Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-10-24
IOWA Condensed ITEMS


talent.
A Nicola farmer, Frank Maxfield. was
seriously injured by cable car in
Omaha.
Stone has begun to arrive at Musca-
tine for the construction Of the new
high bridge. ..~
Mr.. Milton Baker, OF Monroe, died
on the 18th inst. He had come to
Iowa in 1852.
Henry Morgridge, of Muscatine, was
thrown from buggy at Keokuk and
seriously injured.
The Waterloo paper mill is running
night and day and turns out about
5000 pounds of paper daily.
The Iowa Telephone company has
abandoned its exchange ut Clarinda
because of insufficient patronage.
Three hundred Swedish ministers
attended their national conference
which closed at Boone, Oct. Goth.
A society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals has been organized
by the Fort Dodge school children.
The druggists of northern Iowa have
formed an organization known as the
Cedar Valley Pharmaceutical associa-
ton.
j. A. Speer, of Cedar Falls, exhibits
an apple of the Alexandria variety
measuring thirteen inches in circum-
ference.
Governor Larrabee has been request
ed to appoint twenty delegates to at
tend the Silver convention at St. Louis
next month.
August Kuchel, aged seventy-eight,
was employed in digging ditch in
Davenport when he fell dead, probably
from heart failure.
At Atlantic, Scotty Clark's little
one-year-old girl pulled pan of boil
ing water over upon herself and was
severely il not fatally scalded.
During the excitement attending the
death from fire of Mrs. George Lear.
at Fort Dodge, $500 in cash aud gold
watch were stolen from the house.
A two-year-old son of John Spanier,
living southwest of Keota, met n hor-
rible death on the 10Th, being drowned
by falling into an open swill-barrel.
VIM. Eunis, brakeman in the Chi
cago & Northwestern yards at Missouri
Valley, was caught between the bump
ers of two stock cars and crushed to
death.
A vicious hog attacked VIM. Mcln-
tyre while crossing field near Monte
yuma and bit him in such a frightful
manner that he is not expected 10 re-
cover
William Harris while hunting a few
miles below Keokuk fell from a wagon
in which he was riding The wagon
passed over him, inhictlng injuries from
which he died.
tSuit has been brought against the
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Road
by A. Simplet, of Dubuque. claiming
$40, 1000 for injury sustained by his son
in a collision July 4th last.
The pork packing house at Fort
Dodge commenced the seasons b usi-
ness on the 22nd, and will run its full
capacity, 500 hogs per day. until the
close of the packing season.
John Griffin, freight brakeman
while making u coupling at Keokuk,
stumbled and fell with his right arm
across the rail. The arm was SO bad
ly crushed that amputation was neces-
sary.
The forty-eighth annual meeting OF
the Iowa State convention Of Baptists
began in Des Moines on the evening OF
the 21st. Clergymen and lay delegates
were present from all parts of the
State.
Newly appointed postmasters: Eli
Vickery. Yorkshire, Harrison county;
Barton Z. Boyd, Neville, Woodbury.
county; Perry Tullis. Clio, Wayne
county; W. F. Stillwell, George, Lyon
county.
At Eldon, second unknown man
within two months was run over and
killed on the Keokuk & Des Moines
railroad on the bridge over Chippewa
creek. Both were supposed to be
tramps.
3 Eugene Mueth, of North Buena Wis
ia, Dubuque county, was found dead
in his bed on the morning of the 18th.
He was unmarried and about so years
old. He retired the night before in
apparent good health.
The corner stone of the new Central
Christian church in Des Moines was
laid Oct. goth. The ground cost $1l,
900, and with the building the total
cost will be about $50, 900. The corner
stone is cut from Sioux Falls granite.
A gang of horse thieves is infesting
northwestern Iowa. j. w. Grier, Of
Emmetsburg, found upon entering his
barn that one OF his horses, saddle
and, blanket had disappeared, leaving
no clue as to which direction they had
taken.
Ezekiel Holcomb, respected citizen
of Des Moines, was killed by falling
from high trestle on one of the
motor lines OF that city, on the night
of Get. goth. He was about 55 years
OF age, and leaves wife and one
daughter.
Lee johnson, the 15-Year-old son Of
j. w. johnson, editor OF the Oskaloo-
sa Saturday Globe, and Cecil Carpen-
ter, about the same age, son OF Y. Z.
Carpenter, a travelling salesman OF
that city, have disappeared and have