Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-23

Mrs. |, James and daughter, Eva, ar
y expected home tonight.
Ollie Coon and Hans Christensen
with their wives, visited L. n. Taggar
$ and family last Sunday.
+. Bilharz and j. +. Consigny ar,
having concrete walks laid in front OF
their new store buildings.
The county nominating conventions
win probably not DO held until Septem,
Der, making short campaign.
The republican papers over the dis.
trict are giving ii. +, Andrews very
cordial support forstate senator.
Train Master Fox and Station In
spector Selby put the official 80. X" on
affairs at the Rock Island depot yester-
day.
There are democratic papers of the
opinion that Col. j. 5. Tam ought to be
the democratic nominee for state sen.
ator.
Mrs. Annis l.. S. Stuart has had con
crete walks and drives laid about her
residence property, n splendid improve
ment.
ID. G, Rice, Of IIamlin, has been quite
sick with Inflammation of the bowels,
but is improving under the care Of
DR.. Miller.
Railroads will give excursion rates
from Carroll and Atlantic to Audubon
the Goth, the day of base ball, Efforts
are being made to secure excursion
rates from all intermediate points,
w. ii. O'Connell and Contractor
Merriam went to Atlantic yesterday to
participate in a four days shooting
tournament. Mr.. O'Connell was kicked
by his gun and came home last night.
The storm of Wednesday morning,
consisting of rain, driven by strong
wind, did some damage to ripening
oats, and In washing out small bridges
and approaches. In northwestern Iowa
IL was much more severe, especially in
the vicinity of Cherokee, which was
devastated by floods six weeks ago.
The Audubon County Normal will
convene in this city next Monday.
Superintendent Repass has exercised
every endeavor to make the institute
| haitian than ITO nroIn,acanr aud with
the cooperation of the teachers sue.
cess Is assured. The corps of instruct
ors Is able and will make the session q
profitable one.
Three employees of the Electric Light
Company have been here since Monday
preparing to commence the work of
wiring for the plant. Material which
they expected has not yet arrived and
has thus delayed their work. 1t is ex-
pected on every train, so that they will
very soon proceed on the contract, and
Audubon will soon BIO glimmering
under electric lights,
A week ago last Sunday John Nc
CURE of IIamlin, lost pocket-book
containing $40 and some notes and
checks, between his store and George
LeFoy's place. A few days afterward
tho pocket.book containing the notes
and checks, was found in the road by
DR.. Brooks and returned to Mcclure,
but the money had been taken out.
Mr.. Mcclure has something of an idea
of the person who took the money, and
further developments may be expected.
Mr.. Story informs US that thirteen OF
his cattle died from hydrophobia.
They were bitten in the spring by q
rabid dog which Billy Benton shot,
The cattle first showed signs of the
disease about the first of May, and it
has appeared at intervals until about
two weeks ago, and as that is the long
est period which has elapsed without its
appearance, he is In hopes that he will
have no further trouble. There are 1865
cattle in the herd.
The cornet band was out serenading
Saturday and Monday evenings, and
afforded delightful entertainment for
the whole town. Tho boys went home
with pockets full of cigars, given In ex-
preston of appreciation of their music
1t might be suggested that while the
cigars are appreciated, contribution
of twenty-five or fifty cents to help to
buy new music, would relieve the mem
bers of considerable expense in this
line, and would perhaps break their
habit of smoking.
Mr.. Arthur Waddell, who has been
employed In Il. j. Staffords barber
shop, received the sad information
from Neville yesterday that brother
and sister had both become insane.
The only cause he can imagine for
such allliction, in the absence of par
ticulars, is the fact that his brother had
just been discharged from Chicago
hospital, where he was under treatment
for cancer, with the statement that
his case was hopeless. Mr.. Waddell
left for his home at Neville last night
The juvenile operetta, The Enchant-
ed Wood, which has been in the course
of preparation for several weeks, will
be presented at RusselPs Opera house
next Monday evening. 1t will be a
delightful entertainment, Astounding in
good music, enchanting woodland
scenes, in which are presented many
well.known characters, whose names
are household words, represented by
forty fairy children attired in gorgeous
costumes. The presentation is under
good management, and all may be as
sured of pleasing entertainment. Ad-
mission % cents; children Is cents; no
reserved seats. Tickets at Russell's.
The premium list, rules and regula-
tons of the Audubon County Agricul-