Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-29
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railway, have forwarded TO the rail-
road commission the report of tho
death OF John Fcyerciseu near Greene,
Iowa, He was stealing ride and was
run over by the cars. Tho manager
takes occasion TO remark in the report
,has he is surprised that more acei-
dents of the kind do not happen, and
speaks OF the discouraging fact that
the railroads cannot hope to cope with
the evil Of children playing about
trains and ealing rides,
The biennial report has been sub
mitted by State Auditor Lyons to the
governor The taxes leviel. and due
but uncollected, to Is 0 are S747, 934.-
03. An estimate OF rece pts for the
next two years / put at 81, 0i4, 2l0
The general revenue for the past two
years was So, t0,05i.S5 The auditor
says the assosse valuation of property
does not eX .eed twenty-five pes cent
of the value. He recommends that the
law be changed 10 make the counties
responsible tor the entire state levy
irrespective of rhat it collects.
In the soldier valley, in the Nor
wegian settlement, sixteen miles
northwest of Dunlap, the black diph-
liberia is spreading at an alarming
rate. Within three weeks thirteen
people have died in the settlement of
tor of age. Out of one family of ten
persons six have alreany died and
three more are sick, with but slight
hopes for one to recover and at the
present time the mother and one
child lay cold In death in shed ad-
i joining the house. Tho authOri les
have only just succeeded ia plncing II
guard over the place and holding
part of the a flicted in quarantine.
Burglar.es have been pretty uumer-
Gus in the city of Des Moiues. Quite
number had occurred the few days
preceding, but recently they effected
an entrance to tho home of w. w.
Fink. real estate dealer. Mrs. Fink
was awakened and thinking er fathe"
was in the room, called. whoreupon
the burglar tired to get out of the
room. Mr.. Fink awoke suddenly and
| grappied with the burglar and was
| getting tho better Of him wheh the
burglar shot him in the forehead.
Mr.. Fink is not seriously hurt. The
ball has OF been found and is bel eyed
to be in the wound, which is at the
! top Of the nasal bone. No clue to the
burglar.
Two Chicago 81 Northwestern
freight ira ms Collided at Blue Cut,
half way between Stratford and Day
ton, in which George Ste n o. 4 gle
Grove, and Mr., Haines of AXE City,
were killed outright and the engi-
neers and firemen OF both trains were
badly in ,ured. Conductor Verden. Of
train No. II, will probably die. Both
engines and twenty-five or thirty cars,
heavily loaded with freight, three of
which were cattle, are total wreck.
The company attaches the blame to
L. w. Bell, the night operator at jew
ell Junction. Young Eell is but Q gh-
teen y ars old. He has always borne
the hest rep ltation. A full investigI-
ton OF the facts will no doubt fasteu
the responsibility where it belongs.
Hon. J. NJ. Shelly d ed at his homo
in Keokuk. His dea h was great
sIrpri,e o. as but few were aware of his
illness, Mr.. Shelly having been on
the reefs Friday. The deceased was
rs years old, and up to a few years
AGO was prominent in business and
polit cs. He was n p oneer in the
Wholesale dry goods bu mess of the
state, being for many years Il member
OF the firm Of Cox q Shelly. Alter
retiring from business hs took an
active part for several years in poll
tics and was elected on the Democratic
ticket to the state senate and was
twice that party's congress onal candi.
date in this district. He 10 ives wife
and two sons, both prominent business
men OF Kansas City, one having served
as mayor and postmaster.
Mayor Duncan of Burlington. Had
his barn burned by incendiarics, A
boy discovered tho flames and ran to
the house, which is W thin few feet
OF the barn, kicked in door aud
aroused the family. The departme nt
arrived in time 10 save the residence,
which had caught fire. The boy stIte.
his attention W attracted by two men
runnicg away from the place and then
he saw The flames. Late in the night
an attempt was made to purn the may.
or's residence, but the flames were dis
covered and ex iuguished A hall
filled Oil can and 81 lot OF oily rags
were discovered at the place. Mayor
Duncan has teen in receipt of num-
4 ~ LOT I'M Va h,,..
o. his house II he didn't change the
mode o prosecuting the saloon keep.
ers and other criminals. There is no
clue.
The grand jury at Des Moines in.
dicted Babe" Jones OF murder in the
first degree. This is the young fellow
who killed young Fred Kemp during a
camp meeting last spring. ga number
of young fe lows who were half drunk
a d who asp.red to be tolghs started
n quarrel which ended ia prom Sou
Gus cutting and shooting match in
which Kemp was murdered and three
others severely wounded. Jones wi
pl obably be tired this term of court.
The lime for receiving musical
compositions for competition for prize
medal is hereby extended from Ocs !
to Nov. l. All persons having de-
sire to enlist in the compe ition are
requested to send the productions al
once to Fayette, when they will be for
wardei TO the examining committee.
j. w. Ruggles, President Iowa Music
Teachers Association.
At the coroner's inquest at Mon
mouth, ILL.,, on the "Q' wreck, in
which one Iowan was xii ed and a
large number injured, Geo APP .ey.
superintendent of the pottery, testified
he had been reques ed by Agent Topp-
ing, OF the "Qn road to look after the
lighting OF the switch lamp. He had
his night Waterman do it, A. b. Nc
Creight, night Waterman testified he
did not light the lamp on tn night of
the goth; had not lighted 1T for two
weeks, because it was out oil He