Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-01-15


and is said 10 be one OF the finest
structures OF tho kind in Southern
Iowa, 1t was built and donated to the
county by tho citizens OF Corydon.
Flagler had serious cutting scrape.
Two young men named Sweeney and
Oldham had few words and separ-
aied, and as Sweeney was leaving
Oldham struck him. Sweeney in re-
turn resented by stabbing him three
times in the left side. The knife used
was an ordinary pocket knife, with
blade three inches long. The cuts are
serious, but not fatal. Both are young
past II years Of age. The trouble
arose over girl.
At Cedar Rapids boy ten years old
named Drew Davidson, was intercept.
ed while on his way Iron his home at
Muscatine to Pine Ridge, Neb., to
shoot Indians. He had small amount
of money and had run away IRON
home. His father is a travelling man,
and his mother was almost crazed
with grief. The boy was sent home
on the next train. Hehad started out
with the idea that to shoot Indians
would DO the most delightful expert
ence In tho world
The Nicola Farmers alliance has
filed articles of Incorporation asa mer.
camille association. Its capital stock
is fixed $50, divided into shares of
IS each. The life OF the association
is fixed at twenty years. Its place of
business is Nicola, and 1t may engage
in. mercantile business, build corn
cribs. buy grain. etc. A board OF d.
rectors and manager will control
the business. The incorporators are
VIM. Spears, James Hadheld, Henry
Watkins, Jr., G. B. Beardsley and r.
Ransom.
A cowardly assault by Frank Davis
a plasterer, aged about 80 years, up
Spencer Dewey, ST.. keeper OF a pool
room and saloon at Clinton, has proved
to be a murder. Dewey was recover.
ing, but relapsed and died suddenly at
his place in Clinton Davis used pro.
fame and obscene language in Dewey's
saloon and the latter asked him TO
leave, going with him outside the sa-
loon. AS they stepped out although
they had had no hard words, Davis
said, "Lets shake hands, Dewey
complied, and as he did so Davis
stabbed him in the left breast. The
latter is under arrest.
Keokuk will soon have The distinc.
ton OF possessing within its borders
the largest we'll in the world. II is
now being sunk on the property of j.
G. Bubinger on Grand avenue, and is
eight feet in diameter and several
hundred feet deep. There's one in
France six feet in diameter. A few
days ago the workmen came upoi a
we'll preserved piece OF wood at a
depth OF a little over fifty feet. Spec
linens of coal and other heavy min
erals are also thrown out. The work
on the artesian we'll continues, well
developed sign of oil has appeared,
this time in double the quantity that
appeared some time ago.
Naxod, lama ;s, tha n,a,,l ANNA,
OF the first eported volunteer who has
attempted TO put down the Dakota
ghost dancing Indians. He is the 15-
year-old son of C. &. Mccarthy.
About week ago he got possession of
some money and at once purchased
brace of big navy revolvers, several
hundred rounds of ammunition and
big sheath knife. He boarded Chi.
| cago d Northwestern train and started
! to Pine Ridge agency, but was headed
off at Missouri Valley aud sent home
by the peace officers, who we're under
Geographic Instructions from his faith
| er. He says that he wanted TO SCALP
| n few Indians aud become Buffalo
Bill.
Mrs. Caroline Wertz, living near
Burlington, after two years strug-
| gle against death, has sucrumbed.
The direct cause Of death was some
| twenty knife wounds received during
a desperate struggle to save the lives
of her two children from the drunken
fury Of her husband Wertz came
home drunk and without any prov
| Ocation commenced slashing the two
little one with butcher knife. sue
ceediug in discmboweling one Of them
and killing both. In the struggle
Mrs. Wertz was also nearly killed.
Wertz then burned the house and the
bodies OF his children, the mother
barely escaped by crawling from the
room. The crazy man then hanged
himself
The board OF trustees OF the Iowa
agricultural college modified the
course of study SO that It will no
doubt prove satisfactory both TO the
| farmers and the board itself. In the
matter Of salaries the board made
few changes. The salaries OF the as
sistant station director and assistant
professor OF agriculture were fixed at
81, 700; only 800 less than the regu.
lar professors. The salary OF the sta
ton director was left the same, 81, 200.
The salary OF the professor of civil
engineering was increased from ST.
400 to 81 1900, and Mr.. ID. W. Church,
of Chicago, was elected to the chair.
He is graduate OF The Polytechnic
Institute OF Detroit. 1t was decided
that DIR, Beard.hear should assume
the duties ofpresident on February II,
Prof. +. w. Stanton continuing TO act
as president until that time. Prof.