Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-13
The night operator Of the Illinois

Central at Alden insulted married
woman on the street. A committee Of
young men waited upon him at once
la White Caps and gave him notice
to leave town, which he did with alert
ness, in a drenching rain.
F. Eritche, a middle aged carpenter
Of Dubuque, while working at his
trade, had q small wood splinter driven
into his thumb under the nail. He
worked the following day, but has
since been attacked with lock jaw and
ispronounced by his physicians as be-
yond recovery.
About year ago James A. Williams
who lived near Mondamin, in Harrison
county, disappeared. His brother,
William Williams, is now under arrest
on the charge Of committing the muir
der. A skeleton was found on the
premises which had been owned joint
ly by the murdered map and his sister.
Strock Bros sash and door factory
at Council Bluffs, caught fire at noon
June 9Th and was completely destroy
ed, entailing loss of $l4, 900; insur-
ance, $4,000. The fire was communi-
Gated to the building by means of a
chute from the second floor, down
which shavings were near the engine
room.
The Marshal of Wilton brought in a
prisoner in the person of Henry Gin
ton Woods, who is about "a years Of
age, and is wanted for the crime of
murder in Larimer county, Colorado,
the crime having been committed some
two years ago, but Woods had not been
seen since until he was arrested at
Wilton.
The barn and other outbuildings of
Mr.. Thomas Dannatt, Jr., living a
mile and half north of Low Moor,
Clinton county, was burned. Three
horses were burned to death, and l 900
bushels of corn, and 500 bushels Of
oats were destroyed, together with
many valuable farming implements.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
A death has occurred in Council
Bluffs as an indirect result of the
Johnstown horror Mrs. Julia Barker,
aged IS, who resided with her son-in-
law, read the account of the terrible
catastrophe in Saturday mornings pa
per, and the fact that her relatives re-
sided there, and probably persisted in
the food, so overcame her that she
tainted, and she gradually declined
until death ensued. a
Henry McCarter, POSTMASTER at
Green Center, a village in the south
east corner of Iowa county, was shot
by man named Hodge on the morn
ing of the 9th and lies at the point of
death. Hodge is a county charge who
was angry because McCarter had not
secured for him his monthly allowance
from the county. The constable and
a posse of men tried to arrest Hodge,
but he locked himself in his house and
refusing to open the door the officers
shot through the door and killed him.
Instead of being reporter in dis
guise, who had feigned insanity for
the purpose of gaining admittance to
the insane asylum at Independence. to
subsequently expose such abuses, il
any, he might discover there, the man
Carter, picked up at Iowa Falls and
sent to the institution, proves to be w.
II. Manning, the son OF a wealthy
merchant of Keosauqua, Van Buren,
county. He has long been subject to
spells OF insanity and was afflicted with
one of these when taken into custody.
About a year ago Mrs. John Hubbel
came to Mason City, from Omaha,
Neb., claiming to be divorced wife.
She found a home in the family Of VIM.
Paul. a wealthy German widower and
soon they were married. A dissension
arose among the older children of Mr..
Paul over the marriage and the once
happy family was separated. A few
days ago Mrs. Hubbel-Paul got word
that her former husband, who resides
at Omaha, was about to institute pro.
ceedings against her and she summa-
rily left for parts unknown.
The following comes from Dewitt,
Iowa: A few days ago mad dog
passed through the farming communi.
ty southwest of Dewitt and several
persons were bitten, among them Mrs.
Ryner and a nine-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. Peter Miller. They have been
successfully treated by Mr.. Turner
Evans, Of Paris, Linn county, with o
mad stone. This stone is not longer
than a mans thumb, weighs one fourth
of an ounce, and resembles a dark
sponge. Its properties were first known
1870 years ago in Virginia, and it ha:
been in the Evans family ever since.
The present owner received it from his
father more than twenty years ago,
during which time 700 cases have been
treated and in not one case has the
| stone failed to effect cure.
The German Government in q State
OF Suspense.