Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-08-28


Ottumwa, Aug. 10Th, every county
was fully represented. Judge T.. l..
Burton, OF Ottumwa; w. +. Babb, OF
Mt. Pleasan', and Dillon Payne, OF
Bloomfield, were nominated. Burton
and Babb by reclamation and Payne
on the first ballot, his opponent be-
ing Porter, OF Centerville.
The city council OF Fort Dodge at
the request of the business mems as
ISOLATION, has ordered census re-
count at the city's expense, and the
rev census will be taken in connec-
ton with the school census. The
figures OF the official count fall below
the estimated population OF the city
by about 1000, aud the citizens re-
fuse to accept The result as authentic.
All the saloons in LeMars closed
their doors Aug. 21st in response to a
notice sent out by the temperance peo-
pie for the past week giving them
three days in which to close. 1t is
not known whether they will stay
closed permanently or not. The tenn
perance people are determined to see
that they do and claim TO have the
money 10 back them up and enforce
the law.
Some four or five thousand people
assembled at Keosauqua, Aug. 21st,
to celebrate the twentieth anniversary
Of the Van Buren, county Old Settlers
association. Speeches were made by
Daniel F. Miller, Sr., of Keokuk, and
Judge Geo. G. Wright, of Des Moines.
John Duffield, of Pittsburg, was elect
ed president, r. j. Topping, secretary
and treasurer and one director from
each of the townships in the county
was chosen for the ensuing year.
Homer Miles, an ex-railroad brake
man. wanted at Fort Dodge for burg
larry, made a daring escape while in
charge Of Deputy Sheriff Adams, who
had arrested him in Kansas and was
bringing him back. Handcuffed as
he was, Miles jumped from the car
platform while the train was going
at full speed near Kirkville, Mo.
The night was dark and rainy and all
efforts to find him were fruitless. 1t
is thought that he was found and
cared for by some fellow railroad
men.
At Hampton a few nights ago bur-
glars were out in force, and succeeded
in securing +. M. Funk's gold watch,
chain and Knights Templar charm,
and his wife's gold watch and chain.
besides So cents in change, which by
good luck was all Ed. happened to
have about his clothes. They were
evidently scared away before they
secured all they would have taken, as
Mrs Funk's pocketbook was untouch-
ed, together with numerous other
valuable articles that were lying
around loose. The same parties tried
to go through DR.. M. H. Ross house,
but were heard by the doctors wife,
who also saw the flash of a dark Ian
tern, and awakened her husband.
They struck light and the burglars
skipped out the way they came, which
was through the cellar.
A destructive fire occurred at Audi.
bon the other morning, caused by
lightning striking the livery barn OF
Eitzgibbons & Molseed. There were
fifteen head Of horses in the barn,
three of which were taken out alive,
but fatally burned, and the balance
were consumed by the flames; also five
single and one double buggies. sleighs,
harness, robes and nets; 800 bushels
OF oats, six tons of hay, and in fact
everything the barn contained. The
office and agricultural implement
house, formerly owned by w. w
Anderson, and the barns belonging tc
Langan Bros. and James McAndrews
were connected with the livery stable
and suffered the same fate, with the
exception that all the live stock,
buggies, harness, etc., were safely re.
moved. The losses aggregate S4,715.
Mrs. Sue Harry Clagett Pettengill,
formerly of Keokuk, Iowa, died al
Osborne, Idaho, on the morning o
August 18th, OF paralysis Of the heart
The Gate City says: Her death was
sudden and painless. She had been in
failing health for couple OF years.
She was at the home of her brother
Hon. William H. Clagett, when she
died. She had been staying there for
some time, her brother hoping tc
benefit her by change of scene and
medical treatment. Her home was in
Tacoma, Washing ton, where her hus-
band, Mr.. S. b. Pettengill, is editor oil
the Ledger. She had two children,
sons about six and four years old. She
was the we'll known daughter OF the
late Judge Thomas w. Clagett. In
his day she did much of the editorial
work of the Constitution and con-
tributed much to the Nation and other
leading journals. She was very.
brilliant woman and her qualities
were as solid as brilliant.
New Sharon was visited by another
fire on the night of Aug. 16. Its
origin was in the rear OF the DIR. Con-
away building. His large library
and a fine collection of surgical instru-
ments were all consumed. The fire
spread to the large meat market
building OF w. c. Reed, which might
have been saved had it not been for
the fire company bursting their hose.
The fire was confined to these two
buildings. the total loss is about
5000. DIR. Conway was lucky
enough to have $1,000 insurance in