Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-08-21

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inal assault upon his stepdaughter
Fox was arrested on returning from
the funeral Of his wife, the assault
having been committed while she was
on her deathbed, the knowledge OF
his beastliness having FASTENED her
death.
Governor Boies has issued commits
sions in the Iowa National Guards to
&. F. Holt, OF Black Hawk county,
chaplain Sixth regiment; J. c. Fisk,
Mahaska county, captain Company F,
Third regiment; c. c. Craig, Mahaska
county, first lieutenant Company F,
Third regiments b. +. Blocklinger,
Dubuque, first lieutenant Company A,
Fourth regiment.
The veterans OF Company ID, Thirty
second Iowa infantry, held social
reunion at Boone the other day. The
company, ~hich was made up mainly
in Boone county, has remarkable
:ord. Although it passed through
some OF the hardest fought battles OF
The war, it came out with seventy-fve
members, and since that time but
three have died.
Hardin county had thirteen original
dackage houses, two at Alden, one at
Iowa Falls, three at Ackley, one at
Gives, one at Steamboat Rock, one at
Eldora, two at Union, two at Written
and one at Hafford. All are closed,
the most OF them the day the news
came that Ben Harrison had signed
the original package law. They were
given no time whatever.
When the guards at the Fl. Madison
penitentiary made the lookup the
other evening one man, q life prisoner
named Mason, was missing. Upon
a search being made he was discovered
concealed under the floor of the shops.
From this unpleasant, narrow place he
had hoped to crawl when night came
on and scale the walls, unseen by the
guards, thus liberating himself.
The inclination to stake something"
is so strong in the tramp that some
times he takes articles for which he
has no earthly use The other day a
grocery store at Boone was broken
into and large quantity of fancy
toilet soap tuken. The missing goods
were found IN the possession of
tourist" and AFTER being forced to
disgorge he was allowed TO take his
departure.
Articles OF interpretations OF the ID.
-Rothschild Grain company, of Daven-
port, were filed with secretary OF state.
The capital stock is $4,000. The
company will do general grain
brokerage business at Davenport.
Amended articles were filed by the
American Bank Trust company. The
capital stock is 5000, 900 and the prin-
cipal place of doing business at Sioux
City.
Fred Hinkle. Deer Creek town
ship farmer, in Webster county, has
been bound over to appear before the
grand jury on a peculiar charge. He
is accused of having maliciously cut
the tails off of an entire herd of cattle
owned by neighbor named Nash.
Nash alleges that Hinkle took this
means of getting even on some trouble
they had been having over each others
cattle.
There was bad wreck on the Chi
cago, St. Paul & Kansas City road
near Earlville on the 14th. Twenty
car loads OF fax seed were ditched and
then consumed by fire. Two trainmen
were badly injured. The diaster was
caused by collision OF two trains,
and the loss was heavy. Another
wreck is reported on the same road
near Dyersville on the same day, in
which two engines and several cars
were smashed.
There will be "a meeting of the SUR
vivors of the Tenth Iowa on the state
fair grounds in Des Moines on Tues.
day. September 2--Soldiers' Day.
The location of the regimental bien-
NAL reunion for 1891 and the question
OF building cottage on the state fair
grounds for the use OF the members OF
the association, their wives and
children, will be considered at this
meeting. A headquarters tent will be
open for the meeting.
We call the attention Of cur readers
who intend to visit the State Fair 10
the advertisements OF prominent and
leading Des Moines business houses.
The occasion will afford visitors to the
fair fine opportunity to make pur-
chases in the various lines OF trade
advertised. at the very lowest prices.
These houses are all first-class, and
will treat all who may call upon them
with courtesy and fairness. Give them
a call when you go 10 Des Moines.
Walter ID. Betters, barber at Keo-
kuk. shot and seriously wounded his
wife. 1t is thought the shooting was
done during drunken quarrel. The
parties were married at Ot'umwa last
April and came to Keokuk three weeks
ago from Burlington. The man was
arrested and the woman taken to a
hospital where she lies in precarious
condition. The husband claims that
the shooting was accidental, and the
woman says she don't think Betters
intended to shoot her.
F.