Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-01-09

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and put in her time, but no scholars
came.
A stage-struck Waterloo damsel ran
away from home with the Wilson
dramatic company. She got as far as
independence when the manager of
the company found her out, and after
giving her some good advice sent her
oack home.
l.. K. Dutton, an old citizen OF Oska-
.oosa, a man about 60 years of age,
lied suddenly with heart disease. He
was riding through the business part
Of the city when taken i'll, and being
carried into store, died in about
thirty minutes.
The large stock barn on the St. John
arm. near Eldora, burned on the 4th,
with one stallion, six colts, thirty tons
Of hay, and a large quantity of farm
implements and harness. The barn
belonged to A. 5. Kipgman, of Des
Moines, who bought the farm year
ago.
Mrs. Franklin. VINO was passing
through the State to make a visit to
friends in the east, discovered the loss
of her pocketbook, containing 500, at
Burlington. She could proceed no
further, and the city authorities furn-
ished her transportation to Monmouth,
Illinois.
The claim agent OF the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road has
oeen in Fort Dodge endeavoring to
make settlement for his company
with the relatives Of Tom Downey,
who was killed on their road short
time ago.
The Pinckney Book and Stationery
Company, at Sioux City, is short a
book-keeper and probably several
thousand dollars in money. Walter
Quincy held that position, and has
been missing some days. His books
are in bad shape. He lived too fast.
and his populations began in April.
The property of the Sprague Elec-
trical Company, of Sioux City, that
began the work some time ago of
changing the street car lines of that
city from horse power TO electricity,
is in the hands of the sheriff on at
tachments sworn out by Brown, Lee &
Co., and Crane Bros, aggregating
$4,000.
Monday night Dec. 3Oth. the new
and commodious hotel May was formal
ly opened to the public. Guests were
present from Grinnell, Newton Des
Moines, Stuart. Marengo, Iowa City
in fact, nearly every city in the state
had its representative there, and the
affair is said to have been one of the
grandcst which ever. took place in
Brooklyn.
A young man named Brooks was ac-
,idcntally shot at Wilton, near Musca-
line. He was hunting with party of
friends, and had placed his gun against
pile of railroad ties near by. When
ready to go, he caught the gun by the
muzzle and pulled it toward him. The
trigger caught and the entire load of
No. 4 bird shot entered his breast and
penetrated his right lung. Doctors
pronounce the wound fatal
Judge Ladd over-ruled motion for
new trial and sentenced John Galnor
10 eight years Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for shooting policeman
Sam Hamilton at LeMars in November,
1888. An appeal will be taken. The
verdict Of the jury was manslaug
The defense tried to have the verdict
set aside on the ground that juryman
swOre he drank whisky during the
final deliberations OF the jury.
Father Coffin, as he is called by
The railroad boys at Fort Dodge, wears
a beautiful gold medal presented to
aim by the Order OF Railroad Brake
men for his efforts in procuring legis-
lation looking to the preservation of
Jhe lives OF railroad men and for the
interest he has taken in their general
welfare. The medal was presented at
The recent meeting OF the national as
ISOLATION held in st. Paul, MINI.
James f. Baker. travelling sales
man for VIM. Lowther, candy manu-
Iacturer of Dubuque. committed sui
eide at Earlville, Delaware county, by
taking morphine. He was about 40
years old and had been employed by
Lowther for the past year. Previously
ne had Travelled for Chicago firms. His
home was at Montreal, Canada, where
he leaves wife and child The sup
posed cause OF his act is dependency
from running behind in his accounts.
The following fourth-class postmas-
5ers in Iowa were appointed: A. j.
Fullerton, Brownville, Mitchell county:
J. n. Cant, GAIA. OBrien county: Mrs.
Nellie Ried, ERADICATE, Humboldt coun-
~: Alon2o A. Sawyer. Hillsdale, Mills
John n. Garwood was appoint
ID n substitute letter carrier at Mar
shalltown from January 1, 1890, vice
Arthur W. York. resigned December
80, 1889. John Farney was appointed
etter carrier at Marshalltown at $3.50
from January /.
Mrs. Geo. L. Burley, of Des Moines,
died recently from the effects of poison
laken as medicine by mistake. There
are conflicting statements in regard to
The sad affair, and the coroner is in
She complained OF asore
throat, and asked the physician who
was treating her little boy for diph-
iberia to give her something for it,
and when she took the medicine, or
some other by mistake, il was with