Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-30
Gus accidents in the coal mines OF the
state during that month.

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A Minalla couple tried to play it fine
on their friends by going to church
at 10 p. M, to have the knot tied. A
friend who suspected something fol-
lowed them, and just as the minister
placed them position he rang the bell.
The entire population Of the town was
on hand in five minutes.
Charter Hushaw and William Brad
ley, two Missouri Valley boys, tired of
the humdrum of home life, and started
out to see the world. They only got as
far west as California junction, where
they slept in barn over night, and re-
turned home the next day fully salts
fled that home was pretty good place
after all.
A corporation was formed at Keo-
kuk to build a railway from Boards
town, Ill, to Keokuk to finish west
ern outlet for the b. & o. railway,
which stops at Beardstown. The COM
pany will be known as the Beard ito wn,
Fl Madison & Sioux City Railway Com
pany and have capital stock OF So
10000
Bert and Ed Weed of Charter Oak
were hunting with rifle the other day.
Ed stepped off about 100 yards and
offered Bert five cents for each time he
could make him ''holler" with the rife.
The first shot deposited the bullet in
the back of Eds head and the contract
closed, as Ed withdrew his offer.
The bullet was removed and the boy
is at work again.
A syndicate OF directors of the late
Commercial National bank, OF Du-
buque purchased all the outstanding
claims of the bank, which were held
chiefly by country banks, at 70 cents
on the dollar and allowing ~ per cent
interest since the date of the banks
failure. The total amount was $780,
900. This ends all civil litigation re-
gardipg this bank.
j. B. johnson, one of the ex-justices
Of the peace who sued Polk county for
81, 100 in liquor prosecution fees,
settledthe case for $500. This leaves
still the suits of other ex-justices for
So, 500. This leaves still the suits OF
other ex-justices for many thousands
OF dollars for back fees, the payment
of which is denied owing to charges
of fraud and illega!ity.
The Sioux City Presbytery adjourned
April 25th, after deciding to hold the
next annual conference at Calliope. A
special session will be held May -, at
Storm Lake, when the future relation
of this presbytery to the college at Fort
Dodge will be determined. This col
lege has been under the control of the
old Fort Dodge Presbytery, Of which
this was until lately portion.
A verdict OF 81, 600 was rendered at
Marshalltown in the case of Owen
Hughes VS. the Diagonal railroad com.
pany. While driving across the track
last September Hughes was run into
by train and thrown some distance
sustaining quite painful injuries. His
wagon was demolished. The award
was made on the ground that the rail-
road crossing was defective. The
company will appeal.
Last fall q young man named Will
Gearheart, while walking along the
Diagonal track near Des Moines, dis
covered that u fire had burned a sec.
ton OF culvert. He knew that
train was soon due, and he ran back to
station, arriving there just In time
to stop the train. In return for this
deed the company advanced him funds
to educate himself, and has put him in
charge OF station at Ira.
With the secretary of state were
filed corporate articles by the Des
Moines Detective Agency, with capital
stock of $4,000; BY the X. NJ. b. Sup
ply Co., of Des Moines, capital stock,
Is, 200, of which NJ. NJ. McMillen, NJ.
M. Baker. Joe Kubec and F. A. Mower
are the incorporators; also by the Car
penter Lumber Co., OF Des Moines,
capital stock $50, 900; also by the Car
roll Boot and Shoe Co., whose capital
is placed at 800, 900.
A few days ago the marshal at La
Porte City arrested tramp for being
drunk. The mayor fined him $40, and
when he had pronounced sentence upon
him the tramp started to pull of his
boots. The mayor offered to remit the
fine if he would stop, but the tramp
persisted, and his boots being removed
revealed his sockless feet lncased with
greenbacks, from which he selected
enough to pay his fine, and, replacing
the balance Of the wad, he put on his
boots and departed.
The conference OF Unitarian
churches of Iowa was held in Des
Moines. About hundred delegates
were present. Ex-Governor B. +. Cue
was selected as president and A. NJ.
Judy OF Davenport as secretary. The
object OF the conference was stated to
be the strengthening OF all Unitarian
denominations of the state and also OF
other independent churches. Presi.
dent Cue then delivered an address Of
welcome in which he reviewed the his
tory OF the Unitarian churches OF the
country and their growth in Iowa
j. f. Honeycutt was arrested near
Ottumwa, by Special Pension Agent
+. N. Weber and Deputy United
States Marshal Duncan on the charge
of perjury. He is alleged to have
falsely made affidavit that George H.
Boone, now in jail for violating the