Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-02

claim that they are errone-
ously rated by tho association and
take this method OF retaliating. 80
During n thunder storm at Cedar
Falls on the evening of March goth,
struck the telephone wire
leading 90 the building, but it was ex-
before doing much damage.
The Cedar Falls and Minnesota juno
tion depot, one and one-half miles
east OF Cedar Falls, was struck by
and burned to the ground.
The State executive council finished
the work OF assessing the railroads on
the oath. Nomaterial increase has been
made in any railroad except the Chi
cago & Northwestern which has been
increased $1,000 a mile all around.
Several minor changes were made in
other roads, the effect Of which will
be to lessen the assessment on the
smaller roads.
Two valuable deposits of the finest
brick clay have been discovered near
Fort Dodge. The clay has been thor
oughly tested. Specimen bricks made
flom it exactly resemble in appear
ance and quality the high-priCed st.
Louis pressed brick. Stock companies
will be formed to develop the discov-
cry and the result will be another i'm
portant industry for TT. Dodge.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
in the Office OF the secretary
state as follows: A. j. Cushman
Company, of Waterloo, capital $780,
900; Maple Valley Creamery Company,
OF Battle Creek. Ida county, capital
70, 600; Grecnville Horse Breeding AS
ISOLATION, of Greenville, Clay county,
capital 81 900; Abstract OF Title Com
pany, of Clinton, capital 100000.
Greatexci'emen prevails at Marion,
the county seat Of Linn county, over
a scandal in which County Auditor
James BromweH figures conspicously,
1t being claimed that he locked two
girls up in his Office in the county
building, keeping them there a num-
Der of hours. A mass meeting was
held at Marion, al which resolutions
were passed requesting the board of
supervisors to demand Mr.. Bromwell's
resignation.
Ex-Treasurer Peter King, of Taylor
county, will have TO serve term in
the penitentiary. His shortage is
nearly $4,000 and he was tried three
times and each time was found guilty
Strenuous efforts have been made to
secure pardon for King, but Cover
nor Boies refuses to interfere. A stay
of execution for sixty days has been
granted in order to give King a chance
to settle his affairs before commencing
upon his term in the penitentiary.
Fifty cars of machinery, household
goods, stock, ETC., have recently been
unloaded in Britt by immigrants from
east, west. north and south, who will
make Hancock county their future
home. One train OF eighteen cars
came from the drought-stricken soil OF
Douglass county, South Dakota, They
abandoned their farms and left only
one family IN Lake township to an
swer the questions of the inquiring
land seeker who strays into that be-
nighted land.
Principal r. L. Plummer of the East
Side Des Moines schools has been APP
pointed by the National Educational as
ISOLATION as manager for Iowa for the
arrangements for the nesting of the
association at Toronto next summer.
Mr.. Plummer has chosen the following
as his assistants: e. p. Rogers, Mar
shalltown; w. NJ. Beardshear, Ames:
w. M. Croan, Shenandoah; Ellie H.
Rogers, Oskaloosa. Teachers wishing
Information about the Toronto meeting
may address any of The committee.
A temperance convention was held
at Orange City, and representatives
were present from all parts OF Sioux
county. The reports showed that in
five townships local alliances had al
ready been formed, and now the coun-
ty has been organized as an auxiliary
to the Iowa State Temperance Ali
ance. The officers elected for the en-
suing year are: l.. Dist, Esq, Grunge
City, president; Rev. Nj. NJ. Gilchris,,
Ireton, secretary; l.. o. Hobson,
Orange City, treasurer. The conven-
ton was addressed by Rev. II. Flick.
niger.
About seventy-fve delegates, rep
resenting the different alliances OF the
Tenth congressional district. met in TT.
Dodge March Goth. Resolutions were
adopted demanding an equalization Of
values; that all notes and securities
bear the assessors seal; that all debts
and mortgages b. exempa from as
sessed valuations; that ali litigation for
amounts below 5000 be settled by arbi i.
tration. Free coinage of American sill
YER was Endorsed, as was also SER
vice pension bill, the Conger lard bill,
the Butterworth option bill and the
Australian blllot system.
II is unoflicially announced that the
following thirty-three counties of the
forty-two, of the state, that voted for
the proposition on March 0, have
adopted county uniformity OF text
books, agreebly to the provisions OF
the bill passed during the last session
ofthe legislature: Appanoose, Boone,
Buena Vista, Butler, Cherokee, Davis,
Decatur, Emmett, Greene, Grundy,
Hardin. Harrison, Howard, Japer,
johnson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Madi-
son, Mahaska. Marion, Marshall.
Mills, Mitchell, Mu ,catine, O'Briea,
plynnufb Pr l. Rinuoold Shalhy