Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-01-02
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Dubuque's first electric car made a
run the day before Christmas
Many farmers OF Marion county are
prospecting for coal on their lands.
Ullie Akerstrom will open the new
opera house at Anamosa, January 10.
Nathaniel Bourne, ono of the oldest
citizens Of Cedar Rapids, died recently.
At Iowa City the other day young
man went swimming in the Iowa river
Lon Godsey, prominent character
at Whiting, has become violently in
sane.
Council Bluffs claims to have ex-
pended IS, 64S, 900 in improvements
during 1889.
Farmers around Sioux Center are
talking of building an elevator on the
cooperative plan
The soldiers home at Marshalltown
is almost flied to it's utmost capacity
A hospital is needed.
Fred Kecht's clothing store at Law
renee was burglarized and goods to
the amount of 1900 taken.
Diamond JOS new fast passenger
steamer will be named the Gate City,
in honor of the city of KeOkuk.
The creamery and cheese factory,
talked about for some time past at Mil
ford is in a fair way to materialize.
The Sioux City journal says the
Illinois Central is cursed with the
poorest telegraph service in the west.
The people of Corydon have raised
$4,000 by subscription to build new
court house, and the contract has been
ct
The $780, 900 hotel at Council Bluffs
will be as fine structure of the kind
as there is the western part of the
State.
The Democrat, of WaukOn claims
that $25, 900 will hardly pay for the
improvements made in that city during
1889.
The little daughter of John Michael,
living near Magnolia, was stepped on
by horse the other day and her leg
broken.
The Buchanan County Poultry and
Pet Stock association will hold it's an
nual exhibition at Independence Feb.
10 to 13
A girl employed as cook in the
Metropolitan hotel at Fort Madison
took an overdose of laudanum and
came near dying.
The Gleuwood Building and Loan
Association, capital $500 900, filed
their articles of incorporation with the
secretary Of state.
Fine bred dogs in Fort Dodge are
falling victims to the dog prisoners
art, and the Chronicle wants the Off
GERS TO catch the culprits.
MIR. Ryan, of Dubuque, will erect a
packing house at Emmetsburg, en-
ploying from so to 100 men, if proper
encouragement is given him.
While husklng corn some time ago,
John SilbOugh, of Spirit Lake, hurt
his hand so that blood poisoning set
in, finally resulting in his death.
"Son" German, of Dubuque. and
Peter Kiern Of Now HamDtop nlavad
game of pool at the latter city for
800 a side German was the winner
The reported highway robbery at
Atlantic turns out to have been no rob-
berry. The so-called victim was on a
spree and hurt himself by falling. He
told the story Of attempted robbery and
was for time believed, but he was
drunk.
Geo. B. Webster, engineer for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road
met with painful accident at Creston
In attempting to board a switch en-
CINE. The toes Of his left foot were
crushed, rendering amputation neces-
sary. '---.-...
Henry Deutch,. dry goods merchant
OF Davenport, and A. Loeb, clothier,
of Rock Island, were both closed up on
the oath, about the same hour, Loeb
making an assignment and Deutch
being closed by the sheriff on a 5000
chattel mortgage. .,
A farmer named David Sells was ar
rested at Council Bluffs charged with
being an accomplish with gang OF
sharpers who have been swindling the
grangers at Macedonia and other
points out OF money by means of the
old familiar ''green goods" game. II
is believed to. losses OF the victims will
aggregate $4,000.
Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the Secretary Of State by the Fl.
Dodge Butter and Cheese Association,
of Fl. Dodge, with a capital stock OF
$4,000. Also by the New Sharon
Roller Mill Com pany, with stock Of
1880. The object OF the company
is the owning, equipping and
operating of steam Touring mill
at New Sharon.
A couple of prisoners in the county
Jail at Winterset thought they would
have some fun, so they amused them
selves breaking glass in the Jail win.
dows, tearing down the Jail ornaments,
etc. At last they discovered the steam
pipe, and thought it would be fun to
break it up, They succeeded, and had
it not been for the timely arrival ol
the sheriff they would have been roast
ed in the small cell by the escaping
steam. As it was, they were pros
trated. .'
"a CHRIS. Moor, q school boy at Wau'
coma, met with q peculiar accident tho