Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-09-10

told, and is credit to the university
city OF Iowa.
Chas. Giesman and Lee Parker boys
about IL years old, left Dubuque on
excursion. Returning in the
evening they sat down to rest a few
miles from that city. Geisman had his
shot gun with the muzzle resting
against his stomach. On rising from
the seat the weapon was discharged
and he was almost instantly killed.
The Independence kite shaped track
is record breaker with vengeance.
Allerton recently beat the worlds stall
lion record by trotting mile in 2:l0,
and Mr.. Williams says he is only fair!
ly started for the season. The horse
Direct, on the same track, paced a mile
in 2:06-the best time in the world by
a horse before sulky. Thus Iowa's
fame as horse state keeps spreading.
A Sunday School Teachers Institute
for Marshall county, was held in
Marshalltown, Sep. 2nd and Sd. The
instructors and lecturers were Mrs.
Matte Nj. Bailey, Shenandoah. Rev.
j. w. Geiger. Oskaloosa and Rev. A.
ID. Wolfe, State Center. About two
hundred teachers from various parts
of The county were in attendance.
The jury in the case of the State VS..
Byron Gwinn, at Charlton, for the
murder of Liberty Shocks last August,
returned verdict of guilty in the
first degree and Sc ntenced him to life
prisonment. The friends of Shook,
are displeased at the verdict and
lynching is openly talked of. The
authorities will take means TO prevent
this if possible.
At Guthrie Center the gamblers and
toughs travelling with Wallace Bros. ;
circus feeced many people of all they
had. lncensed at Their losses the peo-
pie who had been taken in went to
the. railroad as the circus outfit was
being loaded, and picked Il quarrel.
Five persons were shot by The fusilade
of bullets, one fatally. But one of the
fakirs was injured.
The sale OF the Clinton & Lyons
horse railway company, OF Lyons, To
the State Electric, Of Clinton, was re-
considered at q conference and the
final papers were signed. The old
comp any paid of its men and the State
Electric Of Clinton became owner of
all the street railroads of Clinton and
Lyons, Iowa, and Fulton, Ill. The
consolidated property is valued at
nearly 500, 600.
Walter G. Matthews, postmaster at
Odebolt, died agel thirty -four years.
He had been i'll four weeks with in
fIammation OF he bowels, lie leaves a
wife and family. He was an excellent
young man and his Geath will be
incurred by wild circle of acquaint-
ances. His widow will probably be
appointed to fill the vacancy, that
being the general desire of the patrons
of the Office.
A fatal accident occurred in the
Marshalltown Electric light Com
pany's power house. An employee
named Adolbert Garwood, while trying
to adjust the belt of one of the dyna-
mos. was ierked W tn terrific violence
against the machlrcry, rendering him
insensible and cutting a bad cash in
h head and crushing his breast so
that he died in an hour. The victim
was Il years old and unmarried,
DR.. Lambert, . leading physician
of Far.cy, was publicly horsewhipped
by Mrs. Tucker, n woman with whom
he had some trouble the day before in
which the doctor spit in her face.
After few blows had been struck the
doctor seizel the whip. Tho husband
then appeared and gave the doctor a
terrible thrashing. Tucker complain.
ed against himself and was fined one
dollar AMI costs. The feeling is
strongly against the doctor.
An attempt was made by unknown
persons to wreck the special train on
the Flint Il Pere Marquette railroad
loaded with passenger who had been
at Clement and were returning TO Mt.
Pleasan'. A large heap OF stumps and
rails were placed on the track at the
point where there is q cmbankment.
The obstruction was discovered in time
to prevent lcrio-s accident. No
damage was done except u severe
shaking up. No one was injured.
There was horrible accident in the
yards OF the Chicago d. Northwestern
railroad at cage Grove, just as the
north oound train to St. Paul was
leaving the depot. An unknown man
while attempting 10 get on the moving
train, was by some means thrown I'M
der the train and cut in two, and one
arm and both legs were cut off. The
body was scattered along the track for
about 800 feet. Nj. Lynch, justice oil
the peace, is now holding an inquest.
What to do with Frank Bomrad has
been a question which has puzzled the
authorities at Council Bluffs. He has
been Jailed no less than a dozen time.
in the past few months since his re-
turn from the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary. lie refuses to talk, keep clean,
work or do anything asked OF him.
His appearance is disgusting to every.
body. He has been given u bread and
water diet, treated TO ducking by
prisoners, but he refuses to change his
habits in the least.
Lllu Cartner called at The police
station in Council Bluffs and FLED in.
formation against Z. Wilson, a butcher
who conducts shop at the corner OF
Pacific street aud Sixth avenue. on the
charge of threatening the life of hei
brother Guy. Deputy Marshal Fow-
Ter made the arrest, but Wilson fur
IL shed security fol his APP 51rince and
was released. Wilson afterwarl APP.
peared in court and requested a con.
tinuancc which Judge McGee granted,
owing to rush OF business in the
superior court.
a burglar entered the residence oil
j. III. Smith at Cedar Rapids during
the early evening. He was discovered
by Mrs. Smith who went up stairs
and lighting the gas found the man in
the room. She screamed and the bur-
glar ran out into the hall. H. re-
nd tpia n q