Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-10-03

The Auditor Of State has made the

The Auditor OF State has made tho
regular quarterly settlement with the
State Treasurer as provided by law.
The condition OF the treasury was found
to be as follows: Cash in hand $l4,-
PAP. 40; cash in banks 50, 00l. 90; Agri-
cultural College bonds So, 500. 90; mort
gage bonds S277 ,52l.76. Total $780,
266.15.
Lieutenan. Reed has just made the
promotions in the university battalion.
This is perhaps one OF the most i'm
portant events OF the term to the col
legiate students aud has been looked
forward to with great interest. The
captains appointed are as follows: w.
p. Smith, L. w. Crellin, Joseph Howe,
+. V. Friend, c. A. Lichty. G. w.
Swigart is adjutant.
At Marshalltown the coroner's jury
found that John Gathers came to his
death by receiving wound IN the
heart with d knife in the hands OF j.
+. PETER with felonious intent PETER
and his wife are in Jail awaiting an
examination. The killing seems to
have been inspired by jealousy over
the attention Gathers was paying to
the murderer's wife.
c. +. Denton, n farmer living seven
miles southeast Of Carson, was called
to his door, He opened the door and
was confronted 10y three men with
drawn revolvers and an order to hold
up his hands. One of the men passed
inside and secured $1,000 in cash.
after which all disappeared. Mr..
Denton was to start for Dakota to buy
cattle with the money.
A driving park and distric fair as
ISOLATION at Iowa falls is assured, and
at a meeting of the citizens of that
place the initiatory steps toward tho
establishment OF such an institution
were taken. The meeting was an en-
thusiastic one, and the citizens entered
heartily into the project, which prom
ises to become prominent feature of
Iowa Falls. The necessary committees
on articles of incorporation, the selec-
ton of a proper site and the engage
ment of the necessary land, were APP
pointed.
Two men entered the jewclry store
of VIM. lilies, in Sioux City. One Of
the men asked to be shown some
spectacles. Mr.. Hiles handed out the
spectacle tray. He noticed the other
man and thought he was the gas meter
reader, and when he stepped between
the window and the showcase Mr..
Hiles paid no further attention to him.
When he had concluded the sale of the
spectacles Mr.. Hiles, to his dismay
and astonishment, noticed that tray
containing $4,000 worth OF diamond
rings was missing. The men made
their escape. -. .,. a.e'
Richard Bricker, &C. an. w. freight
conductor, met fearful fate q few
nights ago at Norway. As his train
pulled from the depot Bricker jumped
on a car. The train at that time
was moving pretty rapidly and before
the unfortunate man could climb to the
top of the car he struck truck loaded
with baggage for the east-bound pas
senger train. He was swept under
the cars, one half the train passing
over his body, which was severed in
two pieces. His remains were sent to
Clinton, his home. He was about 81
years OF age. He leaves wife and
two children. ,gt
\ Cresco was visited by destructive
fire, Sept. Goth, that burned all the
buildings on both sides OF Main street
north of the court house and j. B.
Edwards store. Twenty-Five business
places are in ashes, the loss being
over $50, 900. About 2 o'clock fire
was discovered in the rear OF mil
linery and music store OF G. X. kel-
logg. which soon spread rapidly north
on both sides of the street. The
heaviest losers are Rus Caward, S14,-
900, insurance $4,000; A. ii. Caward
loss $4,000, insurance $4,000; G.
Meyerden, loss ST., 200, insurance So
900. Quite number Of others sus-
tanned smaller losses.
The murder of John Gather, at
Marshalltown, is almost clear case
against Frank PETER alias the Cow
Boy. There is woman in the case.
She has been living with PETER, and
that evening passed the salvation army
barracks and beckoned to Gather, who
followed and joined her. PETER saw
the action and at once pursued the
couple, and overtaking them, spoke
word to Gather and stabbed him Just
over the heart, and taking the woman
went to his room. The wounded man
walked across the street and fell dead
At PETERS room the couple fell to
quarreling over the killingand so gave
the thing away. The officers were
notified and arrested them. Besides
there being an eyewitness to the kill
ing, the knife with which the murder
was committed was found IN the stove
in PETERS room. The inquest develops
the fact that the murder was the re-
suit Of quarrel over PeiTer'swife.
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