Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-12
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4 new 10000 NJ. Z. church was
dedicated at Stuart.
Mahaska county has about ninety
divorce cases a year.
Osceola county is moving for uni
formity OF school books.
Charles joss, OF Dubuque, was fatal
ly injured in an elevator.
An extensive new packing house is
to be built in Sioux City this Spring.
The German Congregatioralists OF
Muscatine will build $40, 900 church.
DIR. J. d. Speicher, an old physician
of Lester township, Black Hawk coun-
ty, is dead.
Mrs, Nancy, or "Grandma" Parker
Is dead at Boone. She was nearly SO
years old.
The chimney of the electric railway
power house at Burlington will be 107
feet high.
Jonathan Bishop, of Lake City, a
pioneer settler and local Methodist
preacher, is dead.
The Iowa record on the admission
OF women to the general conference is
14,45S for and 1872 against.
L. j. Gould at Ruthven, attempted
suicide by cutting his throat, after
driving his family out of doors,
c. w. Budd, of Des Moiues. lost
800 and the match in a shoot with
Elliott, of Kansas City, at Clinton.
I. J. jackson of Sidney, has sued
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy for
$25, 900 damages for injuries received
Ia a wreck.
Captain Merry has bought couple
of lots in Storm Lake and the Pilot re-
joices that the captaiI is likely to be-
come resident.
The Illinois Contra. passenger train
collided with drove of cattle at Ray
mond, Iowa on the 9th, and several of
the cattle were killed.
Bidwell Gage, OF Lyons, formerly
banker, and one of the best known
men in Clinton county, is dead, aged
b3. He died of dropsey.
Andrew Sweeney, a farmer living
near Delphi, while returning home
after marketing his hogs, was thrown
from his wagon and killed.
John Jones, near Dubuque, struck
q big sheet of lead ore. 1t promises
10 be one of the richest discovery
made In the vicinity for years
Jacob Trout, juryman in Du-
buque highway robbery case, had a
fit during the argument by one of the
attorneys, The lawyer took rest.
The lately deceased Speaker Witter,
of the Montana house, was a brother
OF Professor Witter, of Muscatine, and
was himself an Iowa man formerly.
A large barn on the farm of MIR.
Delmege near Lorimor was destroyed
by fire with all its contents few
nights ego. Supposed to have been
lncendiary.
The report for January of the hos
yital for the feeble minded at Glenn
good, shows the average number of
.amates was Ais, and the cost of their
support was $4,000.
The second fire in the past two
weeks visited Dubuque. The packing
house burned to tho ground. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, with an
insurance of $50, 900.
Joshua Rhodes, of Greenwood, is
missing. He left a note intimating
suicide, but it is believed he has gone
away, as he suddenly disappeared for
awhile three years ago.
The Independence Bulletin says
Billy Hughes, horseshoer for c. w.
Williams, is making shoes for the
weaving out OF silver dollars. Silver
lies as everybody knows.
Michael Council; who went from
lone, Winneshiek county. to Dubuque
for medical treatment, died suddenly
nj the Jefferson house. He was a
farmer and about 20 years old.
The Iowa driving PARK was organ.
lied at Knoxville TO operate a mile
track of the regulation pattern. The
building OF the track will cost about
$4,000, First meeting, August IL to
IA inclusive.
Senator Allison introduced reso-
luton OF the Mitchell county Farmers
Alliance favoring the speedy passage
of the Butterworth option bill; also a
petition of the citizens of Boone county
javoring the Conger lard bill.
The Lake City, Calhoun County
Eraphic reports the sale by II. E.
6haver OF his farm of 240 acres for
$4,000. or $3S. 33 per acre. The farm
Is near Lake City. c. ID. Fox, o.
Rockford, Ill, is the purchaser.
Gilbert X. Hass, OF Marshalltown,
IVA, has been admitted to practice
before the interior department. Jos
.ph III. Scott, of Iowa, has been pro
a7oted from 1920 to 81, 400 per an
yum, as clerk in the pension Office.
The Iowa Breeders meeting will be
seld at Knoxville in September. j.
VI. Donley is president of the
Driving park; E. b. Woodruff. vice
president; III. l.. Bousquet, secretary.
It is hoped to have the track com.
3leted June l.
United States Commissioner A. X.
Sible has finished the investigation In
reference to Wapello county's claim
against the government for swamp
.snds. He allowed the claim on TWEEN
" forty-acre tracts which will net
no county $4,000.