Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-02-20

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account, which was SO.
A little son OF Alonzo Likens. resid-
ing near Barnes City, while playing in
field where there was loose horse,
had his head badly crushed by the
horse stepping and falling on him.
The accident may prove fatal.
A war is being waged by the West
ern Plaster company against the Fort
Dodge cement works. The cement
company claims that it has enough
contracts to employ its force for five
years, SO it is not embarrassed.
A couple of fellows went through a
Carroll hotel while the guests were at
supper and made sneak on the good
clothes of several guests. One of them
was captured at West Side, and will be
entertained by Judge Macomber.
Rev. u. A. Nash was buried at Des
Moines on the 10th. The funeral SER
vices were attended by hundreds of the
citizens of Des Moines. He was the
founder OF the Baptist church in that
city, and one of its earliest pastors.
A merchant at Hull ordered bill of
goods from Sioux City wholesaler
and ordered 1t shipped per the Milwau-
kee line. They were shipped by the
Northern, and on their arrival the
merchant refused to accept the goods.
A man named Hessian in Humboldt
county has sued a railroad company
for damages for knocking wagon off
crossing. The company expects to
prove that Hessian left the wagon there
on purpose and that his wife was sit
ting near in order to be witness.
A young lady of Estherville intended
to go to Des Moines and had her trunk
taken to the depot. A travelling man
Just after sent the hotel porter to the
train to get his trunk The young lady
waited day to get her trunk back.
IL bOOh SOilC W uiSIOtCI lbo WllCIC-
abouts.
The city council ofSioux City appro-
priated $500 to send a committee to
Washington to assist /. S. Struble in
his efforts to get public building
through. 1t appears that Burlington
is after the plant with fair prospects
of knocking it off before Sioux City
gets there.
Conrad LAGRANGE, an old and well
known farmer residing about six miles
north Davenport, was kicked and IA
tally injured by one of his horses. Mr..
LaGrange had just returned from Dav-
export and was putting his horse in
the stable when one of them kicked
him, striking him over the heart and
rupturing the blood vess sells. He was
carried into the house, where he died
In about twenty minutes.
James Holman, for whom Governor
Larrabee offered reward of $500, is
the man who killed James Rowan and
shot his brother Jack, at Clinton, on
the End inst. The murderer is 25O
years old, weighs 16o pounds, is feet
10 inches tall, sandy hair, freckled
face, high cheek bones, walks erect,
has large upper teeth, and moves his
fnn,,, cyila ~ eide IL, to1Irino
the above reward the sheriff adds 800.
The following changes occurred in
the railway mail service in Iowa re-
Gently: George Cannon was transfer
red from the line between Long Pine,
Neb.. and Whitewoods, S. D., to the
line between. Missouri Valley and Long
Pine, Neb, at 81 ,00c to fill the vacan-
cy OF John S. Quincy, resigned. How
ard A. Rowe was appointed at $500 be.
tween Missouri Valley, Iowa, and Long
Pine, Neb., vice George A. Davidson,
resigned.
Abner Martin died fcw days ago
in Van Buren, county. His home was
on his farm near Mt. Zion. He leaves
an aged wife and several married
children. He was sevepty-six year:
of age. He came to Van Buren, county
in the early settling of that part oil
Iowa and has since resided in that
county, with the exception of two or
three years in California. Mr.. Martin
was one of Van Buren, county's most
successful farmers.
Mrs. VIM. L. Bradley, the wife of
prominent capitalist of Dubuque, died
suddenly Feb. 10th, under peculiar
circumstances. While walking along
the street she fell and broke her arm.
She was conveyed home and DR.. Horn
was called. He administered chloro-
form and while under its influence
plate containing false tooth slipped
into her throat and she was suffocated
before the physician was aware OF her
condition.
3 Another remarkable case is reported
from Dubuque. A lady of that city. in
laughing heartily opened her mouth
so wide that she was unable to close
it A physician was called and found
it necessary to break one OF the jaw
bones to close the mouth. Since that
she has been unable to eat solid food
and has to be fed with spoon. Only
few days ago, it will be remembered,
lady OF that city choked to death in
swallowing plate containing false
tooth while under the influence Of
chloroform.
We have heard OF persons climbing
tree and saving the limb off on which
they sat, between themselves and the
tree, but Uncle John Tribbey few
days ago improved on this absurd act,
says the Salem News. He was repair
ing the ice chest in his butter shop
md nailed himself in He did not