Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-05-21
IOWA Condensed ITEMS

sTeCUS IN tne city.
The first school house in Iowa City
has just been torn down.
Boone county farmers are planting a
large acreage in potatoes.
:; Lightning rod agents are working
the farmers of Butler county.
The Third Iowa cavalry will hold
their annual reunion at Fairfield, Sept.
22-23
Rolfc has offered $l7, 900 for the To-
cation of the Presbyterian College at
that place.
Humcston has raised five thousand
dollars to put their normal college in
better shape.
+. Payne, of Viewer, near keokuk.
has deserted his family. 1t is thought
he is demented.
Carroll, Iowa. has secured II boot and
shoe factory, "a kitc-shaped track, and
normal college.
The Presbyterian college at Fl.
Dodge, is to be enlarged and have a
better endowment.
Prof. Anderson of the State Univer-
sity has accepted the call to the Leland
Stanford University.
John Carson, Council Bluffs, has
been admitted to practice before the
interior department.
j. Dittmer, an aged German, COM
mittod suicide by throwing himself in
is the river near Kingsley.
The Webster City Freeman and the
leading bank of Webster City, are
building handsome buildings.
Charles Winship of Shell Rock, has
been arrested for sending obscene com
munications through the mails.
Temporary insanity and dependency
caused Alex Truedson, a Swede living
near Clarinda, to kill himself by shoot
ing.
Marshalltown has raised fifty thous-
and dollars, and will secure beet
sugar plant that will cost half Il mil
lion.
Atlantic has just put in an electric
light plant. Many new homes are be-
ing built. All the houses are occu-
pied,
Cres on is completing a system of
water works, and is preparing to en-
large the blue grass palace for the sea-
son of'91.
Charles Beickhoff of Orange City,
has bought and will improve $500
acres of land in Rock and Mobiles coun-
ties, Minnesota.
Fairbank has voted on incorporation,
III woes being cast, 81 for and SO
against-a majority of seven in favor
of incorporation.
Cedar Rapids will have a consolida-
ton of her city railway companies, and
the entire line will be one system, and
run by electricity.
Atlantic is undergoing a general
spring boom in residence buildings.
About thirty are being built and many
more contracted for.
Mrs. Echels of LeMars, by mistake,
took u double dose Of laudanum. Her
attendant gave her strong coffee, and
the doctor saved her life.
Columbus junction has raised con-
siderable sum of money by subscrip-
ton, secured Il new manager, and their
normal college will boom.
The Webster City schools have a
kindergarten department and have re-
Gently been obliged to rent additional
room to accommodate it.
VIM. Rexford, a Sioux City young
man, was held to the criminal court in
Chicago Monday in 81 POO, for attemp-
ting to hold up a storekeeper.
large and handsome Y. NJ. G.. A.
building is being erected at Iowa City;
also large new building for the use
of one of the departments of the uni
vcrsity.
The Paris Stove Works, which the
owners claim to be the finest stove
foundry in the world, was set in oper-
alton in Sioux City few days ago.
The factory will employ 600 persons.
The governor has appointed John H.
Cole and Theo. +. Baldwin of Keokuk,
c. ID. Wangler of Waterloo and w. ID.
Makinson of Shenandoah, delegates TO
the Trans-Mississippi congress at Dem
yer,
+. G. Mcmillan and Rev. G.. +. Will
liams of the TT. Madison penitentiary
have been commissioned by the COVER
nor to attend the conference of chart
ties and convictions in indianapolis
the last of the month.
Twelve candidates for appointment
to a West Point cadetship were exam
ined ut TT. Dodge on the 18th. Ber-
tram l.. Barr of Algona was the sue
cessfll candidate with Edwin +. Can
field of Fort Dodge, as alternate.
The Aurelia men, who bought land
in Minnesota few years ago through
the notorious Frederickson, are in a
fair way to recover tho greater part Of
the money which they had given up
for lost by reason of that transaction.
The managers of the Creston blue
grass palace have decided to offer this
year premiums for the best exhibits
made by the counties in The league
$500 fer the best exhibit, 800 for the
second best and $50 for the third best.
James Mullen, OF Decatur county,
has been sentenced to the Fort Madi-
son penitentiary for term of two