Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-01
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A hand car bearing Section Foreman
Bobe, wife and four children and an
other man was overtaken opposite
Dubuque by flying special ON the G. b.
& n. bearing theatrical party from st.
Paul to Chicago. The man and the oldest
boy, ten years old jumped. The woman
and two smaller boys We're killed. The
mother threw away the baby, which was
fatally scalded. One child's head was
found in wheel when the train reached
East Dubuque.
At recent meeting of the stock.
holders of the Iowa Savings bank at
Ruthven, Iowa, there was u vote taken
increasing the paid up capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for the
Iowa and Nebraska Mortgage Il Invest
ment company. This company is situated
at Sioux City and incorporates with
capital stock Of 800, 600.
The quiet hamlet of Potosi, fourteen
miles above Dubuque on the Burlington
road, has asensation of the most startling
nature. Miss Minnie Gibson, beautiful
young lady moving in the best society,
the daughter of an old resident, attempted
suicide by shooting herself in the head
with a pistol. She went to a neighbours
woodshed to commit the deed. Fred Taft.
one Of her asso ciates is alleged to be her
seducer and has skipped out for parts
unknown. He was clerk in drug
store. The woman's life 10 dispared Of.
An affidavit in attachment In the sum
Of S572 was issued by the county court in
Chicago, Oct. 26th, to the Emmett county
bank against the German American
Savings bank of Burlington, Iowa The
matter was put in the hands of the sheriff
and some of the property or the Burling-
ton bank being found in the possession
of the Merchants Loan & Trust company,
the latter institution was garnisheed.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North.
ern passenger train which left Cedar
Rapids Oct Goth, at the crossing near
West Liberty struck buggy, killing
Mrs James Ditworth. of Chester. Penn,
and Harry Pond of West Liberty, aud
injuring, but not fatally, Mrs Isaac
Larken, of Centerville. Delaware. The
ladies were going to visit their brother.
named Ninisey. living near Comfortable.
He has taken oh arge of the dead sister,
The injured lady was taken to the Ma.
tional Hotel. West Liberty. No blame is
attached to the train men. The crossing
is in cut and is dangerous one. The
train was on time and had right to the
track
A few mornings ago tramp called at
the farm of Mr.. Storrs. near Baxter, and
seeing boy blowing few rods away
went to him and demanded of the boy
that he go to the house and get him
something to eat. threatening to set fire
to large stack of hay if the boy did not
comply with the request. The boy went
on about his blowing and upon his re-
turn to that end of the field found that
the threat had actually been carrid out
and that the tramp was rapidly disap.
pearing over the hill The stack. con-
sisting of several tons of timothy hay,
was consumed. The fire spread over
field of oat stubble and caught in Mr..
Richards corn field where several acres
of ungathered corn was completely ruin
ed.
Burglars entered Sedgwick & Smythe's
drug store at Sioux City, blew the safe
open. and secured nearly $500 in cash.
and took dozen boxes of cigars.
Articles of incorporation have been fled
with the Secretary of State for the Mt
Pleasant Manufacturing company 1t
begins with capital of $4,000, and will
manufacture sleds, gates, etc.
@. A. Dunn, of Timber Creek township,
Marshall county, was arrested on war.
rant sworn out by his wife. for assault
and disturbing the peace. On the night
of the arrest the house of Dunn's mother.
in-law was burned TO the ground. On
the 22nd of October Dunn's own house
was burned with all its contents. Both
fires are thought to have been incendiary,
but there is no clue to the guilty parties
At Cedar Rapids Christian Haas book.
keeper for the Cedar Rapids Savings
bank. while delirious with typhoid fever,
sprang from his bed and dashed through
the window sash. SCATTERING the glass
and going out head first. The room was
on second floor. Miss Campbell, his
nurse. caught him by the feet and he
hung head downward while she called
for help. No one came and she became
so exhausted that she had to let 60 and
then ran down stairs expecting 10 find
him unconscious. Instead he went dash.
ing up the avenue but was pursued by
several persons and caught. His chances
for recovery are very slight after this
catastrophe.
United States Marshals have within \
the past few days evicted five settlers
from the so-called Des Moines river
lands. Recently something of sensa-
ton was caused by B. E. Boynton. Presi-
dent of the Settlers Union, the organiza-
ton which has been litigating and fight
ing the River Land Company's title for
twenty. five years. buying the company's |
title. thus retiring personally from the
controversy. Several weeks ago the |
settlers fired Oh deputy marshal who |
was executing writ of ejectment. and
since then more vigorous measures haze
been pursued against them. No less
than five prominent settlers have lately
given in and bought the company title
The fact that a writ of ejectment was
out for Boynton probably induced him to
settle. He has one of the finest FIRMS in
Hamilton county, and has lived on 1t
twenty-three years
The Grand Jury of Cerro Gordo coun-
ty failed to indict Mrs. Jessie Mckinney
for shooting J. F. Sullivan at Clear Lake
last August. The case of John Tipp,
charged with attempted murder of Mrs.
Henry Reidel, was also dismissed.
The Presbyterians of Early contsm.
plate building church next spring.
Ex-Mayor John J. Linehan, Democsatic
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