Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-10-14

Hustled of Clarke county for S40,-
600 for SANDER and conspiracy and
has brought action to set aside the
replevin by which the administra-
tor secured a $4,000 certificate OF
deposit given her six months before
Husted's death. Mrs. Yocum form
erly resided in Johnston, Pa, and went
to Osceola in answer to an ad of
Husted's for housekeeper. Hustled
died last December and scene was
created at the funeral when relatives
charged that the woman had poisoned
him. This was disproven by the
doctor and the funeral was allowed to
proceed after long delay.
Three years ago, ]. L. Whelan sold
his farm north of Brooklyn, in Powe-
sheik county, for 5000 ON acre. He
thought he was getting about all that
the land would bring in his time A
few days ago that land was sold foo
s232.5O per acre. And now there are
many in that section, who believe that
prices are going to continue to rise,
and that 1t is not at all improbable,
that the time is drawing near, when
$500 per acre will not be considered
an extravagant figure for the best
land in that section of the state
Iowa pensions have been granted
as follows: Angelina Alvord. New
market, $12; Rosanna Harsch, OF
tumwa, sl2; Dorothea Mayer. Dav-
export, $12; Margaret E. Murray, Mil
ton, $12; Margaret O'Connell, Corn
ing, $l2; Mary E. Peisen, Eldora, s12;
Elizabeth Hill, Extra, s12; Rachel
Rhodes, Maquoketa, $12; Julia A.
Ripley, Lehigh, $12; Elizabeth J.
Proctor, Springfield, $12.
The discovery of new corn dis.
ease which has appeared for the first
time in Scott county has been made
on the farm of Gustav Rusch and at
other places throughout the county,
G. II. Bliss, the county agricultural
list, estimates that it will kill per
cent of the crop. AS the crop is con-
servatively. estimated at $4,000
this year, the disease is costing the
farmers of the county 100000.
The greater part of the mammoth
onion crop raised in the vicinity of
st. Ansgar, has been sold to a firm in
Cincinnati, Ohio. While Ohio is
great onion raising state this year
the crop was complete failure. over
two hundred car loads of onions and
potatoes were shipped from the st.
Ansgar station during the month of
September.
A well dressed young lady with a
baby in her arms came to the Matron
at the Union station in Des Moines
and asked her If she would care for
her baby while she went up town to
do little shopping. The matron was
glad to oblige, and as result has an
extra baby on her hands. The woman
has not yet come back for the baby
and the police are searching for her.
Six old school houses were sold in
the Hansell consolidated district in
Franklin county. They were about
is by 26 in size and no doubt, the
purchasers found use for them. The
district has a fine modern building.
representing an investment of $4,000
with all modern improvements.
Unknown persons placed several
sticks Of dynamite in the dixie at
Green island, six miles south of Bel
levue. A terrific explosion resulted
shaking all the buildings of that
place. The defamation could be heard
several miles away. The damage to
the dixie was soon repaired.
The heaviest rainfall in a single
month in the past twelve years in
Marshalltown fell during September.
just closed. The precipitation for the
month was 12.44 inches, or about one
half of the average yearly precipita-
ton. Rain fell on thirteen of the
thirty days.
Joseph Bushema, aged 81, was
found dead on a road near Waterloo
with his head almost severed from
his body. Police are investigating.
Robbery is believed to have been the
motive for the murder as Bushema
had small sum of money when last
seen alive by his friends.
1t is worthy of note that Mr.. Whit
ney ]. Brainard, now 81 years Of
age, builder of the first Wyoming
school house in 1855, is now engaged
in helping demolish the old school
house which is to make room for the
new.
Davis county is facing a $4,000
damage suit as the result of the col
lapse of bridge, in which Earl
Paris, aged 22, was injured. The
bridge is located in Fox River town
ship near Bloomfield.
Miss Mae Freeman, sister of the
late Walter Freeman, who was auditor
Of Johnson county, has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy caused by his
death. She is the first woman
county auditor in Iowa.
A Boone widow is named as CO.
respondent In a divorce suit filed by
Mrs. Anna c. Upton in Boone county
against Charles Upton. prominent bus
mess man of Ogden. Mrs. Upton asks
$4,000 alimony and the custody of
two children.
Oscar Miller of Rockwell City,
| freight brakeman on the Storm Lake.
Rockwell City branch of the Milwau-
kee railway, was instantly killed at
Lytton when he was caught between
two cars and crushed. He leaves q
mother and one sister.
While bringing wagon load of
whiskey from Boone to Des Moines
James Latham suddenly fell over. and.
when E. Ashcroft, who was with him.
secured physician Latham was
dead The doctor pronounced death