Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-11-28

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kicked by horse some time ago, is
still suffering from his broken leg.
The bones did not knit readily, and
there is doubt of his ever being able
to use that foot again.
V. l.. Wilkins barn was burned
near Abba, with all its contents. Six
head of work horses were burned, fifty
tons OF hay. 1000 bushels Of oats and
some corn in crib. 1t burned about 2
o'clock in the morning.
Monticello is greatly excited over a
series Of burglaries. Three or four
houses have been entered among them
those of g. w. Stubler and State Dairy
Commissioner Sherman. Some valu-
able articles were taken.
A laboring man named Mack COM
mitted suicide in a horrible manner at
Burlington, Nov. goth. He cut his
throat from ear to ear and then threw
himself on a red-hot stove, literally
burning himself to crisp.
A Bible agent stopped over night at
Farmer Willimore's house near VIM
ton and the next morning while the
family were at work in the field quiet
ly made his escape with the farmers
best suit of clothes and 50 in money.
The Buchanan County Poultry and
Pet Stock Association will hold their
fourth annual exhibition at Kings OPP
era house, in Independence, February
10, IL, II and IS, 1890. Mr.. /. X.
Felch, of Natrick, Mass, has been en-
gagged to act as judge.
The date of the next Department
Encampment of Iowa has been changed
from the 9th of April to the 9Th and
9th of April. The camp fire will be
held on the night of the 7th, which
will be Monday night, and Comman-
der-in-Chief Alger will be there.
At Walker the barn of Joseph But
Ter burned to the ground with forty
tons of hay and 720 bushels of oats, a
lot of farm machinery and implements.
Parties watching it burn claim they
distinctly heard groans of human
voice. Insurance on barn $500; on
hay, 500.
The ninth annual meeting of the
Iowa Short Horn Breeders Association
will be held at Hampton, Tuesday,
December 3, at o'clock p. IN. 1t has
been arranged to have some valuable
papers by prominent breeders on topics
interesting to all engaged in raising
Short Horns.
About o'clock a. m, Nov. Goth,
Ed. Anderson, hod carrier at Sioux
City, was killed by the falling of the
elevator in the United Bank building.
He was passing under the elevator
when it fell from the fifth story and
crushed him to death, breaking every
bone in his body.
Frank House, of Grinnell, wishing to
put out the fire in furnace the other
day, threw water In the door. He will
never try to put out furnace fire that
way again. The steam and fire flew
and burned his face and one hand and
wrist severely, the flesh on his wrist
being burned to a crisp.
VIM. B. Cox, aged 10, a former res
ident of Eddyville. and member of
firm of Butcher & Cox, committed sui
eide at Los Angeles, Cal, on the 10th
inst, by shooting himself in the head.
He was wealthy and 1t is supposed that
domestic and financial troubles were
the cause of the rash act.
The following fourth class postmas-
ters in Iowa were appointed: c. l..
Freibarghans, Elgin, Fayette county:
Mrs. M. VanCamp, Ontario, Mitchell
county. The Office at Coalvillc. Web
ster county, was discontinued. An
drew Fellentreter was appointed sub
stitute carrier at Council Bluffs from
December /.
1t now seems almost certain that
Mr.. Monke, the stone quarter, who
was found dead in his shanty few
days ago, at Burlington, and who it
was thought had committed suicide,
has been foully dealt with. The cor
oner's investigation shows that Monke
was shot while lying down. The mat
ter will be thoroughly investigated.
Rev. Martin E. Sorenson. of Council
Bluffs, voluntarily took an abrupt
leave of life by cutting his throat Nov.
23rd. The social standing of the
reverend gentleman, and the fact that
he has resided in the community a
number of years and is we'll known,
and the circumstances attending his
death, make the suicide sensational
one.
The Iowa Construction company of
Des Moines filed articles Of incorpora-
ton with the secretary Of state. Cap
ital stock $500, 900. Also the Iowa &
Nebraska Railway company, filed cor
porate articles. The object is to build
a line of railway from Dubuque through
Red Oak and Nebraska City to the city
of Lincoln, Neb. Capital stock $l0,-
900. 900.
Nov. 25th occurred the funeral OF
Squire James Brown, who settled in
Scott county forty-five years ago. He
has been one of the most prosperous
farmers in the county. A singular
circumstance and one which forms a
peculiar coincidence in his death is the
fact that his son died on the same day
30 years ago and his wife died on the
same day five years ago.
John Kearns, of Mallard. an en-
ploye OF the Rock Island road, was
run over in the Illinois Central yards
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