Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-01-16

springs that are pronounced absolute
~ pure by the state board OF health,
tor the small sum of $4,000.
John Weir, substantial farmer,
living about two miles northeast OF
Sigourney, committed suicide by shoot
log himself with shotgun. Despond-
ency on account of i'll health is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
rash act, He was in comfortable cir
cumstances and was man highly re-
spected in that ncighborhood. He was
about so years OF age.
Ii is Anamosa's time to be happy,
as she has completed $25,0 opera
house, heated by furnaces, and lit by
gas manufactured expressly for it. The
house is divided into dress circle, par
quet and gallery, has four large dress
ing rooms, stage l24x44 and is seat
ed with 500 Thomas Kane folding
opera chairs, and is one of the finest
opera houses in the State.
George Iepsen, an old and respect
ed German farmer, near Lake City,
while out hunting was accidentally
shot by the discharge Of his gun. No
one was near him at the time and his
body was not found until his absence
caused uneasiness, followed by a search
which ended in finding his body on the
bank of the creek about forty rods
from his house. He leaves large
family, who are well provided for.
The following fourth-class postmas-
tiers in Iowa were appointed Jan. 10th;
James L. Mclean, College Springs,
Page county; Florence p. Cook, Much
akinock. Mahaska county; ii. +. Flans-
burg, Eldora Junction, Hardin county:
David Mitchell, Superior. Dickinson
county; l.. q. Sheraden, Iol1a, Keokuk
| county. An Office was established at
Deering. Winnebago county, and Nan
cy T. Bailey appointed postmaster.
A convention of the County Auditors
Of tho State has been called to meet at
Des Moines, Jan. so. 1890. This
meeting is called for the consideration
Of such business as may DC Of interest
10 county auditors in the discharge OF
any duties in connection with their re-
5pective Offices, All county and cX-
county auditors are respectfully So
licited to he present and take part in
! The deliberations Of the convention.
Capt. 2. A. Wakeham died at his
home az Plymouth, Jan. 18th. lie was
born in 1912 at Oswego, New York.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army
II Madison, Wis, Company /. Sixth
Regiment. &c lost an arm at the bat
tie OF GAINESVILLE, and for time laid
in the rebel pen at Belle Isle. He was
an active member of the G. 4. r., and
Two years ago was elected past senior
| department commander OF Iowa. He
was postmaster OF the village.
City Marshal P. II. Francis, OF Cedar
Rapids, received notice OF a bequcst of
$4,000 left him by an aunt who recent
ty died at Santa Cruz. California, leav-
ing am estate valued at $500, 900.
Heirs at Ottumwa and Maquoketa,
| were also generously remembered.
The bulk of the estate goes to John +.
Francis, Marshal Francis's young
brother. who resided with the deceas-
ed many years. AS soon as the estate
is settled John T. will make Cedar Rap
ids his future home.
Newspaper men can draw consola-
ton from the fact that Il Judge in
Council Bluffs recently dismissed a
case against an Omaha Bee cores
pondent charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons. The ground taken
by the Judge was that newspaper re-
por;ers, being compelled TO be in all
kinds of places, some times at unseas-
enable hours, were forced TO have
means for their selr-protection.
Capt. Samuel Mitchell died at Daven-
port, Jan. 18th, aged so years. He
came west from Ohio in 1887 and about
twelve years later settled at st. Paul
and began life as steamboat man.
For thirty years he aud his brother,
the late Abram Mitchell, were in COM
mand OF the larger boats Of the Upper
Mississippi, and tor nearly half a GEN.
tury he was prominent river man.
Even in extreme old age he has fol
lowed the river, running a small eX-
cursiou steamer at Davenport.
a very peculiar accident occurred
in the packing house at Fort Dodge by
which an employee named Paul Schwa-
Der came very near losing his life.
Sch v'abe- gas engaged in cutting up
the half hoes which are hung to hooks
in the chilling room, and had a large
hlliiC IN MANU- W tii "iitu W
do the work He went under one Of
the half hogs, knife in hand, and threw
it upon his shoulder and started with
it for the cutting block when his feet
slipped from under him on q piece
OF damp slanting floor and threw him
on his back, the hog falling on his
breast and driving the knife which he
held into his left breast. The blade
penetrated to within very small frac-
tion OF an inch of the heart and took a
course clear of arteries or vital organs
so that the wound is not considered
necessarily dangerous, though deep
er cut or cut at point close TO il
might have resulted fatally,
Inherited Insanity.
DR.. Krafft-Ebing, an eminent pro-
fessor in the University of Vienna,
says that so per cent. of all cases of
insanity inherited predisposition
from their ancestors. In 90 per cent.