Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-30

is flowing with great force thirty feet
in the air. People are fo:king to see
1t.
The Estherville Republican, in ad-
vising the young men of the town to
"brace up says there are more young
ladies in Estherville without escorts
than there ought to be, and still the
boys ''sit on the fence and watch them
go by.n
DR.. II. II. Gates, of Glidden, died
from heart disease in his office Oct.
25ih. He had been around town I'M
til a few moments before. lie was
surgeon of the Thirty-frst Iowa dur
ing the war and was well.known
throus bout western Iowa.
Webster City has Il sensational
school case. Three lady teachers have
resigned alleging that superintendent
Weaver is of Incorporate habits. The
board is holding court in the high
school room, open to the public. The
other teachers stand by the superin-
tendent.
Adair is just now having fine
growth, foriy-iive residences and bust.
ness buildings have been built during
the last sixteen months. Seven new
families have moved Ia In the last
three weeks, and the new residences
are occupied as fast as completed, and
there is constant demand for more.
AT Harlan a keeper from the insane
hospital at Clarida took charge Of an
escaped lunatic who had been COM
mitted to Jail for HOUSEKEEPING on a
large scale. He broke into dozen
houses in the southern part of the
county last week and succeeded in
making small haul in each of them.
"A certificate has been issued by
the auditor to the Worth state bank OF
Worth county, located at Northwood,
having capital of 10000. b. II.
Beckett and H. L. Toyle is cashier.
One also is issued to the Citizens
state bank OF Dubuque. IL has cap
ital Of $4,000. p. j. Lee is presi-
dent aud H. p, Willing is cashier.
Some Usage small boys made hot
air balloon in imitation of one that
made an ascension in that town re-
Gently. An urchin named Wallie Hill
was the aeronaut. The balloon rose
for a distance of thirty feet when it
collapsed, the young disciple OF Mont
golfer falling gracefully onto the roof
of shed and sustaining painful but
no serious injuries.
A Hastings correspondent says the
yield of corn is very disappointing in
that section Of Southwestern Iowa.
Farmers who confidently expected
thirty bushels to the acre, are finding
less than twenty on getting into the
fields. Feeders are picking up all the
old corn they can find at and cents
above the market price, as the quality
of the new is SO poor.
Fish story from Keokuk Gate City:
A salmon weighing about three pounds
was caught in the river just outside the
government boom Sunday, and when
landed was found to have an eel about
ten inches long firmly wrapped around
his head in tho vicinity of his gills, the
head of the eel being in the fish's
mouth. The salmon had evidently in
tended to swallow the wrigglcr, but
was frustrated by having his head en-
twined as mentioned.
Joseph Bunk, Jr., man aboat
twenty-three, was probably fatally in
mred near Ottumwa, October %.
Young Bunk was working in "a stone
quarry in the bed of the river and q
blast that was supposed to have gone
off failed to burn as fast as the others
and he went to relight 1t when the ex.
plosion took place. His face was hor.
ribly mangled, both eyes put out and
his right side torn in shreds. He will
probably die.
) Mr.. Webb. druggist at Rolfe. was
brought before justice OF the peace
on an information filed. charging him
with illegal sales of Intoxicating
liquors To two parties. He pleaded
guilty. surrendered hispermit and was
released on the payment of fine oil
800, and the costs. When this and
other fines recently imposed upon per-
sons at Gilmore and Rolfe are paid over,
it will make about $3.50 added to the
educational fund OF the county.
Counterfeit silver dollars to II con.
! siderable number have mingled with
the common mass OF money at Fort
Dodge of late and all merchants are
now testing coins OF that denomina-
tion before taking. The counterfeit
is clever one, with good color and
ring The fact that numerous clothes.
line robberies and petty burglaries
have occurred OF late leads to the sus'
picion that gang of crooks are al
work somewhere in that vicinity.
Mrs. Cornell OF Correcti onville i:
tile possessor OF rare United States
coin, bearing the date of 1888. On
one side is crown under which is in
scrlbed, mind Your Own Business. y
On the other side is circle OF thirteen
links, representing the thirteen orig
inal states, in the center OF which is
the motto, 1--WE Are One" The coin
is over one hundred years old, ant
Mrs. Cornell was offered at one time
500 for it, but refused TO part will
it.
AS result OF the encouraging X
hibit made at the Webster county fail
the hog raisers of Webster county hav,
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