Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-02-07
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II is estimated that at least 5000
bushels OF grain arc purchased annual
ly by the merchants OF Muscatine.
The Gazette says that Creston is
probably the only city OF nearly 10000
inhabitants in the world that supports
but one undertaken. -
A parrot just addsa ahe furniture
OF the Lorimier house Dubuque saves
the clerks the trouble.1 ! bidding de-
parting guests goodbye.
The Farmers Shipping association
doing business at Aureliavoted to adj
nit persons not engaged in farming
to membership. 1t is said that the
merchants of Aurelia will take stock in
the association and work for its sue
cess.
"A tramp who once before worked
out his sentence on the stone pile at
Marshalltown returned to the city and
asked to be run in again. He said he
wanted to work but could find nothing
to do. After debating the matter the
authorities bought him ticket to
fresher fields.
Fire in Burlington destroyed the boot
and shoe factory of Adams & Tate,
causing a loss Of 100000; insurance
1000. The factory had been re-
Gently rebuilt and was about ready to
start up again. The building is Quilted
and the whole stock is n total loss.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
A fire at Cedar Rapids damaged
Juckett,s lumber yard and Martin
Moore's barn TO the amount of IS, 900.
Spear & Dunn's restaurant in Mar
shalltown burned. Loss$ 400 on stock;
insurance $1,000.
The G. A. r. Post at Atlantic will
dedicate their new hall February 22,
and will be aided by the Sons of Vet
Grams.
1t is rumored that the Milwaukee
railway is headed for Atlantic, from
Manila via Harlan.
Six moro criminal insane patients
| have been transferred from the Fort
Madison penitentiary to the hospital
for the criminal insane at Anamosa.
This makes twenty-nine in all now
confined in the Anamosa prison of that
class of criminals.
w. c. Wood, the young Dubuque
lawyer who stole a sealskin saque from
the residence of another attorney, has
been sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary.
Rev. J. B. Worrell, of Galesburg,
ILL.,, is to become the pastor of West
minister Presbyterian church in
Keolsuk.
VIM. Taylor, collector for the Elec-
trio Light Co., at Sioux City, skipped
recently with the proceeds of his days
collections, amounting, it is supposed,
to several hundred dollars, being the
regular monthly collections. He also
forged the company's name to drafts,
which he had cashed at the bank.
Taylor is young man, and was con-
sidered trustworthy.
Carl Schmidt, a Scott county cattle
buyer, was the victim of attempted
murder within the limits of the city OF
Davenport few mornings ago. He
was found in the road unconscious, and
bleeding. His wounds had been made
by blunt instrument. Two hundred
dollars had been taken from hispocket.
He was left for dead, but at last ac-
counts was still alive.
Keokuk wants free wagon and foot
bridge across the Mississippi at that
place, and the business people are
making an effort to secure it.
AT Fort Dodge, few evenings ago
William Bennyhoff and Miss Silva
Ballou were to have been married.
The guests had assembled at the home
of the expected bride to witness the
ceremony, but the groom did not APP.
pear. 1t was ascertained that he had
left the city, and the guests were dis.
missed. Next morning the father Of
Miss Ballou lodged complaint against
Bennyhoff, and criminal information
was filed against him. At lastaccounts
the Sheriff had been unable to get
trace Of the deserter.
The trial of Mrs. Billings for perjury
in the celebrated case in Bremen county
was postponed until the March term OF
court at Waterloo.
The oatmeal mill at Muscatine is
running day and night and grinding
1000 bushels of oats daily.
Eugene Wayland, eighteen years Of
age, is charged with having stolen a
valuable mare from his father, living
near Keokuk. Officers are in search
of him.
Stipulations have been signed for a
three-mile sculling race between Hos
mer, Gauder and Teemer next July on
the Big Sioux river, three miles from
Sioux City. The race is to be for
81 900.
The Red Oak school board requested
the resignation of Mrs. Graybill, one
of the teachers, and she refusing tc
resign, they dismissed her. She has
been claiming the right to a hearing
before the board and at each attempt
to gain hearing the meeting has
broken up in a row, adjourning APP
parently just before the respective ad.
herents of different factions came tc
blows.
The Burlington Hawkeye claims that
e. citizen of that place has a whita
| Maltasa cot that has four dictipct aarc