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

just been dedicated at SpringviIle.
The C. +. Mcdaniel Boiler Works
at Ottumwa, burned. Loss, 81, 500.
Henry Tobin, aged Sc years. was
found dead in his bed atAtlantic. Cause
not known.
Judge j. r. Reed of the Supreme
| Court, has rendered his resignation to
the Governor.
The Governors has accepted the res
ignation of State Senator Sweeney, to
take effect March 4 :.
Frank Walker, prominent Dubuque
man, reported to have died in Italy, at
latest accounts was, still alive.
A stock company has been organized
in Dubuque to build 100000 hote |
on the site of the old Julien House.
DIR. Jennie McCowen was elected
President of the Davenport Academy
of Science at its recent annual meet
ing. ~.
A policeman at Ottumwa found the
body of a newborn male babe frozen
70 piece of ice in a bayou near that
city.
Geo. w. Barrett's residence at Boone
was entered by burglars and $3.50 in
money, jewelry and other valuables
taken.
A farmers cooperative creamery
company has been organized at Rowley.
These organizations are becoming pop
ular in Iowa.
w. Rhinehart, a brakeman on the
b. c. r. & N, fell from car of stone
and fractured his thigh. He is at his
home in Cedar Rapids.
Z. T. Hill, Superintendent of the
coal mines at Van Meter, fell from a
broken cage to the bottom of the shaft,
240 feet, and was instantly killed.
The second shooting match between
the Omaha and Council Bluffs rife
clubs at Council Bluffs, resulted in a
victory for the Council Bluffs club.
VIM, Reynolds, another victim of the
mine accident at Mitchellville died.
He leaves wife and four young chill
dren with meagre means of support.
Anderson Casson was run over by
the cars at Des Moines and received
fatal injuries. He has a wife and eight
children in Strengthened circumstances.
The school board of Clear Lake has
authorized the treasurer to issue
$40, 900 worth of bonds, drawing per
cent interest, for building a school
house.
A Sheffield, England, firm which
contemplates establishing spade and
shovel factory in Iowa, is now in COR
respondence with the Dubuque Board
of Trade.
The police at Dubuque have been
mystified for several days by the move
ments of woman who dresses in black
and is always heavily yelled when she
appears on the streets.
The Ottumwa packing house is keep
ing up its lick and is killing 5000 hogs
per week. Every particle of porker,
except his dying squeal, is utilized at
this model packing house.
William Zeh, a boy at Fl. Madison,
was run over by train and killed.
A farm house near Lorah, Cass
county, burned, supposed to have
caught from sparks on the roof.
Samuel Palmer, a brakeman on the
c., St. p. & X. c. railway, fell between
the cars near Dubuque, and was, run
over, his legs being cut of. The ac-
cident will probably prove fatal.
Barney Kennedy, the condemned
wife murderer at Dubuque, is excited
and depressed. He says he has not
had fair trial, and swears by all that
is holy that he never killed his wife.
Judge Thornell, at Council Bluffs,
imposed fine of $500 or eight months
( in Jail on Henry Wagner for running a
saloon in violation of writ OF in
junction issued against his premises.
George Wheelhouse, a workman en-
ployed by the Fort Madison water
works company, fell thirty feet from
the top of pile driver. He struck on
his head and face. He will not re-
cover. ...,.. ..
In the district court at Clinton, the
case of the administrators of the estate
of Peter Tierney, killed by the cars, VS..
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company, verdict for the plaintiff of
$1,999 was given.
A two-year-old Davenport child was
given bottle to play with which con-
| tanned little medicine of some sort.
The little one emptied the bottle and
became violently ill. The doctors
managed to save its life.
George Dresden, aged IA years,
| skating with other boys at DUBUQUE,
ventured on ice formed a few hours be-
fore and broke in. His companions
ran to a neighboring island and return
ed with the limb of tree which George
was too feeble to clutch and sank. The
body was recovered.
Judge Thomas L. Griffey, an old
resident of Sioux City, and the first