Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-08-14

restoratives were administered she re-
covered. and an examination revealed
the fact that she had apparently sus-
tanned no further injury than slight
fracture OF the skull and few bruises
about the body. The doctors consider
her recovery certain. Mr.. Monaghan
was sober, industrious and hard
working farmer, and his wife was an
estimable woman.
The employees OF the Illinois Central
road on all the Iowa lines have decided
to organize a system of federation to
give them greater strength as an
organization. The movement was in
augurated by the order OF Railway
Conductors Of this line at a meeting
held at Waterloo and attended by
delegates from all the Iowa divisions
OF the Illinois Central. The system
| federation will include all the con-
ductors, trainmen and switchmen, and
will be powerful order. At the
Waterloo meeting resolutions were
passed declaring the new organization
| in favor OF several reforms. Among
these are extra pay for overtime, no
advancement OF young men in prefer
ence to old, and demand that engines
shall not be loaded beyond their ton
| mage.
A party named Aiken. who recently
lived at or near Waucoma, Iowa. went
to Britt claiming to be deputy United
States marshal and postoffice inspector,
with authority to inspect that Office.
He claimed charges had been preferred
or complaints made, and even claimed
there was soon to be removal. and
instigated certain citizens to apply for
the Office, and a petition was accord
ingly circulated. Postmaster May
told him he could only inspect the
Office on production OF his authority,
which he said he would do. He went
to Corwith and failed to return at the
appointed time, and the landlord being
apprehensive OF the security OF the
satchel left for his board bill opened
it, discovering saws, brace and bit,
chisels, etc. Soon after a message
was received from the department de-
nouncing Aiken as fraud and direct
ing his arrest, which was done, he
being now in custody.
At late hour on the night OF Aug.
4th Dexter Jones, young man living
near Cedar Falls, was shot by Deputy
Marshal Stingley, and died an hour
afterwards. His companion. named
Albert Miller, was also shot by the
officer, but not fatally. Jones and
Miller had been in town during the
evening, and Miller had been drink
ing. Jones was trying to get him
home when the officer appeared and
tried to arrest Miller. In the melee
that followed Stingley drew his revol-
yer and shot Jones through the body.
Miller started to run and Stingley fired
at him, the ball taking effect in his
leg. Stngley was at once taken to
Waterloo and placed in Jail for safe.
keeping. Next morning crowd of
men headed by the father of young
Miller made their appearance and
openly threatened that Stingley would
be lynched If taken back back to Cedar
Falls. The same sort OF threats have
been made at Cedar halls, and 1t is
possible that trouble may result. The
officer says they had him down and
were choking him. Others claim,
however, that the shooting was un-
provoked.
The severest hailstorm that has
been known since the first settlement
of Guthrie county passed over it Aug.
9th at two different intervals in the
afternoon. The hailstones were many
OF them nine and ten inches In cir
conference, and some are reported to
have fallen which would have measur-
ed fully twelve inches. They fell in
such quantities as TO almost co-er the
ground, and south OF Menlo two miles
they are reported to have fallen TO a
, depth OF q number of inches. The
corn is pretty badly stripped Of its
; blades and the ears are probably
bruised to quite an injurious extent.
1t is probably the same storm which
is reported as passing over the west
half OF Union and Taylor counties the
same evening. The path OF the storm
was about five miles in width. Corn
J fields were leveled to the ground over
this strip OF country, the crop being
totally destroyed. The hail drif,ed
against fences and buildings in many
places to depth OF three or four feet.
At Cromwell and Leuox the loss in
window glass was very heavy, all the
windows on the north and east sides
of the buildings being broken by the
hail. At Bedford. the opera house
and Bedford House were unroofed and
the buildings flooded. The front was
blown out of the Pacific house and the
c., B. & Q. depot and many stables,
sheds and small buildings were blown
to pieces, but no lives were lost.
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TROUBLE AMONG INDIANS
Gen. Merritt Receives instructions
TO Have Troops in Readiness.
| Tho Seprptafv of tho Iuterior n q q