Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-10-11
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMa

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary Of State for Reese,
Gabriel & Co, of Avoca. for a general
merchandise. lumber aud coat establish.
ment, with capital stock of 500, 900 90.
Over "a. 900 copies of the school laws
Of Iowa from the code OF 1878, as amend.
ed by the last eight general assemblies,
with notes and forms for the use aud
government OF school officers, have been
printed and are being sent out to school
officers
A peculiarly sad termination OF q
wedding tour recently occurred Miss
Alice Shcnsley, daughter Of Il prominent
resident of Dubuque, was married to Mr..
Lincoln Jacobs The happy couple left
on bridal trip, visiting friends in north.
western Iowa. On reaching Oelwein, the
bride was taken seriously i'll with pneu-
monia and died.
The corn palace festival at Sioux City
closed on the evening of Oct 9th after a
successful run Of two weeks. during
which time i25, 900 strangers visited the
city.
The Lutheran Synod which met at
Cedar Rapids closed its business on thu
9Th. 1t will meet in Oct. 1889, at Tip.
ton.
rhe grand jury for palo Alto county
has just adj juur1cd, after finding indict-
ments against number Of liquor vcnd-
ers W. j. Coonan pleaded guilty, and
Judge Thomas inflicted the minimum
fine of $500 The others have not been
arrested. The saloon men had closed up
few days before the opening of court
probably to avoid proceedings by in
iuaction-but it was understood they in
tended to reopen on the Original PACK.
age plan as soon as court was over
The State Pharmacy Commission has
been closing number OF drug stores for
violation OF the pharmacy law. In
PowcShiek county one G +. Cutler plead
guilty. and paid his fine. And one Robt
NJ Rea was convicted of running drug
store ,'ithout registration. He was fined
5000 Secretary Weaver il Of the opinion
that the pharmacy law is very generally
observed. ..N-.
Last April H. g. Andrews. young
man of thirty years, was married to Miss
Nina Kaeger Of Leon. They went TO the
northwest part of the State and began
housekeeping After four weeks they
separated-she coming to Iowa and he
going to Illinois Not long since she be-
gan divorce proceedings against him. He
soon came on and went to her friend, to
get her to live with him again, which she
refused to do. Andrews went to her
brother, Bluffered Kaeger, where she
is STAYING on like errand. He had
some words with Kaeger and, without
further provocation, drew his revolver
and shot him, the ball taking effect in
the left side. The wound is of a very
serious nature and may prove fatal.
On Saturday, Sept 90, a Mr. NJ. W.
Burgh, from Rock Island, registered at
The hotel at Ogden. lie got off Of the
wcst-bound train Sunday morning. lie
utcndcd church twice that Sunday.
Enndav morning he stepped out after
breakfast. as the landlord thought, to
take a walk, and he was last seen going
west in the outskirts of the town, and
nothing has been seen or heard of him
since then. He left an Overcoat, also a
nhnp ,,fo oh cnN d w oh
he had in an underwear box fastened by
patent shawl strap. His ovcrcpat and
underwear showed that he must have
been in good circumstances. He had a
gold watch: was a gentleman about AZ
years old; whiskcrs all around his face
sprinkled with gray.
The most successful reunion ever held
by the 3Sth Iowa Infantry. closed on the
morning of Oct. 9th. This regiment,
known as the martyr regiment Of Iowa,
recorded an enlistment Of over 300 men,
and mustered out less than 300. mostly
lost by sickness at the siege Of Vicks-
burg. There are now little less than
200 living.
A decree Of divorce was granted Anna
Haight at Fort Dodge, and Immediately
thereafter the services of Clerk Havie and
Justice Hyatt were called into requisition,
that Mrs Haight might have another
trial OF the matrimonial lottery. Noah
Springer was the lucky man, and the
happy couple were duly made one.
A brakeman on the Illinois Central by
the name of Cling Collins. while coupling
cars had his foot caught in frog, The
whole freight train ran over him at the
thigh. He lived about two hours after
where he leaves wife and one child.
lie was twenty-six years old.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythis
If Iowa closed its session at Dubuque
and adjourned. The Committee on Con-
,titution reported the changes necessary
TO bring the Grand Lodge constitution
into conformity with that of the Supreme
Lodge. Adopted. The election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year are as follows:
Grand Chancellor of the State, i. j. Moss,
of Usage; Grand Vice Chancellor. Mr.
Lecns. Of Creston; Grand Master, VIM.
6. Nicer, Of Burlington, reelected;
Grand Keeper Of Records and Seals, III.
D. Walker, Mt. Pleasant; Grand Prelate,
j. @. Barcus, of Cedar Rapids; Grand
Master at Arms, viii NJ. Waryis, OF
Muscatine. Grand Inner Guard, ID. Ely
son, of Des Moines; Grand Outer Guard.
\. Campbell of Osceola, Trustees, Dan
A. Poorman, of Des Mones; G. l.. Roots,
Of Lyons, and w. A. Greer, of Oskaloosa
The next meeting of the Grand Lodge
will be held at Oskaloosa. The annual
meeting was changed from October to
'he second Wednesday in August
The new liquor law applying to drug.
gists went into effect Oct. LIST. All the
druggists Of Dubuque at meeting resolv.