Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-12
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normal ms itute to be held at Huh, commenc-
Ing August % and continuing two weeks, has
been issued
young man named McGarvey, living al
Waterloo, was wayla d and drugged recently
And the horse which he was riding was taken
from HIM. The h'ghwaymen have not been
CAPTURED.
Mary A. Carlson, aged 81 wife Of C. A.
Carlson, of Rel Oak, committed suicide BY
shooting herself in the head. She leaves O
husband AMI one child, boy about years of
age. Cause whisky.
A Monona county farmer makes the fol
rowing statement: "Sixty days ago put six,
ty head OF cattle on half feed, and kept them
there for twenty days. | then increased To
full feed, an in forty days weighed the bunch
of cattle and found the increase in weight to
be an average OF 3Jo pounds to each anlmal.'
Waterloo is troubled with house breakers.
Two additional mail carriers have been al
: slowed Cedar Rapids. 's%
"A skating rink is to be ratified off at Du-
bnque next Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. X. Card, of Logan, is one of family of
eight that has fallen heir 10 an estate worth
100000.
n lhONSLlCub 10 Oh lbDl W open d business
college in Lyons by Prof. Judd of the Dayen.
port Commercial college.
Frederick Daer, of Adams Station has a
&new device for attaching to pumps to draw
water by mcansof suction. All there is to be
done is to turn a spigot and the water will flow
from depth of 1853 feet without using the
pump.
The state board of equalization has estab-
lshed the taxable assessment of the Western
Unions plant in Iowa at $32j, 61Y to which Is
added the 3per cent provided for by chapter
80, laws of 1873, making total assessment
of 1886, 41l39.
Aneastern sharper lvertises that for SO he
will sned particulars as to how one can travel
y from Chicago to san Francisco without pay
ing cent. MarShaltown man inclosed the
amount and in few days received the infor-
:. nation ''walkn
The following changes in the military of tho
State have been reported to the Adjutant Gen
eral: Frank A. Hurlbut, 2 Lieutenant Co. F,
4th regiment resigned: J. H. Green, Surgeon
I'd brigade, of Dubuque, resigned; A. F. Mars
ton, LIST Lieutenant Co. D, 4lh regiment, re.
signed; Frank NJ. Orr, of Postville. elected
captain of Co. d, 4th regiment.
Iowa Falls has a butter tub factory that
manufactures and disposes of about 500 tubs
each week. 'r.
The city council of Iowa Falls have ordered
Remington fire engine and will build several
cisterns throughout the city. et.ES
A large number Of crcameries throughout
the state have shut down on account of the
shrlnkage of milk occasioned by the drouth,
The round house at Pacific junction had q
" hole punched through it about the size of an
3 engine occaSioned by an open switch. No one
was hurt but the engine was badly damaged.
A ten days camp meeting will be held at
Elm Park, Storm Lake, commencing Friday
evening, August %, 1856 Among the leading
workers who will be present will be the follow
ing: G D. Watson, d. D., National Holiness
association; Mrs. Van Colt, evangelist; Thorn
as Harrison, evangelist; Rev. Isaiah Reid, ed.
! itor Highway; Miss Laura Plppitt, evangelist
/ The following will be the daily programmed
7 Six q M, morning prayer meeting; seven a.
IN, breakfast and family prayers; $3.50 a. m.
holiness bible reading; Q a. m, love feast
testimony; 10 a. IN, preaching; IL a. M, din
ner; 1:3) +. m, children and young people;
3 p. m, preach NJ; p. M, supper; 1880 p. m,
praise meeting; 5 D. m, preaching; 10 .. m,
A 50, 500 fire at Cedar Rapids, August 8, par
TALLY destroyed COleman's livery stable and
Ohlen's furniture store.
The Second Brigade of the Iowa National
Guards will go into camp in Bowman's grove,
near Marshalloxn, on Monday, August 16,
and VIII remain n camp five days. The First,
Fourth and Sixth Regiments compose the
Brigade and they will all be there. Companies
from Boone, Upton, Cedar Rapids, Carroll
Eldora. Nevada, Tama City, Dubuque, Water
loo, Manchester PostVille, Waverly AMI West
Union, Independence, Mason City, Waukon,,
Usage, Webster CITY, LeMars, Hampton and
Nora Springs will be there witha full COM
plement of field, staff and line officers. There
will probably be over a thousand soldiers in
camp
Under the new law, after the LIST of next
January, the Iowa Grand Jury will be COM
; posed as follows: In the counties having a
population OF 5000 or less the grand jury
shall be composed Of five members, and in
counties having more than 5000 the. grand
jury shall be composed of seven members.
Whenever the number of civil townships in
any county equals or exceeds the number OF
grand jurors for such county, not more than
one grand Juror shall be drawn from any civil
township. No person shall serve as grand
Juror for two cons ,cItive years. An indictment
clnno5 be found without the concurrence of
four out of five when the grand juryis composed
of five mambcrs, and not without the concur
renee Of iiv3 when the jury is composed of
seven members.
The Northwestern depot at Denison was en-.
tirely destroyed by fire August 2. Most of
the waybiilS, books, tickets and office furni-
ture were saved as well as contents of the safe.
Mr. Ed. Owens was seriously injured during
the fire.
VIM. Koetcnbeitel, h farm hand, working on
a farm two miles southwest of Ackley, met |
with terrible accident August 3. He step |
ped in front OF a mower to take something |
from the front of the SICKLE and the horses be. |
coming frightened started 10 run away and |
caught his feet. His left foot was cut to |
pieces and his right foot ana both legs were |
badly lacerated. 1t is thought his life may b. |
saved, but he is terribly MANNED. The horses |
ran up aud 20 vn through corn6eld, moving |
1t down, until the mower was broken to pieces. |
The Globe hotel at Marion, FIVE miles north
of Cedar Rapids, burned August 8, the guests |
narrowly escaping. All the personal effects |
were burned. DR.. La Grauges office was also |
sured as follows: Home, of New York, ST..
900; Phoenix, of Brooklyn, 81, 900; Hawkeye,
Of Des Moines, $1,000. The fixtures were in
sured for { 500.
John d. Bush, ex-mayor Of Dubuque, died at |
bis home in that city August 3. He had been |
a resident of that city for over so years.
The Fairfield creamery, NJ. r. McCracken g.
Co., proprieto:s, has been compelled to shut |
down owing to financial embarrassment The
concern has been carefully and prudently |
managed, but this being hard season cream
cries and the general depression in financial
matters has forced the company to close and |
save themselves further embarrassment
The liabilities, beyond assets, are estimated at
about $1,000, and are generally In checks held
by farmers and merchants of Jefferson county. |
The firm is composed of excellent psopls and