Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-10
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

ed in profusion at Davenport.
The new packing house at Dubuque
about ready to begin operations.
About 1000 pieces of Keolfuk city
property were sold for delinquent taxes
The body OF an infant tied mp in
newspaper was found in vacant lot in
Council Bluffs.
d. g. Abrams, OF Audubon, fooled
with an electric wire and received
shock he will never forget.
Clinton James, of Colfax, was aphyxi-
ated by gas in Joliet, ILL.,, hotel. He
was on his way to Chicago with hogs.
George Butterfeld, miner, jumped
off a moving train in Knoxville and the
result is broken nose and terribly
demoralized face.
A Croton lady recently went to
Pennington to buy bible and could
only find one copy of the sacred work
on sale in that town.
The city marshal of Muscatine took
the personal check of tough who had
been implicated in a shooting scrape
and turned him loose.
The principal of the Movie schools
mistook n young rooster for prairie
chicken the other day and acted accord
ingly. 1t cost him so cents.
Grant Jorkan of Des Moines has Sc
cured through his attorneys, Bulkley
q Sweet, an allowance of his claims on
his anti-friction railway curve rail.
Recently the l1-months-old baby of
Mrs. Geo. Minkel of Dysart, was SO bad
ly scalded that it died the same day.
Geo. Minkel is away from home and
does not know of the accident.
A terrific blizzard struck Burlington
recently, covering the ground with
snow for nearly one foot. Street car
traffic was suspended and the running
of trains was greatly interrupted
Many stock trains were pushed to Chi
cago with all possible haste.
A fight occurred at Fl. Madison be-
tween Charles Kochjon and Gardner
Z. BOWS in the Santa Fe shops and
Kochjen knocked Bows down and hit
his head terribly with hammer. He
will recover however. No information
mas yet been filed against the assailant.
A man named Stotts was held up on
train running into Des Moines. The
fellows took $50 from his pocketbook
and put the purse back. Stotts applied
at the Des Moines police headquarters
and later secured from friends enough
money to get back to his home in Knox
vile.
The city council of Dubuque are con
sidering the matter of operating it's
own electric light plant for the lighting
of the streets The mayor finds that
such plant could t2 operated at a saw
ing of 81 900 per month to the city.
The city council win consider the mat
ter soon.
Joe Mccarthy, a West Liberty car re-
pairer, was instantly killed. He was
standing between cars making repairs
when the train backed up to switch out
five cars. The boss called to him to get
ont, but it was too late and he was
caught between the buffers and crushed
to death.
Passenger train No 1 on the Mil
waukee, enroute west to Council Bluffs
collided with switch engine in the
yards at Perry at night, disabling the
engine, and wrecking the mail car.
The mail was transferred to the bag
gage car, a new engine procured and
the train sent on its way.
Mrs. Elias Henry, of Burlington, had
narrow escape from death. She had
entered store and while making some
purchases it was discovered that her
dress was in flames. Prompt action of
the employees saved the lady's life, al
though she was slightly burned. How
her dress caught fire is a mystery.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state by the
Ottumwa Electric Railway, stock $780,
900; the Deere. Wells Co., to deal in
agricultural implements at Council
Bluffs, stock sl5o,O0O; the Harvey &
Ellyson Milling Co., to do business at
Pleasant Plain, jefferson county, and
at Tobias, Nebraska, stock $4,000.
During November Chicago gained
125,0Oo hogs in the number packed,
while during the same time Cedar Rap
ids. Sioux City, Keokuk and Ottumwa
decreased $4,000 in the number of hogs
packed comparedwith year ago. As
the late receipts have been largely
from Iowa it is plain that her gain has
been at the expense of Iowa packers.
At EOS Eight street, Des Moines, Miss
Katie Monahan, who was running a
private boarding house, committed
suicide by taking fifteen grains of
strychnine. No cause is given for the
act, as she was a most estimable wo-
man and those who knew her speak in
terms of praise of her. She died amid
dreadful scene of friends endeavoring
to save her, while she protested that
she was anxious to die.
At the meeting of the Travelling
Men at Des Moines, w. +. Mitchell
was reelected president and f. f.
AiuANJ' oSNhepuiy "ho WIN
]. M.Christy, vice president. The new
board of directors consists of Geo. G..
Harrison, w. A. Meyer, Frank Holmes,
Fred s. Thompson, John Verran, Nell
son Lance, Geo. Fl. Bothriclx, j. G..
Handa, G. w. Goodman aud A. L. Ohm.
sted.
The Iowa State Dairy association
filed its articles with the secretary OF
state. They are dated at Waverly,
Iowa, and the principal place of bust
ness is to be Des Moines o. Il. DENIM
son is president: Peter G. Henderson,
vice-president: c. L. Gabrilson, secre.
tary; S. II. Sibley, treasurer. The
other incorporators are A. C. Upper,
state dairy commissioner, M. L. New
ton and +. c. Bennett.
Fire few nights ago destroyed the
Des Moines Cotton Mills Fire was dis
covered in the boiler room abot clock
AT NIGHT Tho fire. dana rtrna WINS an