Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-02-02
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discovered bursting from large two.
story building situated on the east side.
occupied by Ashley, Cook & CO., drug.
gists and grocers. DR. Cooks Office also
the postofiice in the same building. The
stock and fixtures of The store and offices
are total loss, which is estimated at
81, 500; insurance $4,000 The loss falls
heavily on the firm, especially on Mr.
Ashley, who very old and has family
to support. II is not known how the fire
originated
John Arensdorf and Paul Leader, two
of the defendants in the recent Had,lock
murder trial, have been appointed as
western agents for the Schlitz Milwaukee
Brewing Company, and will at once cree,
building costing $50, 900 at Covington.
Nebraska, on the opposite side of the
river from Sioux City, for bottlng works
Beer will be shipped there in casks and
bottled for distribution. Probably good
share of it will find its way back TO pro-
hibition Iowa. This takes all defendants
in the case out Of Sioux City except Nun
chrath. who is under sentence and await.
ing new trial. No further efforts wi
be made to convict the Haddock muir
dcrcrs
Sioux City has on the stocks building
improvements to cost 81 ,812, 700.
The press club of Des Moincs will in.
dulge in banquet FEBRUARY IA.
The business mems club of Davenport
will blow in $500 in advertising the
town.
Mrs. Wilson Hadley, residing at Nevada.
Iowa, has been adjudged insane and taken
to the asylum at Mt. Pleasant. The
sudden death of her healthy fve-months.
old baby not long since aroused suspicion.
On investigation she was found to have
strangled the child while insane.
TIE taxes for 1887 on Western Union
Telegraph property in the State have
been paid into the State Treasury. The
Taxes amounting to $12, 63s "A, as against
SO, 9OS 3S in 1886, showing an increase of
$2,S70. Oh in one year.
A Marshall county farmer thinks the
snow is twenty inches deep on an average
in the timber where 1t is not drifted.
The force of telegraph iinemen are
pushing forward the new . telegraph
wire between Fort Dodge and Sioux
City at the rate of fifteen miles per day,
when at work, although the intense
cold weather seriously interferes with the
progress of the work.
Owing to the scarcity of cars for ship.
ping in northwestern Iowa, in many
places elevator men have given notice
that they will for the present receive no
more grain. Information was received
at the Office of the Railroad Commission.
ers that in one county not single eleva-
tor was receiving grain.
Local health officers from different
parts of the State are making complaints
to the State Board of Health that large
amount of the ice that is being packed is
taken from ponds that during the past
summer were very low and stagnant, and
information in regard to the matter is
Board has advised that in each case an
analysis be made and if impure the use
of the ice prohibited for culinary and
drinking purposes.
A Cedar Rapids Special, Jan. 25, says.
A man was found to-day in one of the
lumber yards with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He was found to be W. Cenery.
Bohemian carpenter. He said he had
been at Sioux City, where he had been
accused of completely in the Haddock
murder, and was threatened with being
lynched. This so preyed upon his mind
as 10 lead him to attempt suicide.
When he was assured Haddock's murderer
had been caught he said: No. they haven't
caught him vet The physicians say
Cenery is sane, and it is thought he knows
much of the Sioux City crime.
Preliminary serveys for a wagon bridge
are being made in Sioux City.
Twenty enlistments in the regular army
have been made at the Davenport station
since it was established, December s.
Burlington manifests pardonable
pride in the completion and dedication
of the new $4,000 Presbyterian church
at that place. 1t IS said to be one of the
most elegant church edifices in the
State, and what's better is paid for.
Notwithstanding the numerous good
promises by about all the railroads in
northwestern Iowa, there is yet very
great and urgent need of cars to ship
grain and hay, which have accumulated
beyond the capacity of existing storage.
Jack King, one of the men under in
dictment for conspiracy to whip DR.. Had
dock, Attorney Wood and Witness Walk.
er, in the early stages of the liquor pros
ccution that led to Haddock's death. at
Sioux City, was found guilty Jan. %, of
assault with intent to commit murder on
Robert Mckenzie. King shot Mckenzie
on New Years night in low dye, and
will probably get the full extent Of the
law-10 years-as the assault was I'M
provoked, and he boosted that he shot to
kill.
A Washington special. Jan. "a. says:
Commissioner Dey and Congressman
Henderson appeared before the Inter
State Commerce Commission this morning
to represent Iowa in the hearing on the
question of carload rates. Henderson
presented petitions from 1,272 retail
houses representing 247 cities and towns
in Iowa, praying for the retention
Of carload rates, which shows
that the business men Of Iowa
realize the importance of the question in
volved in this contest. The petitioners
in their opening statement of the case
abandoned their positions as stated in
their pleading, and narrowed the issue to
groceries, claiming that the car load rates
on the matter of groceries shipments
operates injuriously against the New
York jobbers and enables the western
iobbers to supply the western trade. The
contest now is really between Thurber,
the grocery trade monopolist, against the
wholesale grocers Of the west. There
has been an immense amount of testimony
| submitted in this case and several days
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