Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-05
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mlssioned postmaster at Cedar Fails.
George II. Thayer has been COM
tnisioned postmaster at Bigh Creek
Iowa.
Mail messenger service has been
discontinued at Wellsburgh, Grundy
county.
Judge Shiras OF Dubuque, has been
appointed to hold the March term OF
the circuit and district court at Min
neapolis.
3 There is talk of the American
National bank at Sioux City going
into liquidation.
Rob Kivitts, of Des Moines. 10 years
old, tried to board q passing freight
train and lost his foot.
Sioux City is to have another big
packing house. Chicago parties will
put in 100000 in the plant,
Congressman Flick has secured the
appointment of w. G. d. Mercer OF
Corning. as postoffice inspector.
AT Glenwood the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy road has been sued
FOR 81, 600 overcharges ON freight.
A piano $50 years old, the property
of T.. w. Peisch of Burlington will be
one OF the attractions ut the worlds
fair.
Rev. II. II. Abrams, of Marion. has
received a call from the church at
Spokane Falls, Washington, and it is
likely he will accept.
The residence of Hon. H. c. Wheel
err, near Odebolt, took fire and was
damaged to the amount OF 81. 800. All
the furniture was saved.
II the direct tax bill which has just
passed the house should become law,
Iowa will get refund frome the gov
eminent of 1884, 274.S0.
A case has just been decided in the
Polk county district court at Des
Moines, which gives the cigar makers
the right to the "blue label" The
local union recovered $4,000 froma To-
cal firm for infringement,
The House has passed the amend
ed Senate bill revoking the order of
dismissal of Chaplain Lorenzo S. Cot
fin, Thirty second Iowa Volunteers,
and granting him certificate of hon
orable muster out of service.
A FIRE occurred in the Spaulding &
Billings block, in Charles City. The
grocery stock of VIM. Shemerhorn,
successor to Geo. Cay, was consider
ably damaged. Insurance on stock,
$4,000. The fire started in the base.
ment.
The grand jury has returned an in
dictment for murder against Elmer
Warren, charged with killing Con-
ductor O'Neill, of Long Point. War.
rem now claims that his confession ad.
hitting the killing was made under
compulsion.
The police raided gambling den
in the Commercial hotel in Atlantic
and captured 26 men, together with
the chips and some money. 1t is TO
be hoped that the good work will be
kept up and that this gang will be
broken up.
The Sioux City Baseball association
is having trouble at every step. Hav-
ing reasons to believe thatits manager,
j.. II. Clifford, was giving away secrets
to the American association, he was
released. AT Buckinberger of Detroit
was signed as manager
Sheriff Desmond of Clinton, has
gone to Philadelphia to bring back
Owen Golden, who, during the fire.
mans tournament in 1888, struck and
instantly Killed an aged man named
James NJ. Ordway, of that city without
any cause or provocation.
John Forster, of Woodburu, suicided
by hanging himself with a rope halter
toia tree He was 26 years old, I'M
married, and respondent from being
deaf it is thought, and financially en-
barrassed. He was found frozen stiff
and still banging to the tree.
Surveyors for theWinona and South
western road are now at work. As it
is being surveyed the line will run
from Coon Rapids to Viola township,
and thence south and west to Audubon
and from there to Kimballton. Audu-
bon is feeling good over its prospects
for securing the road.
"A special train bearing about forty
farmers Mclean county, Illinois, ar
rived over the Illinois Central at Fl.
Dodge. Many of them are accompanied
by their families and household goods,
and have come to occupy laud pur-
chased last fall in Hamilton, Calhoun,
and Webster counties.
A new institution, the Mt. Pleasant
Savings bank, has been organized with
George II Spahr as president and G.
v. Arnold, now deputy county treas
urer. as cashier. The principal BUSH
nessmer OF Mt. Pleasant are interest
ed in the enterprise. The capital
stock is fixed at $4,000.
Professor John Sameson. a free
thought and FREQ love lecturer, was
forced to terminate his course very
suddenly at Cherokee. After his first
lecture there was some talk of mobbing
the lecturer. but the movement finally
ended in refusing jameson the use OF
the opera house and public hall. He
was forced to leave the city.
The following patents have been
issued to Iowans: Charles c. Gilman,
Eldorado, covering for steam and not
water pipes; also underground rail.
way conduit; Claua Johnson, Aurelia,
hont and shoe cleaner. ,Johni g Kidd