Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-10-25
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS

amount.
Harry Ewing, seventeen. year.old lad
of Sioux City. has disappeared. Also
S25l5S from the Siberhorn packing house
where he was trusted employee.
Prof Bldd, Of the State Agricultural
College farm, reports twenty new and ac-
| cepted va,ilies of cherries brought from
Poland and Russia, and which have fruit.
ed POLITICALLY this year for the first time
The articles of incorporation OF tho
Polk County Building and Loan Asso-
citation have been filed with the Secretary
of State.
The ar,esian we'll at Sigourney is down
Las feet, the drill lost and the operators
fishing for it.
Secretary Shaffer, of the Agricultural
Society, has forwarded to Bowman Bros. !,
Of Waverly, their premiums on horses
during the last State Fair. They con-
listed of four diplomas, two silver medals
and S4s1 in cash.
The Pharmacy Commissioners have
closed the business place Of Leonard
Miller, at lIartly, O'Brien county, who
was running drug store without certifi-
cate of registration. He was fined $50
for violation Of the law, which he paid.
The report from the Iowa State Norma
school at Cedar Falls shows an s..end.
ance of l2S.,
Fifty-one members Of the Anti. Horse
Thief association met in the State con-
vention of that organization at Des
Moines. Oct. nth. The business trans
acted was mostly Of secret nature,
though it is known that this association
contemplatcs union next year with the
Iowa Detective association. At the eve.
ding session the officers were elected as
follows: b. r. Vale, of Bonaparte,
president; NJ. b. Fris5ie, vice, president,
and 7. p. Henry. secretary. The organ.
izatinn is Of Iowa and Missouri origin, is
opposed to mob rule Of any kind and is
intended to aid in promoting law and
order. The National association will
meet in Ottumwa in few weeks.
TIE State Woman Suffrage \ sociati"n
nel in annual convention at Ame:, Oct,
tHth. AT . "'cIoCk the C nvrn,lon was
called to order by the President, Mrs.
Margaret Campbell. After prayer by
Rev Mrs. TerriIl. the Recording Secrc-
tary. Mrs Mary B. Welch, read the call
for the convention, also minutes of the
last annual meeting. The Committee on
Credentials, Mrs. NJ. j. Coggeshall. Mrs.
Richmond and Virginia NJ. Palmer, re.
ported and the committee was continued.
Report of the Committee on Resolutions
and Constitution was read by Mrs. E. FL.
Hunter and called forth earnest, thought
full discussion. Interesting letters were
"ead from persons unable to attend Mrs.
Mary Wetheral. of Knoxville. Mrs NJ d.
Bacon. of Allamakee. Julia NJ Tascott,
of Indianola, Mrs Lucretia Large, Of
Dubuque, Mrs. Cole. of Mount Pleasant,
Mrs. Durham, of Burlington, Mrs. Prof
Wynn, formerly Of Ames. now of Kansas.
Report of Corresponding Secretary, M.
c. Callahan. was brief but to the point,
and gave great satisfaction Treasures
report by Mrs. Anna Ankeney, showed
nice sum of money remaining in the
treasury-always pleasant feature in
State Conventions. The report of the
Executive Committee was read by Mrs
E. FL. Hunter, Chairman, and contained
much valuable information regarding the
work of Suffrage Bazaar, Safe Fair and
Woman's Standard. Miss Susan B.
Anthony was present
F. C. Raymond and Thomas Sullivan
were captured in the act of burglarizing
Moore G. Kiplinger's shoe store at Coun.
Gil Bluffs.
Some amendments to the articles OF
Incorporation of the Sioux City Printing
company have been filed with the Secre.
tary of State Also articles of incorpora.
ton for the following organizations: The
Burlington Edison Electric company.
with capital stock of $500. 900, and the
LeMars Water and Light company, with
a capital stock of 800. 600.
Patents granted Iowa inventors: Benz.
F. Shutter, Davenport, Ia, wheel pillow;
Thomas Caecaden, Waterloo, Ia, sub
merged heating device; John J. Henzie,
jr., Deep River, Ia, neck yoke coupling;
Warren c. Johnson, Oskaloosa, Ia. GOAL
drill; John P. McKie. Wayne. Ia. dinner
pot; George s. Montgomery. Atlantic,
Ia. artificial fuel Elias &. Walker. Cal
mar. Ia. postal date holder; Elias Weeks,
What Cheer, Ia, yelocipede.
The county attorney of Hamilton
county was at the Goyernor's office re.
Gently and stated that the cases against a
number of Italians for poll tax in his
county had terminated amicably by the
departure of the foreigners. They had
refused to pay the poll tax and appealed
to the Italian consul at Chicago, and the
matter finally became the subject Of
international correspondence. but while
it was being investigated the Italians.
who were working on the railroad. left
the county and the case is now dropped
without war
Some time ago the Davenport. Iowa
& Dakota railroad petitioned the com
mission for an overhead crossing over
the Rock Island near Fulton. The COM
missioners made careful examination OF
the premises and granted the petition. or.
dering that the crossing be built and the
expense be shared by both parties equally.
A curiosity in the way OF wedding OF
dwarfs has just been reported from Pine
Oak, Iowa-that of G. Simmons and
Miss Emma Meyers, the smallest couple
ever married in Iowa Mr.. Simmons is
three feet four inches in height and
weighs forty-one and one.half pounds.
The bride is three feet seven inches tall
aud weighs fifty-two pounds. Simmons
is good musician.
A remarkable series OF condolences is
shown in the deaths OF two young men.
residents of Garry Owen. town alb ut
thirty miles from Dubuque. Their names
were William Shanahan and Dennis