Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-02-21

attempted suicide by shooting himself
in Davenport boarding house. He /,
harmlessly insane, having recently es
capped from the Mt. Pleasant asylum.
His wound will not prove fatal.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Brown
on trial at Mason City for murder, re-
turned verdict of mot guilty" The
defendant showed no signs OF emotion
whatever at the result The verdict
gives general satisfaction at Mason
City.
An accident TO stock train on the
Illinois Central road, occurred near
Delaware, Iowa, on the 18th. A bridge
gave way and eleven cars went down
killing and injuring most of the stock.
The road was blockadod nearly twelve
hours.
The attorneys of Barney Kennedy
the Dubuque wife murderer to be hung
in March, will petition tho Supreme
Court for re-heariug. Failing il
this, they will ask the Governor t.
commute the sentence to Imprisonment
for life in the penitentiary.
The Grand Lodge of the Loyal A. o.
U. w., convened at Marshalltown, Feb
II, nearly two hundred delegates be
ing prescott at the opening. The Stat,
Assembly of the X. Of l.. also convened
in the same city the same day, about
one hundred and fifty delegates being
present.
A most distressing accident occurred
near Siam. A little three-year-old sor
OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Stewart, while
the parents were absent from the
house, climbed upon the stove hearth
its clothes caught fire, burning the
child to such an extent that it is thought
recovery is impossible.
The time for which the Traer dis,
trict fair association had grounds leas
ed has expired and the land has beer
sold. Now the society is forced to gel
ground elsewhere, and the executive
committee has issued an address to the
citizens of North lama, calling on
them to subscribe to the stock of the
association.
Bergman jennings, an owapioneer,
died recently. Mr.. Jennings taught
the first school in Iowa in Lee county,
in 1880. He studied medicine and
located in Burlington and was engaged
in merchandising from 1910 to 1S47.
He was initiated into the Order of Free
Masons by Oliver Cock, Iowa's first
Grand Master.
An eight-legged calf on the farm OF
VIM. Higinbothan, in Winnebago
county, is attracting great deal OF
attention. 1t is we'll formed in every
respect and is quite large. The ad-
ditional legs are placed two between
the fore and hind legs, while two pro-
trude from the top of his back. The
calf was dead when born but is now
kept frozen, so that all can see it who
wish.
A decision in the Kennedy murder
case was reached by the judges of the
supreme court. 1t bore date of Wednes.
lay, Feb. IS, and was not filed until
that date. The opinion recites the
facts in the murder and aflrms the de.
:ision of the lower court. Unless
efforts to induce the Governor to com.
mute the sentence TO Imprisonment are
successful, Kennedy will be hanged in
Dubuque, March l.
Eldora is just now receiving the
benefit of kerosene war. A few weeks
ago the Standard Oil company served
notice to its patrons that oil would be
advanced to 20 and 20 cents per gallon.
Then there appeared an agent Of an
opposition company and took orders
for a car load of oil. AS soon as il
was known by the Standard company
that another car load OF oil had been
ordered they dropped on the price, SC
that oil is now being retailed in Eldora
at 10 and Is cents per gallon.
The permanent school fund of the
State of Iowa on the first of january
is shown on the Auditors books as fol.
lows: In the hands OF the counties, ST.
074, 207.4 AZ; in bonds, $245, 1870 in
the treasury, 1920, making a total
permanent school fund of 1919, 762. Ga.
The counties that have charge OF the
money settle with the State Auditor
semi-annually, turning over one pei
cent interest to the Auditor, which il
apportioned in March and September
per capita to the number of youths in
the different counties between the age:
of 5 and 81 years.
Two gentlemen in Dubuque have
made application for patent on ar
electric method OF instant photography,
the application of which is designed
especially for the detection OF burglars.
A number of cameras may be placed
in room and variety Of views taken
simultaneously. The tell-tale wire car
be fastened to the knob Of the safe
door so that the burglar cannot avoid
stepping on it and thus disclosing his
identity. In entering a bank, office,
store or dwelling the burglar will
touch something that will cause flash
and the result will be his photograph
left indelibly on the plates.
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