Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-08-27
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

dents of Des Moines, dropped dead
from heart disease.
At the state fair grounds everything
Is being forced into readiness. and the
secretary's Office is scene of hustle
and activity.
The Marshaltown glucose works
have closed down for the summer. II
Is thought it win be converted into
beet sugar factory.
Laura Williams, of Des Moines,
wants a divorce from her husband,
who is in the penitentiary for stabbing
md trying to murder her.
The Atlantic Canning Company has
already sold $4,000 cases Of corn and
could easily have sold as many more.
The company will pack 1000, 900 cans
this season.
A Crawford county lawyer is going
TO make q trip around the g.obe. He
has constructed a boat of his own,
which will be tried on Wall lake be-
fore he starts out.
Thirty-four rattlesnakes have Eecn
He'd on the Farwell farm near Monte
yuma during haying. One large one
was carrying eleven frisIy li|tlo fei-
lows round with her.
Casper Bogard, the fellow whose
mysterious disappearance a. Monte
yuma gave his folks so much troub' e,
was iken to the asylum at Mt. Pleas
ant. He is considerably dcranged.
The hoof and mouth disease has APP
peared among cattle in Appanoose
county. Mich cows on y have been
afflicted and in many cases the diseIe
yields to the treatment of local veter-
iIarians.
Thirteen applications for injunctions
% restrain persons from selling intoxi-
eating liquor contrary to law and to
prevent the use Of buildings for such
purposes were filed in the district
court at Des Moines.
David Hodge, hall brother OF the
late Col. Ralingall has given not e
that he will contest the will of the lat
ter, admitted to PROBATE at this term
of court. The beQucst left most of the
estate to the city of Ottumwa.
Bertha Park is not suburb but
inside property; twenty minutes walk
from p. o.: seven minutes on cars;
and lots are selling for less than out
side lots. NJ. p. Halloran, w. N. u,
or Towne & Mcfarland. Des Moines.
The August report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture gives the con-
dition of the leading crops in Iowa as:
Corn 60 oats SO, barley SO, potatoes
100, hay 80, and pasture 100. This
is great year for Iowa and her farm
ers.
Fl. MADISON is TO have q S25,
opera house to take tho place of tho
one recently burned. Ata me sting OF
prominent citizens in Mayor Hamil-
toms Office a stock company was
formed and work on the new plant will
be begun at once.
Lon Clinking beard u farmer living
near Mondamin. took dose of car
bolic acid this evening dying within
twenty minutes. Domestic trouble is
assigned as the cause. He leaves a
wife and several small children in
poor circum tances.
John r. Waller prominent capt.
talist OF Dubuque died. He had teen
i'll for some time and lew weeks ago
he departed for England to benefit
his health. He remained there six
days and was told by a physician to
get home as quickly as possible.
Burglars at Eagle Grove broke into
s Justice Coles Office, broke open his
safe and secured two drafts of 500
each and about $50 in cash. Robbers
also entered the Catholic church in
that place and stole silverware TO the
amoant of $3.50. No clue has yet been
obtained OF the thieves.
A most shocking suicide occurred
at Dewitt. Mr.. Hiram Wilson, an
O.d we'll known resident who has for
few days showed signs of mental de-
rangement, seized razor and gashed
his throat twice, laying open the wind
pipe and jugular veins. and ran somc
fifty yards into a corn field, dropping
dead.
News has been received of the sud
den illness Of Senator Harlan, OF Mt.
Pleasant. He was taken with an attack
resembling appoplexy. and it is feared
his condition viii b,come serious. His
daughter Mrs. Robert Lincoln; United
States minister to England, has but re-
Gently departed 10 England from a
visit with him.
Mrs. Nellie Rogers of Norfolk, Neb.
who came ID Dubuque to take years
course of musical instruction. died
suddenly at her boarding house. She
was taken with congestive chill and
morphine was administered to ease
her pain, She SINK into q com stose
condition, and when the physician
was summoned he found her dead
Fire broke out in Freiche's elevator
at Holland near Cedar Rapids COM
pletely destroying it together with
warehouse. L. II. Hollis salt house,
two freight cars loaded with corn. and
one empty car. The origin of the
fire is not known. The depot OF the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids & Northern
was saved by prompt action on the
part OF citizens.
William McNair attempted suicide
at Monteznml he cut an ugly CASH
just over the heart. DR.. Vest d. es rot
re ard it as neco 5sarily fa'al. McNair
is prin or ID h Is b ,el employed on
the Newton y mocrat for some time
bat was di charged last week. He
states that he was discouraged and
want d to end his troubles. He is at
the hone of his wifes parents.
Traer Clipper: The shipment OF
apples from Traer, has exceeded by
far any made heretofore. One day
almost 100 barrels were sent to vest
ern points and from twenty to seventy
five barrels have gone daily. Many
more could be spared, but the crop is
so large over the state the market is
well supplied. The ruling price has
been thlrty-five cents per bushel.
News was received OF a wreck
which ooat1rpnd an tho ('hinnno Kan.