Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-05-23
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Council Bluffs has base ball club
composed entirely Of mutes.
Davenport savings banks carry de-
posits aggregating about 5000, 900.
The Milwaukee's depot at Volga
City was destroyed by lightning May
10th.
The Bohemian oats cases are occupy
ing much of the attention Of the court
at Winterset.
In the vicinity of Clinton, chickens
and birds were killed by the hail on
the 10th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bonar celebra-
ted their golden wedding at Burlington
on the 18th inst.
A Washington boy shot an eagle
which measured six feet and six inches
from tip to tip.
w. S. WINS, an old and prominent
business man of Keokuk, died OF par
alysis, May 18th.
The Brush Electric Light company
Is putting in both arc and incandes-
cent lights at Creston.
Senator James Dooley, an Iowa
greenbacker, has been elected mayor
Of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
DR.. Hunt, of Clarence, lost horse
valued at$200. The animal got caught
in the stall and strangled to death.
The city of Creston will, at the close
of the month of May, be entitled under
the postal laws to free mail delivery
Rev. John Shuier, ninety years Of
age, who had preached in Iowa many
years, was buried at Clinton on the
18th inst.
The Mikado was such success in
Marshalltown that the people can
scarcely induce the company to stop
playing it.
The New York American Bunker
gives prominence to the showing that
Iowa has an outstanding Indebtedness
of only $4,000.
The Davenport council is investi-
eating a charge made that 81, 1885
has been stolen from the city in a
stone contract.
Bowe G. Hinegardner, Mt Toledo,
have curiosity in the shape uf lamb,
which has six legs, and its tail projects
rom one of its hips.
George Bauman, German farmer
&c years old, near Elkader. was in
stantly killed by a falling tree while
working near his home.
The cows of Fort Dodge will have to
seek new grazing grounds hereafter,
the city council having refused them
pasturage on the streets.
r. w. Crawford, president of the
State Pharmaceutical association, and
Miss Clara A. Fisher of Webster City
were married on the 18th.
Madame Delezal, an Iowa City doc
tress, attempted to commit suicide by
throwing herself in well, but she
was dragged out and her life saved.
The dry goods house of Ludlow,
Clark s. Co., Sioux City, was entered
by burglars, who secured about 600
worth of silks. No clue to the thieves.
Mayor Robinson, of Reinbeck. who
was badly burned while backing a
stove, by an explosion of gasoline in
the polish, has since died of his in
iuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Barnes, of Ida
Grove, celebrated their golden wedding
on the 18th. About sixty guests were
present and merry good time was
mad.
Rev. James Niver, of Clinton, died
at the age of ninety-three. He came
to Iowa in 1855 and preached the first
sermon ever delivered at Elvira, Clin-
ton county.
Rev. Edmund NJ. Vittum, pastor of
the Congregational church at Cedar
Rapids, and Miss Annie l.. Griswold
were married, May 10, at Guilford,
Connecticut.
Arthur WINNER, of Corning, is but
eighteen years of ago, but he has been
preaching for over two years. He now
has charge of Baptist church in Mad
ison county.
Myer & Redmon's hardware store at
Osceola was burglarized on the night
of the 18th. Revolvers and cutlery
were stolen. The loss Is estimated by
the firm at $500.
The mayor of Creston has ordered
all the residences and business houses
In the city numbered, and man has
been appointed to do the business at
25 cents number.
Calhoun county has undertaken the
drainage Of so, 900 acres of worthless
lake and marsh, heretofore used only
by goose and duck hunters. The esti-
mated cost Of the work is $S5, 900.
Nine young men, students from Iowa
college, Grinnell, will serve as walters
in leading Spirit Lake hotel. This
is something entirely new in the west
though 80 common In the east.
For nearly six years past Mrs. John
Vetter, near Manson, has suffered
from violent pains in her stomach. A
few mornings ago she was taken with
a fit of coughing, which lasted nearly
twenty minutes, during which she
turned black In the face, and finally
vomited up reptile resembling liz
ard, fully six inches in length, and Of
light green color. She then became
easy, and at last accounts felt much
relieved. The lizard lived about ten
minutes after being brought into the