Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-06-06
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.

A circulating library is soon to be
established at Bedford.
Dubuque modestly wants the indus
trial home for the blind.
Thirteen cottages are being built on
West Okoboji lake this season.
j. J. Lodge, an influential citizen OF
Marshall county, died on the 2Sth inst.
The annual sale of pews in the First
reformed church of Orange City Melted
$4,000.
A large cheese factory is being built
at Brayton, short distance north of
Atlantic.
Monday afternoon, May 9th, Albert
Kane, one of johnson county's Oldest
settlers dropped dead.
A new Catholic Convent and many
new residences are among theimprove-
ments of Emmetsburg.
l.. p. Monroe, who was sentenced
from Sac county to fifteen years at Fl.
Madison in 1877, has been pardoned.
Over 5000 people attended the
camp-meeting Of the Adventists at Oak
Park, Des Moines, on Sunday, June 2.
JAS. C. Patterson, for many years
one OF the proprietors of the Patterson
House at Keokuk, died at Nanvoo, Ill. /,
June Sd.
John Doyle, laborer, twenty-six
years old, was instantly killed by being
run over by a dirt wagon in Council
Bluffs, on the Sd.
Mrs. Mary j. Kinds, widow of tho
late Franklin Kinds, a prominent lady
Of Dubuque for many years, died May
Both, aged 67 years.
The Presbyterians of Hartley have
perfected a church organization and
steps will be taken for the erection Of
?. building Immediately.
blTS. pcTttuuo w ucdJOn hctIlcF,
formerly assistant principal of the
Toledo schools, died ut her home in
Greensburg, Pa, May gath.
At Kalona the fifteen months old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. +. M. Snider
swallowed the head of a parlor match
and in fifteen minutes it was dead.
Scarlet fever has broken out at Ply
mouth, ten miles north of Mason City.
At Grafton it has made its appearance
In violent form, several deaths hav-
ing occurred.
Company G, of Vinton, has enlisted
corps OF twenty four young ladies,
who will learn to drill. They will be
uniformed and will serve as long as
the company lasts.
Several more arrests have been
made of parties implicated in the Van
Horne White Cap outrage-twenty.
two in all-and all have given bonds
for their appearance.
A special reports the murder In Da-
Wis county, Iowa, of Jacob Kreidolf,
en- miles south of Bloomfield. Family
quarrels excite suspicion, but who the
real murderers are is not yet ascer
tanned.
1t is creditably reported that an ex-
tensive vein of bituminous coal has
been discovered six miles north of
Estherville. M. c. Fredrickson of Chi
cago has filed papers holding a half
ownership.
A new and unknown malady has
broken out among the cattle in the vi
c1nity OF Eldora. Five cows are re-
ported dead and several others sick.
The animal Is seized with violent pains,
much like poisoning, and soon dies.
The postoffice and store at Ohio,
with contents, were totally destroyed
by fire. All the mail was burned.
Loss 5000; insurance 81, 400, in the
Iowa Insurance company of Keokuk.
1t is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary. '....
John Crawford, student in the
senior law class in tho State University,
was accidentally shot with a revolver
In the hands of one of pleasure party
with whom he was spending an even
ing. The wound is not thought to be
serious.
A large barn on the farm of ID. E.
Lows, one mile east of Corning, was
destroyed by fire. Eight head of cattle
and number of hogs were burned.
Loss about 1000; no insurance. The
fire was started by four-year-old boy
playing with matches.
The farm residence of Michael Saw
age, near Fort Dodge, was totally de-
stroyed by fire, the family narrowly
escaping with their lives. The gran
aries and all adjoining buildings ALSO
burned. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Origin of the flames is unknown. s.~
Haven Bros. hardware store at
Charles City was entered by burglars
and a large amount of revolvers,
cartridges, knives and razors were
carried off. The entrance was effected
by cutting a panel from a wooden door
by jack-knife. They found no money.
The work of draining .'Big Slough
containing about 8, 900 acres, in Hancock
county. has commenced. With steam
ditcher the contractor cuts ditch or
feet deep, and feet wide on the
bottom, beginning at the mouth OF the.
slough at Iowa river, thence northwest
about four miles. ..,n. ,. 60.
Ben Hayden, the murderer of Rich,
ard Bramhall, at Red Oak, Iowa, seven
years ago, was captured at Nebraska
City, Neb., on the 31st ult. He was
found living in hidden cave in tho
river bank. He shot Rramhafi during