Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-17

pounding sweet music out oil an ola
wash boiler and The bride blowing
cyclone through an ancient fog horn.
After few solos the crowd was glad
to escape and leave them in peace.
Marshal Andrew at Charlton arrest
ed four tramps on suspicion of being
the men wanted for recent burglaries
in that city, and on one of them he
found eleven gold watches, all proba-
bly, stolen. Onth emorning of the day
they were arrested house was broken
into and q revolver and $3.50 in money
stolen
A freight train parted in the middle
a few miles east of Glenwood, and a
collision OF the two parts resulted. The
engineer ran on with a part of the
train a short distance and stopped,
when the rear section dashed into the
part attached to the engine, badly
wrecking several cars. Nobody was
hurt, but two tramps, hid in car of
lumber, had IL miraculous escape.
Bert Alger, young man of Ruthven,
was accidentally killed by his younger
brother while shooting ducks at the
lakes. Mr.. Alger was an exemplary
young man, loved and respected by all
who knew him. His untimely death
cast sad gloom over the little village
and the entire community sympathizes
with his grief-stricken parents in the
loss OF beloved son.
The clothing house Of Hewlett & Son,
Fairfield, was burg,arized. The thieves
effected an entrance by cutting out q
panel of the rear door and christening
the lock. They were evidently we'll
acquainted with the premises, for they
did not arouse the least alarm. The
goods taken consisted Of jewelry, silk
hankerchiefs, neckties, flannel shirts,
hats and clothes, in all about 5000
worth.
Gov. Boies has recently made tho
following appointments: DR.. Guilbert
of Dubuque, to represent the homeo-
pathic school OF medicine on the board
of health, and he was the unanimous
choice Of the homeopathic physicians of
the state. Captain Merrill of Clinton,
and j. j. Russell of jefferson, on the
board OF trustees of the soldiers homo.
DIR. Harrison, of Davenport, on the
pharmacy commission.
The United States grand jury has in
dicted President r. +. Graves and
Cashier X. s. Harris, of the CONNER
ciel bank of Dubuque, which failed
two years ago with liabilities amount
ing to s550,000. Graves is accused OF
classifying the statements and over
drawing personal accounts, and Harris
of completely. Graves is now running
a bank in Arizona and Harris is bank
cashier at Pueblo, Colorado.
An engineer and fireman on an en-
CINE at Carroll, got hold OF Il goose
and put it on their engine. The own
er demanded it and scuf1le ensued.
To prevent him from getting the goose
they threw it in the fire box of the en-
CINE. Scharnberger's goose was cook
ed, but it cost the railroad men SIS
and costs to settle it. The railroad
officials are looking the matter up and
it is thought the men will be bounced
besides.
Fire at Sioux City, April 9th, Quilted
the wholesale harness and saddlery
store OF Singer & Mennerchor and the
bakery and fruit store of Henry Faith
man. The loss of Singer & Menner-
Choir, building and stock, is about five
thousand, fully covered by insurance.
Faithman's loss is two thousand, also
insured. The Brinkman Corset Com
pany and others on the upper floors
lost in the aggregate three thousand,
also insured.
The farmers of johnson county do
not intend to submit TO the extortions
of the twine trust, and are making a
move to procure their binding Irvine at
a lower price and help out home in
dustry at the same time. A large
meeting of the farmers of the county
was held at Iowa City the other day,
when a committee was appointed to
take definite action in the establish
ment OF a cooperative Irvine factory
at that place.
A peculiar suit has been brought in
the district court at Burlington. Last
fall son OF Alfred Peterson was killed
in carousal in a saloon in that city
owned by Benedict Spitzmuller, and in
a building belonging to Andrew Beck.
The parents Of the young man have
brought suit against Spitzmullcr and
Beck for the murder of their son. The
suit is brought under the Clark prohi.
bition law, which holds saloonkeepers
and property owners responsible for
unlawful acts committed on their
property. Lively interest isexcited in
the case.
At Sioux City a few days ago Mrs.
+. j. Kann accidentally shot her next
door neighbor, Mrs. c. C. Gross. Mrs.
Gross was calling an Mrs. Kann at the
time, and was sitting in chair with
her baby in her arms, in the room in
which Mrs. Kann was engaged in over
hauling the drawers OF an old bureau.
In looking over the hidden relics in
one OF the drawers, Mrs. Kann found
an old revolver, which she picked up
and pointed playfully at her caller,
saying as she did it: I'm shoot you. A"
1t was the same old story OF didn't
know it was loaded. But it was, and
it exploded. The revolver was large
one, carrying SS-calibre ball. The
ball struck Mrs. Gross on the right