Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-09-12
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS

The governor has been requested to
name a day TO be known as Iowa day
at the new era exposition at st. Joe.
f. B. Bennett, brakeman, was
crushed between the cars at Atlantic
and will die. He leaves young
wife.
There was slight frost in Northern
Iowa on the night of the 5th, but no
damage was done. Corn is out OF the
way, and is fine crop.
Patrick Gilgan, an old resident Of
Crestou, while intoxicated fell down a
stairway in tho Devose Block, receiv-
ing injuries that resulted in his death.
The reports of the hospital for the
insane at Mt. Pleasant and of the.insti-
tuition for feeble minded at Glenwood
have been printed and are ready for
distribution.
Some one broke open the money
drawer of s. A. Warfan & Co. at
Boone, and took about fifty dollars.
There was probably seyenty-ive dol
lars in the drawer. No clue.
Thos. Sherman while hunting with
a friend along the Big Sioux river,
near Sioux City, was accidentally shot,
heavy charge of small shot entering
his back and shoulders. His recovery
is doubtful.
A. I. Bigelow's barn at Salix burn
cd, together with an imported Handle.
tonian stallion worth $4,000, a coach
and horse worth 1880, four teams,
wagons. tools, and 500 bushels of corn.
Loss, $1,000.
Frank McAdam has been appointed
railway postal clerk on the run from
Burlington to Oskaloosa, and c. G
Marsh, of Manson, Ia, railway postal
clerk on the run from Burlington to
Council Bluffs.
The following fourth class postmas-
tiers were appointed in Iowa: At Fred
RIGA, Bremen county, Il. f. Dunkel-
berg; at Mount Etna, Adams county,
d. r. Thomas; at Silver City, Mills
county, Denilda jackson.
The trial of Myron Z. Billings for
the murder of county attorney Kings
ley, of Bremen county, is now in
progress at Waterloo, and will prob
ably continue several weeks. New
evidence is promised by the defense.
Ottumwa is an ambitious city and
is going to have on electric street
railway of its own. And so the
Ottumwa Railway Electric and Steam
company filed articles of incor-
poration with the secretary of state.
The body of the man killed by the
cars at Council Bluffs was reported to
be that OF VIM. Butler, of Emerson,
but his relations decided it was not
Mr.. Butler, and later dispatch an
nounccs his return to Emerson. The
body remains still not identified.
James Casey, Diagonal brakeman
residing in Des Moines, was killed
while tagging train at Luray, six
miles southwest of Marshalltown. 1t
is supposed Casey went to sleep while
tagging the train, having been very
hard worked recently,
In the district court at Marshalltown
three of the Scott burglars were sentenc-
ed, Chas. Dunn TO seventeen, Milo Doud
to fourteen and Grant Daley to seven
years at Fort Madison. Three more
persons are under Indictment for com
plicity in the same robbery.
The nine-year-ofd son of H. H.
Keller at Albion fell from loaded
wagon and the wheels passed over him
in the region of the kidneys, badly
crushing him and inAicting injuries OF
a dangerous character. The attending
physicians think his recovery doubtful.
The barn of DR.. A. w. Garlock
near Dayton, Iowa. was burned to
the ground, September, 9Th, and a
small boy, son of G. j. Swanson,
persisted in the flames. He was s
years old and is supposed to have
started the fire while playing with
matches, being unable to escape.
Martin Burke, day caller in the
Central locomotive department at
Marshalltown, was run over and cut
to pieces while attempting to cross the
track between the cars Of freight
train. He had been in the employ of
the company nearly twenty years, was
aged 63, and leaves a wife and six
children.
A frightful accident occurred in
Des Moines on the 4th, at the street
crossing of the C. & N. w. and the
c. r. l. & p. railroads. Switch engine
No. 231 was switching south OF the C.
r. /. & p. track and was in the act of
crossing the track north. The North
western engineer signaled the C., r.
I. & P. train and the fiagman tagged
the same but the engineer must have
been looking back, noticing the in
structions Of the conductor. just as
the Northwestern engine was crossing
the c. r. /. &. p. track the train which
was coming from the fair grounds,
ran into the engine at speed
of about fifteen miles an hour.
The North Western engine was knock
ed completely off the rack and the fire.
man, Dudley Allen, was instantly killed.
His head was caught between the
frame of the engine and the tank and
was crushed in frightful manner.
Mr.. Allen was a single man and his
parents liveat Ames. The passengers
in the c. r. /. & p. train were slightly
shaken up, but the only serious result
was the loss of young Aliens life and
the damage done the engine.