Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-01

| WIN. Leet arrived from BradtOru ILL.,,
Tuesday morning.
VIM. Burns has new awning in
front of his hotel.
Mrs. Il. W. Brown was the guest Of
Atlantic friends yesterday.
Nels Beck, of Brayton, has been
granted patent on harrow.
George Milliman, of Extra, started
yesterday for Wyoming, locating near
Sundance.
Lew Langworthy, Of Sioux City, Wis
tied his parents and sister here the first
of the week.
Pearl Andrews fell from the gallery
of the barn yesterday, sustaining quite
severe injuries.
ID. w. Matthias is moving to his farm,
and the Grant house will be occupied
as a private residence.
ID, L. Freeman and l.. J. Yaggy mus.
tered Sons Of Veterans Camp OF thir.
teen members at Irwin last night.
Service of Song at the NJ. L. church
next Sunday evening. Subject, The
Ten Virgins. Everybody cordially in
vited.
Mr.. j. w. Smith, recently Of Douglas
township, has moved to Nelson, and
has put in large stock Of general mer
chandise.
A fire In Griswold Tuesday night
destroyed $4,000 worth Of property in
the business center, including the
engine house, city hall and calaboose.
The Methodist church society has
been providing increased comforts for
the pastor and his family In the way Of
an improved parsonage. Two new
porches and other conveniences have
been added.
Carroll Is In ecstacies over an alleged
coal find. All towns of any conse.
quence have to pass through this period
of mining experience without results,
and then get down to regular business
| Will lnClcdStu VIM
What there may be In name is illus.
trated by the fact that small boy In
this town whose given name is Garfield,
is addressed and recognized by his
chums rs governor though the ex.
tent of his powers is not known.
1t Is definitely settled that Iowa will
DO represented at the worlds fair, the
governor having signed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for that purposes. The
commissioners will thus be relieved Of
the disagreeablo features which en-
barrassed the gentleman who showed
up Iowa at tho New Orleans exposition.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette has asked |
the editors of Iowa TO contribute their |
photographs to Its rogue's gallery, and
purposes to illustrate the craft in an
early issue. The REPUBLICAN Is in
receipt of one Of these requests, and
finds itself somewhat embarrassed. II
some good looking friend will kindly
loan us the use of their photograph for
this purpose we will see that II Is re-
turned in good shape and shall consider
ourselves under lasting obligations.
We shall regard the loan rs coniiden.
tial.
Last week +. G. Trude put on his
war paint and went cunning for dogs
In the general selection of dogs for the
slaughter he was fairly successful, but
made an unfortunate hit when he rid.
died the anatomy Of VIM. Mallorys
dog. This canine was pure white,
sort of sacred dog, and very intelligent.
He was bow legged creature, built
low on the ground, with wide quarters,
and because of his ability to cover
great deal of territory, leaving but lit.
tie daylight between himself and moth.
er earth, was In training for short
stop, and would ere long have cut
something Of a figure in the national
league. But he was cruelty cut down
before his star had reached its zenith,
and the man who cut him down was
hustled before the mayor and fined S5
and trimmings for shooting inside the
incorporation. Trude was arrested and
tried before Justice Brainard for car
rying concealed weapons, but was &C.
quilted.
| A mad dog created a sensation south
west of town Sunday afternoon, appear
ing successfully at the Wilde, Spears,
Searles and Smith places At Mr..
Speare's COW and dog were bitten
by the poisoned animal, which finally
sought the cool atmosphere of the Gel
lar. Going from there he lay in the
creek for time, then went to the eel
lar of VIM. Smith. where he was the
target for two unsuccessful shots from
a revolver, but was finally silenced by
the contents of shot gun. The ami.
nal was first seen three miles south.
west of where he was killed, but was
unknown even In that locality, so IL
can not be known from whence he
came or how much damage he may
have committed. The dog which was
bitten at Speare's was killed, but the
COW will be taken care Of until the NAL
ady developes. While it is very early
in the season for such a demonstration,
those who saw the enraged animal are
confident that it was suffering from
hydrophobia, as all of the well known
signs were apparent.
1t is a significant fact that Of the
large number Of ministers attending
the Council Bluffs Presbytery last week,
but one favored high license as against
the present prohibitory law. When tho
temperance resolution, given elsewhere,
was reported, only one man expressed
himself against its adoption, and that
was Rev. Chas, Whetgell, of Avoca,
Rey, Whetzell, while not belonging to
any political party, votes with the Dem,
ocrats on most questions. He states