Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-01

large ana In the numerous puDtlc
offices which he held both by cleo
ton and by appointment, he proved
himself worthy of the trust place in
him. Up to the time of and for a
number OF years prior to his death, he
was connected with the Western News
paper Union, of Des Moines. and in
that position has formed an acquaint-
ance which extends wherever the
press of Iowa exists. At the time of
his death he was &c years old.
! A communication from l.. III. Pan
mel, of the Agricultural College, Ames,
says: "For the first time this year |
hade observed disease on sugar Eeets
which affects the root, eau ing them
to rot. The disease begins. its work
usually in the crown; from this it
works downward and out. A disea ed
root is covered with brown felted
! mycium (threads) of u fungus. After
the plant is affected the leaves soon
! wilt and die. The disease spreads
| through the soil from root to
root and thus affects the plants chiefly
in u row. Spots OF the disease may be
| found here and there in u fed. In
| this respect it is similar to other root
rot diseases with which am acquaint-
ed. Has anybody observed this dis
ease? If SO will they kindly send por-
| tions of the diseased root to me; also
stating how it works and the damage
| it is infiict,ng. Has the affected spot
been in beets before? Has soil any
infuence3'
More than year ago Adolph
Weise deceived young German girl
named johanna Schultz, six years his
| junior, while living In Davenport
| Later he fled 10 Chicago, just
barely ahead of a warrant for his ar
| rest. There he was located a few
| days and an officer returned him to
! Davenport on a requlsitioa. He at
! once procured marriage license and
in the small hours Of the morning
presented himself at the door of the
misused lady and demanded that she
arise and marry him. 1t was his in
| tention then 10 turn about and take
| the Rock Island flyer into Chicago
again and desert his wife and his four
| LlOllIuo olu oiuSh tCi. iiSi ldViCi
stopped the wedding and Weise is in
jail. He insists on marrying the girl
and leaving her in Davenport while
| she insists that he will marry her and
support her and her child or go to
Anamosa and gives him very short
time to make up his mind which it
| shall be.
A fire broke out at Grinnell in c.
W. II. Beyers' buildings on the north
| side OF Fourth avenue, between the
c items bank and the Grinnell block,
occupied as stores and dwellings. In
| u few minutes after the alarm was
given the Torrent Fire Company had
two streams of water from their steam
| er on the flames. The inhammable
| character OF the contents and of the
buildings themselves made it impossi-
bic to more than save the adjoining
| buildings. These were somewhat
damaged. though not seriously. The
buildings were valued at ST. 500, with
| So, 600 insurance. The furniture
! stock of j. A. Anderson was entirely
destroyed, loss 50, 500, insurance, g.
! 500. The millinery stock of Mrs.
| Cox was partially destroyed: loss and
insurance unknown. NJ. Il. Trimble
| had just moved his household goods
into the upper floor the day before and
| lost almost all; loss $500, no insurance.
! M. Mouseley's household goods were
| partly saved; loss $50, insured.
Messrs. Snyyer and Mcconnell & Co.
| moved their books and drugs out of
| the Grinnell block at loss, L. A.
Marsh also moved his jewelry goods,
with loss. The First National bank
also moved their goods for safety 20
the Merchants National. M. Snyder
| owner OF the Citizens bank building,
will-lose about $500 damage to build
ing without insurance.
For several days past there has been
quite Il sensation in Waterloo. Re-
Gently Eta Fulliam, living at Musca-
tine, who had been placed in the
school CT the Catholic convent at Du-
buque by her guardian because, as he
claimed OF her persistence In going
with a young man to whom they OBJ
! jected, Left the school in company with
/ ii
Waterloo, who was placed in the same
school shortly af,er her n-oGher had
prevelted her elopement. The two
went to Muscatine, and then Miss
.Fulliam disguised herself as an old
woman and they went to Waterloo. A
day or two after Martin Bartlett. re.
tired merchant Of Muscatine, the
guardian Of the Fulliam girl. went to
Water,o 90 to Look for her. After
searching for some time she was found
| at tho residence OF ID. c. Cook. Quite
an uproar followed his attemp TO take
her away. but he finally succeeded in
getting her in charge OF the sheriff.
The next morning when he called for
her he was arrested on the charge of
assault, prefer ed by the lady ut whose
, house he found the girl. The case
was to have come up the day follow
ing, but the excitement Overcame Mr..
Bartlett and he became temporarily
insane, the result OF return OF the
grip. Then the father and brother OF
the girl arrived from Muscatine. In
the meantime tn, county attorney had
investigated the C. So against Mr. Bart
lett an ordered it dismissed The
party then took an early train for
Muscatine. The girl declared that
she was bound to go with the young
fellow, simply because her parents OBJ.
jec, ed. Soon after the assault case
was dismissed, the same party began a
suit against Bartlett for civil damages,
alleging that he he'd usad insulting
language toward her when he came
after his ward. Before papers could
be servel, however, Mr.. Bartlett had
left town.
The bodies OF James Robertson and
his son Jasper were unearthed near
Harlan. Nothing jut their bones and
vestiges of clothing in which the
bodies had been wrapped were left to
be seen by an anxious and excited
crowd. The location OF the bodies
was brought about by the man, j. X.
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