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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
Gray.

Mossrs, Frank and Charles Audas are visiting
with their brothers Peter and Walter, of this
place, at present
The shooting match NJ this place Tuesday was
attended by Charles Audas, 0ne the crack shots
OF the state. 10 Is needless 10 say that he downcd
both the Gray and Audubon boys In nearly all
the matches,
a large number Of the young people OF this
place united IN giving n surprise party TO Mr..
ELMER Greenlee at his home On Monday night,
y being that young gcntlcman's twenty -hrst
birthday, All report rouslng time.
Tho Phoenix Comedy Company, assisted by
Mr.. Dennis O'Ieary aud Ncls breckenridge, the
maglclans, gave show ut the White Bear school
house ON Monday evening. II Is the Intention
OF said company to give u show ut this place
sometime next week. We wish them u good
attendance.
Mr. Dan Scoville returned from Boone, last
Monday evening, where he had been thinking OF
startnga harness shop, We hate to see him
leave this place, ~ the town viii lose one Of its
best citizens, Wo wish him success IN whatever
ho undertakes,
Quite number Of their friends gave Mr.. and
Mrs ,. Fisher asurprise party Tuesday evening.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31

will endorse our statement that a bet
ter pleased audience never went out Of
the hall. The first part of the pro-
gramme was made up Of some fifteen
songs and ballads. They were sung in
Edd's grand style and fairly electrified
the audience. ''rhe Old Bum" char.
acter song, and the negro songs which
constituted the latter part OF the enter
tainment provoked constant bubbling
over of merriment. The closing sketch.
Freight by Telephone" was a little the
funniest thing seen.
Tickets now on sale at Russell's for
the Saturday evening entertainment at
popular prices.
Mr.. Brown win appear at Extra Fri.
day night.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
Suicide at Manning.

Mr.. Omor button, committed suicide
ut Manning last Thursday evening by
discharging revolver in his mouth, tho
ball crashing through his brain and
lodging In the ceiling. His brother, o.
J. button and wife found him lying on
the bed, when they returned home late
In the evening, and he survived until 3
p. m. Friday. The cause of the rash
deed, as expressed in q note left by the
deceased, was desire TO lie by the side
of his mother who was buried ut Neva-
da, story county, several years ago, and
whose death the suicide has constantly
mourned. The peculiarly sad affair, be-
You'd the ken Of human kind to fathom,
ELECTS the sympathy Of the many friends
of the family,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
Notice Of Probate Of Will,

STATE OF IOWA, os T., a.. n,.,,t., 49,,
AUDUBON COUNTY, ''' AZ ''' Dish'c' ,oui''
To all Whom u BiRn Concern. 800 Take Notice!
That there was filed In the Office of the Clerk OF
the District Court Of Audubon county, on tho
2ist day Of January A. ID. 1899, an instrument In
writing bearing date the 3ist day of December
A. ID. 1883, and purp0rtng 10 he the last will and
testament Of Jesse Higgins, late OF said county,
deceased, was produced and publicly read and
that the md day OF the next term OF said court
10 be holden on the 3rd day of April, A. ID. 1850,
at the court house In Audubon aforesaid, has
been fixed for proving said VIII and at 2 O'Clock
D. M. Of the day above mentioned, all persons In,
terestcd are hereby notified and required to az.
pear In said court, and show cause, II any they
have, why said instrument should not be pro-
bated and allowed a. and Tor the last will and
testament Of the said deceased.
Dated Audubon Iowa, January DIST, A. D. 1859.
G. II. YAH,
I-3wl Clerk Of District Court,
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Notice.

The undersigned having formed u
partnership for the transaction of a
general law, collection, real estate, loan
and insurance business, have taken
oilice over the Audubon County Bank,
where we shall be pleased to meet our
old patrons rs wen as new ones, and
will endeavor ~ heretofore, to give
prompt attention to all business en-
trusted to our care, fair deal and
courteous treatment.
ANDREWS Il HANNA.
Audubon, Iowa, January 10Th, 1889.
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The Inauguration,

The Chicago II Northwestern Rail
way Company offers its patrons u
splendid opportunity TO visit Washing,
ton IN March next, and participate IN
the imposing ceremonies incident to
the inauguration Of President Harrison.
For that ocoasion tickets will be sold
from NIL principal stations at the very
low rate of one fare for the round trip.
For full information regarding rates,
dates of sale, etc, apply to Agents
Chicago n Northwestern Railway,
5.4wl
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Extras New Bank.

