Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-07-17
IOWA CUNDENSEb ITEMS


Lack Of patronage compelled the
West Side Dispatch 10 suspend.
The young colored men OF Kcokuk
have organized military company.
Union aud Shenandoah have sup
pressed the original package houses.
The Brotherhood OF Railway Train.
men have organized a lodge ut Esther
vile.
The Republicans Of the Third dis.
trict have renominated Col. Henderson
for Congress.
BY the explosion of gasoline stove
at Cedar Rapids Matthew Petrovitsky
and wife were nearly burned to death.
George d. Perkins. edi or of tho
Sioux City journal, was nominated
for congress in tn. Eleventh district
on the forty-third ballot.
Uncle" William Babcock, an old
pioneer, died at the Residence OF his
daughter, a. Eldora, Mrs. William
-Ibach at the age OF 95.
M. T, Searles, supposed resident
'of Nebraska City, walked off the rear
end Of No. II near Fairfield few
nights ago and was instantly killed,
While swimming in Skunk river.
near Burlington, a young man named
Edward Hardy was attacked with
cramps and drowned before assistance
could reach him.
2 An unknown man was killed while
attempting to board freight train be-
tween Spirit Lake and Estherville. 1t
is thought he was under tho influence
of liquor at the time.
Miss Cynthia Van Deneler, at Cres-
ton, aged eighteen. took oil of tansey
with suicidal intent during fit of de-
spondency. She will recover, though
in precarious condition.
The Comercial Savings bank OF
Leeds has applied for q charter and
will be granted one as soon as minor
defect in the application is corrected.
The capital will be $25, 900.
Pickpockets got in their work at
Boone when Sells circus was in town,
going so far as to nip" Policeman
Lockard revolver while he sas watch.
ing an innocent shell game.
Charles Conncrs and c. l.. Geru
two youthful burglars claiming Bur-
lington as their home, are in jai! Mt
Cedar Rapids charged with burglariz-
ing several residences in Marion.
A couple of Butler coanty farmers
went on a wolf hunting expedition
one day last week and returned with
twenty-one young cubs, lee which
they received the snug sum OF $42.
Frank Sonkup, of Audubon county,
went down into an old well, and by a
caving of the well was buried under
% feet of soil and rocks. He leaves a
wife and four children, with an estate
valued at SIS, 200.
J. b. Metzgcr, farmer living in
Clay township, Clay county, was
dragged to death by runaway team
the other day, About two years ago
one OF his sons was killed in precisely
the same manner.
Two dogsshave gone mad at Belle
Tlaine within a week and people are
somewhat alarmed over it, No damage
was done to anyone as II was discov-
cred in time to prevent this. The dogs
were prou,ptly killed.
The state auditor has received the
report from the hospital for the in
sane at Mt. Pleasant, for the quarter
ending June Srd showing the average
number of patients to be 1882, the cost
for which to the state is $S2,84k
The report OF the Iowa hospital for
the insane al Mt. Pleasant for the pasl
month shows that there were 787 pa.
tients, in that institution, 442 OF whom
were females. Ten patients died and
nineteen were dismissed during the
month,
Several persons at Belle PLANE and
vicinity have been prostra'ed by the
heat. w. f. Trumbull, who received
a sunstroake died. A Bohemian living
several miles south OF town, died
from the effects of a sunstroake re.
ceived few days ago.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary OF state
by the Curlew creamery company, Of
Rush Lake, Palo Alto county. Cap
ital stock 5000. Also by the Man.
haitian real estate and investment
company of Sioux City. Capital stock
$1,000, 900.
Fred Armstrong, aged %, and Roy
Hawk. aged s, were killed by black
damp in the air shaft OF an abandoned
coal mine at What Cheer on the 10th
Mr.. Armstrong was the eldest son oil
ex-sheriff Armstrong and young
man OF sterling qualities. He leaves
a wife and one child.
During an electrical storm the
other day the house OF Mrs. Ludwig,
a widow living near Coldwater, was
struck by lightning. The whole
family was rendered insensible, ant
when the children recovered the,
found their mo! her standing in cor
ner OF the room with life extinct.
Lightning struck the residence o
Thomas Tookey, about six miles
southwest OF Stone Lake, killing Pat
rick Leonord, stone mason OF Newell
who was there doing some masor
work. II also knocked down Mr.
Tookey, and two OF his children. Mr.
Leonard leaves wife and four or fv,
children.
Minnie Bows Naa, a young Siames,