Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-10
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The new Catholic church at Gilbert
Vile will be dedicated early in June.
The Council Bluffs police force is
being reorganized on metropolitan
basis.
Battle Creek has now Knights Of
Pythias lodge with twcnty-seven men,
bers.
Bonds have been voted in Primghar
for the purpose of building new school
house.
The Ottumwa Democrat thinks big
glucose factory would pay in Wapello
county.
Farmers alliances are being organ
lied in Iowa at the rate of arout thirty
week.
The Farmers alliance OF Clay county
are talking of starting cooperative
creamery.
The work of building the new cleo
trio street railway at Burlington has
commenced.
An order has been issued in Council
Bluffs prohibiting policemen smoking
while on duty.
Frank Clendennin stole first base in
ball game at Grinnell at the cost of
broken leg.
Walter Cody, an employee in Coun-
Gil Bluffs planning mill, had two fingers
shaved off by planer.
The loss OF stock in Webster county
during the recent storm will amount to
several thousand dollars.
The Kookuh rifles have been muster
ed into the state militia and are now
known IS Company A, Second Regi-
ment.
Mrs. William Duncan OF Muscatine,
made an unsuccessful attempt to COM
NIT suicide by taking morphine, be-
cause her husband accused her of in
fidelity.
Mrs. Sarah Baker and Minnie Hidg-
son were sentenced to three years each
in the Anamosa penitentary, at OF
tpmwa. The charge against them was
prostitution.
The Masons of Dubuque have de-
cided to incorporate building asso-
citation with a capital stock of $780,
600, for the purpose of erecting n
Masonic temple.
II. G. Van Epps, a young man in the
employ of William Tackabcrry g. Co. ;.
wholesale grocers, Sioux City, as trav-
cling man, has disappeared, and it is
said that he has absconded.
An old lady named Canaan, OF Cal
Hope. was blown from the top of
shed during the storm the other day
and sustained the fracture OF three
ribs and some other bruises.
Twenty-four tramps held conven-
ton in the Clinton police station the
other day. After banquet and speech
es all around, Il resolution was passed
commenting Clinton for its hospitality.
The round house and car shops of
the Fort Madison g. Northern railway
(now the Chicago Fort Madison &
Des Moines) were partially destroyed
by fire, supposed to be of inceudiary
origin.
The citizens of Denison showed their
az, q a.. H.. T.. - n
Glau, who lost his life in attempting
to rescue drowning men from the river,
by presenting his widow with purse
of $500.
The Cherokee Union Agricultural
society has Purchased a site for fair
grounds at Marcus, and will put up
buildings this spring. Over IS, 900 has
been raised for the purpose, and the
fair will be permanent.
j. w. Benhow. the Fort Madison
grain dealer, who had both of his legs
taken off by a Santa Fe passenger
train, has since died OF his injuries.
He was So years Of age and leaves a
wife and five grown children.
While workmen were digging a cell
lar at Coon Rapids the other day the
skeleton of a man was unearthed.
Near by was n smaller SIX eleton, decay
ed too badly 10 be distinguished as to
whether it was child or some animal.
William Finner, the Fremont county
farmer who disappeared after drawing
large sum of money from the bank
at Sidney, was not murdered, as sup
posed, but skipped to Nebraska to
avoid having 10 pay the money to cred
itors.
The city election in Des Moines re-
suited in the election of Campbell, Re-
publican, for mayor, by something
over six hundred majority. The rest
OF the Republican ticket was generally
elected by majorities ranging from two
hundred to six hundred.
Recently the young and pretty wife
of James Graham, of Fort Dodge, dis.
appeared. At the same time Henry
De Long was missed. An investiga-
ton showed that the couple had eloped
They were traced to Sioux City. where
they are now living. Graham will not
prosecute them.
August Swanson, aged rs, living at
Clinton, while temporarily insane from
the effects of la grippe, attempted to
cut his throat with a chisel. He in
flicted several bad gashes in his neck,
but none of them are dangerous. He
will be sent to the insane asylum at
Independence to remain until cured.
j, F. Blake, a prominent attorney OF
Ottumwa, was severely beaten by Will
liam McCune, a farmer living near
that place. Blake was counsel for Nc
Cunes wife, who recently secured q