Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-09-18
IOWA CUNDENAID ITEMS

A Catholic Library association has
been formed at Davenport.
The deaf mutes of Dubuque will
give an exhibition and fair some time
in November.
farmer near Davenport lnoculated
4,0o0 young pigs as a preventive
against cholera.
A little daughter Of William Ed
munds was seriously injured in rum
away accident at Hawarden.
The state. convention OF the w. C.
II. U. will meet in Wesley nj. +.
church, Des Moines, October 10 to17.
S. P. Anderson, Waterman on the
@ road near Burlington, was struck
by passing train and instantly kill
ed.
The first pile OF the new wagon
bridge across the Mississippi at Clin-
ton was driven Sept. Sth with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
The total number OF passengers
carried by the Rock Islands five fair
ground trains was 1856 as against
140, 900 last year.
The Union county display at the
blue grass palace has been shipped
to Topeka to be placed on exhibition
at the Kansas state fair.
The local alliances OF Wapello
county have organized county
alliance. The organiza ton will be
non.partisan in politics.
During a quarrel at Churdan,
Thomas Concannon was fatally stab
bed by man named Wright. The
murderer is under arrest.
Edward c. Hovey. an employee in
the Keokuk postoffice, is under arrest
for robbing the mails. He was de-
tccted by means Of decoy letters.
j. A. Towle, the new professor of
Greek in Iowa college, has arrived at
Grinnell. He taught last year in
Adelbert college, Cleveland, Ohio.
A lioness with the Barnum & Bailey
show gave birth to twin cubs at Du-
buque the other day-the first kings
of the forest ever born in the state.
Mrs. Anna Hancock, an insane
patient in the Lee county poor house,
escaped and all efforts to discover her
whereabouts have been unavailing.
Greedy Slime, small boy living
near Gilman, died the other day from
lockjaw resulting from running a
rusty nail in his foot about two weeks |
ago.
William 4. Chambers, the Republi-
can nominee for judge in the Second
judicial district, died September 18th,
of typhoid fever at the age OF forty
four.
Work has commenced on a new
three story hotel at Carroll. A site
has also been selected for the large
knitting factory, and contract has
been let for the building G.
Louis ROBBERS, the young locomotive
engineer who fell from his engine on |
the Lake City branch of the North |
western road few days ago and sus-
tanned severe injuries, died at Eagle |
Grove.
Manson grain dealers complain OF
the scarcity Of grain cars for trans
portation. One dealer, who has sold
10000 bushels OF corr, has been COM
PEELED to qnit Smelling until more cars
arrive.
A company has been organized in
Cherokee for the purpose OF putting
in an electric light plant. A franchise
has been secured and work will be-
gin as soon as preliminaries are ar
ranged.
G. T. Williams, chaplain of the TT.
Madison penitentiary, has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Boies as delegate to
the National Prisoners association,
which meets in Cincinnati, Septem-
ber 25 to October /.
A farmer named Samuel Trevail
was loading hay near Sioux City when
the horses suddenly jumped forward,
throwing him off the load and he fell
on his head, and his neck was broken,
kiliinu him instantly
Mrs. Boesen, the woman charged
with numbering her husband near
Beloit last winter, was the other day
sentenced to states Imprisonment for
life. Seven of the jury were for hang
Ing, but were induced to compromise
on a life sentence.
Mrs. c. A. Donaha, vile of we'll
known travelling man, suicided at
Dubuque by hanging himself with
strip OF bed sheeting. She had been
i'll and had frequently threatened this
act. She was resident OF Dubuque
for the past thirty years.
The trial OF Lee MINER for murder.
was commenced at Sioux City, Sept
IL. He killed young man named
Scott who was working in the Office Of
firm at the stock yards with whom
MINER had trouble last January. The
defense will he insanity.
The current number OF Frank Les
lies Illustrated Newspaper contains
picture OF the Ottumwa Coal Palace,
portraits of President Ballingall and
Secretary Manning, and fine article
from the pen of Mr.. II. S. Kneedler,
editor of the Ottumwa Courier.
John Corney, Of Plymouth, Cerro
Gordo county, has suicided. He was
fiftyyea of age, had two wives living,
one in Bohemia and one in Nebraska.
Mr. Cornev for rnontha had imaoinad