Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-05
IOWA Condensed ITEMS
Wall Lake has a new cala5oose.

1000.
The Fonda creamery receives 5000
pounds OF milk daily.
Muscatine is in the race for the
home for the adult blind.
A cornet band OF fourteen pieces has
been organized at Granville
The Iowa ex-Prisoners Of War asso-
citation has membership of 900.
The building of new $50, 900 court
house is being agilated In Shelby
county.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Paulina
are complaining of the ravages of the
cut-worm.
The Aurelia Sentinel says the fruit
crop in that section promises to be
abundant.
Parkersburg schools have been
closed on account of the prevalence of
scarlet fever.
Nine dogs that had been bitten by
a rabid canine were killed at Elliott
the other day.
For the first two weeks in May the
Northwood creamery turned out over
10000 pounds of but er.
1t is estimated that the loss to
bridges in Scott county by the storms
~ 1,et ,rooly ,,y;lI ,o,,l, e1n Onn
The fire loss OF Fort Dodge last year
was % per cent leas than in any city
Of the same population of the state.
The senate confirmed the following
Iowa postmasters on the 2nd: Joseph
Vos, Orange City; Isaac Brandt, Des
Moines
A farmer by the name of Demmings
was killed by being thrown from his
wagon while on his way to Sioux City
from Neville.
The barn of Levi Wilson, at Tarin,
was struck by lightning and barn and
contents, including u span of horses,
"cic
By fire in Wahle Bros. block on
Second and Ripley streets, Davenport,
Wahle Bros, lost $1,000 and Charles
Schake $1,000.
The senate has confirmed the APP
pointments of the following Iowa post
masters: II. H. Hopkins, Nashua; J.
l.. Whitley, Usage.
Two youthful burglars, aged II and
IL years respectively, were arrested
at Muscatiue the other day for rob-
bling grocery store.
Superintendent Croan, of the West
ern Normal College, has offered Kate
Shelley the advantage of good edu-
cation free of expense.
Fred Hunt had his arm terribly
manGled by being caught in the belt
ing of the roller mills at Cedar Rap
ids. Amputation was necessary.
In a runaway near Little Sioux, Mrs.
Ghampney was thrown from a buggy,
striking against post and receiving
Enjuries from which she died few
hours later
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
Francis Murphy, the great renowned
temperance orator. will shortly wed
Rebecca Fisher, beautiful and wealthy
widow of that city.
The Doom Press says the coal dis
covered near that place was a chunk
used to block u threshing machine a
year or two ago and left in the field
and just plowed up.
The city council of Atlantic has de-
cided to make no effort to collect licen-
ses from the original package houses,
the intention being to extend the po-
lice power as far as possible.
Fred Palmer, son OF o. +. Palmer,
prominent citizen of Algona, was
killed in railroad accident near Spo-
kane Falls, Wash, on the 24th ult.
His remains were sent home.
The governor June End made an in
spection of the treasury. The condi-
ton showed some 1878. 05S. 95 in the
general revenue and 1927, $40 in the
agricultural college endowment fund.
An aesthetic tram entered the resi-
dence of 5. NJ Hummell, at Waterloo,
the other day, got away with big
cake and II pail of milk and left
bunch of water lilies in return for the
favor.
News was received at Fort Dodge
that John Robinson, we'll known col
ored man of that city, was shot dead
in Il saloon row at Covington, Jan LIST.
Robinson was in Sioux City on brief
business visit.
A calf was born in Guthrie county
recently, with a proboscis closely re-
sembling that of an elephant The
eyes are in close proximity to the nos
trils, which are at the end of the long,
flexible trunk.
A lodge o. rythian sisters was or
ganized NJ Eldon the other day with a
membership of twenty-five. This is
the first lodge of the order organized
in the state and the sixty-fourth in
the United States.
Eli Weathers, a carpenter of Osceola
who has been totally blind for seven
years, went through painful opera
ticn which will restore his sight COM
pletely. Mr.. Weathers is one OF the
happiest men in Osceola.
The pupils OF the Iowa school for
the deaf, az Vinton, have organized a
base ball club, to be known as the |
Iowa club, and intend to make tour
of the State, playing series OF games
with home clubs of every important
point in the State.