Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-05-03
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.

One hundred and three suits to quiet
title were instituted May by the Chicago
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad
company. The lands are in Woodbury.
county and are part of the old Sioux City
and St Paul land grant, being some 49,
600 acres They were declared open to
settlement by the secretary of the interior
a few months ago All the lands have been
occupied by settlers The suits indicate
that the railroad companies will fight to
the last ditch for the land
Articles of incorporation have been
fled with the Secretary of State for the
Stearns Paint Manufacturing Company
Of Davenport with a capital of 5000.
The $50, 900 stock in the new Rock
Island-Davcnport Ferry Company, to
operate the Mississippi ferry so long con-
Quoted by Spencer, Robinson s. Co., has
been subscribed
Owners of Jersey cows near Marshall
town are alarmed over disease which is
carrying of that class of animals The
disease is malignant in the extreme; it
attacks the brain and the animals remain
most of the time in a drowsy state.
The Atlantic coal prospecting Company
in boring have reached depth of / 800
feet. In that depth the drill passed
through 500 feet of solid rock and then
into soft slush that fills the hole up as
fast as it can'be drilled out. No coal has
yet been found The contract calls for
a depth of 5000 feet, unless something
valuable is sooner found.
The first Masonic lodge in Davenport
was chartered November TO- 1851, and
organized with Austin Corbin its worship.
full master.
The Muscatine News publishes the
names of sixty.nine young men engaged,
in active business in that city four years
ago, who have gone away.
The Atlantic Canning Company have
begun two new buildings, each sixty feet
square and two stories high. The build.
ings of that company now cover two
acres of ground.
Bert Pardun Of Dexter a brakeman
on the Rock Island, met with a painful
accident April %, at Nicola while trying
to perfect coupling. Reports from Nicola
state that the accident in all probability
will prove fatal, as the attending physi-
clans have serious doubts of his recovery,
Mr.. Pardun was an active and industrious
young man and has the sympathy of
his fellow railroad men and wide
acquaintance of friends.
Nicholas Els, prominent and wealthy
farmer of Muscatine county, committed
suicide by drowning, April 26. Recently,
while burning brush, his clothes
caught fire and were consumed. His body
was terribly burned and it is supposed
that his mind became deranged.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
will proceed with erection of its fine pas.
senger station ar-l Office building at Of
tumwa this season. The foundation IL
already in place.
The original corn palace city of the
world, Sioux City, will build palace for
King Corn as soon as practicable, and
from his throne of beauty he will rule
the world, commencing September "a and
continuing until October 0.
The people Of Burlington are beginning
to grow weary of asking why the gamblers
are allowed to carry on their business
without any sort Of interference from
he authorities.
Des Moines boom is by no means con-
fined to real estate but permeates every
branch OF trade. Merchants report in
creased activity all along the line; fac
tories are employing more men than eyer
before and yet are weeks behind in filling
orders. Capitalists from abroad throng
the city for purpose of making invest
mcnts. More manufacturing industries are
soon to be established. The jobbng trade
flourishes as never before but the fullest
confidence peryades the business com
munity.