Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-11-11
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now mas IOrIy-one inmates, cnHuren Oh Saious
ages.
A Burlington girl, who is great talker,
says that 1t is better to lie engaged In emu
meration than not at oil.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, in its issue OF
the Sd inst, published the portraits of all the
victorious candidates on the State and Con-
gressional ticket.
A muskallonco, caught in the Boone river
and weighing 26 pounds, was on exhibition at
Webster City recently. A small duck was
found in its stomach.
The next annual meeting Of the Western
Tortlcural Society WI be held in Creston De-
cember14, Is and 16 An interesting pro-
gramme has been arranged.
Wesley Belknap of Goldfeld has an arti-
fetal lake on his premises, which he has lately
stocked with several varieties of fish. The
water is supplied by a flowing we'll
The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided
that a promissory note made on Sunday but
rot delivered until Monday is not void under
she law against Sunday contracts.
At West Union on the afternoon of Nov. 5,
Judge Hatch pronounced sentence of death by
banging on Henry Schmidt, who has just been
convicted of the murder of Abram Peck and
his wife, Lucretia Peck, near that place, Sept.
A, last. The banging is to take place the first
week in January next The crime for which
Young Schmidt Is to be executed Is . most
brutal one. Schmidt is only IS years old, and
the night in question he went to the touse Of
Peck, shot Mrs Peck in the head, killing her,
and also shot one Leonard, who was stopping
there, and then dubbed Mr.. Peck to death.
There was a dispute between Peck and
Schmidt oror question of wages amounting
to few dollars. Schmidt, in the meantime,
will be incarcerated in the State penitentlary
until the date of execution.
NJ T. Rease,a resident OF Des Moines, claims
to be the original inventor of the telephone
and has the pagers to prove it. His first in
vention of the kind was patented In 1857 18
years before Bell took out his first patent In
recent interview with Mr.. Rease, he said /:
now have an improved machine, better In
many respects than Bells, which In no way in
fringes upon his ratents and which propose
to put on the market. 1t is the result OF long
years Of eyper ment continued at intervals as
occasion would permit and have every faith
in its success.
The County Supervisors of Marshall county
rave arranged for the formal opening Of the
new Court House at Marshalltown, on Nov.
10. 1t is said to be the finest in Iowa.
On the night of Nov. 5, the jewelry store OF
Fred KmplcI of Logan, was broken inta
and the safe blown oDen, and about S2,0N
worth of jewery stolen. The robbers then
stole a team and buggy Of DIR. J. G. Wood,
drove to Missouri Valley with the Doodle, left
tie team at the depot and were supposed to
have taken the O'Clock train for Nebraska.
Officers are close on their track and are con-
fident that they will recover the goods.
Scott county issued 493 marriage licenses in
the past IL months.
Eagle Grove has organized district agri-
cultural society; $1,000 has been subscribed
and the amount will soon be increased to
$1,000
Among the police records in Des Moines for
October are 46 cases of drunk, showing that
the sole leather juice fourishes at the back
door.
Susie B. Holiday, a beautiful young Keokuk
girl, died in that city recently from the effects
Of an outrage perpetrated on her by three
young bloods early last spring. The grand
rufiians, but it is thought that now the matter
will be thoroughly investigated.
Dubuque county has e.ghty-six Frame nine
teen brick, twenty-three stone and six log
school-houses, valued at $307,O 200.
A stable in Eagle Grove burned to the
ground on the Goth ult. In the stable were
three fine horses, all of which were cremated
E. Fl. Partch & SOB, who have Just renewed
cher lease of the Rock Rapids roller mills for
period of three years. pay an annual rent
of 81, $780,
John Lewees, farmer, was thrown from a
wagon at Davenport one day recently, and
taken to a hospital to be treated for broken
shoulder. He died the next day, and an ex-
animation showed that his neck was broken.
Orange City has heavy suit on its hand,
all on account of a hole in the sidewalk which
tripped up horse and resulted in a broken
leg for the rider. The sidewalks in that town
are sad to be in a disgraceful condition.
1t has been four months since Council
Bluffs has had fire. Only one alarm was
turned in last month and that was false.
tnrie Malloney aged 90 years, daughter OF
n W dow. co nmitt d suicide at CT nton, Nov.
@ TO being absent all day is the only reason
Town for the act.
Internal Revenue Collector Webster, OF Du-
huque, has received no applications for
OleomaCga"ine stamps or license. He be-
N;v,s, however, that the grocers are handling
it.
The Sanborn Pioneer complains Of the ex-
istence in that city of several gambling holes
and loudly calls for their suppression. All
on account Of having tried to make an ace
full beat four deuces.
While Prof. Elinwood was making n.y.
drogen gas in the presence of the chemistry
class at Indianola, recently, q retort explod-
ed, throwing sulphuric acid over a number
of students. None were seriously injured.
Although the law requiring the teaching in
the public schools of the effects of narcotics
and alcoholic drinks upon the human system,
grants indulgence to teachers not yet inform
ed until July, 1887, it is now in every other
particular in full force and effect, and unless
the topics provided for are taught, districts
will lose their due share of the public money
Atlantic thinks she ought to have normal
school.
The Carroll Sentiners machinery is now run
by steam.
The assessed valuation of property IN Har-
din county next year will be S4,25O,0C0.
A new coal bank has been opened up near
Eldora, and some fine coal is being taken out.
Waterloo dogs are fast succumbing to pois-
on, which some person is distributing profuse-
ly
An eighteen-pound son was recently born to
J. A. Gdstafson Of Day ton, Webster county.
&. Litigation cost Hardin county nearly So
900 during the past year, aside from individ-
ual costs.
On the morning Of Nov. 2 a man giving his |
name as VIM. Edwar DIS registered at the Plan |
ters Hotel at Com Ill Bluffs. Hehad rode on |
II Q train all nigLt with a man from Ohio who
was on his way west to make some invest |
ments. Edwards presented check for $3.50 |
and represent d himself as a man of much |
means, but at present little short. The |
game was working well, and the Ohio farmer |
had Part of the money counted out when some |
parti interfered and prevented the swindler |
from completing his game A polceman was |