Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-15
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NiSouiHihS SiuoS W. tuS SVuiihN poSO uob
season.
A real live ghost has been found at
Muscatine. A fellow played ghost in
order to steal his neighbours wood.
Twcntyfour young men were examined
at Burlington for the West Point cadet
ship vacancy. James n. Martin was the
successful candidate.
The Red Oak cart and buggy company
will put up between 5000 and 9, 900 carts
this season. They now have about forty
hands ut work and will increase the force
TO fifty in few weeks.
The managers of the Iowa State Uni
versity modestly ask the Legislature to
appropriate $1,000 for the purpose of
purchasing base ball ground for the
students. The Atlantic Telegraph sug.
gcstS the appropriation of few dollars
for saws and bucks and let them exercise
on the University woodpie.
A Shelby special, March 10. says: The
town is shocked this morning over the
death Of James A. Anderson. medical
student which occurred at about 5 o. clock
this morning, He had been suffering
severely with pleurisy. and some time
during last night got up and got hold of
bottle Of fluid opium and took about
seven. eighths of an ounce 1t is pre-
sumed his sufferings became so painful as
to resort to large dose, lost reason from
this effect, took more, and when seen by
Drs. Smith and Jones, at near 8 o'clock,
nothing could save him. He was very
excellent, bright young man.
One night recently the office Of Garlich
& Blake was entered by burglar, the
safe opened by force and 500 in money
extracted therefrom. March ~, war
rant was sworn out 5y M. NJ. Blake,
charging one George Garlick with having
committed the crime Of grand larceny.
The accused was placed under arrest and
confessed that he committed the offense
and returned SS5 of the Doodle.
A Waverly special, March 10, says:
VIM, Ladage, who emigrated in 1920 from
Germany to the Holland East India col
ony as journeyman baker, died a few
years ago, leaving a fortune of several
million guilders. A short time ago Gus
Van Pockets, of this city, consular agent
in this district, received word from the
German and Holland authorities that q
nephew of the deceased was entitled to
the bulk of the fortune, and he was living
somewhere in this county. Mr.. Pocket,
who for the last twenty-five years has
acted as agent in hundreds Of cases for
the Germans in this and adjacent States,
to-day succeeded in locating the heir to
this immense fortune, H. w. Ladage. a
poor German farmer, who lives in the
eastern part of the county.
Eugene Churchill, brakeman on the
Southern Minnesota railroad, had both
legs and an arm cut off, near Fulda.
Mimi. a station on that line, March 8,
killing him instantly. His home was at
Spirit Lake.
DR.. Hayes veterinary barn and eight
horses were consumed by fire at EN-
mettsburg, March 3. Loss about ST. 600
partially covered by insurance.
An old man named Henry O'Neal was
found dead near the Illinois Central
track. two miles west of Cherokee, March
g. He has been partially insane for .
long time and probably got in the way Of
the night train.
An outrage almost unheard Of was
communicated in Dttunwa an tho nj pht ~
March 8. The pest house which is
situated on the south side of the river,
and entirely apart from any other
buildings, was burned to the ground by
parties unknown. The small pox patient
who had been taken there but an hour or
two before the fire, was rescued and
taken to q house in the lower part OF
town. The night was quite chilly and ii
| the poor woman RECEIVERS after such treat
mcnt it will be wonder although the
parties having her in charge are giving
her their best attention. The house wa'
owned by the city, and had been insured
for $3.50, but two weeks ago the insurance
ran out, and owing TO some hitch among
the alderman had not been renewed.
Sioux City is moving to catch the main
| line, or branch of the Duluth & Omahs
road, to be built this year.
The relIgiously inclined people of Wes
Bend contemplate building Catholic
and Presbyterian churchs.
A number OF Humboldt citizens have
organized company with S2,000,0 90,
capital to develop a mine in Colorado.
A Boone woman is said to have jus
completed crazy quilt with "a, 49,
pieces in it, Her husband keeps hi
brooches together with horse shoe nail
DISASTERS IN CHINA.