Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-18

ping liberal donations to the destitute
sufferers from drought In Oklahoma,
Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota. The
railroads are shipping the donations
free of charge,
The Grinnell murder case at
Elxader, went to the jury, and in ex-
actly twenty minutes they returned
with a verdict OF not guilty, and
Judge Hatch ordered the defendant,
John G. Grinnell discharged.
Returns from thirty-two of the
thlrty-three charges in the Atlantic
district on the question of admission
! of women TO the general conference
give the following result: For admis-
sion, 800; against. lao; total, $50.
The most promising thing about the
new industrial exchange OF Ottumwa,
is that the business men back it with
theirfcash. So far not man has been
unfaithful to his pledge. This is the
kind of business men for city to
have.
Coal mine operators about Fort
Dodge report that the scarcity Of
miners in that vicininity still contin-
mes and that it is impossible to secure
enough men to keep 1.-THE mines even
with the orders that are pushing upon
them.
Mrs. Marion Irwin, supposed to
have been murdered by her husband,
Kirkville, Wapcllo county, was dis
covered in Oskaloosa. She appeared
in court through her attorney, and
asked for a divorce on grounds of
cruelty.
Carl Pager, aged &c. was found
hanging in new house in Sioux City.
He was laborer. and had evidently
grown tired OF battling with the
world, and being out of work, took
his life. leaving his wife and two chill
dren in poverty.
A car load of ghost dancing Indians
passed through Algona on their way
to Fort Smelling, Mimi, where They
were being taken by the United States
authorities. They were apparently
peaceable enough and attracted little
attention enroute.
The Sac and Fox Indians of lama
county own 1,450 acres of land and
have nearly 700 ponies. The past
season they cultivated less than $50
acres, but they have promised the
agent that they will break up and
farm more land next season.
Quite an extensive burglary was
committed at the town of Salem, Henry
county. A brace Of burglars gained
entrance into the store of w. S. Bart
lett by prying open the rear window,
and carried off clothing, jewelry, ETC.,
running into hundreds OF dollars.
Joseph Kintzley, Sr., was danger
ously ii not fatally kicked by horse
at Boone. He went in to water the
horses and one of them kicked him on
| the nose aud face with sharp shoe
| and knocking him senseless, in which
condition he remained during the day.
Fire in the rear Of the fremont
block in Marshalltown, caused little
| damage to the hotel, but the stocks OF
| Bromley, Ingeld & Co., boots and
shoes. the Stearns clio hing store and
Hoyts grocery house were badly dam
| aged by water The losses will aggre-
gate 100000
Mrs. j. b. Means. wife of respected
farmer living one mile north OF Tracy,
had both arms broken while returning
home from neighbours. One arm was
broken in two places ana the bone
thrust through the flesh. Mrs. Means
is over 65 years old, and the accident
will go very hard with her.
William Parker of Washington, has
had a gavel made for Terrence Post
No. 8, of Keokuk, the handle Of which
is made of wood from the battlefield
Of Spottsylvania, and the hammer
from an oak tree at Gettysburg. Mr..
Parker expressed the gavel to Com
mauder Collins at Keokuk.
Deveraux, the bogus detective and
Mrs. Davis, wife OF the Boone uphol-
sterer, who eloped together a few days
after being baptized and joining church
were captured at GAINESVILLE and
brought to Boone. Davis, the out
ragged husband will prosecute them
to the full extent OF the law.
Frank M. Smith, a well-to-do farmer
living in Davis county, became insane
and was taken to Mt. Pleasant. He
was called to the home OF his brother.
George Smith, who had sundenly be-
come insane on his way to Bloomfield.
and after spending two nights of
worry aud struggle with the mai lac
was probably overcome himself.
The Iowa electric medical college
began action in the dictrict court at
Des Moines for a writ of cirtiorari to
test the action of the state board OF
medical examiners in refusing to
recognize the diplomas of the school.
Several other state boards have fol-
lowed the Iowa board in this respect,
and the result will be of considera able
Importance.
Sam Wilson was convicted in three
cases before a justice OF the peace at
Abba, for violation OF the original
package law, in which the justice
held that an imported bottle of beer
was not an oriainal package, overrul.
inS the supreme court in this res pect.
The cases were appealed to Judge
Burton, who overruled them. prefer
ing to sustain the supreme court.