Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-08
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The men who robbed the clothing store
Of j. b. Carpenter & Sen. at Cedar Falls,
ere believed to be travelling Gro ks who
are bound westward
Hon. NJ. Bloom. who has long owned
and derived u revenue from the capacity
of the Iowa City distilery. has sold it to
0 man who viii put IL a canning factory.
The number of cases of contagious Ills.
ease reported to the Board Of Health ut
Davenport in October was three typhoid
fever. two scarlet fever and fortv-four
diphtheria ), e.
a party consisting of. d dozen young
men and the same number of young ladies
were arrested at Muscaline for celebrating
Halloween. The were prominent society
people.
Jack Driscoll, the puglist about two
years ago was convicted of burglary and
sentenced to imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for two years. He appealed to
the Supreme Court and was meanwhile
released on bail, hi, mother becoming
his security. At the date of the expira.
ton of the bail bond a few months ago,
Jack, rather than see his mother lose the
money, surrendered himself to the sheriff
who took him to Anamosa The Supreme
Court has affirmed the decision and lie
goes to Jail.
In the case of the shippers OF Owen.
EXPORT vs.. the Chicago, Rock sslan &
Pacific. the Chicago. Milwaukee i st.
Paul and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids. &c
olthcrn railway companies. the board
of railway commissioners has deci led
that: First, the charge of conspiracy is
not sustained. Second. the charge Of
discrimination, being inter State, ara be-
yond the control of the board Third,
lhe charge of Unjust ex,orioaate rates, is
fully proven by evidence and sustained
by he board which adopts tine rate, in
the first second, third. forth anl fg,h
classes, and A, b, C. ID AMI d..
classes of the commissioners schedule
Of June %. The investigation which re.
suited in this decision was brought about
by complaint filed with the boarl Aug.
81, 1885,, " Van Patt IN AMI Hariis and
foriy-threa other jpbbers of Davenport,
alleging that the charges of tn, road.
men,5 oaed for the transpOrtati N of
freight over their lines in Iowa. are and
have been unreasonably high and unreas
'pnably discriminating against your petit
TONERS and particularly that the said rail
road companies, conspiring with all other
railroad companies in Iowa to embarrass
and defeat the operation Of said act OF
the Twenty-second General Assembly.
passed and approved April 5. 1885,"
adopted schedule of rates to their own
liking which went into effect May 10,
the same day the law went into effect.
Keokuk registered 544 more votere thil
year than last.
Rev. s. Pillsbury, a pioneer of Dickin
son county. is dead
The harvest home celebration In Allan.
tic eclipsed anything OF the kind of for.
mer years.
Dubuque has II, 1885 people between tn,
ages of 10 and 81. according to its jus,
completed school census.
'rhe proprietors of the oatmeal mill a
Muscatine. contemplate manufacturing
buckwheat -four at an early date.
A Dcs Moincs travelling man was among
the robbed by highwaymen in the Arkan
sas train a few days since. He lost 1881
which he had stuffed into his shoe.
The return of ]. r. Perdue clerk Of the
courts. TO the State Board of Health, fol
the year ended October /. shows that in
Wapello county there were 300 marriages
366 births. and $50 death.
Just as the minister closed his remark!
at the funeral of the late Mrs. Bulger. n
the home of Thomas Adams in Clinton
Mr.. Adams, who had been quite i'll, ex
PRED in an adj ,iniug room.
Word has been received OF the violen
death of prominent Benton county
farmer at a Republican rally in Genese,
township. The deceased got in the way
of runaway team and was knocked
down and fatally injured.
A little girl about 6 years old, daugh
ter of George Marshall. of Ringwood
Clinton county. died suddenly. She hat
scrofula in her throat. and piece of hick
ory nut getting in her windpipe burstet
the scrofula sores in her throat. chokin.
her to death. after suffering great agony
for several hours. having many spasms.
Brak eman Charles of the G. & N. w
road, fell from car at Fonda and ha(
his leg run over below the knee.
While John Vannessc. a farmer who
lives two miles northwest of Spirit Lake
was blowing his team became entangle'
in the lines. whirling the man about ant
stamping on him so that his skull wa.
fractured in two places He will probably
die.
Alois Prick. brick layer and contrac
tor. of Dubuque. while riding with
load Of mortar boxes was thrown from
the wagon by the falling Of the boxes. Hi
skull was fractured and be is in yer,
critical condition. He Is 10 years old
The practicability of operating Al
electric moter line on some Of the streets
OF Dubuque is being discussed by severa
business men Of that city.
Those interested in establishing al
orphants home at Keokuk are hard a
work preparing plans and arranging
"details.
G. II. Ackert has been appointed genera
manager Of the Central Iowa railroad
appointment taking effect November 1st
The Orange City Herald tells Of ,
lady named Brown. residing in Siou,
county. who has been married fiftecr
years and has eleven children.
The Hartley Record says that since
O'Bricn county scored such signal vic
tory at the corn palace there is a regular
scramble among people in their haste t.
get into that extraordinarily fertile
county.
There is considerable talk in For,
Dodge Of forming . trotting association
to give series Of trotting and runnin,
So In