Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-11-27
IOWA Condensed ITEMS
A gun club has been organized at

shut down for the season.
Hog cholera is ravaging the pens
in the vicinity of Paulina.
The new X. of p. hall at Fl. Madi-
son was dedicated recently.
The new homeopathic hospital at
Iowa City has been dedicated.
Council Bluffs authorities are max
ing it warm for the gamblers.
A Crawford county man picked ripe
raspberries from his bushes lately.
Corn thieves are numerous in the
vicinity OF Marcus, Cherokee county.
Seventeen conversions have resulted
from Evangelist Ford's U. B. revival
at Ames.
Audubon now has first-class hotel
heated by steam and all the modern
improvements.
The Dubuque county grand jury ex-
onerated Col Henderson on the charge
OF buying votes.
Husky George Hammer, of Modale,
husked 100 bushels OF corn in nine
and half hours.
Cedar Falls merchants are organic
ing branch of the State Business
Mems association.
Two Grinnell ladies have contribu-
ted $3.50 to establish q kindergarten
at Harjin, in Turkey.
The Methodists OF Perry are ar
ranging 10 build $40, 900 church dur
ing the coming season.
The Davenport Democrat wants it
distinctly understood that that city
has a population of 5000.
w. w. Clark, OF the Orchard City
mills, at Burlington, has disappeared
with some of the firms money.
Des Moines is putting $3.50, 900 into
beet sugar factory. Des Moines will
be just too sweet for anything.
The auditor of Muscatine county
paid $3.50 for wolf scalp the other
day--the first OF the crop Of 1890.
The trial of j. j. Grir nell, the MUIR
derer of George Cornell will be begun
at Elkaker, Clayton county, Dec. 8.
The historian of the Protestant
Episcopal church OF America, is Bishop
William Stevens Perry of this state.
The new Congregational church at
Webster City will be dedicated about
January LIST. The edifice cost SIS, 900.
A prospective bride became hope
lessly insance the other day just be-
fore the ceremony was to be performed.
While V. G. Farnham, of Akron,
was at supper thieves entered his
hardware store and tapped the till for
$50.
Davenport cyclists are building a
mile track. The Iowa State meet will
probably be held int that city in short
time.
A warrant for 81 900 has been issued
by the auditor of state to the indus
trial school at Eldora for improve
ments.
Peter Jansen, of Sabula, was drowned
in slough. His horse mired, threw
him off and tramped him under the
water.
Little Lennie Hangewood, of Du-
buque, is deaf, dumb and blind, yet
she is learning to read from raised
letters.
George Hartman, aged II, of Mus
catine while on hunting trip was
seriously injured by the bursting of
his gun.
The Iowa City militia company has
received full stand of forty new
rifles from the government arsenal at
Davenport.
A, boy named William Huff, near
Ottumwa, killed a companion, Charlie
Buetro, aged IL, accidentally, Will
out hunting.
The conductors and brakemen on
the Diagonal have received official mo-
tice OF an advance in their wages COM
inencing Dec. /.
Fifty farmers in Muscatine county
are willing to subscribe $500 each to-
ward the building OF beet sugar fac
tory in that county.
Russell's big grain barn, near Bur-
lington, burned. The bodies of two
unknown men and dozen horses were
found in the rains.
A Bellevue boy named Derkas, went
to Dubuque for the purpose of having
his limbs amputated. He was injured
in a game of skinny"
The Buchanan County Poultry As.
sociation has arranged for its annual
exhibition at Independence from De-
cenlber 29 to January 5.
The Clarinda electric light plant
will be under way by December Is.
Five hundred and thirty-four lights
have been contracted for.
The large new elevator at Pomeroy
is nearly completed. 1t is owned by
the E. M. Dickey company and will
be managed by /. I. Willis.
At the recent election the vote on
the court house question in Wright
county was decided by vote OF 500
majority in favor Of Clarion.
James Dickinson, Council Bluffs
railroad man, has skipped for parts
unknown, leaving his wife and chill
dren in destitute circumstances.
Four two-story frame buildings
burned in Eagle Grove. The losses
will reach $4,000 to ,000-about
one half covered by insurance.
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