Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-21

Mr.. j. w, Altman, representing the Atlantic
Daily Telegraph, was In the city Tuesday, and
took number Of subscriptions, The paper IL
published In the evening and brings us the days
doings ut o'clock.
TuE REPUBLICAN has been favored with the
program of exercises for Children's bay ut
Pleasant Ridge, Viola township The communi-
cation arrived too late for publication last week,
and the crowded condition OF our columns today
compels us to deny our readers the pleasure of
peruSingit
Lyman Kelly walked three miles 10 the resi-.
dence Of Jack O'llren one day recently and In
nine hours put the first coat OF plaster on Mr..
o'Brien's new house, isS26 two stories high with
u one story wing iiNl6, Jack carried tho mort
and was pretty nearly pushed when Kelly de
clarcd the job finished.
The newly elected officers OF Audubon Lodge,
No iG3, Knights Of rythias, who will he duly In
stalled on Friday evening, July 18th, are: W. II
Ncgley, G. C.; u. +, Howald, V. G.; H. y. Ken.
needy, rrclate; Chas, II. Vail, Master at Arms;
John &. Dawson, L. G.; Frank Barton, q. G.; A.
l.. Viewer advancing 10 the station of L. &,
From the Extra Journal we learn that the
house Of Dosh Parker, In Audubon township and
| near the Cass county line was destroyed by the
| storm OF the 18th inst. Mrs. Parker and two
children were In the house, which was a ram.
shackle affair and was torn to pieces with the
| first gusts, The mother was pinoncd for several
hours beneath the debris, but succeeded In re-
| leasing herself and finding her way 10 tho child
| rem, The one three years old was killed. the
elder being but little injured. The mother was
Frustrated by the shock, and nj last accounts re-
mancd unconscious.
| We have received copy Of the Hand County
| Press published ut Miller, Dakota, containing an
interesting account ofthe NTH annual tournament
of the South Dakota fircmen's Association held
at Huron. The Miller company took the earth on
| this occasion. The team gathered In two prcmi.
ums one of which was the championship ban
ner valued ut 500, Mr. John W. Coquil,tte, for.
mcriy OF this place, and u son-in-law Of e. r.
| FalcS, won the champ onship laddcrman's badge
from fvc contestants, the race consisting Of 10
feet run aud climbing ladder - feet high. The
preserves were opened to the Miller boys upon
their arrival home.
The editor ofthe Advocate has become badly
tangled and thrown himself On his picket rope
over our reference 10 the democratic ratification
meeting aud the false report ol the same sent
| to the Des Moincs Leader. The editor stands In
the mncnyiablc attitude Of having put u false In
tcrprctati0n On the spirit ~ our comment In NJ,
Stunning that We said anything dcrOgatory 10 the
character Of any person involved. Nothing that
We said has disturbed the friendly re.
lations existing between TuR REPUBLICAN and
Its democratic readers, aud so the spirit u ~.
sumcd injury IN which our nclghb0r csp0uses the
cause Of his democratic brethren In prodigal use
| Of the milk of human Kindness. II the editor had
possessed the gall to prompt him 10 have publish
cd the same inflated and bombastic report In his
own paper that he sent 10 the city press this
rabdly partisan and wholly mcalled for alleged
defense Of parties mentioned would be tolcrably
becoming or ut least consistent, hut tho city pa
per report was n tissue Of falsehood, and We pre-.
sumo the editor did not care 10 crowd his columns
| with that sort of stuff.