Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-03

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A servant girl at Indianola had n
pan full OF gasoline for cleaning pur-
poses. She dropped blazing stick in
It and with difficulty saved the lives OF
n family OF small chiMren.
b. w. Blanchard, OF Dubuque, editor
OF the Pythian Star, has been commits
stoned as major on the staff of General
Beesou. OF Marshalltown, commander
OF the four nrlgades OF tho uniformed
rank Knights of Pythias of Iowa.
The hearing in the case of the o. h.
Chaplin Hose company OF Eidora. against
n citizens commlttee OF Clinton for u
purse Of 800, which theChapin company
slams to have won in the sweepstakes
race at Clinton last June. will come up
for hearing in the Jan,tary term OF
court at Clinton.
Surveyor Mclaughlin, OF the port OF
Dubuque, sel;ed the stained glass for
the windows of the Cath blic Cathedral
in that city The car containing them
arrived Dec % under government seal.
Mclaughlin immediately opened the
car and took possession Of the contents,
placing man on guard. The duty,
amounting to $4,000. tho Secretary OF
the Treasury recently decided that,
being works OF art, and not TO be sold.
the goods were not liable for the duty.
The Surveyor says that the Treasury
department has no right to exempt the
glass, and for doing so the Treasurer
is liable to impeachment and were he
to ignore the dignity of his Office in the
manner reported, said he, al would
hold him strictly accountable. ! am
for this occasion, the court Of original
jurisdiction, and II my decision is moi
satisfactory, appeals may be taken
successfully to the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Supreme Court of the
United States" Bishop Allarney and
Father Burke, of the Cathedral, visited
the Surveyor and vainly ondeavored to
convince him that works OF artdesigned
for church use. were exempt.
Rev. Ida c. Hultin, graduate OF
Michigan University, foe ton years a
preacher and lecturer on temperance,
has charge OF Unitarian church at
Des Moines, Iowa, and breaches twice
every Sunday. Her congregation has
more than doubled in two years.
Not for ten years has there been such
an enormous yield of corn in Central
Iowa. Thecribs are not adequate to the
supply and it is being shipped out OF
the country as fast as cars can be OBJ
tanned.
Clarion is infested with sneak thieves.
A committee has raised $1,000 for the
Dubuque German orphans home,
The Independence high school boys
have organized company and will
hereafter have military drill.
Mr.. Geo. Highly OF Anamosa, while
while horseback riding, was thrown
from his horse and it is thought re-
ceived fatal injuries.
Thomas Dolan, a farmer whose team
ran away at Fort Dodge. died from in.
iuries received.
Ignatz Ruth, OF Dubuque. was clean
ing his revolver, 22-calibre, when a
cartridge was accidentally discharged.
The ball passed between his fingers
and lodged in tho aeshy part of the
arm of his wife, who was on the oppo-
site side Of the room.
The State Board of Health nave been
informed OF case OF smallpox at
Ainsworth, Iowa, and also at Cheboy-
gan. Michigan; OF scarlet fever al Mo-
dali, Ia, and diphtheria at Keosauqua.
The store Of P. Newcomb, of Cedar
Rapids was entered by burglars, the
safe blown open and 5000 in cash
stolen. The burglar is supposed to be
the one who robbed Weigel's jewelry
store at Anamosa, as some Of the stolen
4ewelry was found at Cedar Rapids the
morning after the Newcomb burglary.
It is known that the burning Of the
barn on the Murphy farm near Maren-
go was the work OF an incendiary. The
3 sheds were found to be saturated with
kerosene. Twenty-four hundred BUSH
els Of oats and some farm machinery
were burned. Tho loss is 81 500.
At Indianola a young Japanese fell
from the upper story OF the new college
building and has remained unconscious
ever since. Little hope is entertained
Of his recovery.
The house OF Mr.. VIM. Familton al
Denison, was entered by burglars, who
we're soon confronted by the owner OF
the house who was severely shot three
times in driving out the burglars. Mr.
, Familton's bravery makes him the hero
Of Denisou. The thieves carried away
over 800 in cash. watch and chain
, worth $40, about $50 worth OF jewelry
and numerous small articles OF lesser
: value. One OF the burglars was ar.
, rested at Carroll and identified. He
J was one Of fourteen who were arrested
at Carroll. West Side contributed
three.
, Burglars broke into the postoffice nj
, Missouri Valley, and stole $50 in cash
: and all the postage stamps in stock
There is no clue to the robbers.
4 The first street car crossed the Mis-
3 sissippi at Davenport the night before
Q Christmas.
Some weeks Eago tho wholesale
a grocery house OF Mcconnell, Hatton &
g Lamb OF Red Oak was entered by bur.
. glars and about 1925 worth of cigars
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