Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-15

and nine-months.old baby were pres
ent. and when asked if he had any
thing to say Shellady p'eaded for
mercy. The judge feeling that the
facts in the case warranted such sen.
tence, gave the prisoner twelve years
at Fl. Madison. at which the con-
demned man broke Gown completely
and wife and baby were removed from
the court room amidst the sobs and
cries OF the husband and wife.
Four ladies OF Dubuque, Mrs. W.
ckoff, Mrs. Goodenow, Mrs. DR.. Hanks
and Mrs. Sylvester, had narrow es-
cape from death while returning from
church. In crossing the electric
motor on thirteenth aud Main, they
were struck by the motor and knocked
down. and b It for The quick action of
the motorm would have been killed
or injured. II stopped the car at
the same time it struck them. Mrs.
Goodenow was doubled under the
platform with the wheel c.ose to her
neck. which laid across the track.
The ladies were SO pre-occupied they
though it was coming directly toward
them.
AtGrand Rapids, Mich, in a race
with Nelson for purse OF $4,000
Allerton again proved himself the
peer OF trotting staliona Thirty
thousand reop We're in attendance
and cheered Justify at every move of
the great horses, Ne son took tho
first heat. But this dill not change
betting. Allelton came up with old
time determinat on and won the sec
ond Ten he took the third and
fourth. and the race was won. The
spe,t tors went wild with enthusiasm
and rushing from the grand and
shower>d Allertou with flowers Best
time. 2:1S. Allegton now haj race
to run with Nancy Hanks at Lexing.
ton, Ky.
Henry Meyer o. Davenport, hanged
himself He was 3 years Of age, IL
German etore", and for the past year
and more he has been almost contn-
ually under the intlucl ice OF in,oxi-
can S. A few days ago he was drunk
and went into his wo ,dshed and
hanged mselt while in that condi-
ton. He leaves wife and five chil.
drcn and the woman is soon to give
h TO another OF all his earnings
they have received The smaller part,
and now the neighbors are caring for
the family; there IS nothing in the
house for the family 10 eat or wear
and only a few hits OF silver change
to support them. The family will be
charitably supported for the present
At orney General Stone has just
rem Tered an oinion sustaining Audi
tor OF State Lyons in an important in
surance decision made some time ago
by the auditor OF state. =, 1t was in re-
! gard to the on, year benefit compa-
n ss. The auditor held that under the
Iowa laws the company declaring to
lie banevolen organization when
really an assessment insurance COM
pany was illegal. They may do a
stra GIT life insurance business on the
assessment plan, paying death losses,
but there the bu mess must stop.
Audi or Lyons Is determined to pro-
tect the people from these wild cat
C mpanies and the attorney general
has endorsed his position as legally
sound.
A lively church fight Is on in South
Oitumwa. Rev. H. ID. Crawford and
his church. the Finley Baptist have
been the subject of con 5ideration OF
an ex-parte council of prominent Bap.
fist clerGymen and their action, as
published. finds three co .nts aga INST
the pastor ard church as follows:
Unbaptistlc p: actic, and unjustly eX-
GLIDING members; false statements,
breach of trdst and cmbezzlement.
Mr.. Crawford's church stands by him
T.! solidly and refuses TO accept his resig-
nation ten Tered Immediately after the
| report of the council. The matter
will proba ly be taken in'o the courts
and especially on the third count
! which the members OF the church de-
clare is libelous.
A case OF one business firm trying
to get the benefit OF the results OF
another firms enterprise has just
! come to light. For several velrs past
| Bentley IL Olmsted, wholesale boot and
| shoe dealers in this city, have been
selling a ladies' Dongoa button shoe,
under the name OF Paragon The
shoe proving to be an excellent one. u
Milwaukee wholesale house put an
imitation OF it on the market and
stamped it Paragon" The result oil
! this was that b intley Il Olmstei regis.
tered the name Paragon in the patent
| Office at Washington, which prevents
any other firm from using the name
on ladies' and misses shoes. We
understand there is more of this shoe
sold in the northwest than any other,
Bentley & Olmsted's orders in the last
few weeks amounting TO over 1000
pairs. -Des Moines News.
Quito an interesting case has been
occupying the attention of the court,
now IN session at Montczuma. Miss
Rosa Robinson, plaintiff. sued Charles
| Craner, defendant, for breach oil
promise and transferring his ambrosial
atfe ctions to another fair damsel. The
damages for unrc uited love wero
placed at $1,000. The case was Wig
orously contestci on both des. The
court room was filled with eager spec
tators, especially the ladies, Trough
out the trial. Several letters ere in
troluced by plaintiff as ,st mony con-
tanning the usual tender and deli ate
sentiment characteristic OF such cor
respondence. As usual the defendant
not only denied each rnl every allie
CATION, but with the stoi ism Of IL phil
osopher, sat in court and 'gazed wi h..
out sigh upon the rains he had
wrought. The jury rendered YER
dict in favor OF tho plaintiff for 81. 500,
and cost; o. suit.
The long continued squabole about
the site for the public building in
burlington has again been at last
settled, this time by the government
consenting to acquire title by condem-
nation proceedings, provided the city
of Burlington will secure the govern