Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-18
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.
udge Wilkinson, of Denison died on

Judge Wilkinson, of Denison died on
the 9th inst.
Dubuque now offers two cents head
.i1r dead spaarows.
The city council of Co ncil B,utfs is
egislating against popcorn stands.
Fort Dodge is trying to get Cover
aor fifor, of Illinois, for u Fourth OF
July Orator.
Mrs. c. Whitaker, a prominent So
cicty lady of Dublq died April 18th
Of paralysis.
Rev. w. A. Lipc has resigned the
pastorate of tho Lutheran church at
Cedar Rapids.
G. W. Bryan has been employed as
principal Of the Bloomfield schools for
the next year.
Col. j. Ii. Sweeney has resigned his
position as inspector genera; OF the
national guard of Iowa.
Sh rman McCrary, the rapist and
horse thief, of Atlantic, was adiudged
insane by the county commissioners
and taken to the asylum at Clarinda.
The Hull Index says that thirteen
jugs were dumped off at that station
the other day, and some of them ''were
| as tall as an old-fashioned churn, toe"
Mayor ,Emmering, of Gladbrook,
gives notice that there shall be no
jumping, ball playing, carousing or
boisterous conduct on Sunday at that
place.
Iowa is the greatest hog State. The
| Cincinnati Price Current has made its
estimate for the summer supply of hogs
and puts Iowa twenty per cent. above
last summer
j. H. Flanagan, of Clinton, began
| action against the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company for $25, 900 damages
! for personal injuries sustained by him
when travelling on defendants road
| ABOUT a year ago.
VIM. G. Caldwell, who failed at
Woodbine and at Logan under sus-
picious circumstances, was sentenced
by Judge Ladd to twenty-one months
in the penitentiary at TT. Madison.
The defense will appeal.
Ernest Fisher, at Atlantic, who was
fined 81 200 and sentenced to two
years Imprisonment for violations of
the prohibitory law, has been pardon
ed by the Governor on condition that
he never again sell or make intoxicants
in Iowa.
Among the families burned out in
the Dakota prairie fires, was one by
the name of Ruby, formerly Of Creston,
Iowa. Mrs. Ruby was burned to death
and her husband was also badly burn
ed. They lost all their property. Mrs.
Ruby was sister to Mrs. w. p. Egg
bert, of Atlantic.
The failure of Kimberly & Wilson,
wholesale dealers in dry goods and
actions, Sioux City, is announced. The
nominal assets are large enough to
meet the liabilities. The announce
ment was made to the First National
bank. 1t is the first failure that has
occurred in Sioux City for many years.
Considerable damage was done by a
storm which struck lama on the after
noon of the 18th. A warehouse was
wrecked and 900 sacks of flour badly
damaged. A lumber shed was also
wrecked, and store building moved
from its foundation. The storm was
accompanied with heavy rainfall. No
person injured.
The leading social event of Iowa
City for some time occurred on the 10th
in the marriage of Miss Addie, second
daughter of ex-senator Moses Bloom,
to S. j. Fisher, of Omaha. A large
number of prominent Hebrews from
other cities were in attendance. The
ceremony was performed by Rabbi
Benson, of Omaha.
Citizens of Creston have been sign
ing petition asking the Board Of
Supervisors of Union county to recon-
slider the location of the county seat
and put the question to a vote. A re-
monstrance had also been circulated.
| Creston has built court house and
offers to donate it to the county on con-
dition of removal to that city.
Since the first of December the At
lantic packing house has paid out over
! $500, 900 for hogs. BY the papers of
that city we learn that the farmers OF
Cass county are generally prospecting,
and many of them are building new
houses and barns. Last years magni-
ficent corn crop, and good pork
market, have proved great blessings
to them.
On the evening of the 10th a shoot
ing scrape on the farm of John Nc
Nabb, five miles northwest of Sigourney,
occurred between Hi. Smith and Nc
Nabb, brothers-in-law. McNabb was
shot twice, and the latest report Is that
he is dead. They had been having
trouble over the settlement of an
estate. Smith claims that he shot in
self-defense. 1t is said that both men
have been walking arsenals for some
time.
The sealed verdict in the Bohemian
oats case, at Marshalltown, was opened
April 10Th. 1t was as expected, for
the defendant, the effect being to void
the note on the principal ground of
gambling and illegal transaction. This