Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-23
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

~S'AGASeNN ~ 'SPN~'h'N' 49,
Among the cldots appointed to
West Point is c. L. Boyd OF Morning
Sun, Iowa
Henry Tob.ason, u Jones county
farmer, fell from a hay NOW in his
barn and was kilcl. lIo was I'm old
settler
Frank Evans, ARE ted at Bloom
field for stealing cattle, was found to
be insane and has been sent TO the
asylum.
John Wilkie an wife and Miss
Nelson, of Cherokee, were poisoned by
eating dried beef and had u narrow
escape Prom death.
The third annual meeting Of the
Maple VALLEY Fair association occurs
at Mapleton Sept. . to II. The fair
promi cs to BE- the best yet held.
Eldon was visited by heavy fire.
Eight business houses were burned
The loss is $50, O)0, insurance $50, 600.
All are heap of ashes. 1t is thought
to be incendiary work.
Mrs. McEroy, of Sioux City, went
10 Dubuque to attend the funeral of her
father, KERN White, a pioneer OF
Whitewater. She was taken sick and
died II few hours afterwards.
ID. w. Barum, Of Mason City, was
convicted OF forgery of u note on
james Tobin and John King, farmers,
and bound over without bail to await
the action OF the grand jury.
G. L. Shiras. from Cincinnati, Ohio,
suicided at Cedar Rapids by shooting
himself ut the hotel where he was
stopping. He was thers looking up
location. No cause is known.
Hampton is TO have mile track.
A company OF citizens, headed by the
mayor have bought 81 acres Of ground
near the town, and II driving park will
be male second to none in the state.
August Wiedergre u Swede, OF
Lyons, who had been on a protracted
spree, was found hanging by the neck,
Gcad, on Beaver Island, near Clinton.
1t was pronounced a case of suicide.
Eugene Robinson, proprietor of
floating theatre who was sued by
Kookuk colorcd man for so, 00C dam
ages for refusing to sell him a reserved
scat has compromised the case for
$50.
Daniel Carter and Mrs. Eva Cuppy
were married recently at Mis- souri, Val
ley. The bride il IS and the groom
% years old, it being the fifth wife for
the groom and the thi.d husband for
the bride.
The corner stone of the new Y. NJ
G.. A. building was laid at Ottumwa.
Hon w. +. Blake, of Burlington, was
the orator. There was "a great crowd
in attendance. The building is to cost
$4,000.
James W. Smith, of Grant township
Greene county, has a large gas well
on his farm. Stones weighing six
ounces were thrown out of the open
ing and an art ,siln we!l will be the
Il innate result.
Mrs. Cunningham, of Knoxville,
was thrown from her buggy, her horse
running away. AMI she cc,ivod in
iuries that were at first thought to be
fatal but there is now prospect for
her 10 get up again.
Governoc Boies has appointed Hon.
Iheo. GTelich of Burlington, member
Of III, Iowa Worlds Fair commits sion
ior the first district TO fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Edward
tombstone Of keokuk.
Burglars entered Dunkle's drug
store AMI Gregg's hardware store at
Gilman, securing ut least $500 worth
OF goods at the two places. The sher-
if was notified and was on the ground
investigating the robbery.
A son of James A. Duffield, living
near Muscaline, was seriously injured.
With some other boys he was shooting
at "a target with ride, One bullet
reboundcd and striking him on the
shoulder made an ugly wound.
The Fourth District Veteran Asso-
cation, as represented by all OF the
the old soldiers in northern Iowa, met
for three days reunion at Clear
Lake. Senator Brewer Col. w. A.
Burnap and other prominent q. A. r.
mon addressed the campfres.
l.. F. Andrews has estimated the
total rainfall for Iowa for the years
1889 and 1890, which has never been
published. The heaviest rainfall in
the last ten years was in 1881, 50
inches. In 1889 it was "a inches,
while in 1890 il was % inches
This is vacation time at the state
capitol for most of the lady clerks.
Miss Upper is at Usage, Miss Sover-
eign in Cresco, Miss Westmore in San
Angelo, Texas and Miss Leachman
among the hills of Pennsylvania.
Miss Quite Porter will go to Chicago.
Anyone knowing The whereabouts OF
Mrs. Nettie EdmunGson will confer
favor by writing to her son, Willie
Shearer at the Industrial school at
Eldora. The lad writes that he has
not seen his mother in nearly thirteen
years and desires to find her very
much.
Several Of the vendors OF forbidden
beverages at Cedar Falls have been be-
fore the local justice to explain their
Shortcomings. Mrs. n. Sorrenson
aud Nels Madison both p,ead guilty to
III, charge OF selling liquors contrary
TO law, and were each fired $50 and
costs.
William Roberts, an employee OF the
Rock Island road was struck by a
flying pile while at work north of
Tara. His skull was fractured and he
lived only few hours. Roberts
home was at Eddyville, where wife
and five children are left without
means OF support by his death.
The breaking out OF foot and
mouth disease among cattle in Des
Moincs county has given the farmers
much uneasiness in that locality. 1t
takes the form of an liberated mouth
and laws and swollen Yaet coming IN