Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-19

goods was fully $1,000, with insur-
auce OF $3.50 on stock and buildings in !
the Fidelity, of Des Moines.
Courlship with bit OF romance in
it has just closed in Dubuque in the |
marriage oil Henry B. Hiebe and Miss
Kate SPAIN. The wedding was set
for an earlier day, but before it ar
rived Mr.. Hiebe, who is a timer, fell
from the roof of high school build
ing and received injuries that were
pronounced fatal by the physicians.
HIS betrothed would not surrender
him to death, but followed him to the
hospital and by assiduous care and
loving ministratlons wooed him back
to life.
Mrs. NJ. A. Daily and her grand
mother met with a severe accident
mile south OF Woodbine. They were
driving in cutter aud at one point
the wagon road runs along the railroad
fence, with bayou on the other side.
just as they arrived there the flyer
passed them, frightening their team
and causing the whole outfit to go
over the bank. The old lady was
thrown out upon THE ice. injuring her
so severely that it is thought she may
not recover. Neither Mrs. Daily, Jr.,
nor the team was hurt.
The three big gypsum stucco mills
in Fort Dodge have joined the syndi.
cato now being organized to control
the stucco business of the country.
Hamilton Browne, of st. Paul, who Is
engineering the combine, was in the
city. He says the syndicate has Sc
cured control of every gypsum mill of
any size in the United States. 1t is
proposed to operate all the mills as
branches OF single concern in which
all mill-owners as we'll as outside cap
italists will be interested. The or
ganizatiou of the combine will be COM
pleted about April /.
The regular north bound passenger
train on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern railway was ditched
about three miles south of Randalia
by broken rail. Fire Immediately
broke out in the mail car consuming
the entire train. There were no fatal.
ties, although not less than ten OF the
passengers are seriously injured.
They are now lying at the hotel at
Randalia. Not piece OF NAL was
saved and large number OF registered
packages were consumed. A travel
ing jewelry salesman saved $4,000
worth of jewelry by crawling into the
baggage-car and passing the goods
out.
life was insured in the Iowa Mutual
Benefit association, changed his &C.
| cupation to that OF car coupler, and
lost his life while so employed. The
insurance association resisted pay
ment of the death claim on the ground
that the occupation was forbidden.
The Supreme Court OF Iowa has de-
cided that as the bylaws forbidding
car coupling was simple prohibition
without penalty it did not work for
| fixture of the Insurance, and that an
amendment of the provision declaring
| forfeiture in such q case made after
! Hobbs certificate was issued was not
| retroactive and did not apply to his
case.
Manchester is all excitement over
the news Of bold robbery at the resi-.
dence OF James Lindrem. twelve miles
southwest, two masked men entered
the house and selling Mrs. Lindrem,
who was the only person there at the
time, chloroformed her and ransacked
the premises. From its hiding place
in bed they took 1905. OF this amount
SIS belonged to Mrs. Wtndrem and
$500 to the school fund, he having
charge Of it as treasurer. There is no
trace OF the robbers, but it is believed
they live somewhere in the neighbor.
hood as they appeared to be pretty
well acquainted with the premises.
1t is one OF the boldesJ robberies ever
committed in this county.
The grand lodge OF the Ancient Or
! der of United Workmen for Iowa in
session at Boone decided 10 hold its
next session at Council Bluffs by a
vote of 73 to 81 for Davenport. b. b.
Abbott was re- elected editor Of the
Loyal Workman in the afternoon.
New grand officers were elected, as
follows: Grand master workman, w.
X. Graham, of Cedar Falls; grand fore
man, II. S. Howe, of Muscatine; grand
overseer, w. w. Bingham, of Water.
loo; grand recorder, L. o. Rowland,
of Cedar Falls; grand receiver, VIM.
Wilson, Jr., of Washington; grand
guide, A. Hartung, of Des Moines;
grand Waterman. J. J. Groth, cf Bur.
lington; grand trustee, to fill vacancy,
John. ID. Vail, fMarshalltown;g grand
trustee, full term, Ed r. Mckee, oil
| Indianola.
The war against saloons in Council
Bluffs has been given new phase.
Recently u young attorney named Sea-
brook. backed it is supposed by older
lawyers VINO did not care to be public
iy responsible, began injunction suits
against each Of the seventy saloons.
including in the suits the city author
tiles under whose protection the sa-
looms are running. Another young
attorney, Burke, by name, startled the
community by filing precisely similar
suits against the same parties. Sea-
brook had failed to have notices OF his
suits served on the defendants and
Burke seeing this jumped in. filed