Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-15
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at Sioux CITY, who He'd 10 Canada with
5000 of the company's funds, but was
cxtradited and brought back inside of
three weeks from the time of his depart.
ure, has been sentenced to three years in
Fort Maids N on plea Of guilty.
The Sioux City Base. Ball Association
has increased its capital stock from S., 900
to S25. 900, and win retain its franchise
in the Western Association.
A shooting ARRAY occurred In Council
Chas. Allen. who has some local notoricty
rs prize fighter. Allen and Tom Brooks,
another pugilst, became involved in a
dispute in front of n salo n aud finally
began to fight Allen pulled knife
and made vicious slashes at Brooks. cut
ting open his clothes across the abdomen,
but without injuring him. Brooks drew
q revolver and fired at his antagonist, the
ball taking effect 10 Aliens head. Allen
fell to the ground stunned. and was re-
moved to tie Office of DR.. lloughtun,
who dressed the wound. The bullet
struck Allen sQuarcly in the forehead at
the edge Of the hair passing through his
hat band The ball glanced along the
skull, passing out at the side Of the head
over the car. After having his wound
dressed. Allen was able to go home, al
though considerably daZcd.
George A. Fry. aged twelve years,
jumped from n moving engine at Keokuk.
struck the rail falling on the track and
the engine passing over the body. Death
resulted instantly. The body was hor-
ribly mutilatcG.
Jacob Helm. farmer living near Du-
buque, and his son were going home and
the team ran away, throwing both to the
ground. The young man received injur-
les that are pronounced fatal, His father
was badly injured but may recover
Col. Charles A. Clark's elegant new
residence al Cedar Rapid. burned. The
new residence of c. D. Ives was als' con
siderahly damaged Colonel Clark's loss
is $4,000.
Samuel Brown, farmer living near
New Liberty, village in Johnson county
was killed by his wife. The couple have
! not liyed happily together for some time
and frequent quarrels were had. The
woman has not been Of perfectly 'und
mind and was at one time confined in the
asylum. Her temper was naturally VIC
| lent and when excited she became nearly
| crazed. Brown and his wife had an I'M.
usually angry dispute over trivial mat
ter and the wife seized an ak, attacked
her husband and killed him.
Iowa PENSIONS: Original invalid-David
Cochran, Carben; William f. Giddines,
Hale; John Helm, Littleport; Ira Newton,
Brooks. Increase Joseph NJ. Wood.
house, Durango; Benjamin Jeffries, Elk
hart; John McKinzie, Salem; William
German. Carroll; Henry r. McKinzie. Du'
buque; Thomas F. Blanchard, Waucoma
David c htield, Aurelia; Daniel Y.Lybt
lncy; Daved Powers, Bloomfield. Re
issue William H. Wilson Mount Ayr
Reissue and ncrease-Joseph Campbell
Keosayqua. Original widows, etc.
Ann. widow of John Tearney, alias Tan.
cy, Garner; Ellen. widow of Christopher
W. Maudsley, Anamnsa.
Brooklyn boasts of three first-class
halls and two nice opera houses.
At Shenandoah they have drilled 500
feet in search of coal, and propose to 60
200 feet mnre unless the search is sooner
rewarded by find.
The trial Of Mrs. Diggle. the actress,
who was indicted for murder at Clarion
for poisoning her husband, has been post
poned until the December term of court.
The Western Iowa Poultry association
will hold its annual exhibition in Allan.
tic, commencing November II and con-
tinuing until the Gath
A man named John Stewart has beer
arrested at Des Moines. charged with
stealing horse at Omaha.
Hon. Galusha Parsons. of Des Moines,
has decided to remove to Seattle. Wash.
ingtnn Territory. Mr. Parsons is prom
inent figure among the lawyers of Iowa.
He is pioneer in the profession, having
located in the State twenty years ago,
and for about sixteen years or more he
has been resident in Des Moines Prior
to that he had resided several years a
Fort Dodge, and served in the Legislature
from Webster county.
The c., r. l. & P. Co. have decided Il
abandon their hotel at Eldon and viii
move it across the track and remodel tn
building for depot, with lunch room
attached.
Articles of Incorporation of the Subur
ban Home Building association, at Des
Moines, with capital stock $3.50, 00C
have been filed.
The Keokuk city council contemplate
levying $50. 900 sewer tax in 1889 ant
issuing sewer bonds at once to raise fund
for the immediate improvement of thu
sewerage system.
The Iowa hospital for the insane a
Independence has safely housed s.12
bushels of potatoes. They were raised ol
about 40 acres of ground tho work bein.
done by inmates OF the hospital.
In the case of Murray VS.. NJ. M. Walk
er, which has been on trial at Maquoketa
the jury has rendered verdict of 81. 50(
for the plaintiff. The suit grew out o
an interstate fair held in Dubuque il
1884 The fair was failure and Murra,
bought up unpaid claims, suing the dl
rectors individually.
Several burglaries were committed il
Sioux City during the night after election
day.
Thomas Stringer was fatally injured il
coal mine at Craig's Hollow, near Fl
Dodge, by the falling of a mass of coal
The Hebrews of Davenport and Rocl
Island raised $3.50 for starving people il
the Jewish agricultural COLONY nea
DEVILS Lake. Dakota
Articles Of INCORPORATION have bee
filed with the Secretary of State by tn
Union Hotel company of Hull, Iowa, wit
a capital stock of $1,000. The compau
will deal in real estate. personal property
and will construct lease and rent hotC