Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-01
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full connection with the Methodist
church at Dexter, Sunday, July 2Sth.
c. e. Durham, blind man of Belle
PLANE, carries the mail between that
place and Irving three times n week.
One of the most severe storms that
ever visited Jones county, occurred
there on the night of the Goth. Much
damage was done.
Minnie Higdon,. of Ottumwa, was
placed under $500 bonds to await the
action Of the grand jury on the charge
of horse stealing. .
The farmers cooperative associa-
ton OF Rippey have filed articles of in
corporation with Secretary jackson.
Capital stock $50,
The twentieth annual fair of the
Greene County Agricultural Society
will be held at Jefferson, Iowa, August
81 TO August 80 inclusive.
VIM. Hortz was arrested by the sheriff
in his bedroom at hotel at Dubuque.
He is wanted at Lewiston, Pa, for
forgeries aggregating $4,000.
Swarzey Groome, aged seventy.two,
well-to-do farmer near Keokuk, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. Cause,
failing health and dependency.
Articles Of incorporation were filed
with the Secretary of State, by the
Iconium Cheese company, doing BUSH
ness at Iconium, Appanoose county.
Articles of incorporation of the
Hotel Owners Mutual Fire Insurance
company of Creston, Iowa, have been
recorded at the Office OF Secretary of
State.
The safe of t. Brice, located in his
brick store at lama, was blown open
and about $50 taken. The burglars
made an entrance through rear door
by prying it off.
H. l.. Hackett, of Strawberry Point,
while stacking hay with a horse fork
was struck on the head with an iron
pully, fracturing his skull. 1t will
probably result fatally.
The most complete illicit still ever
found in the State has been captured
near Dubuque on the farm Of John Do
lam 1t bore evidence of frequent use.
Dolan made his escape.
The officers raided seven places in
Waterloo, July 9th, and captured
quite large quantity of beer and
whisky. The other places have taken
the alarm and the city is dry.
The Milwaukee road has had record
ed in each county OF the State through
which it's line of road extends mort
gage for $3.50, 900, 900 in favor OF the
United States Trust company, OF New
York.
The general offices of the Keokuk,
St. Louis & Northwestern, the Chi
cago, Burlington 4 Kansas City
and the Keokuk 4 Northwestern have
been removed from Keokuk to ST.
Louis.
The Des Moipes & Kansas City Rail-
road company has placed on file Il
trust deed to the Springfield Safe De-
post company for all the property OF
the company. The consideration is
100000.
Ben. johnson, q Swede thirty years
of age, was fatally injured near Rut-
ledge, on the Burlington road. He was
drunk or asleep sitting OH the track.
He was struck by the COW catcher and
his side crushed in.
A violent hail storm accompanied by
a heavy rain and wind, swept over the
north part of Ccrro Gordo, county,
July 25ih. Vegetation suffered con-
siderably and corn in some localities
was badly injured.
Will McGavic and Sam Lofquist,
young men of Kcokuk, became involv-
ed in Il street row. McGavic pulled a
pocket nife and cut Lofquist nine
times. 1t is thought Lofquist will die.
McGavic was arrested.
The Duplex Manufacturing company
of Burlington, capital stock So, 200, and
the Davenport Shoe company OF Daven-
port with a capital stock of $4,000,
have filed articles Of incorporation
with Secretary jackson.
Isaac Wilson, OF Malcolm, has become
insane. At one time he was the lead
ing merchant in the county and was
worth probably 100000. Whisky and
reckless speculation reduced him to
want and shattered his intellect. =
1t is reported that receipts at the
gate and from other sources at the
Council Bluffs Chautauqua assembly
lacked in the neighborhood Of $4,000
of meeting the costs of programme.
The total receipts were $4,000
A postoffice inspector visited Creston
to examine the business of the Creston
postofice, with view to reporting on
the city's application for free mail
delivery. 1t is understood his report
will favor the establishment of the
free delivery.
A sad and fatal accident occurred
July 9th. about two miles north of
GARRISON. The one year old child of
Calvin Baum, accidently got hold of a
bottle Of carbolic acid and drank part
of the contents, causing death in about
twenty minutes.
Look out for the man with an ex-
press package with % or 80 cents
charges on it. The snap has been
successfully worked on the unsuspect-
ing citizens of Burlington. The pack
age when opened only contains "A bot
lie of some kind of liniment.