Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-25

hioo nv boS NoiucS On the lftn. ABOUT
thirty were present at the opening
session, others arrived during the day
One of the discussions was on the du-
ties OF sheriffs when acquisitions to
other states are to be served, but no
definite action was taken.
The grand jury OF Polk county, has
indicted Walter Roam for assault with
intent to kill Ira Perkins. He stabbed
Perkins in the neck October 81, and
the injury has caused partial loss OF
Perkins power Of speech. The prov
ocation for the assault was that Per-
kins took Roan's divorced wife to the
theatre.
CHARLES CRY has just secured the
location OF the German College, that
until now has been at Galena. Illinois.
The bonus given for the college is
$50 600, which was secured by the
sale OF lots in a college addition. The
college will be great help to Charles
City. DO h in a material and educa.
tional sense.
The defendants petition for tenn
porary alimony in The case of VIM. H.
Seeley VS.. Emily Seeley, at Dubuque,
came up in the district court The
plaintiff claimed that he was induced
to marry the defendant while her for
mer husband was lying on his death
bed two weeks before his death oc-
Cured. Seeley is over 80 years old,
and is somwhat OF a miser. He is be-
lieved to have considerable OF prop
erty. He charges his wife, who is 40
years old, with cruelty and uniaithful-
ness.
3 Mr.. FRANK BLAKE, formerly drum
major of the drum corps, was acct
dentally shot near Dubuque while
hunting rabbits. He was standing be.
hind some brush, when his companion
shot at a rabbit. The charge struck
the hard ground or brush and glanced
off, lodging in Mr.. Blake's leg above
and below the knee. He was placed
in wagon and taken home, where
most Of the shot were extracted. The
wounds bled freely, but it is hoped the
injury to the knee will not be perma-
nent.
LETTIE ROLAND. aged Is years,
daughter Of Thomas Roland,
Of What Cheer, committed
suicide the other day by taking
poison. Miss Roland was living as
hired girl with Mr. Schrock, mer-
chant tailor, and on the afternoon OF
the 18th she went to see her mother,
taking Mrs. Schrock's baby with her.
Leaving the baby with her mother
she went down town and entered For
'yth's drug store and asked for Some
strychnine. When asked what she
was going to do with it she said it was
to poison rats. She gave her age as
twenty years and got the poison. She
then went home and unknown to her
parents took the fatal dose. All ef-
forts to restore her were in vain. The
cause o. this terrible deed was the
knowledge that she would shortly be-
come mother, but she stoutly refused
to give the mans name who had
her.
AT meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Royal Union Mutual Lille
Insurance Company at their Office re-
Gently, Hon. Frank ID. jackson, the
secretary of state, was
elected president of that lively COM
pany, in place of Hon. S. A. Robert
son, resigned. Mr.. Robertson has
been the president of the Royal Union
since its organization, and offered his
because of other heavy
business en- erprises in which he is
largely interested that require his
personal attention. He never sought
TO he an insurance man but took the
position as On interested citizen of the
Capital City to help establish west OF
the Mississippi River an old.line
Mutual Life Company, such as Iowa
demands and the west deserves. Now
that the company is fully established
1t was his wish to be relieved of the
responsibility OF the position. Mr..
Jackson has been vice-president dur
ing the term OF Mr.. Robertson's presi-
iency. He has had many business
open to him on stepping
out of the service OF the stste,S in
which he has so favorably and popu-
larly acquitt ID himself but with a
full knowled e of the needs and the
demands of the people of the state
from this time on, enlists all his ener-
gies and his personal attention to the
service OF a company which mas for
its motto. "In all that is good, Iowa
affords the best" Mr.. Jacksou's host
Of acquaintances and friends through
out the state will congratulate him on
his selection to this important Office,
and wish him many years OF useful
ness to the state and abun dant per-
sonal prosperity.
DON'T KNOW HIS LUCK.