Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-12-12

Than required to pay the indebtedness.
james Law. a 90 section man, near
burlington, was run over by a hand
car few days ago. 1t passed over
his leg and produced compound frac-
ture.
Elmer A. Jenkinson, u compositor
who persisted in the Minneapolis Trib-
une fire, was formerly engaged at
Sioux City, where his death is widely
uourned.
Thieves stole twenty-five fine bred
turkeys from Nelson Current, of Ma
quoketa, a few nights ago. The fowls
were to have been entered in the poul-
Try show.
In the district court at Clinton,
Frank Foil, the smuggling American
Express Company's employee, was
sentenced to eighteen months in the
penitentiary.
The grand jury at Moulton returned
an indictment of murder in the first
degree against DIR. w. f. S. Murdy for
killing Silas Upton. The defendant
is out on $4,000 bond.
The seven year old daughter of Chas.
allen, OF Rockville, Ind, died at the
Commercial House at Jewell junction,
while the parents were en- route to visit
l.. Armstrong near New Providence.
A Clinton boy December Sd, found
a broken gun by the roadside, thought
it was not loaded SO he pointed it to-
ward his sister and snapped the trig-
ger, which resulted in the death of the
child.
The following fourth class postmas-
ters were appointed: 0. L. Grant,
Brough, Dallas county; Gilbert L. Ire
land, Worthington, Dubuque county;
j. J. Buchanan, Andrew, Jackson
county.
6 On December 4th a burglar entered
the residence of T. II. Morgan, of Bed.
ford, and succeeded in getting away
with from between $50 and 500 and a
fine gold watch. There is no clue to
the robber.
The large stables OF the Bremen
County Horse Importing Company
burned at Waverly. The forty valua-
BILE horses they contained were loosed
by the men in charge and, with posi-
bly, one or two exceptions, all escaped.
On Wednesday, December 4, though
suffering from diphtheria, Miss Maud
Dickinson OF Council Bluffs, was mar
ried to Mr.. Charles Rettig. that day
having been fixed for the ceremony.
She grew rapidly worse and died on
Sunday.
Mrs. George Roberts, OF Fl. Madi-
son, and Mrs. John Mcbride, OF Maui
VOC, H., who are sisters, have fallen
heirs to an estate at Fort Scott, Kan.
said to be valued at $4,000. The
property was lett by the widow of their
deceased brother.
William Caldwell, near Audubon,
had painful boil on the back of his
neck to which he applied a mixture
containing corrosive subli,nate. His
foolish experiment produced blood poi
soning, from the effects of which he
died in four days.
3 At Council Bluffs a teamster passing
threw horseshoe into group of chill
dren and struck little Clark Frazier, Z
years old, in the eye, destroying the
sight and leaving an ugly wound. The
Injury is such that it may cause the
loss of sight of both eyes.
The skeleton of man was found in
u clump of bushes near the Illinois
Central depot in Waterloo on the 4th.
There was bullet hole in the skull
and part OF one arm was gone. 1t is
supposed that it was the remains OF
Henry O'Brien, who disappeared Sep
TENDER 9TH.
Henry Zimmerman, an old and re-
spected German resident OF Davenport,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. He has been
subject to insomnia and otherwise In
| i'll health and has often been despond
emit. He leaves q wife and three
children, an aged mother con
siderable sum of money.
M. S. Ish, who shot and killed VIM
like at Halbur, Carroll county,r il
September last, has been sentenced Il
eighteen months in the penitentiary
| An appeal will be taken. Ish wal
station agent at Halbur and shot Elk,
by mistake, believing him to be one o
an organized gang of thieves who wer,
prowling around the station.
The residence of }. S. McElroy, TIVE
miles northeast of Mo. Valley,was burn
| ed.NSthegrosud. Attbetime thefamil.
wers all out Ia the yard. The fire il
supposed,o have caught IRON the flu
or by the ignition of palior match
The family did not even save chang'
of clothing. The whole was insured
for $500. The loss will be abou
$1,000.
AT Onawa the hardware store o
Cleghorn & Flude was burglarized OF
the night of December End and abou
$40 worth of goods taken therefrom
consisting of two breech-loading shot
guns, three target rifles AMI three re
volvers, few boxes OF pocket knives
some razors and lot of cartridges
An entrance was made through a sky
light.
At the opera house in Cedar Falls
on the evening OF Dec. 9th, a few
minutes before Mr.. Murphy was 4
begin his meetings, Mrs. John John
son, mother OF Rev. PEBBLES, of tina
city, fell over in her daughters lap