Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-22
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.

held at Dubuque March 10, To make final
arrangements for the celebration of the
lO0th anniversary of the settlement Of
Dubuque. Committees were appointed
and invitations extended 10 President
Cleveland, the Governors of surrounding
States, and all the big men of the country
to be present, II was voted to ask an
appropriation from the general govern.
ment to aid the event, on the ground
that ii is of national importance. The
State is asked to contribute $40. 900. The
celebration will occur some time in
August.
Fifty one counties in Iowa have made
application for hcadstones for soldiers
graves. Those asking for ten or more
are: Appanoose, IL; Des Moines, 80;
Hardin, IL; Jackson l6; Linn, pa Madi-
son, TO- Mahaska, 10; Taylor, 10, the total
number applied for by the fifty-one
counties being 21S.
Judge Love, of the United States Dist
riot Court, issued a temporary injunction
ut Iowa City, March 10, against certain
officials and engineers of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad,
stopped them from refusing to exchange
freight with the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Road The order requires the
persons named to take all of the %"
cars that are rendered them, and to handle
freight consigned to the %" The
Injunction is temporary, but an appli-
cation will be made TO have it made perma.
nent as soon as a hearing can be arranged.
Acting upon advice of the Court,
Receiver Dudley of the Central Iowa
railrod closed the shops and general
offices in Marshaltown March 10, laying
off all employees along the line except
enough to guard the property and handle
the passenger service. This is the result
of the tic up of the freight traffic and is
the receivers only alternative, as without
the freight earnings there would be moth
ing to meet the pay roll.
The painting Christ before PLATE"
which has been on exhibition at Des
Moines for the past two weeks, has been
taken to Omaha where it will remain on
exhibition one week and be taken to
Chicago While in Des Moines the IA
nous picture was visited by about 1900
people. nearly double the number which
visited it in Minneapolis.
The Spatz bigamy case came up for
trial at Dubuque. before Justice Duffy.
Both women were present Wife No.
swore she was married to Spatz in Pitts
burg by Justice McNIasters in 1870, lived
with him fourteen years and they had
five children. Spatz admitted her testi.
mony except as to the marriage. Spatz
was bound over and in default Of bail
was remandcd to Jail for trial. This
afternoon wife No. 2 visited the room Of
wife No. at the Jefferson House, where
stormy scene occurred. The latter de-
clarcd that if Spatz wac sent to the peni-
Tertiary that she would shoot the Pitts.
burg woman on sight.
A special from Dubuque, March II,
says: Leavitt, who was the chief witness
against ArcnSdorf in the trial Of the lat
lIaddock, has recently been convicted Of
murder in the first degree and sentenced
TO be hanged at Dodge City. Kansas, ON
the Both day Of April next. His record
as related is very bad one. The news
came to this city from Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia. The crime for which he is to
be hung is the shooting of cowboy in
that city.
T. S. ParYin, Grand Secretary of the
Iowa Masonic Lodges was rendered a
reception in the Masonic Library building
at Cedar Rapids, March IA, the occasion
being the fiftieth anniversary Of his life
as Mason, he having Joined a lodge at
Cincinnati March IA, 1888. Parties were
present from other cities. Mr.. Parvin
was the recipient of valuable presents
from members of the order, and received
many letters and testimonials from Masons
over the United States
VIM. Huddart, an old man, working on
the high grade to the Iowa approach of
the new Missouri river bridge at Sioux
City, was crushed by a falling bank
March IA and died in n few minutes.
The coroner's jury returned verdict of
accidental death.
Articles Of incorporation Of the Dakota
and Boston Land Company with capital
of 81 400, 900 have been filed. The in.
cOrporators are Boston men and Sioux
City will be the main place of business
An engine on the Des Mones g. North
western railroad. March II. set fire to the
| baInyard of Robert Smith. section fore
man, living near IIcrndon, and burned
several tons of hay. BY hard work the
barn containing about 800 bushels of corn
was saved.