Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-11
Seventeen of the Des Moines rive,

land settlers, who defed u United
States marshal and posse, surrendered
TO Sheriff Adams and deputy. The
settlers regard the county officials as
friends and peacefully accompanied
them. They waived examination in a
Justices court and readily secured bail
for their appearance at tho May term
term of court.
The stables and buildings OF the
Marengo Fair Grounds were burned
April 9th. The stables were rented
by local horsemen, and several valu-
able imported horses were with diff
Guilty rescued from the flames, only
one, a fine colt valued at 800, belong
ing to Geo. Rayncr, being burned. A
little boys bonfire is supposed to have
started the fire.
There is great JOY in the river land
district over, the receipt of the tele-
| graphic news from Washington OF Sec
rotary Mobiles action in urging the at
torney general to promptly institute a
suit to quiet the title in the disputed
lands. The settlers are certain oftheir
rights and claim that their side has
never been heard in court. They say
that If the investigation sustains the
| present claimants title immediate and
undisputed possession will be given by
! the settlers without recourse TO evic-
| tions.
The report of the TT. Madison peni-
tertiary shows that there were an av-
erage of 373 convicts confined during
the month of March. The institution
for the feeble minded at Glenwood
sheltered an average of All children
| during the same month. Warrants
have been drawn on the state treasur-
er for their support to the amount OF
$2l,S50. The soldiers orphans home
reports 81 soldiers orphans and PTS
| other orphans. Warrants for their
support have been drawn amounting
to $3,175,79.
An old man with long white beard
and very shabbily dressed created a
decided sensation, April 9TH, in the
Methodist church of Dubuque. While
Pastor McCord was preaching his SER
mon the old Jonah arose in the con-
gregation and solemnly announced that
the world would be destroyed in nine
days and urged all present to be pre-
pared for the event. DIR. McCord ask
ed to be permitted to finish his dis
course and the old man yielded the
| floor until then. The Doctor finished
and dismissed the congregation with
out giving the prophet a chance to
speak. Later in the day he held forth
on the high bridge.
A sad accident occurred near Man
| son. While Robert Shideler and wife
| were driving to town, spark from
Mr.. Shideler's pipe ignited the cloth
| ing of his wife, and as the wind was
blowing stiff gale, she was enveloped
| in flames in an instant. Terror strick-
en-, she jumped from the buggy on one
| side and her husband on the other.
He did all in his power to quench the
| flames, but to no avail. The grass
| took fire around them and Mrs. Shide-
Ter was completely enveloped in a
| fiery shroud, and died before her hus-
bands eyes. Mr.. Shideler's hands
were burned to the bone. He was
taken to town and his wounds dressed,
but it is feared his hands will have to
be amputated.
The executive committee of the Iowa
| State Teachers association met in Des
Moines, April 5th, with the following
members present: President, Super
intendent Lolita Granger, of Clarinda,
Page county; Superintendent Julia
Hoadley, of Leon, Decatur county;
Frank b. Cooper, LeMars, and Prof.
Jesse Macy, of the Iowa college, Grin
nell. The date of meeting is fixed for
December 81, 1889, and January 1, 2
| and 3. A partial programme has been
made out, as follows: Tuesday, educa-
| tional council, 9 a. M; Tuesday even
| ;nn D,ocidantic oJlraeu Mice I o+t,
Granger; Wednesday morning, general
association. The committee decided
that the meeting should be held in Des
Moines. They have a programme
under consideration, but it will be some
time before it is fully decided upon.
The dry goods store of j. j. Nish &
Co., at Grand Junction, was broken
into on the night OF April End and a
big haul made. The goods stolen are
estimated to be worth $3.50. A clerk
was sleeping in the store, and was
awakened by the noise at the door. He
arose and started to the front
of the building, and when he had
nearly reached the door the burglars
made another effort and the door flew
open and two men met him face to
face. He had nothing to protect him
self with, and was in the power Of his
visitors, the foremost of whom drew a
revolver on him, and forced him to
the back of the store, where he kept
guard over the helpless clerk while
the other burglar pillaged the store.
After they left the alarm was given, but
the burglars escaped.
The final action in the conspiracy
cases against the river land settlers
was taken when warrants were issued
against seventeen OF the settlers who
participated in the recent sowing of
crops on evicted settlers farms. The
warrants charge the settlers with I'M
lawfully, feloniously, wickedly and
maliciously conspiring and confeder-
ating together with malicious and I'M
lawful intent to injure the business Of
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