Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS


Plymouth county has standing corn
over ten feet in height. ...
Mrs. Margaret Wilcs, venerable
Muscatine lady, died on the 9th.
The name of Fulton, Muscatine coun.
ty, has been changed to Stockton.
AtOnawa the Congregational church
building has been greatly improved
w. W. Eastwood of Yale disappear,
cd suddenly Saturday night Aug. 3rd.
A Farmers Mutual Insurance com.
pany is about to be organized in Osceola
county. ~ o. ..,... : ..s'
The twenty fourth Iowa infantry
will hold its reunion in Marion, Sept.
IS and 10.
William Wilson has been appointed
postmaster at Washington, vice Geo
G. Bodman. removed. 49,. e.
The Spencer Trotting Association
offers 81, 900 in prizes a. the races
there August q and %. 81 sr
The hardware store of II. Heating &
Co., of Alton, was broken into and q
quantity of goods taken. -:
The prospects are becoming very
favorable for the relocation of the
Luther college at DEBORAH.
At Castania the town people took
81 POO stock in the creamery, and fifty,
five farmers took 800 each. -
Enormous quantities OF honey are
being marketed all over Iowa. 1t is
of fine quality, but She price is very
low.
Arthur Stevens Of Batavia, N. Y,
has been elected principal of the high
school at Council Bluffs at salary of
81, 800.
The Crescent literary society at the
Agricultural college with appropriate
ceremonies, unveiled a portrait of tho
late DIR. As. Wclch.
Masked men entered the residence
OF A. ID. Stevens, at Ottumwa, and
ransackod the house after covering
the owner with revolver.
Miss Ella Packard, daughter of en-
Governor Packard. was married tC
Gilman +. Abbott at Strathmorc, Mar:
shall county, on the 18th inst.
The Orange City Celery company is
now shipping $50 dozen day OF fine
quality. Nearly fifty cars of celery
were grown this year in and near that
Gown.
The camp-meeting,, at Storm Lake
will open. August 23d and continue
until September Sd. Rev. +. A. Hardin
of Chicago will be in charge of the
meeting.
Ii. j. Herman was found dead at
Muscatine, in the rendering vat in his
slaughter house. He had fallen in
when he was seized with an attack OF
heart trouble. He was hard drinkeri
SwitchmanC C. III. Richards was caught
between cars in the yard at Creston,
and received injuries from which he
died few hours later. The remains
were taken TO Pottsville, Pa, for bu-
rial.
Marengo is to have electric light. A
compay is organized with 500 cap
ital to put in the plant. A 500 lamp
is in contemplation and the prospects
if succeeding from the financial point
of view, are very good indeed.
The State Fair officials have issued
several posters advertising the coming
event. Cnc of them has a picture OF
the capitol of Iowa, while still another
is devoted TO the great Iowa horse, Az
tell. who will race against time.
The annual meeting of. the Iowa
state Farmers Alliance will be held
in Des Moines, on Tuesday and We'd
nesday of State Fair week, September
3 and 4. A public meeting will also
be held on the State Fair grounds.
AT the dedication of the handsome
new Methodist church at Burlington,
the Rev. Barton II. Cartwright, organ
ger of the first Methodist society in
this State in 1882 gave some reminis-
cenccs of early Methodism in the west
The Consolidated Tank Line compa-
nv has decided to make lie Mars ads
tributing point for northwestern Iowa.
The large tanks were received and ex-
tensive buildings will be-: put. up at
once. The station was formerly at
Sioux City.
Henry Schmidke escaped from Jail
at Eldora by the aid of, friends. who
picked the lock. He was recently
committed on the charge of grand
larceny. A fellow convict, j. II. Jones,
refused to leave the Jail, but insisted
that the Jail be relocked.
Governor Earrabee has been asked
to appoint delegates, two from the
State at large and one from each con-
gressional district, to represent the
State at the National Farmers Con.
gress TO be held at Montgomery, Ala.
this month. The Secretary Of the as.
sociaton is b. +. Clayton, of Macedo
mia. 80.
One of the narrowest escapes from
instant death that has, been reported
for many days occurred at Muscatine
Aug. 9Th, the victim being Willie Richie
the youngest son of W. S. Richie. He
was at work at Hershey's mill wher
his coat caught in a tumbling shaft ant
the little fellow was whirled arount
one or two times by the wheel before
the machinery could be stopped. Hi
clothing was all torn from his bacl
and it is the greatest wonder in tn,
world that he was not drawn 10 ant
crushed to death.
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