
tion has just closed its most success
full show at New Hampton. The pre-
miums, cash specials and silver cups
were awarded the owners of the 700
show birds
Rural school patrons In the vicinity
OF GAINESVILLE are considering plans for
consolidation with the GAINESVILLE
school.