Messrs. Chas. Van Gorder and join
Gray win open u banking institution al
Extra tomorrow under the title of The
Exchange Bank of Extra, for the trans
action of general banking business
Mr.. John Gray and Edwin Delahoyde
will give personal attention to the firm
interests. 1t is strong firm, composed
of men well known to the people as
able, judicious and conservative in Il.
nancial affairs, and who enjoy the con.
ildence of the people. The people of
Extra and vicinity are to be congratu,
lated upon securing an institution so
strong and capable.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
Administrators Notice.

Estate OF J. II. Cloughly, deceased,
Notice Is hereby given 10 all persons Interested,
that on tho 50,l day OF January, A. ID. 1880 the
undersigned was appointed by the district court
OF Audubon county, Iowa, administrator OF tho
county. All persons indebted 70 said estate Will
make payment TO the undersigned, and those
having claln,s against the same viii present
them, legally authenticated, TO said court for
allowance.
Dated January 2oth, 1880.
A. +. ARMsTRoNG,
7-iw Administrator
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31

Judge Deemer instructed the grand
jury OF Montgomery county that any
liquor sold since August 2Sth, 1888, in
that county, had been sold without au.
thority OF law, rs no permits had been
granted by the district court. We be
heve that no such permit has been
granted in this county, the same condi-
ton of illegality ensuing.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
RE M OV D..

Nash, Phelps & Green have removed
TO the south side of the square into
their elegant new rooms over the Com
mercial Bank and cordially invite all
their old customers and every one to
call and see them In their new Office.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
MONEY!

MONEY on real estate : per cent and
lowest rates on personal or chattel Sc.
curity at Nash, Phelps & Green's, south
side squire ever Commercial Bank.
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BuCKLISs ARSICA SALvR.--The best salve IN
the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
blains. eorns and All skin eraptions. land and POSI-
lively cures piles or no pay required. IL Is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price 20 cents per box. For sale by A.
III, Roberts Y. Co,
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l VIII pay 20 cents per hundred for
dead hogs delivered in Audubon.
w. A. JUMP.
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CLocalS ten cents per lnc for FIRST week and Ave
cents per line for each subsequent Insertion I'm.
less orders are given with copy locals will be run
until ordered out,
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE,

Entered at the Audubon Post Office as raail matter
OF the second class.
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\ Doc, ca 'ossiug a bridge over a
s,reaun with piece of flesh in his
mouth, saw his own shadow in the
water. and took it for that of another
Dog. with a piec, OF meat double his
own in size. He tha refore let so his own
and fiercely attach ed the other Dog
to get his larger pice from him. He
thus lost both. IA ap'S Fables.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21

But this ghost is, after all, local. For truly
national or world wide ghosts we must look
to three characters: the orphan child, muir
dered by cruel relatives; the adulteress, muir
dered by her husband or paramour, and the
peddler, murdered in the lonely cabin in the
forest These three are the favorites. The
woman usually materializes merely to raise
disturbance; the other two to secure justice.
But the most reprehensible ghosts are those
which throw furniture about, and Chatta-
nooga has lately exploited as bad a case of
that sort any in the record If human
testimony can prove anything of c spiritual
nature, the following facts are proved:
The house is an old brick, mile or 50 out
of town, and uniuhabited, all tenants having
been driven away. The last family there
was the Wilson's, and they relate that the
first night they were there large black bird
lit on the foot of the bed, and its eyes seemed
to pierce the very soul OF the terrified occu-
pant Of the room. The bird could not be in
iuced to leave, and the family concluded to
Ibandon the room. a search was instituted
che next morning, but there was no bird in
ihe room, and there was seemingly no way
sor him TO have escaped. The next night
Mr.. Wilson occupied the room alone and the
bird came again. The man fired at it, but it
did not move He fired five shots, and at the
last shot the bird disappeared 1t did not
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21

