Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-04-05
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.


lie documents. The snug sum of 500, 900
is spent in each biennial period for public
printing, and the Office of State printer or
binder has been regarded as a fat thing
This BILL which is certain to become
law, will cut down the above figures
nearly onehalf aud materially reduce the
profits of the business.
1t is reported that Judge Love, having
reached the age at which he can retire on
full pay will. on July /. relinguish the
position he has adorned for so many
years. This report is believed, for the
question of his successor is being actively
canvassed So far the names most prom
iuently mentioned for the succession are
Commissioner of patents Hall, and Judges
Fairall and Burton.
The trial of Col NJ. f. Billing for the
murder of County Attorney w. $, Kings
ley was began at Wavcrly, April 3, in the
district court of Bremen county. This
case, owing to the prominence of the
parties concerned and sensational circum
stances Herewith, has attracted more at
tention than any of similar nature in
the whole history Of the State Of Iowa.
The Clinton Herald has published the
address of Mayor Chase to the policemen
of Clinton stating their duty in the pro.
hibitory law, counscling them TO warn ali
saloon keepers to quit on or before May |.
Those who permit gambling or sell liquors
to minors or habtual drunkards are or.
dered to quit at once
An old German by the name Of Faust,
aged about sixty, who was convicted OF
obstructing the highway aud sentenced
TO pay IA $2j fine at the present term Of
court at New Hempton, through himself
in front of a train March 81 and received
injuries from the effects of which he died
within an hour. He was wealthy but
took the trial so hard that il overthrow
his mental balance.
Governor Larrabce March 81 appointed
DIR. Charles Beardslcy. of Burlington, to
be oil inspector to succeed John Blan-
chard, of Dubuque. DR.. Beardsley is
chairman of the Republican State Central
Committee and was formerly fourth audi
tor of the treasury at Washington. The
Governor also re.appointed E. r. Hutchins
commissioner of labor statistics.
The present Legislature does not take
kindly to the ownership of large tracts of
land by nonresident aliens. A bill has
been passed by the house prohibiting
them from acquiring or retaining title to
any land in Iowa either as individuals or
as members of a corporation.
The railroad commissioner has succeed
ed in pushing through the House bill
requiring all railroads in this State to use
automatic car couplers. The bill pro.
vides that all new cars shall be equipped
with these cOuplers, also all cars now I'M
dergoing repairs. One.half of all the
cars must be equipped with these couplers
by January 1890, and every car on the
line by two years from that time. Mr.
Coffin presents an APPALLING list of fatal.
ties that annually occur from using the
common pin and link coupling and is
pressing the measure with much zeal and
energy.
The Executive Council has completed
Its work as an Assessing Board. The as
sessment on the total railroad property
this year is about s42, 500, 900 as against
S3s, 250. 900 last year, being an increase Of
81, $50 600. A little over million and a
half of this amount is due to new roads
built during the year, leaving nearly 49,
600. 900 of an actual increase OF assess
ment of the old roads. There is no in
crease in the assessments on the main
lines. but the assessments on nearly all OF
the branch roads have been increased.
The total number Of miles Of railroad in
the State is nsw S,2l2, an increase of
nearly $50 miles during the year.
Chris. Nelson. who used to live in At
lantic, but who for the past few months
has been employed as a wiper in the c.,
b. & @ yards at Omaha, was killed by
being run over by an engine March 81.
He was working under the engine and
either through the carelcssness of the
engineer in leaving the throttle open or
because it leaked, enough steam found
its way into the cylinders to finally start
the engine Nelson attempted to crawl
out but was caught and the wheels passed
over his body, cutting him in two.
Jessie Dietrich girl of eighteen. sui
cided at Marshaltown, March %. by
shooting herself through the head. in the
room Of a young man, Bert Emery. with
whom she had become infatuated.
The gas well, or what is hoped may be-
come gas well, at Ninton, is the biggest
bore in that region-now over 500 feet
down into the bowels OF the earth. 1t
flows strong stream Of pure, sweet
water, and the operators find it very slow
work to drill through such depth. The
contract calls for hole 1000 feet deep
unless something better is sooner found.