Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-09-25

New stands of forty-fivc calibre rifles
will also DO issued to the companies
as soon as possible, and AL OF the
troops in the state will be supplied be-
fore the next camp.
Upon request OF the railway COM
mission, Attorney General Some has
prepared papers and will file them in
the district court OF Polk county, for
suits against the Iowa Central, Rock
Island, Burlington. Northwestern,
Milwaukee, Minneapolis s. ST. Louis
and other roads to compel them to
obey the last order OF the board for
the enforcement OF joint rates.
The two little girls OF George Pat
terson, at New Sharon, were playing
with matches when it is supposed the
older one, aged 4, set fire to the clothes
Of the younger, aged ., and before the
shocking warning could reach the
mother. the younger one was burned
so badly that it died. In trying to
save the child the mothers hands were
badly burned, and she is Frustrated.
On May 26, 1890, Rev. John Potter,
of Lynnville, made complaint to the
Iowa railroad commissioners that he
was elected from a passenger carrying
freight train on the Rock Island at the
above place because he rendered his
fare and not ticket, being unable to
procure the latter owing to the ticket
office being closed. The board have
ruled the fare should have been ac-
cepted and the passenger allowed to
remain aboard.
While George Hewitt, young
farmer living few miles east of Des
Moines, was returning home driving a
colt attached to light buggy and was
approaching the main line OF the Rock
Island railway, the outfit was struck
by train, the horse instantly killed
and the buggy reduced to kindling
wood. Young Hewitt was picked up
in an unconscious condition, SO badly
injured that he died in few hours
after being removed to his home.
Miss Emma Freed, OF Pennington.
died in great agony, poisoned by her
own hand. She was pregnant and
unmarried, and had been told by some
lady friends that il she would put
some matches in boiling water and
let them steep and then drink the
water she would be all right. She
did so and died from the effects OF the
poison. No one knew how much OF
the poisonous stuff she did take. She
was under seventeen years of age
and of more than prepossessing APP
pearance.
3 One of the main streets OF Mar
shalltown was the scene OF contest
that threatened to end in bloodshed.
The city has been up in arms over
the efforts OF the Chicago, st. Paul g.
Kansas City railroad 10 lay another
track on Nevada street. one of the
principal thoroughfares, against the
wishes OF the property owners and the
whole city. A construction train ar
rived from Des Moines that morning
at o'clock with 100 tracklayers on
board, and they went TO work at once
in putting down ties. The noise
aroused one OF the adjoining property
owners who at once notified the
mayor. AS soon as possible force OF
thirty men with revolvers and guns
was organized and the tracklayers
ordered to get out or be used as tar
gets. They laid down their tools and
beat a retreat. Roadmaster Burnett
aud several conductors and laborers
were arrested and tried before the
mayor for violating the state law
against working on the Sabbath and
were bound over to appear for trial.
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