grants began 10 como In swaruns from all
directions and In every sort OF conveyance.
Eleven trains from Arkansas City arrived
That afternoon all loa1fsd with mon who
were land hungry. One man, 80 the story
runs. jumped OF the train, staked out a town
lot, perfected his title, got on the next train,
rode fourteen miles further south and there
took 100 acre ci~iIn. In seven weeks there
after be had Il all fenced. with fifty acres
plowed and in crops, and has sold his Guthrie
.oU for $500.
OF course nobody knows just what tho
population OF Guthrie Is. The citizens claim
1900, as 70 which due allowances must 10
made for the expansive western haa- On
the night Of April -, il is said, there wero
1900 people On the ground, In tents, in.~as-
ons, IN blankets on the bare ground, under
the open sky Yet there was no lighting, no
drunkenness, no disorder. In a few days tho
titles 20 lots settled, and al fell to work
building stores. offices ard residences. Now
the place has graded streets, Waterworkx, an
electric light franchise granted and tho
plant contracted for, street car line In tho
same inchoate state with guarantee thnttho
cars shall b. running In sixty days; soino fair
public buildings erected, Ten acres set apart
and fenced for the sfats capitol, son1e to4er-
ably substantial business houses. and every
variety Of dwelling from The "dugoutn AMI
tent 20 the handsome frame.
The city government T. boosted as almost
perfect. and tho city has over 500 lawyers
and twenty-five doctors. There has not been
a murder as get, and the cniy death Ia tho
first SIX weeks was from Gpoplexy. There
Is one big bank in a 40 go bank building,
there ere Two schools and places Of nesting for
nearly al religious denominations. Such nrs
the results Of few weeks growth no ths pro-
posed capitol OF the Designed state Of Okhaho-
ma OF courze, tho poople of The usw city are
frantic to have congrlss oT,sn soToo moro In
dian land 70 settlement There isEriu n vast
area Of II. Indeed, irnni.n.1tA TO Oklahoma
have % cross vacant Indian band by any r0gto
they choose. And the eJchusi-lslic Ciztlriaas
claim thatan area Ave tiIasa ~ largo AZ OAia-
hosna might b. opened eud SIN have tho In
dams moro land han they sssI- Most Il
t5ase In4tsGrs are civtllz,d. bat clat viii
make no diGsrenoo: tts-y VII havs u gfvo
place. III pressure VII soon Do too strong
for congrcss % resist; Tho Indian tarritory
VIII sooa arstiss OF Tia pass
Some tn1e next GTr:su1n ths-gis e. 20 a
grand povzo~y and aboriginal show as
Guthrie BeDaiz rosu all tho Indian tribes Ia
the territory alf e. ulEgy usCro ~ can 10
reached are b be there au1f gIve sj1rir yari-
ons dances. There win b. bor-ss races. foot
RACES. sham bettles. bg~ and ssrrcry prtlctio.,
rife c0rtruss, exhtbirionrsof skfI II throw
ing The lartat md tozna1awk-fa SHIRT, al
the gls,tIts q mary Buffalo BIZ tTouTsz. Il
will continue thirty Days AMI during ne
saue tine tbsse VIII ba an exhibition II ths
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21

