Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-24

The place had nc known thatits profits
had bcen so much caitailed.
An enthusiastic meeting OF the coal
palace stockholders was held at OF
tumwa. 1t was decided to push the
work on that industry at once. Officers
were elected and the company incor-
porated with capital stock of $685.
600.
DR.. j. A. Reid of Davenport, has
been indicted by the grand jury for
murder in the second degree. and held
in $4,000 bonds. He is charged with
performing an operation upon young
woman, from the effects OF which, it is
alleged, she died.
The laundry OF the Central House at
Morning Sun, took in tramp the 9TH
er day, fed him. warmed him, give
him place to sleep, and awoke next
morning to find that he had left on an
early stock train, dressed in the old
tudH UeSt sun OI clOtneS.
A report has been received of an
accident near Gravity in which an old
man named Yeasling lost his life in
attemp ing to stop a runaway team.
Mr.. Yeasling was an old and respected
citizen of the community, where he
had resided for number of years.
Ten buildings were destroyed by re
at Mt. Ayr on the night of the 18th,
the portion burned over being the same
that was ravaged by fire eleven years
ago. The loss by this last fire is esti-
mated at $4,000. The fire occurred
in the business portion of the city.
Five stables at the driving park at
Sioux City, burned, among which was
one containing Bob Kneebs' string of
racers valued at SIS, 1000. BY heroic
work Kneebs saved all his best horses
but seven common draft horses were
cremated. The origin of the fire is
not known.
A large fine otter was captured alive
in the south part OF Delaware county
few days ago. The party who caught
him sold him to neighbor, who kept
him few days and then sold him to
the superintendent of Lincoln Park,
Chicago, where he will be placed on
exhibition.
The Iowa State Medical Society met
in its 39th annual session in Des Moines
on the 10th, about $50 members being
present at the opening. The proceed
ings were conducted by DR.. j. Nj.
Emmert, of Atlantic. the president of
the society, who delivered his annual
address. Several interesting papers
were presented.
A charivari was held in Iowa town.
ship, Dubuque county, over newly
married couple. The brother of the
bride, John Pine. went out to re-
monstrate with the crowd, when the
leader, James Bradley, struck Pine
over the head with a gun. His skull
was fractured and he will die.
Ten Sioux City saloon keepers were
brought into police court on the charge
OF using and allowing cloud, profane
and indecent language in their place
of business, to the annoyance of the
people of Sioux City and against the
peace of the state" Each was lined
$50, which was promptly paid
An accident occurred at Doom, on
the Sioux City & Northern, by which
John Cash and John Olsen. of Sioux
City, were badly hurt. Both were em-
ployees of the road. working on con-
struction train and were thrown off,
the entire train passing over them.
Both lose a leg apiece. Cash is badly
hurt and may die.
The annual convention of the Wo-
mems Baptist Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the west opened at Keokuk
April 10th, delegates being present
from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
consin and Kansas City. The annual
reports show great increase in in
terest in the work, the subscriptions
for the year being the largest on
record.
Some time between the hours Of six
and nine on the evening OF the 18th,
the c., b. & Q. ticket Office, at Red
Oak, was broken into and some 500 in
cash was secured from the till in which
Ticket Agent Bess had temporarily left
that sum. The theft was discovered
on his return to sell tickets for train
No. 10. No trace of the guilty par
ties vet
The theory that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place is prov
en- untrue. The residence Of M. Sex
ton, at Scranton, was struck by an cleo
trio bolt the other day, the fluid climb
ing down the chimney, demolishing the
stove and boring hole in the floor.
The family were in another part OF the
house at the time and escaped injury.
The same house was struck in an ex-
actly similar manner "a few years ago.
VIM. Henderson, commonly known
as dude" the stylish young colored
man in Des Moines, who was shot by
Constable Skinner on the 4th of March,
died on the night of April 18th. from
The effects OF his wound. Dude had
arrest, and with the assistance
Of his friends overpowered the officers.
He afterward followed the constable
and attempted to shoot him, but the
officer proved to te the more success
'ul marksman.
At New Hartford, April 18th, Daniel
Callahan went into the grocery of j.
I. immersion and Callahan having on
BOARD considerable "booze," became |
abusive. Immersion ordered him out, |
nd ha not rrninn, anJ