Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-09
IOWA. CONDENSED ITEMS

cessiul IN 2XnlOlts anu NnauclaiiV.
Ex-Gov. Buren, r. Sherman is seri.
ously i'll at his home in Waterloo.
Two new churches and u Masonic
temple are in course OF construction
at Williamsburg.
The corner stone OF the new Third
Presbyterian church was laid at Du-
buque, Sept. 2S,h.
The effortto have Editor Henry OF
the Coon Rapids Enterprise indicted
for libel by the grand jury did not sue.
coed.
The creameryat Kellogg. which WAS
destroyed by fire on the morning of
August z, has been rebuilt and Is
again doing excellent work.
Little three-year-old Estella Rossiter
died at Davenport. Of cholera morbus.
resulting from eating the lips from
lot OF matches few days ago.
Judge Traverse has been nominated
TO fill the vacancy GU tue Republican
judicial ticket caused by the death of
w. +. Chambers, OF Ottumwa.
Professor James Bryce, NJ. r., the
celebrated British author, arrived at
Grinnell on the LIST, for visit with
Professor Macy OF Iowa College.
Robert Morris, OF Maple township.
Ida county, has lost 40 hogs by
cholera, Several hundred have died
OF the same disease in that vicinity.
William Watts, coiored, charged
with criminal assault upon Mrs. Put
man, at Clinton, has been found guilty
and sentenced 10 ton years al hard
labor.
The Iowa Universalist convention,
just closed at Waterloo, was the most
important and successful gathering
ever held by Universalists west OF the
Mississippi river.
A farmer named Dethmer, living
one mile west OF Hull, fell into the
cylinder OF thrcshins machine and
narrowly escaped horrible death.
One foot was torn off.
Two original package vendors at
Emmetsburg, who were not as prompt
in closing their business as they were
in opening it will have to pay $500 and
$500 respectively or stand committed.
The Clinton Age figures it out that
the Iowa cornfelds this year produced
$40 per acre at cost Of So per acre,
leaving the farmer a net profit OF $12
from every acre devoted to this crop.
Ered Kimbull. an employee OF the
hospital for the insane at Indepen-
dence, took tablespoonful OF am
monia, mistaking IL Tor salts, and at
last accounts was in a precarious con-
dition.
In the district court at Dubuque, "a
verdict OF 81, l47.50 was awarded Mrs.
Haggerty against the Kansas City
road. She sued for $40, 900 Tor the
killing OF her son while making q
switch.
Joseph Meyer, l2-year-old boy,
was gored TO death by vicious bull
on his fathers farm. near Rockdalc,
Dubuque county. His death was wit
messed by three young men, who were
unable to render any assistance.
Mrs. Asa Keogh at Cedar Rapids,
has brought suit against three saloon
keepers for selling liquor TO her mus
band. She asks $4,000 in each ease.
The owners OF The property where the
saloons are kept are made ,co-dcfend-
ants.
A fine bank OF clay north OF Lyons
has been tested aud found TO make
paving brick OF a superior quality TO
the Galesburg article. A farm Of
thirty-three acres has been purchased
by Clinton parties to start such an in
dustry on.
The city council OF Boone. has grant
ed franchise to fuel and gas COM
pany 10 put in a plant for supplying
gas for fuel power. 1t is to be FUR
nished 10 consumers Tor sixty cents
per thousand feet. IL is estimated that
the plant will cost $3.50
The large barn OF Alfred Godfry,
near Herndon, was destroyed by fire
on the night of October End. with hay,
corn, and oats, and three valuable
horses. Loss. $4,000. There ere foar
horses in the barn, and il is supposed
one was stolen, and the barn sci on
fire.
company has been formed with
capital OF $4,000 to develop and work
the famous Karrick digg ings ~ Du.
buquc, which were abandoned several
years ago. The mines are full OF
rich mineral, but were abandoned on
account, OF tho encroachmcnts OF
water.
Nj. +. Wright's barn, four miles east
OF Schallel, burned Oct End. Besides
the barn. valued at about 81 900, thir.
ty feet of corn crib was burned. Con-
siderable grain was lost 800 BUSH
els OF oats, ] 1000 bushels OF corn; also
900 pounds OF oil meal and -four tons
of hay. The horses were saved. but
the harness was nearly all destroyed.
From advices received at Sioux
City, it Is probable that President
Harrison will visit the Corn palace
on Saturday, October IL. He will
visit the Ottumwa palace on the 9th,
and will be at Topeka, Kansas, on the
10th. 1t is now arranged to have him
leave Topeka on the evening Of the
10th and get to Sloax City Saturday
noon.
A daring robbery was perpetrated
in Waterloo, Sept. goth. While the