Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-04
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.
Jefferson county has a neat surplus

of $40, 900 in the treasury.
The double store of r. j. Reid, al
ERADICATE, burned on the Goth. Loss
$l,400. Insured.
The depot hotel and the fair grounds
stables at Winterset burned ON the
night of the 2Sth.
A erious fire occurred at Searsboro,
March Goth, causing loss amounting
10 about So, 500; insurance, $4,000.
About 100000 bushels of corn IL
cribbed at Gray, Audubon county, the
larger part of it belonging to George
Gray.
| Fernando Cortes Richardson, the
only brother of ID. N. and J. j. Rich
ardson, of Davenport, died on the 25tb
at the age of sixty-one years.
Mrs. DR.. WEIGH, widow of the ex.
president of the Agricultural college,
has decided to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Shaw, of Corning.
John Nightengale, living at San
dusky, Lee county, was found dead
near his home on the night of March
9th. Death resulted from natural
causes.
College Springs Presbytery of the NJ.
p. Church met in Atlantic, March 26th
Thirty-one churches in Iowa and Wis
consin, with 1000 members, were rep
resented.
At Davenport on the evening OF
March 30th, Knostman & Peterson's
furniture store was struck by lightning
and partially destroyed. The loss is
estimated at SIS, 900; covered by insur-
ance.
The appearance Of the terrible cat
tie disease, hoof rot, among the herds
in three widely separated parts of Web
ster county has created CONSERVATION
among the large cattle owners in that
part of Iowa.
The jury in the case of Bergman VS..
the Omaha & st. Louis Railway for
$4,000 damages for personal iniuriss,
tried before Judge Love in the Federal
Court at Council Bluffs, returned
verdict for defendant.
Robert German, an aged citizen OF
Fort Dodge, while crossing the Illinois
Central track was struck by a switch
engine and instantly killed. The fam
lily announce their intention of suing
the railway company for $4,000.
Mrs. H. Meyer, wife of Cashier Mey.
err, of the First National Bank, of FL.
l1ader, and sister of Mrs. Gov. LARA
bee, died at her home, March Goth.
Her death was caused by heart trouble
from which she had been suffering for
some time.
o. HI. Manning, formerly Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, is now q resident OF
Chicago, removing there from Denver.
He has accepted the position of coun-
sci for a great corporation under a
fifteen year contract at an annual sal
airy of $4,000.
Rev. Joseph Gassner, OF Red Oak,
died March Goth at the age of seventy
eight years. He had been Methodist
Episcopal minister for forty years, and
was one of the pioneer preachers OF
Iowa. The burial was at Mount Pleas,
ant, his former home.
During school entertainment at
Shenandoah a gang of thieves entered
a boarding house and stole $93, $50
belonging to Miss Whistler and $40 be-
longing to Miss Reese, both of whom
are respected school teachers and had
been paid off the same day.
Writs were served on more river
land settlers last week and number
of evictions made. The evictiens were
on the Litchfield lands and the marshal
and posse came from Des Moines.
Feeling runs high and violance is anti
cipated if the evictions continue.
Two brothers named Carter, from
lama City, were stealing ride on the
mail car of Northwestern train a few
evenings ago. At Chelsea one swung
from the car to escape detection, fall
ing under tho wheels. He had both
legs cut off. He was seventeen years
old.
The grand jury at Fort Dodge at its
late session did effective work. All
the saloon men are either under bonds
or have skipped by the light of the
moon for more congenial cline. A
grand total of about thirty men were
indicted for dealing in prohibited
liquids.
A sad accident occurred near Sioux
City. Geo. Reinhart and wife and
Jerry Watson and wife went riding,
leaving the children at Watson's to
play. Remnants little girl, aged eight,
did not want to stay, but her parents
compelled her. After the parents had
gone the children began playing tramp,
and the Watson girl took up heavily
loaded shotgun and pointed it at the
Reinhart child, when the gun went off.
The range was very short and the
charge entered the back, actually
blowing the child's heart out.
The Jones county calf case is not
ended by any means. 1t has been in
the courts since 1877 and grew out OF
trouble over four calves, valued at $45.
Judge Linehan, March %, filed his de-
cision overriding the motion of the
defendants for judgment against the
plaintiff because of the special findings
of the jury and rendered judgment
against all the defendants except
Harmon Keller, who died few days
ago, for $1,000 and costs, which
amount to $500. The defendants
will take the case TO the Surname