Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-23
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in operation.
Ottumwa wants the next Democratic
state convention.
There is talk of organizing rifle
club at Waterloo.
The dog poisoner is doing his
work at Eagle Grove.
A new paper called the Pioneer AL
lance has been started at Marshall
town.
On the 23d, Cedar Falls will vote on
issuing bonds for $4,000 school
building.
A Des Moines man advertises for
five young ladies to learn lhow to play
base ball.
Odebolt is already preparing for her
annual poultry show which occurs
next December.
The Iowa annual conference of the
M. +. church will be held in Musca.
tine next fall.
An effort is being made to have the
old and new towns at Sioux Center in
corporated as one.
The twenty-third annual meeting of
the Iowa State Dental association will
be held at Sioux City, May SO.
Watson Childs. of Manchester, has
sold four cows for $1706 for which
last fall he was only offered $40.
Officers at Cedar Rapids threaten to
boycott the boys with rubber and air
guns unless less mischief is done.
Henry Wallace editor Of the Iowa
Homestead, accompanied by his &C.
complished wife will sail for Europe
the last of the month
VIM. l.. Crum of Cedar Rapids has
sued Julius Masket for $4,000 for nail
ing bill Of SO against Krum on the
bulletin board in front of his Office.
A stockbuyer by the name OF Gus
Schlerter, of Council Bluffs, has
skipped the city owing many creditors.
lie dealt in horses and mules, and
dozens OF parties are out of pocket.
Geo. Gray, Sr., the Oldest practicing
lawyer in Dubuque, died April 10Th,
SO years. He was born in Scotland
and was "a wri er TO the Signet in
Edinburg. lie leaves large family
and a large estate.
New postmasters in Iowa have been
commissioned rs follows: Willis H.
kenoyer, Ackworth; Geo. III. Media
ker, Benton; Michael Gibbons. Cory;
Bernard V. All rtson, Kenwood; Juli-
us Peterson, Poplar Grove.
The April bulletin of the state board
of health is in the hands Of State
Printer Ragsdale. 1t will contain
articles on Christian science, evils OF
drink, hypn otism aid illuminating gas
and many other interesting notes.
Mayor Arson, of Marshalltown,
gives official notice to the theatres and
variety shows that no decolettte show
bill can GO on the bills of that city,
and no play that is unfit f." Il man and
his wife and daughter to attend will
be permitted.
An unknown bugiar entered the res
idence OF Sol Maynard at lama. Mr..
Maynard reached for him and got hold
Of his revolver, which the rutlian
snatched away aud fired. and the ball
was found in tho bedclothes. The
burglar escaped. 49,.
Miss Dora Miller, a young girl
about 10 years of age, was found dead
by her mother in Mt. Pleasant. She
was lying in the yard near the door,
and had probably been dead about an
hour when found. Heart trouble was
the cause of her death.
The delegates of the grand lodge OF
Iowa knights of Honor, met in Mar.
shalltown in the ninth annual session
for the election Of officers and other
business. Fourteen lodges were rep
resented. Lodge will meet at Cedar
Rapids the second Tuesday in April,
1892.
The board Of supervisors of Potta-
wattamie county, in session at Council
Bluffs. is investigating the bill OF JUS
tice Patton for fees. In many instances
witness and trial fees are charged
when there was no trial, AMI the board
does not seem to be disposed to allow
the Justices bill.
Postmasters appoin:e ed: z. G. Meloy,
Bernard, Dubuque county; n. Meyer,
Centralia, Dubuque county; j. p.
Emerson, Voluey, AIamnkee county.
Viola A. Clark has been appointed act
ing postmis:ress a. Cromwell Center,
Clay county, in place of Geo. w.
Clark, deceased.
The Dubuque Grand Army cncamp.
ment'has elected as commander Capt.
G.. l.. Dawson of Hull; senior vice, j.
j. Brown OF Marshallro yn; medical
director, DIR. 4. A. Guilbert OF Du-
buque; chaplain, Rev. c. w. Blodgett
OF Creston. The next encampment
will be held at Ot'umwa
A. J.. Shaub, a married man OF Mar
shalltown. attempted suicide by taking
laudanum. He was discovered and
physicians summoned In time to save
his life. Shaub's wife obtained di-
vorce from him the day before and this
issupposed to have prompted the deed.
He wrote farewell letters to his wife
and children.
The city library OF Des Des Moines,
has been increased by 258 books, in
the last thirty days. There are many
costly volumes among them. Thers
has been continual call of late for
books on electricity, electric engineer.
ing, etc, and several books on these