/ GUILD SEE IhAON Gt bE-h LOOS.
Which Is remarkable in view Of the fact
that the dead Of those days were not sheet
sd, but burned, but the mystery Is solved
when we note that Shakespeare lived when
cremation had long gone out The ghost in
white WAS seen because people had last seen
their friends in shroUds; now that the fashion
IS set OF buryins III Ordinary clothing the me-
diulns show Us spooks il black-''in the habit
as thav livAi " Tia old S.au,;a~f - -
rose from the ground because people had seen
the dead laid il the ground By and by.
when cremation becomes the established
order, the ghost viii come down through the
ceiling instead Of Up through the floor and
viii show up in q pale or vapory fame. This
VIII be a very refined apparition indeed, and
the fact is presented as another good reason
for cremation
Il is a trlfle queer that there Is no authentic
record Of a ghosts having injured any one,
and by all reasoning ons would say ghost
could not hurt body; and stil people have
& mortal fear Of ghosts 1t IS their company
that is objectionable, The ghost of a man or
woman especially should &c harmless. and as
for dogs. in the few instances they have re
appeared, it has always been 10 do good. No
less a scholar and divine than DR.. Edward
EgCleston relates that certain Ohio girl,
Patty Lumsden, who had 10 r1sie through a
prin,eval forest in a dangerous time, was
guarded by two large and handsome dogs,
who appeared Suddenly from nowhere and
disappeared As rlyste-iousy when their work
was done DR.. Egglasoon plainly indicates
that he believes it, though admitting that
Moncure D. Conway might resolve tie whole:
thinr into 6 sss-aiar .nyrh y
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21

turesl a case on the other side is of equal
interest Baron Ruchenbach, the scientist,
saw SO many ghosts that he lost all faith in
them He finally argued that be could make
d highly sensitive person see ghosts almost ut
will and prevailed upon Nile. Reichai TO 30
with him TO a lone cemetery at midnight.
She saw moro than she had bargained for.
By kneeling 50 as 70 bring her eye nearly on
3 level with the top of new made grave,
she distinctly saw streaming up from it "a
delicate, fiery and, as it We're, breathing
flame"
On some graves this was visible as white
ploud strealled with pale red, and the streams
from different graves occasionally united and
hoated away in delicate but CHASTITY white
pillars, bearing an uncanny res nblanoe 10
the shrouded human form Many other
i'sensitivesn were tried aud saw clearly
formed vapory images, The origin OF the
Did Greco Roman idea Of the "Umbra"
lowering about the tomb was explained at
last Two American women must bear the
svil fame of having laid the foundation for
hundreds of authentic ghost stories" They
kept hotels ON lonesome roads and murdered
travellers. Sophia Hamilton confessed 10
eleven murders, but the awful roll of Patty
Cannou's victims was never fully made out
a hundred myths originsted near her den"
and floating west and south wei popularity
transformed and located in some part of the
state where the story was told. The COM
rlsoneSt form of the story WAS something ike
this:
"a poor and good woman was once going
through lonesome country 10 find her hus-
band, who was sick In 8 distant town, and
-, I,I pirv4,r ar an al
with big woods an around it She had TO
walk because she was very poor, and when
she lay down that night in q lonesome room
she cried little 10 think Of her young child
ut home. Then she heard sweet song like it
was sung t. a baby, and pretty soon the
room got light again. and then a woman all
IL white came up through the floor, aad the
good woman said: In the name OF the Fa-
ther, Son and Holy Chest, speakn for that Is
what yoU must say, and the ghost cannot
speak I'LL you do. Then the ghost said: You
are good and brave No one would let me
speak before Look ut my side. was stab
bed by the people who keep this tavern Ny
baby's bones lie under my feet. They muir
aered Us for our jewels. Go to the next town
and have the place searchad'n
Then. continues the story. the ghost sunk
mt of sight. and TIE ->oor woman tainted.
Id when She came to it WIS daylight, and
he went on and got the sheriff, and they
.olnsi the bones Of fifty people in the cellar.
s. the people at the tavern were al hung,
and the poor woman got the big rewards that
had been offered by the murdered peoples
friends. Such is the story that forty odd
years ago was told in every cabin from the
Chesapeake 10 the Mississippi, and, with all
Its variations, it probably grew out Of the
great Patty Cannon sensation and unearthipg
OF many corpses ABOUT her house.
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tournaments for several successive years,
that the playing, not only Of Miss Dodd, but
also OF several other young English women.
is better than that of the average man In
this country On the other hand, some OF
the enthusiastic admirers of Miss Robinson
believe that If her play is really inferior to
that Of Miss Dodd, it is only because she has
never had adversaries Of sufficient strength
to force her TO her highest degree of skill or
give her the practice necessary TO continuous
Improvement
Another prominent club, with grounds
even more accessible to residents of New
York, IS the New York Tennis club. Here
ladies are admitted TO membership on virtu-
ally the same terms and conditions as the
men.
DISADVANTAGES OF BEING A WOMAN.
In considering Improvement IL lawn tennis
the first thought which occurs TO the mind is
that woman, as compared with man, labors
under at least two serious Disadvantage
first, her manner of dress, and, second, her
lack OF muscle, endurance or lung power and
other qualities, all Of which we will unite and
~, II hv IN
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21

