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

Among the cadets appointed TO
West Point is c. L. Boyd of Morning
Sun, Iowa.
Henry Tobiason, Jones county
farmer. fc.l from hay NOW in his
barn ard was killol. He was I'm old
settler.
Frank Evans. arrested at Bloom.
field for stealing cattle, was found TO
be insane and has been sent to the
asylum.
John Wilkie AMI wife ana a Miss
Nelson, of Cherokee, were poisoned py
eating dried beef and had harrow
escape from death.
The third annual meeting OF the
Maple Valley Fur association occurs
at Mapleton Sept 10 II. The fair
promises to be the best yet held.
Eldon was visited by heavy fire.
Eight business houses were burned.
The loss is $50, 90, insurance $40, 600,
All are II heap Of ashes. 1t Is thought
to be incendiary work.
Mrs, MtElroy, of Sioux City, went
10 Dubuque to attend the funeral Of her
Father, KERN White, pioneer OF
Whitewater. She was taken sick and
died a few hours afterwards.
ID. w. Barum, of Mason City, was
convicted of forgery OF a note on
James Tobn and John King, farmers,
gnd bound over without bail TO await
the action OF the grand jury.
{. +. Shiras, from Cincinnati, Ohio,
suicided at Cedar Rapids by shooting
himself at the hotel where he was
stopping. lie was thero looking up a
location. No cause is known.
Hampton IL to have a mile track.
A company OF citizens, headed by the
mayor have Fought 81 acres of ground
near the town. and Il driving park will
be made second to none in The state.
August Wiedergrecr, II Swede, OF
Lyons, who had been on protracted
spree, was found han cling by the neck,
dead, on Beaver Island, near Clinton.
1t was pronounced case of suicide.
Eugene Robinson, proprietor of q
floating theatre, who was sued by q
kcokuk colorcd man for $40, 900 dam
ages for refusing to sell him reserved
scat has compromised the case for
so.
Daniel Carter and Mrs. Eva Cuppy
were married recently at Missouri Val
ley. The bride i; As and the groom
% years old, it being the fifth wife for
the groom and the thi. d husband for
the bride.
The corner stone of the new Y. NJ.
{. \. building was laid at Ottumwa.
nDn w. +. Blake, of Burlington, was
the orator. There was II great crowd
in attendance. The building is to cost
$4,000
James W. Smith, of Grant township
Greene county, has a large gas we'll
on his farm. Stones weighing six
ounces were thrown out of the open
ing and an art ssiln w1n will be the
ultimate result.
Mrs. Cunningham. of Knoxville,
was thrown from her buggy, her horse
running away. AMI she received in
iuries that were at first thought to he
fatal, but there IS now a prospect for
her TO get up again.
Governor Boios has appointed Hon.
Jheo. Guelich, of Burlineto member
Of the Iowa Worlds Fair commission
for the first district to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Edward
tombstone Of kcokuk.
Burglar entered Dunkle's drug
store an Gregg's hardware store at
Gilman, securing ut least $500 worth
OF goods at the two places. The sher-
If was notified and was on the ground
investigating the robbery.
A son of James A. DufIield, living
near Muscatine, was seriously injured.
With some other boys he was shooting
at target with rifle One bullet
rebounded and striking him on the
shoulder, made an ugly wound.
The Fourth District Veteran Asso-
citation, as represented by all of the
the old soldiers in northern Iowa, met
for three days reunion at Clear
Lake. Senator Brewer. Col. w. A.
Burnap, and other prominent q. A. II.
men addressed the camphres.
l.. +. Andrews has estimated the
total rainfall for Iowa for the years
1889 and 1890, which has never been
published. The heaviest rainfall in
the last ten years was in 1881, 50
inches. In 1889 it was "a inches,
while in 1890 it was % inches.
This is vacation time at the state
capitol for most of the lady clerks.
Miss Upper is Mt Usage, Miss Sover-
eign in Cresco, Miss Westmore in San
Angelo, Texas, and Miss Leachman
among the hills of Pennsylvania.
Miss Quite Porter will go to Chicago.
Anyone knowing The whereabouts of
Mrs. Nettie EdmunGson will confer a
favor by writing to her son, Willie
Shearer, at the Industrial school at
Eldora. The lad writes that he has
not seen his mother in nearly thirteen
years and desires to find her very
much.
Several Of the vendors OF forbidden
beverages at Cedar Falls have been be-
fore the local justice TO explain their
Shortcomings. Mrs. N. Sorrenson
and Nels Madison both p.ead guilty to
,ha charge OF selling liquors contrary
to law, and were each fired 500 and
costs.
William Roberts an employe of the
Rock Island road, was struck by a
flying pile while at work north OF
Tara. His skull was fractured and he
lived only a few hours. Roberts
home was at Eddyville where ID wife
and five children are left without
means OF support by his death.
The breaking out OF a foot and
mouth disease among cattle in Des
Moines county has given the farmers
much uneasiness in that locality. II
takes the form OF an liberated mouth
and jaws and swollen feet, coming on
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