Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-05-16

NUi, DuIIlS HAS JUST InlSheQ repair
ing and repainting his hotel. The shoe
store adjoining the Stuart house is also
shining in new coat of lead and oil.
Other property owners on that block
should follow the example.
| l.. c. Snyder 4 Co. of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, have rented the Paine store build
| ing on North Washington street and
will Immediately commence fitting ii
up for handling butter, eggs and poul-
try. u. Stormont of Morning sun,
Iowa. is the resident partner and mana
ger who is now present preparing for
the work. 1t ought to be a paying
business, and will be u great convent
cnce in giving farmers ready market
ut home.
The festive burglar is improving
these grand nights to get In his nefar
ious work, but his recent experiences
hereabouts will point him to the future
for reward for his misguided labor.
Last saturday night stragglers broke
into the Extra depot, but Agent Rol
Inns has boarded the company's gold
elsewhere, and they only captured a
short weight quarter with n hole in it.
They then proceeded to Brayton and
raided the station there, but the find
was of less value and the night
hawks sought work in a more profitable
field.
Mr. and Mrs. T. b. Mendcnhall mourn
the loss of their fourteen months old
daughter Oracle, who died Friday even
ing. The little one had suffered an at
tack of the measles aggravated by the
complication of teething. She was an
interesting, bright and handsome child,
the pride of her parents, who feel the
loss most deeply, In their bereave'
ment they have the sympathy of the
community. The funeral services We're
conducted at the home Saturday, at
3p. m.
Audubon is, indeed, scourgcd with
the measles. While the disease is usu
ally considered among those peculiar to
the younger population, II hQs In its
present rage been no respecter Of per-
sons, and has been the cause of much
suffering among adults. II Is impos.
sible to estimate the number Of eases
in the city, but II is known that there
are fully u hundred, while in the coun.
try scattered about are rs many more
though there Is not in the latter dis
tricts the same danger OF contagion.
J Only the warm weather saves the coun.
ty much mortality from the disease.
What's the matter with the North,
Western railway It's all right, of
course! The late change In time
schedules the passenger train from
Council Bluffs to Chicago, distance of
500 miles, In II hours and 30 minutes,
or hour and 20 minutes less than the
limited. The co. road persisted in
carrying passengers on Its fast white
mail, which has given rise to this UNI
equalled enterprise on the part Of the
old reliable North western. This road
has also withdrawn from the agree
ment to limit time Of stock trains, and |
now runs Oh the old and popular plan
Of giving Its patrons the best possible
service.
G. w. Baer, OF the Mannilla Register,
has sent to this place bids ON work for
the Odd Fellows which are ridiculously
low and unreasonable. Why newspa
permen are so anxious to secure work
outside their own field that they will
offer to do IL at suicide rates Is more
than we can understand IL Is poor
policy to run down business In which
the craft Is interested. Baer has
meagre and ancient facilities, and will
lose money in doing work at the rate
offered. The rate no has offered would
not be duplicated by the heather
Chinee, much less by white man who
understands the business. Baer would
better exercise his genius In his chosen
field. lie is not built on the plan Of
cosmopolitan.
The Harlan american "is Of the
opinion that now Is the opportune time
to agitate the extension OF the North
Western railroad from Kirkman to this
town" or course, neighbors, this Is q
good season for building railroads, and
Harlan will never need that branch
more severely or miss 1t more sadly
than at the present time. But the fact
| Is, friends, this isn't u good year for
railroad construction, and 1t Is obvious.
ly unreasonable to cultivate railroads
that never come in a year that is es-
pecially favorable TO pumpkins and
garden truck. The moon isn't favor
able to planting railroad projects, and
we hope our friends will suppress their
enterprise until more favorable sea-
son, and for the present quit kicking
against the goads,
The supreme court has granted q
new trial to the notorious Billings, the
murderer Of Kingsley. The new trial
is granted primarily because the pre-
siding Judge, Ruddick, refused the ap-
plication for change of venue. The
decision amply justifes the decision of
Judge Deemer, when on the bench
here two years ago at the time the
Ryan case was returned for new trial.
The application then made for change
of venue was supported by the neces-
sary aIidavits that Ryan could not get
a fair and impartial trial, but public
sentiment was opposed to the change.
Judge Deemer stated the fact tersely
that should he then refuse to grant the
plea, in case of appeal the supreme
court would order new trial on that
count, and he deemed it unwise to COM
mence the trial with an obvious error.
lie made the change, and this decision
yidicates his action,