Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-09-20
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years in the Sioux Falls penitentiarv.
Last Spring Allen married Miss Alvina
Jacobs of that place, when he already
had wife at Bristol, Rhode Island Wife
number one heard of his whereabouts
and came West for the purpose of punish
ing her rescreant husband
John McGhee. one of the five men
charged with the. murder of Norman
Kclso, was found guilty, at Knoxville. of
murder 10 the second degree. HIS father
and two brothers,in will be tried for
the same crime.
Out of the hundred or more druggists
in Des Moines only twenty have made
application to the District Court for the
privilege of selling intoxicating liquors.
The books Of the Secretary of the State
Fair show that for the last fair the num-
Der Of entries exceeded those of any other
year by about 800.
DR.. A. o. Hunt, Of Cedar Rapids. has
been chosen President of the Association
of Dental Faculties of the United States.
A $4,000 damage snit has been COM
menced against Fort Dodge by pedes
TRAN. who fell through defective side.
walk.
The Southwestern Iowa Firemen's as.
ISOLATION will hold a grand tournament at
yillisca. Sept %. Excursion rates on
all railroads have been secured.
Articles of Incorporation have been
fled with the Secretary of State by the
Petersburg Driving Park association Of
Butler county. capital stock 81 900; and
by the Sioux City Stoneware company,
with capital stock Of $4,000.
| Francis TAYLOR and wife. mated in
Keokuk, have enjoyed sixty years of
married life.
Dubuque is the latest place to report
the discovery OF gas-pipc b'mb, A
sensation is expected.
The Mayor of Mon'ezuma has issued n
proclamation closing all place of bust
ness hereafter on Sunday.
Henry Mollman. OF Davenport, has
been appointed distributing clerk of the
| House of Representatives. vice Hudson,
of Clinton, deceased. He receives an an
nual salary of 81 800.
The Cooperative implement and Hard.
ware Company, with houses in Creston
and Lenox. Iowa, assigned. The com"
pany was incorporated under the name
of the Fuller Implement company year
ago, and recently changed its name as
above. A. r Fuller, the manager and
head member, estimates the assets at $780,
600. The liabilities are unknown.
Burglars entered the drug store Of e.
G. Alverson at Marengo by saving a hole
through the back door, and made an un.
successful attempt to blow open the safe.
They were either frightened away or be-
came discouraged by getting punch
fast, which was found sticking in the
hole. The safe contained $50.
After years search the police of Iowa
City and the Chicago, Rock Island g.
Pacific railway secret detectives have ar.
rested a man who tried TO wreck the
passenger train on the above named rail
way near city year ago. The man is
named William circuit. He is twenty
years old and was raised in that city, but
has been travelling around great deal
He has made confession. saying his
motive in trying to wreck the train was
the robbery of the passengers. He has
To hn &c
the grand jury.
Two young men giving the names of
BELOW and Martin. one eighteen and the
other twenty-five years of age, were be-
fore United States Commissioner Hobbs,
at Dubuque, on the charge of burglarizing
the postoffice at Hazelton. Iowa. They
were caught in the act. Being unable to
furnish bail, they were committed for
trial The same office was burglarized
the week before and they are believed to
he the parties who did both Jobs. Bel
low claims to be the son of Colorado
Judge.
The report of the Boys Reform School
at Eldora, for August, was filed in the
Governors office. The following figures
will give some idea of what it costs to
support the boys, 1854 in numbers: Meat
and fish, $2S; breadstuffs, $449.9S; fruit
and vegetables, SS5 So; coffee and tea,
S27. 90; sugar and syrup. S56 "A; sundry
groceries, SS5.27; butter, S.. Al; cheese
and eggs, 5000; mortuary expenses, 500. 90;
dry goods and clothing, $500. 93, hard
ware and queenswarc. S53.1l; repairs,
s65.0S; farm. S403 II; fuel, S2146 81;
lights, $40. %; salary and wages, 81. 40;
fugitive, $40 95; school expenses, S10.95;
total, $4,2755S.
At the bicycle races at the State fair,
the boys from Cedar Falls swept the plat
ter, and carried of the championship of
the State and the $75 silver cup.
Hon. J. NJ. Phillips, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Western
Iowa, dropped dead in Council Bluffs
under very sad circumstances. His young.
est son was arrested for intoxication, and
the old gentleman went to the police
station to get his boy out of trouble. The
boy is becoming a habitual drinker and |
his appearance when brought out of Jail
shocked the old man terribly. He started |
to leave the station for the purpose of |
calling upon the Mayor at his home and |
urging him to compel the saloon keepers
TO cease selling whisky to his boy. He
had proceeded only few steps when he |
fell dead. Death resulted from apoplexy.
He was 6S years old and had been resi-
dent and prominent boot and shoe
dealer in Council Bluffs for the past
thrty-two years. He leaves six children
The second reunion of the survivors of
the Saith Iowa volunteers, including the
battalion of the 38th Iowa. consolidated |
with it during the last year of the war,
will be held at Indanola. Iowa, on Wednes-
day and Thursday, the 26th and 9th
days of September, 1888.
The articles Of incorporation OF the
People's Building Loan and Investment |