Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-01-28


will cost about $4,000.
Silas Wilson, of seven miles north
west of Knoxville, is in the Marion
county jail, charged with horse steal
ing. He has already confessed to
stealing two valuable animals since
Nov. %, and 1t is believed that he is
guilty of other crimes along that
line. One of the horses was stolen
from Mr.. Herlin, near Monroe and
was later sold to a Mr.. Sutton, near
Pleasantville. for $3.50.
Dorcas Brazzell of Dubuque. found
guilty of murder in the second degree,
charged with causing the death of her
husband, Charles Brazzell, has been
ordered liberated by the supreme
court of Iowa. The court ruled that
the evidence was circumstantial and
not sufficient to warrant conviction.
Brazzell was a street car motorman.
When found his skull was fractured
and he had received other injuries.
The Shorthorn sale at the Plumb
Brothers pavilion was largely attend
ed, several hundred farmers and
stock buyers being present. Sixty
FIVE head were sold to, different buy
ers from seven states. The top price
for males was $155 and for females
$3.50, while the entire lot averaged
500.
Sioux City has gotten rid of her
idle army that was involved in Incl
pient bread riots Closing of the
free soup kitchen and providing work
on the streets of the city for the I'M
employed had depressing effect on
the sufferers from a lack of work.
There was an immediate exodus from
the city.
A big two.day wolf hunt on Soap
Creek porth of Unionville ended in
the running down of the wolf and his
capture. Fifty men and big pack
of hounds chased him from the big
Bradley farm northwest of Blakes-
burg, until he was finally caught a
half mile north of Unionville.
Captain E. j. Bealer, Cedar Rapids,
who was a member of the legislature
eight years ago, expects to ask this
legislature to appropriate funds for
Iowa's part in the national celebra-
ton in commemoration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the Vicksburg cam
paign.
John Burke, workman on a farm
near Wesley, committed suicide by
cutting his throat with a jack-knife.
His body was found some hours after
and an inquest was held. 40 rela-
tives were found and his body was
shipped to the Des Moines School of
Osteopathy.
The date for the national rife
matches has been fixed for Oct. IS
Major Brookhart expects to call
meeting soon of the officers of the
Iowa small arms practice department
to plan Iowa's preparation for the
matches.
Judge Anderson at Ottumwa SEN
fenced Rafael Davila, F. Garisca and
Y. Mayagshta to five years each IN
Fort Madison penitentiary for break
ing into railroad cars at Eldon. Dav-
lila was acquitted of numbering Eulolio
Rangel last fall, in district court.
Maud Ashby, II, daughter of r. NJ.
Ashby. of Whitebreast township, Ln
cas- county, killed herself by swallow
ing strychnine. She was engaged to
Jesse Wyman, neighbor to whom
her parents objected and brooding ov-
er that took her life,
The contract for the building of
dam at the lower end of Goose lake
has been let by the managing COM
mittee of the Bever Island Hunting
and Fishing club. This will facilitate
the fishing possibilities.
The Methodist church of Mason City
is to start an innovation January 81
and will make break into what
might be called an institutional
church. A gymnasium is to be install
ed in the basement.
John Leber. the year old son of
George Leber OF Fort Madison, who
was struck by an automobile while on
his way to school, died at Sacred
Heart hospital two days later without
regaining consciousness.
The depositors of the failed first
National bank of this city are finally
to be paid a dividend They will get
30 cents on the dollar for their de-
posits after months of exasperating
delays
w. r. Fullarton of Dubuque, who
contested the election of ]. j. Nc
Gallery as coroner, losing by Isl
votes. has filed an appeal to the dis
trict court from the finding of the
contest board.
The parole department made its re-
port to the governor showing fifty
one paroles issued during the year
and suspension of jail sentences in
fifty.nine cases. There were four
pardons granted.
Mrs. William Maxwell, mother OF
Sheriff Maxwell, died at her home in
Kingsley. aged "a. She was a ma
tive of Ireland She had been a resi-
dent OF Kingsley and vicinity for
thirty-fve years.
w. r. Fullerton. OF Dubuque, who
contested the election OF J. ]. Nc
Caffery, as coroner, losing by ISL
votes. has filed an appeal to the dis
trict court from the finding of the
contest board. One hundred and
eighty ballots thrown out are in con-
troversy.
The John Clark farm near Imo-
gene. which was purchased a few
weeks ago by John ReriRan. was sold