Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-11-05

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At A'ger, eight miles east OF Cedar
Rapids, q women named Sechrist was
driving a blind horse, and in attempts
ing to cross the railway track the
horse was struck by locomotive.
The horse was instantly killed, the
buggy demolished, and the woman
narrowly escaped instant death, wi h
many bruises.
. Near Eads, a broken rail caused
/ passenger ira n No. !, on the Des
Moiues e. Northwestern railroad, to be
thrown from the track Of the I. S. L.
! Nj. A. Eng .neer Peterson and George
Chambers, his fireman were the only
ones injured, and they were not seri-
ously hurt. The track was cleared
early he next morning.
4 The Farmers Mutual Live Stock
/ Insurance company of Des Moines has
been incor porated with the following
officers: President, S. w. johnson /;
/ treasurer, r. p. Morden; secretary,
1 G. T. Haden. The other members of
the company are e. G. Lowrie and w.
| j. Beaman, Des Moines will be the
principal place of business.
The railway men of Fort Dodge,
have organized Railway Employees
Club wi h large number of employees
OF all the lines OF the eli y as members.
IL Is hoped to have permanent head
quarters provided for them, with
reading rooms, gymnasium, ETC., In
connection. The idea meets with the
] heartiest. co operation from all the
railway officials.
Seventy-fve girls employed in the
Rider, Waller a. Co, overall factory
in Dubuque, have struck because OF a
reduction OF 6 cents per dozen in the
rates paid. The. reduction was made
on account of a new attachment to the
! sewing machine called Teller, which
lightens the labor. The proprletors
claim that the girls can earn just as
much as they did before.
Fulton & Co., dry goods merchants
/ OF Atlantic, have tailed. Liabilities
SO far as reported to be $17, 800; as
sets not known. Fulton & Co., went
to Atlantic last spring and have been
doing large business selling ban (.
rupt stocks OF clothg that we're picked
up over the country. The heaviest
liabilities are to tie Wilton National
bank of Wilton, which amounts to
! $12, 500.
Fire destroyed the establishment oil
Denecle 6 Ye;ter, dry goods mer.
chants of Cedar Rapids. No estimate
OF losses can be obtained, but 1t will
not be less than $50,000'or 500, 0O0
j. L. Billan, druggist and art dealer.
/ A. West & Son, and Mills q Keller.
at orneys, suffered heavy losses from
water. Billan's loss VIII probably
amount to So, 900 or $40, 900. All par.
i ties are well insured.
James Funston, an old resident OF
I Dubuque, was killed by an electric car
on the AL en-Sw.ney lines. He was
crossing the track at Second street
and failed to see the car. Both legs
we o crushed and he lived but short
J time. MIR. Funston had just returned
/ from visit to Ireland. Mr.. Funston
gained some prominence q few years
ago by chal enging Nj. d.. Hum editor
OF the d.. buque Herald. to duel.
The following postotfice changes
were made during the week: Post
masters appointed Argyle, Lee coun.
| ty, Joseph A. Silvers; Glen Ellen.
" oodbury county, Harris d. Shepard
Living Spring, Pottawattamie county,
George &. p. Owen; Lynnville, Jasper
county, Marietta Dryden: Rock Creek,
Muscatine county, Rudolph Kunack
Wapello, Louisa county Matte g.
Hurley.
The Young Mems and Young
! Womsn's Christian Association oil
/! Iowa College pledged themselves for
! Sc, 600 to build I. NJ. G. a. build.
ing on the college gro nds, with a
gymna SUM attached, with bath aud
0 her accommodations proper to such
IA building. This looks like business
and can hardly fail OF success. The
college owes one of its buildings to a
similar spirit in the class of 1882,
when the buildings were all destroyed
/ by the tornado.
A serious aud possibly fatal accl-
| dent occurred at Avoca. Three men
we're standing on scaffold building q
| barn, when the o.ding gave way.
precipitating the men to the ground.
| VIM. Stafford was seriously injured
! about the back and shoulders. An old
gen leman named Upton had both
bones in each leg below the knee
! bro<en, and l5-year-old son OF John
Bedford had both wrists dislocated
and the arms broken. The physici MS
! have not determined the full extent OF
the injuries. They fell about fifteen
| feet.
Mayor Duncan, OF Burlington, was
| riding home in street car when a
stone was sent crashing through o
window near his head. The stone was
undoubtedly thrown with the intention
OF IN. uring the m yor, and the I'M
known tn over is thought to be one Of
"a gang who is bent on persecu ing the
mayor till he leaves the city. Lately
| attempts were made o.burn his resi-
dence. his large barn being consumed
/ n
! is in stats OF alarm over the evident
serious attempts on the happiness and
welfare OF Mr.. Duncan.
ID. Conigisky, OF Dubuque, proprie-
tor of the "C'' dry GODS store and
the Dubuque Millinery company,
| filed chattel mortgage covering both
stocks. Tho mortgage is for $50, QUO.
1t runs in favor of the German Ameri-
can National bank OF Peoria, Ills, for
So, 500, NJ. Gumbliner, Peoria, S., o0Ji
j. and S. Conigisky. Peoria, $9,S $40;
j. V. Farwell & Co., Chicago, 81 800;
Second National bank OF Dubuque,
5000. Mr.. Couiaisky states that he
was forced to give the mortgage by
the action OF mercantile agency
and that his assets are much larger
than his liabilities.
At the session OF the Red Men held
in Cedar Rapids, Boone was chosen as
the place to hold the next NEE ing.