Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-05-30
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.
There are sixty cases of measles at
Manila.

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There are sixty cases of measles at
Manila.
Scott county will make strenuous
effort to reduce court expenses.
Dubuque is taking subscriptions for
100000 for new opera house.
The blue grass palace at Creston
viii cost between S., 900 and S., 900.
Corpus Christi church at Fort Dodge
has a new pipe organ that weighs H.
900 pounds.
S. j. Finley has been elected princi-
pal of the Bloomfield schools for the
ensuing year.
Burglars entered Professor joys
house at Grinnell and took a gold watch
and coat and vest.
Fred Kuhn was assaulted on the
night of the 22nd in Council Bluffs and
robbed of about 800.
John Wagner, an old and esteemed
citizen OF Wapello county, died few
days ago, aged 70 years.
The foundation of the fifth family
building of the industrial school for
boys is being laid at Eldora.
Russell Read, of Ames, was serious,
ly hurt by being thrownfrom awagon,
the team having taken fright.
The mayor of Greene has ordered
that all parties caught fishing inside
the corporate limits be prosecuted.
S. Block, of Ackley, one of the Iowa.
commissioners to the Paris exposition,
will start for Europe on the 30th inst.
The boot and shoe store of ii. II.
Work & Co., at Grinnen, was broken
into and some goods taken. The loss
is small.
The clothing store of Abe Goodman,
of Abba, was broken into by burglars
and goods taken to some considerable
amount.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Z. Craig, of
Sioux City, celebrated the. fiftleth an
niversary of their wedding on the eve
ming Of the 21st inst.
woman with a circus company,
while performing on a trapeze at BELIEF
PLANE, fell to the ground and broke
one leg at the thigh.
A three-year-old daughter of Agent
Illingsworth at Owens station was
probably fatally injured while playing
in box car by falling door. .
John F. Duncombe, of Fort Dodge,
was appointed trustee Of Griswold col
lege by the Episcopal convention, which
held its session at Burlington.
Miss Sarah Neville, familarly known
as ..Aunt Sarah" died in Muscatine
recently of old age, though a slight
paralytic stroke fastened her death.
James Harvey, colored miner at
Muchakinocl,- Mahaska county, in fit
of jealousy, shot and killed his wife
Sunday May 26th. Harvey is in Jail.
At meeting of business men of At
lantic, it was decided that that city
would join the Blue Grass league of
southwestern Iowa and the $3.50 fee
was paid.
Internal Revenue Collector Webster
refused to answer the questions of the
grand jury OF Wrighf'county, touching
the records of his Office and the court
sustained him.
Mr.. Ed. Hughes, the successful ora
tor at the Interstate contest held at
Grinnel in May, has accepted the pas
torate ofthe Marengo Methodist church
for the summer.
A livery stable at Dunlap burned,
with fifteen head of horses, and the
entire stock of bnggies and harness;
also a dwelling house adjoining. Loss
about IS, 900; small insurance.
The republican state central commit
| Tee Will lleeI Ill Dco "olhco cuho i%Vh
to fix the date of the state convention
1t is believed that twill be held in the
beginning or middle of August. -@
1t is feared that Miss Henrietta Clay
ton, the Bloomfield girl who left Har-
| Ian for Council Bluffs and has not been
heard from since, has committed sui
eide. She was very respondent.
John Fellows, a brakeman on the
Milwaukee, was killed at Persia, a sta
ton on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, about forty miles from Council
Bluffs. He was twenty years of age.
| Sheldon is soon to have cracker
factory which: will give employment to
dozen or fifteen persons. The con-
Germ will be removed from Dubuque,
where it has been for some years past.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was found in the Floyd river In
the eastern part of Sioux City. 1t is
believed to be the body of tramp
who was either murdered or drowned
accidentally.
An attempt was made to burn the
Exchange Bank at Altoona. The outer
door of the safe was also blown off
Loss on building $500, and on furniture
and fixtures $500. Bank funds and
books all safe.
Hall Bros, general store at Colfax.
was entered by burglars, the safe blown
open and 1852 in money and an amount
in checks and valuable papers stolen.
The burglars entered by a rear door.
There is no clue.
The question of a new Catholic do
cese in Iowa is being discussed. 1t is
understood that Bishops Hennessey
and Cosgrove are opposed to it. Des
Moines, Council Bluffs and Sioux City
each desires the new see.