Perhaps the most curious case OF that kind
reported in the United States is that of The
Haunted Teapot" though it is not well
proved The lady who owns 1t now lives in
Houston, Tex, and declines to have her name
published being a little shy of ridicule. 1t is
over 40 years since this silver teapot, of
curious workmanship, was brought from
England by an ancestor OF the present owner,
and all that time it has persistently refused
TO be used Il will turn over and spill its
contents, or vanish when no one is looking
but always to be found in its old place in the
safe. Once the present owner saw woman's
hand remove 1t, and once, gazing intently
into it, while e. steam seemed TO arise, she
saw vision which she thus relates:
Il saw instead of the bottom spacious.
ROOM that is, we seemed 10 be looking az
through window into such an apartment.
There were three persons in the room, a man
and two women. Ny knowledge OF bygone
fashions was not sufficient for me TO accurate
" determine the nationality and period Of
their dress, but from what | cid know
judged it belonged to England, of perhaps the
middle of the Eighteenth century. Both wo-
men were beautiful, one il dark, vivacious
style, the other in blonde English way The
man seemed to divide equally between the
two his attentions, which were courtly and
what would now seem exaggerated and affect
ed. The fair woman went to table and
took up my teapot She poured out a cup of
some liquid whether it was tea or not can
not telQ and handed it to the dark woman,
who In turn, presented it TO the man. He
appeared 70 protest, but finally drank it. The
fair woman made gesture as if TO prevent
it, but was too late
''She again filed the cup and gave it to
the other woman, who drank it. As she did
so the man fell to the floor, evidently dy-
ing, the dark woman falling also on her
knees beside him She arose soon, and, turn
ing to the murleress, cursed her Il judged SO
by her silent gesture and the teapot TO which
she pointep. TINS done she feli beside the
man, AID the next moment the liquid turned
blood red, while low, long drawn moan and
q ringing, cruel laugh of triumphant scorn
were heard in the room. The lights burned
blue and fickared so low that we could
scarcely see the face of the othsr a chill
wind swept over us, aud after it everything
resumed scs usual aspect, but the teapot, once
more empty and quite dry, sat Ii its accus-
toned Place on the closet shelf. We sent it
next dag TO have IL melted down, but it
wasn't forty eight hours before nv horror
was in It's old place l am saddled with it
for hfe.~
Such. in brief, are the specimen ghosts Of
this practical age
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21
The Oldest Circus Rider in the World.

Mr. William Brown, Of Chicago, has a his
tory Of more than ordinary Importance, as
be is, The Stage thinks, probably the oldest
circus rider in the world today. He is now
IN his ninetieth year, and at the age OF 4
years he began life as a rider. At that time
he was living in his motherland, old England
and was attached TO Heugler's circus. He
continued with Hengler until he was IS years
Of age, when his famous Craftsmanship at
tracted the atten ton Of King Geo-ge III. and
ne became an attache OF the royal stables
The second year OF his engagement by the
king he was made first jockey While in this
position lie piloted many noted horses to vic
tory, end many times received tie approba-
ton Of his highnes and also substantial re-
minders OF his value SIS jockey.
After the death Of George III Mr.. Brown
again returned 10 the circus business, and
with the money ne had accumulated during
his engagement with the king he started
show OF his own Ee returned 10 his first
love OF bareback riding. aud while parforIn-
ing in Germany fel, from his horse and frsc-
tlred both Of his legs This did not diSoo1--
age him. and be acted as g clown until such
tine as he was able TO resume his riding.
&c came 10 this country IN tie Sos and
was with RsltES circus IN ISL, when be re-
trad from the business and settled down L
Chicago