Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-28
IOWA CONDENSED.
Sheldon has twenty-one men whose combined
weight Ia 4. 400 pounds

Sheioon has twenty-one men whose combined
weight is 400 pounds.
v. r. Lowell, of Garner, will be the orator
from the state university at Iowa City, to rep
resent that institution In the state contest to
take place Feb. 4, at Cedar Rapids. j. 4 Tee
tiers, of west Liberty, was second In rank, and
N. @. Young, Of Imogene, third, and will also
attend as delegates.
Edward Heaton was killed at Hamburg
while coupling an engine with freight car
He had hold of the drawbar on the front OF
the engine, and when near the car the steam
became so dense that he could not see the
draw head, and was. cut nearly in two between
the pilot and the end of the car.
The coroner's jury IN the case of the men
killed by the lard tank explosion at Creston,
held the proprietors Of the packing. house per-
sonally responsible for the accident, and ae-
cuse them OF gross and criminal carelessness,
because the exploded tank was constructed of
inferior material and in an inferior manner
Tom Nance, colored, shot dead at Sioux City,
another colored man named johnson, in a
negro brothel. Man escaped but was afterward
arrested.
a lOW hiShto dSo " NuudCiWOl, VI Clldt
who was sentced for the murder of Brlnkhoff
was pronounced hopelessly insane and sent to
the hospital at Mt. Pleasant. Now his wife
has also become insane. The case is sad
one, as four little children are left homeless,
and worse than orphans.
Judge Love, of the United States Court, in
a decision at Keokuk, Jan. 25th, remanded the
saloon case Of Hall ct al vs. Nuggerstrum and
Others, from Des Moines county, back to the
State Court. A decision of Judge Brewer in a.
Kansas case, not given to the public hereto
fore, was the basis for this decision. The eff
feet of the decision on Iowa saloons will be
that the State courts will have the exclusive
jurisdiction, and with the exception of brewer
les and beer gardens in use for lawful pur-
poses and built before the prohibitory law was
passed, the prohibitory law is constitutional,
The grocery store of William Thompson, at
Davenport, was closed by the sheriff to satisfy
mortgages amounting to ten thousand two
hundred and sixty dollars. The claims of UNI
secured creditors in Chicago, New York and
st. Louis, are estimated at five thousand dol
lars. The assets consistof stock and standing
accounts amounting to ten thousand dollars.
Thomson has been in business there for fifteen
years.
Calhoun county has nearly 1900 dogs accord
ing to official returns.
Calhoun county lad caught 200 muskrats
in one week and sold the fur for S27.37.
A Wabash freight train run into car of
horses on crossing at Council Bluffs recently
and killed and injured several of the animals.
James King, on the eve of being lynched in
Texas for murder, confessed to killing Thomp-
son Tolbert in Davis county, Iowa, nine years
ago.
Henry O'Connor, formerly encouragement
of Iowa, has opened law Office at Miles City,
NJ T., In connection with his son, Arthur
O'Connor.
During the twenty-five weeks that the Spen-
Ger creamery was In operation In 1885, It turn
ed out 125, 400 pounds Of No. butter and paid
out for cream s14, ITO, and for labor in making
81, 1000.
The miners of the Enterprise Coal company,
aud the Iowa and Wisconsin Coal company,
near Abba, are out on strike to resist five
per cent reduction the operators were COM
PEELED to make in order to get their coal on
the market.
Commissions have been issued for the fol-
lowing Iowa postmasters: VIM. H. Tomxins,
Altoona; John H. Clarke, Coralville; Hardin
Quinn, Dean; William Lancelot, Ross; Isaac
Fl. Jones, Scranton City.
The public spirited citizens Of Humboldt
county have organized the Humboldt Fine
Stack Breeders Association. Its object is
|, 30 tbo - H.
It's capital is $4,000 in shares of $50 each. Its
stock holders are all solid men, who mean bus
iness and are heartily interested in the un-
selfish objects of the association. Agents Of
the corporation are now in the east for the
purpose Of purchasing two stations, Nor
man and Clyde, the best they can find.
Horsh flesh is to be cultivated exclusively the
first year, after which it is expected to go into
the famous Cleveland bays, and also high
grade short horns and Holsteins.
While cutting timber in Taylor county,
Aaron Cox was struck by fallen tree and in
stantly killed. The deceased was about fifty
1--WE years old, an early settler in the county
and a member Of the Grand Army. He leaves
q widow and seven children, two of whom are
married.
VIM, Skinner, secretary of the Mississippi
Valley Spiritualist Association, died at his res
dence in Clinton at the age of 80. He was
born at Portsmouth, England, in 1905 and
zane to Clinton in 1856, where he has since re-
sided. He was for many years proprietor of
.he Northwestern Fur Mandatory located at
Clinton.
The Y. NC. A. at Cedar Rapids has com
pleted gymnasium at a cost of 81, 100. There
are 200 members who take regular exercise at
the gymnasium under the instruction of q
professional gymnast.
A Hancock county man while crossing the
prairie during the recent storm lost his way,
and in wandering about he brought up against
> hay stack. He burrowed hole into the stack
and crawled in, remaining there twenty-four
hours, until the storm subsidized, when he made
his way to the nearest house, where he was put
IN the road for home. He says he had no diff
,uity in keeping warm, but thinks it was
narrow escape from terrible death.
The 12-year-old daughter of c. c. Linnile,
If DEBORAH, was burned to death. How it
is not known. The mother left the
,irl in the house while she visited neighbor.
iull of smoke and the girl lying dead on the
ioor, the flesh on the upper part of the body
burned to crisp. The stove showed no signs
If having been touched and the flames had not
to ANYTHING else In the room.
During the past year the products ship
Jed from Weeping Water, says the Repub-
lean OF that place, would make solid
rain from there to Louisville, which would
equire seventy-eght locomotives to move
I to Kansas City. Six hundred and fifty
airs OF corn would be in the train, the bal.
.nce would consist OF other grain, lime,
tone and stock. This does not include the
arge amount OF truck, that was shipped as
ocal freight.
w. r. Vaughan, mayor Of Council Bluffs
md chairman of the executive committee ap-
pointed by the mayors convention held in
Oes Moines, Dec. 16, 1885, has issued cali for
. state &C 1vention Of those who are in favor
# license law to meet in convention in Des
Moines, Jan. "a, 1886, TO aid and counsel the
Executive committee and see and suggest to
heir respective senator's and Representatives the
necessity Of independent and prompt action in
his important matter. Mayor Vaughn closes
Ills call by saying: The executive committee
reeds aid at once. Delay is dangerous. Let
very mayor and alderman and as many others
Who find 1t possible to do SO, attend the meet
ng at Des Moines on the 9th inst. Come pre-