Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-08-21

placed in first class working order bv
Z. II. Cross, the popular implement
dealer of this city.
Good fortune has fallen upon yerv
worthy subject in the pensioning Of
sam Hardinger by the government
lie rtcsived word through his agents
Messrs. Andrews 4 Hanna, last Friday
that his claim had been allowed. From
the date of his discharge till 1889 the
allowance is $500 per month, when IL
is Increased to Sl2 per month and viii
continue. The aggregate of back nav
is SLIPS, which will make q worthy
veteran and his family very comfort.
able while the sl2 per month 10 no
paid quarterly hereafter win be a low
forever. ~
"A newspaper man who was In Oma.
ma during the seventies and who Is i'm.
diting "reminiscences, remembers Henry
NJ Stanley. At that time the great ex.
plorer had just returned from cam.
palsn IN the west reporting Indian
lights to New York paper. His am.
billions had never been aroused and his
shiftlessness branded him as yapa.
bond. After spending tho day on the
streets, eating at free lunch counters,
he would sleep upon bundles of paper
In the newspaper offices. Miss Tenant
is probably In blissful ignorance of
these facts, though In any event she
would willingly share the Injuries he
now possesses.
Frank Gleason and u. Bilharz have
purchased cash registers for their
stores. II Is a wonderful and infallible
piece OF mechanism, which registers
each piece of cash put In the draw; the
operator presses the button the ma
chine does the rest. The cash may be
be made up in a moment at night by q
system which denotes mistakes IL any
have been made. Mr.. Bilharz paid
$500 for the register, Mr.. Gleason pay.
ing S2o additional for device which
prints the amount of each deposit on u
ticket. Duplicate bills, numbered con.
secutivcly, may be given with each sale,
so that complete record of the days
transaction Is kept. 10 Is thus made
possible to rectify errors, u very salts
factory arrangement TO customers and
proprietor alike.
w. III. Noff has lost twenty five head
OF shoats by a peculiar disease, the ma.
ture Of which he does not understand.
Mr.. Neif was feeding q lot which
thousand dollars would not have
bought while in health, but he now an.
ticipates almost total loss, as many
others are sick. Tom Cochran has lost
thirteen head, and other neighbors are
suffering from losses of the kind. The
disease is not In the nature of cholera.
An examination shows the part usually
affected by cholera 10 be In n state Of
perfect health. The animals refuse TO
eat from the first attack. IL Is thought
to be a fever, though Of what kind all
are at loss TO understand.
Col. j. s. Tam, OF Stuart, has been In
the city during the past week, repre-
senting the Des Moines Insurance
Company and the old Hawkeye, two of
the most wealthy and reliable insur.
ancc companies In the state. lie was
fortunate In securing as agent for these
companies X. M. Carpenter. The Des
Moines company is Differed and con-
trolled by the Citizens National Bank
of Des Moines, the wealthiest bank In
the state, and the cashier of which is
president of the company. The presi.
dent of the Bank, j. ii. Merrill, Is also
treasurer of the company. II viii be
seen that 10 IL substantial institution
worthy of the confidence and patron
age Of our people. The man that
doubts the ability Of this company to
pay Its honest losses is certainly very
ignorant of insurance companies.