Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-01-29
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company held their annual meeting in
Cedar Rapids, there being large at
tendance. The reports OF officers
showed the organization to be in good
condition financially and otherwise. j.
A. Countryman was elected president;
q. +. McFadden, of West Liberty, sec.
Rotary, and w. w. McClung, OF Water
loo, treasurer.
A few nights ago thieves raided
barn belonging to liveryman named
Jamison at Morning Sun, a small town
near Burlington, and succeeded in
getting away with four valuable
horses and two buggies. The author
tiles were notified and the stolen prop
crty was discovered in the outskirts OF
the city where the thieves evidently
fearing capture, had abandoned 1t.
Twenty one insane patients from
Davenport were brought to Council
Bluffs to be cared for by the Sisters of
Mercy in st. Bernard's hospital.
They are portion OF the county's in
curables. The sisters contemplate en-
larging their asylum until it will ac-
commodate several hundred, and they
will then make contracts with various
counties for tho care OF this class OF
patients.
One OF the guy wires supporting the
trolley wire of the electric street car
line in Dubuque, broke and fell to the
ground. A school boy named Dick
Eddy picked 1t up and was unable to
let it so. His brother came to his as.
sistanoe and was terribly shocked. A
passing teamster tried to help the boy
and was knocked to the ground by the
shock. The Two boys were taken
home; they are seriously II not fatally
hurt.
G. w. Williams, OF Independen
has bought OF Ed. Pyle, OF Humboldt,
Nebraska, the five-year. old mare by
Fairy Gift, sire OF Kenwood, 2:l9,
and two others in the 2:30 list, dam
by Dictator, second dam by Edwin
Forrest. #. 4. Curtis has recently
refused bona fde offers OF $4,000 for
his yearling Axtell FLY, dam by
Mambrlno Boy, and $4,000 for his
yearling Allorton filiy, dam ~ Abe
Downing.
Barney Ftizsimmons, gambler
and saloon keeper, and Tom Debord,
bartender in billions joint, got into
an alteration in the lattert place in
Creston. The latter drew revolver
and shot at Fitzsimmons three times.
one ball taking effect in The mouth,
and knocking out tooth and going
downward lodged in the neck. 1t is
thought that the wound is not danger
Gus. Debord has been arrested and
his hail set at $4,000.
Frank Pine, the ling OF confidence
men, who has just died in New York,
was formerly of Dubuque. He was
born just north OF the Key city in Wis
consin, and ran a brewery at Dubuque.
He had operated on both sides of the
ocean. His specially was the sale of
wildcat mining stock, and at the time
of his decease he was engaged In
working off Color ado air plant on
the confding capita OF Gotham,
He knew more about the Moffatt bank
robbery than any other man.
Hon. Charles Aldrich. vino has pre-
pared and presented to the state Ii.
brary ut the capitol the very valuable
collection OF autograph letters, man.
scripts and portraits, has applied to
Bishop Perry to appoint committee
OF leading church men throughout
the state to procure by subscriptions
OF a sum not exceeding IS, portrait
in oil OF the first bishop of Iowa, Rt.
Rev. Henry Washington Lee, ID. d.,
LII d., Cantsb, for preservation in the
state picture gallery. The bishop has
complied with the request.
William Campbell, one of the oldest
pioneer Scotch citizens OF Pottawatamie
county died on the 2lst, under pecu.
liar circumstances. The evening be.
fore the son of one OF his neighbors
died suddenly, from lung trouble.
Campbell acted as one OF the watchers
and spent the night beside the corpse.
Next morning he sat down to write
notice of the death for the city papers.
While sharpening his pencil he sud-
denlyfell to the floor corpse. The
two sudden deaths in the quiet farmer
neighborhooG caused sensation.
George Spaulding, saloopkceper
at Cedar Rapids, was fined $500 some
three months ago for violation OF the
prohibitory law. He had paid 800 OF
this fine up to a week ago, when he
left town and attempted to have his
stock shipped. The sheriff learned Of
his action and seized tho goods. He
now advertises the entire stock OF
liquors for sale at auction. Thisis the
first instance known where officials
have offered for sale liquors in pro-
hibition state to satisfy judgment,
and a test case will probably follow.
At Dubuque, a few nights ago, the
matron of the Home for the Friendless
was summoned to the door by ring.
As she opened it a carriage drove
away from the gate. On the doorstep
stood a basket containing boy baby
Two weeks old. Pinned toits clothing
was note reading: Take care OF
this baby; it has no mother and will
not live long" The baby had been
drugged with milk and whisky,
bottle of.which was in the basket. The
child, which was richly dressed, died,
having never recovered from The
effects of The poison administered.