Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-10-10

He leaves an estate estimated at $780,
600.
In the democratic senatorial conven-
tion of Blackhawk and Grundy coun-
ties. George Wells, of Grundy county,
received the nomination for State SEN
ator as against Matt PARROT, repub-
lican.
M. c. Williams, tho recent manager
of the Iowa rolling mills, has been APP
pointed superintendent of the Chicago
forge and bolt company's exterior works
in Chicago, and has entered upon his
duties.
A dispatch from Bryn Mawr, Pa, an
nounces the death of Rt. Rev. Thomas
Hubbard Vail, after two weeks illness.
Bishop Vail was rector of the Episco-
pal church OF Muscatine fora few years
previous to going to Kansas.
The pail and bucket factory of Du-
buoue, which has been running for
twenty years, is reported to have been
sold to woodenware syndicate, OF
which Samuel Cupples, of st. Louis, is
the head, and that it is the intention
to shut it down for good. m
Another supposed incendiary fire
caused excitementin Clinton, a residence
building belonging to Stephen Butt,
being nearly destroyed. Loss, 81 800.
This makes the eighth mysterious fire
in one week, besides several burglaries
and one attempted murder. -a
Mrs. Frank PETERS, who was arrest
ed at Marshalltown, at the same time
as her husband, for the murder Of
Gathers, but discharged for lack Of ev-
idence, was re-arrested for passing u
case of knives into Jail to her husband
with which to saw his way out.
Fifteen warrants were issued at En-
metsburg for the arrest OF the fakirs
and gamblers who were operating on
the fair grounds. Six OF them were
arrested and fined. This will be a
warning to this class of men not to
come to that county to play their
games.
The residence Of Roger LOTUS, in
Keokuk, was entered by burglars and
two gold watches, valued at $3.50,
$94.55 in money and a fine meerschaum
pipe taken. Suspicion points to a man
who had been hanging about hotel
for several days and who mas now dis
appeared. .a. 3.
A terribly devastating prairie fire
swept down upon Estherville, Oct.
9th. BY heroic exertions the town
was saved, but number of farm resi-
dences, together with grain, hay, etc. +,
were destroyed. Swan Lake was
partly burned, four buildings with
contents being consumed.
The case against the young lawyer,
J. III. Randall, at Davenport, for ex-
toriion, came to very sudden termi-
nation in the district court, the gentle
man being declared not guilty on the
ground that the evidence did not show
that Randall eyer threatened for the
purpose of extorting money. He was
discharged.
The funeral of James McManus &C.
Cured at Dewitt and was largely a.
tended by sympathizing friends. On
Saturday evening, Oct. 9Th, he had
gone to the pasture of his father, who
lives two and a half miles northwest
of there. While there he was attacked
by large black Galloway bull and
trampled to death.
Judge Ney has rescinded his order
made in the Billings case admitting
him to bail, and ordered him taken to
the penitentiary. Billings Immediately
applied for writ of habeas corpus
and will appeal to the Supreme Court
to decide whether or not he is entitled
to bail pending the hearing of his APP
peal for reversal of the judgment rem
dered by the lower courts.
A man named Stone, of Wall Lake,
sent his wife on visit to relatives in
Boone county, and finding her visit
rather prolonged started out to bring
her back. He found that she had fallen
in love with one of his own cousins,
and instead of getting mad about it he
agreed to give her up on condition that
she would give him their six-months-
old baby.
Byron ID. Hoyt, the young man who
was sutfocated with gas at Hotel Gold
stone, in Des Moines, died from the
effects of it. He had to all appearances
so far recovered from the effects OF
the gas inhaled that it was believed he
would recover, but he relapsed into
unconsciousness and died. He was
twenty-seven years OF age, and a
printer by trade.
Another barn at Glidden and out
buildings adjoining, with number OF
tons of hay, have been reduced to ash
es. While Mr.. George Hill was clean
ing up his potato patch and burning
off the vines and trash, the FIRE got
away from him and the above were the
results. He had just time to cut his
horses loose and so saved them, but
lost everything else in the barn.
A 15-year-old Buena Vista girl got
tired of single blesSedness, and finding
bachelor of the ripe old age OF Is,
HE'D herself to Judge Ralston and de-
manded marriage certificate. The
kind-hearted judge painted picture
of connubial bliss that changed the
mind of the would-be mother Of a
family, and presenting her with box
of chewing gum, sent her home TO
grow older and wiser.
At Grand junction on the evening
OF Sept. 30th, Met Thompson, grain