Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02
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Judge Call has inside free Offering Of forty
lots, or ten acres of ground, at A'gons, to
assist in the erection of the normal school
there. HIS offer has been accepted.
By struggling reports from divers directions,
but principally from a number Of inland
counties, cider-hard cider-very hard cider
is gaining in popularity and demand as a
winter beverage.
The days Of the long-haired Indian doctor
and toota-pulling gang are nearly oyer N
Iowa. On the Of January all irregular prac-
ttioners OF the healing art go over the lin
and stay there. They can come back into
the state again by giving bond for good be
havior.
A document was received at the State Ii
brary with the compliments of Col. A. c.
johnson, of Linden, which proves to be val
liable relic of the war. Its copy Of the Daily
Progress of date, Raleigh, N. c., April Is,
1865, being the first paper printed under the
flag of the United States In that city after the
capture by General Sherman and his army 1t
contains a full review of the war situation
and much of Interest concerning the reception
which Federal troops received while pushing
the enemy to the wall.
The district court of Sioux City issned ord
ers to the sheriffs to seize all liquors found in
saloons In the city. After the laps of ten DAYS
the sheriff started out to perform the work
and 10 and behold nary a drop Of liquor could
be found, and the sheriff so reported to the
court,
A side attraction to the Iowa Short Horn
Breeders Association, which opened at Mason
City Nov. 80, was display of Cerro Gordo
county soil, superntended by disappointment
ent L. L. KlemfeIer. Among the SAMPLES en-
tered were some with the following yields per
acre. Wheat, % bushels oats, 50; rye, 10;
clover seed, s; flax seed 15 The corn exhibit
was pronounced better than that of the State
Fair. The yield averaging from 40 to 20 bush
els per acre and the quality excellent. In view
Of the fact that since the 18th of May the total
rain fall was less than II inches, the crop dis
played formed most convincing proof of the
fertility of northern Iowa
The Swan Lake postofficc in Emmett county
seems TO be drag on the present adIninstra-
ton. Nearly year ago Ed Mulroney was ap-
pointed Io;t master, but he had no use for it,
and promptly refused to accept. After much
searching one Z. F. Forgaard, living five miles
from town was offered the commission. H
too refused the appointment and the Office
was finally given to Mrs. J. II. Smith. Her
appointment gives dissatisfaction, and
remonstrance is being circulate against it.
Thomas II. Killma1, of GlenwoOd, has sued
the c., B. & Q. R. r. for $4,000 damages.
Taking the wrong train at Council Bluffs Kill
man stepped of the cars while they were in
motion, inl had no sooner struck the ground
. than ne was run down by another train, pitch
ed INTO ditch at the side OF the track, and
severely injured, ard for which he wants $50,
coo damages.
The season which has just closed has not
been profitable one for owners Of RATS or
tire packet companies on the Mississippi river.
Owing TO the low stage of the water which
prevailed for such an extended period, the ex
peuse of raft towing was greatly increased and
while there was an abundance of business and
freight to handle 1t required twice the usual
time to do 1t. 1t was the lowest water known
in over twenty years and navigation was so
uncertain and slow that the loss was great
: When the stage of water permitted the move
ment OF RATS was active, for many mills along
the river had become short of lumber supply.
A shooting affair took place ct Creston, Oh
the night Of Nov. "a, at II o'clock, in which
Nelse Hogue, a we'll known saloon keeper,
was shot by A. R. Hughes, ex-city marshal,
but now in the saloon business at Hol kins,
Mo. 1t is reported that some trouble had oe-
CURED earlier in the evening between the two
men, the latter returning to the conflict with q
shot gun, emptyng both barrels loaded wit l
No. shot, at distance Of 20 or more feet
into Hogue's right breast. Hughes was
L., al onI fnlya 20 s,u
and Hogue was carried to DOCTORS Office aud
his breast examined, large number of the
little leaden messengers having lodged in the
cushion Ike 6eshy fo.ds Of fat, Hogue being
q stout-built man. The wounded has since
died.
A man by the name OF Foster, from Coon
Rapids was sentenced to nine months in the
penItenuary for forging notes, for which he
bought team and wagon some time ago.
The defense Of insanity set up in his case
would not work with the jury.
Aven of excellent coal, five feet thick, has
been developed on the old poor farm, two
miles east of Ottumwa. For years past farm
ers in that vicinity have been taking coal out
of the river bed, when the water was low.
There is from IL inches to two feet Of this coal
In the river.
The Des Moines city treasurer is negotiating
the S225, 900 loan with eastern parties and has
given a New York firm until December II, in
which to dec de whether they will accept the
bonds. The loan will be made through a Wall
street firm.
In 1856 two Des Moines gentlemen, Messrs.
Asand J. p. Bausman, purchased something
over one hundred acres Of Mime sofa land at
a merely nominal sum. The city Of Minneapo-
lis has extended over this land, and it is now
very valuable; and according to the latest re-
ports, is about to fall into the hands Of Mrs.
P. F. BartIe Of Des Moines, and her brother,
j. P. Bausman, one Of the original owners.
Mrs. Bartle and Mr.. Bausman are daughter
and son of Mr.. A. Bausman. The property is
valued at S50l0JO or mora
Ira L. Palmer, a well known citizen of Pot
tawattamie county, died Nov. %, from the CT
fects of dose Of strychnine administered by
his own hand. Palmer was IS years old, and
Is the father of quite a large family.
The first conv elton for violating the saloon
injunct on occurred at Sioux City, Nov. %.
7. L. Brennan, the defendant being required
TO pay a fine of $500 and serve ninety days In
jail.
Joseph Lcntke, an old resident Of Dubuque,
fell down stairs Nov. %, and fractured his
skull, dying almost instantly. He was 6S years
of age and leaves family.
H. L Leavitt, the man who first gave away
the plot that ended in the killing OF Rev. Geo.
c. Haddock, has furnished the $1,000 bond
required by Judge Lewis under the Indictment
charging him with murder and conspiracy.
The suretles on his bonds are Rev. R. G. Glass,
w!o occupies the pulpit of the deceased; DR..
Z. Bedford, prominent member Of the Law
aud Order League, and Mrs. W. Whitefeld,
wi Of the N. E. Presiding Elder Of this dis
trlct
It is nice old lady Of Creston who subjects
her granddaughter beau to queer test. She
offers HIM home made cake and II he eats II
with a relish he is all right Her theory Ii
that man who loves gingerbread isn't fond
of whisky.
A "tifin" is the name of a new entertain
ment which has been successfully tried al
Grand Junction II is japanese tea-drinking
the tea in ia ranese pots made over a strict