Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-07-24


OF Lewis, met with u serious ana near
~ fatal accident. The little fellow
was playing in the yard where the
men were hauling and unloading barley
when he got in the road Of backing
wagon which knocked him down and
ran over both his legs just above the
ankle, breaking one and badly crush
ing the other.
Prof. Norman Dunshee, OF Drake
University, died az his home in Des
Moines, July 10Th, in the Goth year OF
his age. He was one OF the ripest
scholars in the country. and was the
man who'll President Garfield loved to
honor as the one who taught him
Virgil. Prof. 0. +. Morgan, AM,
past graduate OF Johns Hopkins, has
been chosen to the chair made vacant
| by the death OF Prof. Duushee.
Soon after the prohibitory law was
passed the Bowman brewery in Mar
| shalltown was closed, and the pro-
prietors began shipping their beer
| and fighting against the enforcement
OF the law until fines aggregating g.
900 and costs were plled up against
them. Governor Boies has RENTED
their fines on the ground that they
were imposed for acts which were not
violation Of the laws as interpreted by
the supreme court.
An ''original package" house sup
piled from Omaha was started in Car
son. The law and order league which
drove the saloons from that place
years ago was recognized, and notice
was given by Frank Shinn, the repre-
sentative OF the league, that the bust
ness must be stopped at once and
forever in Carson. II stopped at once.
A barrel OF bot led beer brought into
the town by other parties was quietly
smashed by some of the ladies.
The barrow Investment company,
at Corning, with capital OF 800, 900,
succeeds to the loaning business form
erly conducted by the First National
bank of that place. Prominent st.
Joseph and Hopkins capitalists are
interested in it, and have also effected
the purchase of heavy stock in the
First National bank. Lew f. barrow.
for twenty years prominent IN real
estate circles, remains as president OF
the bank and also of the loan COM
! pany.
Dan Hendricks, OF Viola, killed
rattlesnake recently which had two
legs. They were placed about six
inches back from the head on either
side OF its body and were about two
! inches long, The feet resembled a
cats paw more nearly than anything
else, and when FIRST seen the reptile
was walking on them, at the same
time wrisgling the lower part OF its
body like any other snake. 1t was
about three feet in length and had five
rattles,
Mrs. Clara L. Nichols, OF Corwith.
Hancock county,, National Inspector
of the Woman's Relief Corps. and
| formerly President of the Iowa De-
partmeut, has recently been unani-
mously elected, member of the Ad-
! ri na,,,,I xf 10
OF War Association, with headquarters
in New York city. Mrs. Nichols
formerly resided in Des Moines, but is
known throughout the state as a
prominent and efficient worker in con-
nection with the w. II. C.
An original package middle has
/ been settled at Calendar, Webster
county. Some time ago |. N. Mitch
ell established an agency at Calendar.
for the sale OF original packages from
! Milwaukee. His stock was seized by
a local constable under search war
rant. Mitchell demanded the return
OF the packages, claiming that he was
protected by the supreme court de-
,, cision, as he was only selling in origi-
mails. The trouble was settled by the
liquors being returned to Mitchell on
condition that he would sell no more
in Calendar.
The family of Arthur Webb, con.
sisting Of his wife and four step-daugh.
ters, are under arrest at Oskaloosa for
the murder of his three. year. old child
by beating 1t To death. About year
ago Webb married Mrs. Joseph Ansel,
and il seems that she and her children
have been in the habit OF beating this
child inhumanly for some time. A
short time ago Annie Ansel was ar
rested and fined for assault and bat
terry on the child. A few nights ago
the little one was severely beaten again
by the family, and on the goth died OF
the injuries inflicted.
At meeting Of the city council In
Dubuque the other day a drunken
alderman made "holy show" of him.
self, according to the Times, which
says: "He presented the appearance
Of an intoxicated sphinx. He uncork-
ed an immense amount OF Original
package eloquence. The council would
have got through great deal more
work If he had not been unclaimed
during the day. The volleys of drunK-
en- oaths which he hurled at the mayor
were disgusting and insulting. and
MayorStewart displayed more patience
than wisdom in not ordering the
drunken member deposited In the
cooler. Once or twice the mayor was
obliged TO call on the marshal to keep
/, order.
The officials in the governors de-
partment are in quandry. A con-
vict was committed to the penitentiary
AT Fort Madison nm Decemher 1878