Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-17
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on plant at Keokuk.
The electric street railway.in Daven.
port is being extended.
Work has commenced on new
Lutheran church at Jewell.
A race track will be built this spring
at Covington, Linn county
April 25 will be celebrated as Arbor
Day by the Iowa public schools.
The postoffice at Villanova, Clinton
county, has been discontinued.
RedGeld has Sons OF Veterans
camp with twenty-five members.
Two boys are under arrest at Lyons
for tapping the postotice till for sl5
in broad daylight.
A Sons OF Veterans camp. with
membership OF twenty-five has been
organized at Redflld.
The Congregational churches at OF
tumwa, Fairfield Keokuk and Oskaloo-
are without pastors.
An O'Brieu county man was fined
$40 for procuring liquor from drug
gist under false pretenses.
DR.. Magoun has resigned the presi-
dency of Iowa college after holding the
position for thirty-six years.
The Democratic State Central Gem
mittee has decided that the next con-
vention shall be held in Cedar Rapids.
An old lady named Canaan was blown
from shed at Calliope during the re-
cent storm aud sustained a fracture of
three ribs.
Simons and Hanson, two very hard
looking cases, are held for trial in
Council Bluffs in $1,000 each on a
charge OF burglary.
Safe blowers have got onto the fact
that Iowa City only has two policemen
and have been doing big business
there for the past two or three weeks.
The grand jury at Carroll returned
an indictment of murder in the second
degree in the case OF Mrs. Wilcox, who
fatally shot her husband a few days
ago.
A young man named Arthur Setback
was drowned in Beaver Creek, near
Parkersburg, few days ago by the
capsiziug Of a boat. Ho could not
SWIM.
Burglars at Muscatine entered the
Office Of the Ashton Flour and Feed
company, tapped the safe by drilling
holes in the door, and stole $3.50. No
clue left.
George Adams. Keokuk colored
barber. became suddenly insane and
tried to cut his mother and sisters with
razor. He was sent to the Mt. Plea
ant asylum.
E. +. Hilsabeck, Of Deuison, will
have to pay Tillle Gottsch $1,000 for
the privilege OF not marrying her. A
jury awarded her that amount OF dam
ages for seduction.
= William Elliott, an aged resident OF
Iowa City, while crossing the street
was run over by a man on horseback
and seriously injured by being tram
pied upon by the horse.
G. L. Hatley, who has wife living
In Illinois, has got himself into trouble
by paying to much attention to the
young ladies OF Storm Lake, where he
passed himself off as lonely bachelor.
Burglars carried away 5000 worth of
goods from Larson's store in Council
Bluffs. Deputy Sheriff Campbell Of
Mills county captured the parties at
Pacific Junction and recovered the
goods.
James Phelan, a resident OF Boone
county since 1858, died at his home in
Boone on the 10th. He was formerly
county superintendent of schools, and
has for years been prominent and
wealthy citizen.
A boy from Written has been ar
rested at Toledo by Northwestern de-
tectives on charge Of placing obstruc-
tions on the track and trying to wreck
trains. The fast freight came very
near being derailed.
The annual state camp meeting of
the Adventists will be held In Des
Moines, May 81 to June 10. The first
week is preliminary and the regular
service will commence. Tuesday, June
3rd. The grounds will be in Oak
Park.
While intoxicated Dan Marsh enter
ed a saloon at Sumner and demanded
a drink. He was refused and proceed
ed to help himself. This enraged the
proprietor, who pulled a revolver and
shot at Marsh, the bullet clipping off
portion OF his ear.
A Dubuque street car driverhas been
arrested for stealing fares. He had an
ingenious method Of extracting the
nickels from the cash box. He bent a
wire and coated one end with lard,
which would adhere to the coins when
inserted in the box and thus they were
removed.
A car OF hay on west bound Chica-
go, Burlington & Quincy freight train
caught fire about four miles from Cor
ming. The rear cars were uncoupled
and an exciting race against the fire
began. Corning was quickly reached
and the burning car was placed under
water tank.
Hon. H. McNulty, the we'll known
criminal lawyer and one OF the oldest
members OF the bar of Dubuque, died
April l4th, from stroke OF paralysis
with which he has been suffering sew
eral weeks. He was the attorney OF