Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-12-20
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/ The Baker Barb Wire Works at Dea
Moines have begun the Manufacture of
wire nails.
A Dubuque butcher was recently de.
frauded by receiving 81 bill which
had been raised to SIS.
I The total amount of delinquent taxes
on property sold at Keokuk this year
amounted TO $l,l59.9l.
| The Davenport glucose works use an
average OF $500 bushels OF corn daily
in the manufacture of sugar and syrup.
! During the year just closing the
building improvements in Sioux City
foot up So, l28,6l4, an Increase over
the previous year of 81, 226, 397.
Mrs. Henry Johns, near Sandyhill,
Warren county, committed suicide by
hanging. She left largo family OF
grown children. She is the third OF
the family who have taken their own
lives--one by shooting, another by
hanging, and now the mother is the
third victim. She had been partially
demented for some time.
The city OF Creston has lost one OF
its old and respected citizens In the
death Of Arthur Thornton. He was
the father of John T. Thornton, editor
of the Farragut, Iowa, Sentinel, II
former business man OF Alton, and had
attained the rare age of eighty years.
The Rev. DIR. Reid, of Manson, re-
turned homo few days ago from the
Western coast OF Africa, where he has
been as a missionary. He is the man
who was reported some time ago to
have been eaten by cannibals on the
coast OF Africa.
Mrs. HOyt, the smallpox victim in
Garner twp, Pottawattamie county,
died. At last accounts no other mem.
bers of the family wore i'll with the
disease. The qual antine will be
strictly maintained until all danger OF
outside contagion Is past.
Frank NJ. Rowley, brakeman, was
killed while uncoupling cars, by slip
ping under the train at Perry. He
resided at Des Moincs, was twenty.
four years old, and unmarried.
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has gathered 1900 bushels OF corn
from sixteen acres of ground, or ninty-
three and three-quarters bushels per
acre. The ground had been used for
hog pasture for several years and
planted to corn last spring. al
At a meeting OF the Farmers' .nsti.
tute of Hancock county, H. ID. Brown
discussed the coming apple. He said
the Ben Davis was as yet the best apple
for all purposes, but whether Other
varieties of choicer fruit could be made
as hardy and prolific was a question
yet to be solved. - ----.
Richard Wells, yardman In thu
employ of the Wabash road at De
Moines, was crushed to death in thu
yards in that city. He was twenty
five years old, and leaves wife ant
one child.
The dead body of an unknown mal
was found in II lonely rayine in Du
buque county. The remains wer'
badly decomposed but the long gra!
hair indicated it to be that Of an ole
man. Beside the remains was II neV
butcher knife encrusted with blood
The Coroner's inquest developed moth
ing, except that the man was murderer
or committed suicide.
Several weeks ago Messrs. Scott ant
Volt, two respected farmers residing
near Chaplin, Franklin county, had al
of.their grain in stacks consumed b.
. fire. A repetition of this diabolica
work eliminated in the burning OF Mr.
Ridley's large two-story barn, 3Ox7O
and seven horses, ten full-blOOded cat
tie, hay, farm implements, etc. Sus
picion has rested upon a man who run
billiard hall and who has been unde
the surveillance of detectives 70
several weeks and he was arrested a
Chaplin. The officers had hard wOrl
to prevent mob violence. Mr.. Ride,
is straightforward, upright man
esteemed by all who know him, and a
far as known there was nothing Il
cause the act, unless it was on accOun
of Ridley's action in the enforcement
of the prOhibitory enactment.
A move of considerable magnitude
now going on among the druggists @
the State. 1t Is no less than the re
sumption of liquor selling, which, in
majority Of the counties, was discon
tinued on the expiration Of permit
taken out under the "old law" o
about October 1, OF the present year
/ Sioux City people are always gettlni
to the front with some scheme to at
tract attention, and the latest one
worthy OF at least a passing note.
is a ''corn palace" train to be run b
Washington to witness the Inaugural
ton OF President Harrison.
A fire at Mt. Vernon, destroysd 1
large house belonging to Geo. w
Young. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
The case of Sadie MoConkey VS.. tn,
Travellers Insurance Company of Hart
ford, Conn.,, has been remanded bacl
for trial to the Iowa United State,
court. 1t was an action to recover
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