Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-30
this association will largely augment

their number.
For the first time since the original
package decision Algona is without
package house. When the Wilson bill
was passed the package men were
notified to suspend business, and it
was thought for some time that they
had done so, but it soon became evil
dent that they were doing business on
the sly. The grand jury found indict-
ments against two OF the package
men, but it was found that they had
left town suddenly the evening be-
fore, expecting the indictment.
Mayor Reno of Iowa City, has re-
ceived from the census department at
Washington Information of the recount
ordered by the government for Iowa
City, which gives Iowa City popula-
ton OF 1884 as against 3, 62S given by
the June count. In 1880 the official
census gave Iowa City 7,120, but at
that time the students OF many of the
educational institutions in the city
were enumerated. Counting the stu
dents, as was done in 1880, and as they
are now, the population of Iowa City
today is at least 5000.
There is a great scarcity of cars in
northern Iowa, and from many of the
ems llar tnwns ,,rnant ANIMAL no orninu
into the head officers ON the various
roads praying for relief AT the pres
ent high prices OF grain and stock,
farmers have rushed it into market I'M
til elevators and all available room is
crowded full, and business is at stand
still. The condition, if long continued,
will be deplorable. Railway managers
claim that they are doing all they can
do toward meeting the demands.
The new Y. M. c. A. rooms in Fort
Dodge, were formally opened October
23d. The opening took the form of a
reception to the general secretary,
John G. Rose, late Of Dcs Moines.
During the evening short addresses
were made by all the ministers OF the
city and by the business men and
others interested in the work. The
association is very pleasantly quar-
tered in the Crosby block, the suite of
rooms embracing chapel, reading
| roorn ovmpoc,up, apd hath rooro, II
starts with encouraging prospects for
effective work.
The Baldwin Electric Railway COM
pany, believed to be but another name
for the Thompson. Houston company,
has applied for franchise in Lyons
and Clinton, TO build an electric street
railway. They offer to give bonds OF
| $40, 900 to complete the road within
one year. The Clinton and Lyons
Horse Railway company, owning about
ten miles OF track at Lyons, asked the
| city for a franchise to change their
line to an electric system, agreeing to
| give bonds of $4,000 to have the
change completed and the system in
| operation in one year.
A novel suit was begun at Sioux
| City. Charles Crombie made applica-
ton to Judge Lewis for an injunction
to restrain Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Wilbur
from harboring his wife. Crombie
claims that his wife is under the in
fuence OF the Wilburs to such an ex-
tent that he is entirely shut out, and
that she refuses to live with him or
have anything to do with bim.
Crombie says that he never had any
! trouble until himself and wife went to
board at Wilburs, but that shortly
thereafter his wife's disposition toward
him changed and that his home is
ruined by the interference of parties
who should attend to their own bust
ness.
A meeting was held at South Sioux
City Oct. 23rd for the purpose OF secur-
ing pledges from the farmers to raise
sugar beets. II. Il. Oxnard, the
Grand Island sugar manufactures, has
made "a proposition to put in u plant
in South Sioux City to cost 5000, 900
for bonus of $l50,000 in cash and
real estate and guaranty that 1900
acres of beets will be raised in the
vicinity next year. The farmers were
enthusiastic and there was no trouble
in getting them 10 pledge the required
number OF acres. A committee con-
sisting of Donald Mclean, Major
Palmer, Allie Hart, Frank Hunt, H.
M. Baird and others, were appointed
to 60 to Grand Island, prepared to
! put up a guaranty bond for the bonus.
| II is said that sugar beets can be
raised as easily in that part OF Iowa as
in the vicinity OF Grand Island and
pay better than any crop that can be
raised
In his instructions to the grand jury
at Bloomfield, Judge Leggett said
that under the decision of the supreme
| court of the United States it was not a
crime TO sell liquors imported from
another state in the original packages
until The Wilson bill was passed by
congress and became law. But that
after that time it was violation of
the laws of this state TO sell any
liquor without u proper permit
whether imported and in the original
package or not. That tho action Of
the inferior United States courts in
other states, on this subject was not
binding on the courts OF this state.
And that until the question is finally
settled by the higher courts, it is the
duty OF the grand jury to consider the
law valid, and to enforce it against all
violators, whether by original package
rates or otherwise. That If they had
cases before them OF sales before the