Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26

mas been Gated TO meet At CEDAR kap-
ids, on Wednesday, Aug. 9th, 1890.
Tho ratio Of representation will be two
delegates from each county, and one
additional delegate for each 225 votes
and fraction OF ms or over, cast for
Boies for governor, In 1889.
Work on the water works at Creston
has been stopped by creditors attach.
ing the property Of the contracting
company. The amount of the attach
ment is about SIS. 500, and unless the
water works company can redeem the
claims new local company will, 1t ia
said, he organized, and the works COM
pleted by them.
The Iowa State Temperance ALI.
ance have sent ii. l.. Chaffee, OF Des
Moines, TO Nebraska to assist In the
amendment campaign. He will make
fifty speeches at prominent points in
that state. The meetings are general
ly largely attended, and the campaign
appears to be open in earnest.
A party OF young people composed
Of Everett Welton, Eugene Turner and
two sisters, attempted to drive across
Roberts creek, near Lama, and were
swept down stream by the current.
Mr.. Turner and sisters were rescued
with difficulty. Mr.. Welton was
drowned. The team was saved.
Judge Kavanaugh, OF the District
Court, at Des Moines. has rendered q
decision on the "original package" in
the case OF the State VS.. Terry Cham
bers. He holds that case containing
bottles OF liquor is the original pack
age and that liquors cannot be shipped
in barrels or kegs and drawn off into
bottles.
A team of horses, a double-seated
spring wagon, only one seat taken,
and set OF good farm harness was
stolen from Michael Buckley, seven
miles southwest OF Bayard, on the
night of June 2lst. Also on the same
night from j. A. Mcconnell on an ad.
joining farm, team of horses and light
harness.
Allen Black, the seven.year-old sor
of James Black, farmer living near
Fort Dodge, was drowned in Soldier
creek. The creek was swollen by the
rains, and tho little fellow probabl,
lost his life by being swept off his feel
while trying to ford it. His body was
in the water two hours before being
recovered.
AS postmaster Sheets, at LeMars,
returned from his supper he saw 9
man jumping from the back window Of
his Office. He gave chase and cap.
tured the thief, as he proved to be,
who gave his name as Kelley. A con
federate who was near was also captur.
ed. Both were held to the district
court. They had stolen some stamps
and cigars.
Terry Chambers. who runs restau.
rant and an "original package" resort
in Des Moines, was seriously shot by
constable Frank Pierce, on the evening
OF the 23d. Pierce went into his place
TO make an arr est and met with resist.
ance from Chambers and others in his
place. In the alteration which fol.
lowed Chambers was shot by Pierce.
The wound is reported as dangerous.
Mrs. Elizabeth Perley, OF Spring
Hill. Warren county, is a daughter o.
revolutionary soldier. Her father,
Henry Earl, fought under Gen. Wayne,
and was severely wounded. Her hus
band, p. P. Perley, deceased, was 0
soldier in the war of 1912, for which
she now draws q pension. She is 90
years old, and has had four sons, two
of whom were soldiers in the late war.
The Fort Dodge district campmeet.
ing will be held at Gowrie, opening OF
the evening OF July 5 and closing July
II. The meetings will be in charge
OF Presiding Elder Walker and the
preachers OF the district. A number
Of other prominent ministers will be
present. The Northwestern, Rock Is.
land and Illinois Central railways Offer
round trip tickets ut one and one-third
fare.
Somebody about the state house has
made the discovery that two bills pass.
ed by the last general assembly have
disappeared the bill ordering the
battle flags to be displayed in the no.
tunda of the state house, and the bill
entitled, IAN act to allow cities and
towns to refund existing bonded in
debtedness." The bills, it is known,
were passed, but they can not be
found.
The mystery surrounding the origin
OF the fire by which Mercy hospital
was partially destroyed at Davenport,
and in which Sister Mary Irene los,
her life, has been cleared up. Frank
Dittmer, a reliable witness, testified
that while working in his garden he
saw a bolt OF lightning descend and
strike the building at the place where
the fire afterward broke out. The
flames did not burst forth until nearly
half an hour after the building was
struck.
The following changes have taken
place in the Iowa railway mail service:
Nicholas Bentner, Of Brayton. appoint
ed at $500 on the line between Marion
and Sioux City, 10 fill the vacancy OF
L. Wander Muelan, $1,000, removed;
L. G. Bassell, OF Garner, at $500, be-