Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-07-25
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from DEBORAH to st. Paul.
John Lee, colored man, was killed
by the Cannon Ball train recently.
At Dubuque VIM. Hemmelder. 16
years old. was drowned while bathing
in the river.
Near Reinbeck Henry Chosen, aged
II, while shoveling grain, fell dead
from sunstroke.
James F.. Weaver has been appoint
ed postmaster at Colfax, vice S. S.
Wilson removed.
Crawford Bros. & Flanagan's new
creamery at Cascade was burned. Loss
$500; insurance, $1,000.
August Seaman, an old soldier living
eight miles from Atlantic, was fatally
kicked by horse, July 10Th.
Rolla Goodwin's farm house, four
miles north Of Ottumwa, was burned.
Loss, 1920; insurance, $400.
The barn of John Kneinbring, near
Fort Dodge, was struck by lightning
and burned on the night of July 21st.
Miss Ella Wright at What Cheer,
had two ribs broken and sustained Sc
we're internal injuries by the kick of
horse.
AT Waterloo on the 18th, John Lee,
colored, was killed by the cars, and
Arthur Brown by the caving in of a.
gravel pit.
The two prisoners who escaped from
Jail at Oskaloosa, were captured at
New Sharon, by the marshal of the
latter place.
During a recent storm stone
weighing eleven pounds dropped from
the sky into the dooryard of a farmer
living near Essex
A $1,000 dollar package of bank
notes has lain in Davenport bank for
sixteen years untouched except to be
counted four times year.
w. A. McCutchen, a travelling man
from Des Moines, died suddenly of
heart disease at Atlantic on the night
of July 21st. He was fifty years OF
age.
Waterloo has postoffice fight on
hand, the East Side making a great
81 20 of vh ioh 6p
West Side has held for thirty-fve
years.
Arthur Macarthur, ST., prominent
citizen of Dubuque, dropped dead at
his Office. His sister-in-law, Mrs. j.
X. Graves, died under similar circum-
stances last month.
The general offices of the Keokuk,
st. Louis & Northwestern, Chicago,
Burlington & Kansas City, and Keokuk
& Northwestern are to be moved from
Keokuk to st. Louis.
Father Martel, late professor of
mathematics in st. Joseph's college of
Dubuque, died of brain trouble after
few weeks illness. He was quite
prominent in Catholic circles.
John Borland, proprietor of the New
York store, at Mason City, one Of the
largest dry goods establishments in
this State. assigned for the benefit of
his creditors. The assets will fully
cover all liabilities.
John A. Overlook, foreman at the
glucose works, in Marshalltown, went
in bathing in the Iowa river and was
drowned before help reached him. He
was a man of good standing in the
community and was sc years Of age.
The officers of the lie Claire Presby-
terrain church have endorsed and re-
solved TO stand by their young pastor,
Rev. Monroe Drew, who was severely
denounced for sentiments regarding
the morals of that town and commune
ty. .,~. -.s..
At Sioux City, July 18th, fire de-
stroyed the Rink opera house, the
store and dwelling of M. Collins and
the bakery of G. Elohite. The loss is
$40, 900 with insurance for one-half
that amount. The origin of the fire is
not known.
Capt. S. P. Adams, attorney for the
Law and order League at: Dubuque, is.
collecting evidence for number Of
new suits against saloonkeepers. The
crusade will not be confined to the
city, but will take in the rural dis
tricts."
The smallpox scare at Marshalltown
is over. Miss Fanny johnson being
convalescent. Mrs. johnson did not
take the disease. Mr.. johnson it will
be remembered died of smallpox at
Spirit Lake, and both mother and
daughter were with him.
Extensive improvements are being
made at the State hospital for the in
sane at independence. The chapel is
being enlarged, new stage, scenery
and gallery put in, at a cost Of 81, 800.
When completed the chapel will ac-
commodate about 600. One hundred
and eight acres have lately been added
to the farm at cost OF Sc, 900, making
total of $50 acres.
News has reached Emmetsburg that
young man named Dougherty, OF
Rush Lake tp., came home in an intox-
icated condition at midnight, and beat
his aged mother and sisters and then
drove them out of the house with
butcher knife. They ran to a neigh
boris house protection, but the bru-
tai son and brother followed them and
threatened to kill the gentleman for
protecting them. The brute in human
form then discovered his mistake, made
good his escape and is now. at large. /
He should be captured and put behind
iron bars the rest of his days.