Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-08-08

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State institutions $25, 560lS.
AT Centcrvillc on the Sd, inst, oc-
CURED the third incendiary fire on Mr.
Dargavel's place. This new barn was
filled with hay. The barn being an
eyesore to John Myers, IS years old,
suspicion rested on him. He was ar
rested and placed under $500 bonds.
He stoutly denies his guilt.
Death came very suddenly to Oliver
D. Isham, at Cedar Rapids. While sit
| ting in BARRIERS chair he brcathed
his last, without pain and without any
premonition that his end was so near.
The physician gave as the cause of
death failure of heart action. Mr..
Isham was about 4s years of age.
Griswold is thriving town of 200
people, situated midway between At
lantic and.Red Oak, being the terminus
of both the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific and Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy branches. 1t has splendid
railroad facilities. All branches of
business. are we'll represented and
doing a good business.
Two men giving their names ST. J.
Smith, of st. Louis, and DR.. j. A. Kean,
o. Chicago, have been arrested near
Washington. They claimed to have a
| sure cure for rheumatism and were to
receive $40 fora cure. They presen-
ted conditional notes for the parties TO
sign in duplicate. Between these notes
were promissory notes of $40. When
arrested they had number of notes
against the farmers in the vicinity.
The funeral of the little three-ycar-
old son of David Herwig occurred at
Muscatine, Aug. I'd. 1t is very sad
affair. On Saturday, July 9th, the
child was playing with the five-year-
old son of Albert Baker, when the lat
ter becoming angered with him over
the shutting of a gate, pulled the
younger child into a ditch and beat
him until he became insensible. The
little follow died from his injuries Aug.
LIST.
If the confession OF Wesley Elkins,
Clayton Co., of the murder of his father
and step-mother, is ture as there seems
little reason to doubt, he is the young
est murderer in the United States. In
general appearance, there is nothing
to indicate a desperate character, and
his previous life contains nothing which
would show him capable of committing
such crime. He is eleven years old,
weighs 70 pounds, is of dark complex
ion, has restless eye, and is said to
be bright and intelligent.
From reports made to the Govern
| or's and Auditors offices it appears
that the number of convicts in the Fl
Madison penitentiary for the moath of
July was 37S. The number of inmates
for the Feeble minded Institute at Glen
wood was 1874 and $3, $40 was issued
for their support. The Mt. Pleasant
hospital had during the month 767 in
mates and five deaths are reported to
have occurred there during the month.
The Independence hospital had total
Of 7S4 inmates and six deaths during
the month.
A curious robbery came to light near
Delmar, Clinton county. Some time
ago William Phillips, a wealthy farmer
| living near there, returned from Chi
| cago. where he had sold stock, when
| two men in a buggy visited him and
wished to see some land he had for
| sale. He rode with them almost to
the place, when the carriage stopped
at bridge and two more. men sprang
out with leveled revolvers. The two
in the buggy then relieved Phillips of
! $3.50, swore him to secrecy and then
considerably drove him home again.
| Phillips was so terrified by threats
against his life that he religiously kept
his oath for several days.
Superintendent Cosgrove, of the Mil
waukee railway company, has gang
of men tearing up the track on their
branch from Emmctsburg to Esther
vile. This indicates that the compa-
my intend to entirely abandon this
branch Of road. The supervisors of
Palo Alto county, are making an in
vestigation of the matter. The ques-
ton arises, has the company complied
with the conditions of its charter? If
it has not, the matter will be reported
to the. State railroad commissioners
and an investigation demanded. The
yearly loss of taxes to the State, coun-
| ty and school funds of that county will
be in the ncighborhood OF $1,000.
Capt. I. +. Mctzler, aged IS, died
at his residence in Des Moines, Aug.
9TH. He was born at McConnclsburg
Pa, July 9Th, 1917. He removed to
Fairfield, Iowa, "A years ago, and resid-
cd there until he removed to Des
Moines in 1865. He assisted in rails
ing company of the I'd Iowa In
fantry, OF which he was made captain,
and served until he was taken sick in
Missouri. For thirty years he was
prominent member of the ]. o. o. F.,
and held many positions in that order.
He was also for many years IA promi-
nent member of the M. +. church. He
leaves a widow, son and two daugh-
tiers.
A very destructive fire occurred at
Guthrie Center, on the evening of the
Sd, mysteriously breaking out in the
old Motz brick on the northwest cor
ner of the square in the upstair of the
I building occupied as residence by
Mr.. M. Cain, who owns restaurant
below. The flames spread very rapid
~, consuming in about an hour the