Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-12-13
In view OF tho fact that J. IL

the Fourth district OF Iowa in the Fifty
first congress, he has rendered to Gov
Larrabee his resignation rs State Sen
ator from that district. The resigna
tion has not been accepted and vii
not be immediately.
The Fort Madison iron works, GOV
ering an area of 100xl00 feet, will
much surrounding ground, are now II
full blast.
The farmers OF Clay county have or
ganized the Farmers Mutual Fire an,
Lightning Insurance Association 0
Clay county.
Lizzie Bell, the eolored girl who at
tempted to poison Mrs, G. w. Newton
OF KeokulI, not long ago, so that sh,
might marry her husband, c. W. New
ton, has been arrested. She Is in jail
in default Of $1c0 bail.
At Arcadia. Carroll county, William
Hunter was shot by constable from
West Side. Crawford county. The bal
entered the left side OF the head ius
back of the ear, passing into the has,
of the brain. whcre 1t lodged. The
victim OF the assassin's ball fell life.
less to the ground. IIe was not owe,
ten feet from the officer whom no fell
The constable, James Matseed, was
arrested and is now In Jail. The con,
stable was about to arrest Hunter, who
had been engaged In tho saloon busi-
ness ut Vail. The county attorney is
reported as saying that tho action of
tho constable was hasty. At last re-
ports Hunter was still alive, but can
not recover
Joseph Sesterhen and his wife are
now serving sentence in the johnson
county Jail of five and three months ro-
spectivoly. They wero tried before
Judge s. II. Fairall for contempt Of
court for selling Intoxicating liquors
contrary to IN injunction issued by the
District Court under the prohibitory
uw. They are residents OF Oxford
and this is the second time that action
has been brought against Thorn rela-
tive to the prohibitory statute.
A distressing accident occurred at
Strawberry Point on Thanksgiving
Day by which Mr.. Erastus TomplSins
lost his life. He and his son with one
,r two others were about to start hunt
ing. when the boy accidentally oxplod-
I'd the shell in his gun, shooting his
father just above the right temple,
killing him instantly.
The Dubuque county poor house has
'ixty inmates at present.
Fred Buss. OF Polo, was kicked by a
horse and died in short time.
Dubuque has forty deaf mutes and Is
making move to establish school
for tho deaf and dumb.
At Ida Grove each school Is dismissed
and the teacher in charge
zoos to the gate with the class. check
ng all loud talking and seeing them
we'll away from the grounds before the
,ext class Is dismissed. In this way
Ill running and screaming is avoided
md the little children are in no dan
ger OF being injured by older ones.
The same practice Is observed In the
Des Moinos and we suppose in many
pther schools OF the State.
+. Barber, an evicted Des Moines
liver land settler, whose wife had de-
,erted him few weeks before the
,jectment, died OF a broken heart, the
physicians giving his excessive grief at
he two misfortunes as the direct cause
Il his death.
The superintendent OF the three in
ane hospitals OF the State have been
'edistricting it so rs to give its proper
share to the new hospital at Clarinda.
'y the first of the year accommodations
will be ready there for $50 male
the female wards not being
ompleted yet. The superintendent
greed upon the following twenty six
ounties as the ones to comprise the
;larinda district: They are all in the
outhwestern part OF tho State as fol
ows: Fremont, Mills, Pottawatamie,
harrison. Monona, Woodbury., Craw-
ord, Shelby, Page, Montgomery, Cass.
audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie,
DALLAS, Adair, Adams, Madison, Union,
;larke, Lucas, Wayne. Decatur, Taylor.
md Ringgold.
The new Catholic church at Rock
tapids is nearly completed.
The Denison Business Mems Associa-
ion spent over $400 to improve the
,oads leading into that town.
T.. Cornwell marketed hog ut Den
son q few days ago which weighed 730
ooIgls.
James Buckwater, OF the soldiers
,ome at Marshalltown, died OF soften
ng OF the brain. He was fifty years
I'D, and served In Company b., Second
owa Infantry.
Two miners running u small country
oal mine on the river bank just be-
ow Fort Dodge struck streak OF coal
eight feet on the face from
oof to floor, next to deceptive hol-
Dw. II is the biggest vein in tho
ounty; has good roof and is only 100
BOT from the railroad track.
A fatal mine accident occurred near
'tley, Marion county, a few days ago.
! man fell down the shaft and was
killed.
The December st. Louis Magazine is
rich holiday number. Its illustra-
ons (of which there is generous al
are OF u high grade Of art,
nd the contents are excellent. There |
no Christmas stories, papers, and |