Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-19

three years, has held many official
positions OF trust, and was one Of the
pioneer merchants and was Osceola's
first mayor. Uncle Lyman's pure
life will live long in the memory Of
all who knew him.
A distressing accident occurred at
Maurice. Mrs. VIM. Meiras, an OLD
lady of about 20 years. living within
half mile of town, started on foot to
town, and when within the station linn
its west-bound, wild freight, running
about twenty miles an hour, struck
and instantly killvd her. The old
lady was quite deaf and was walking
over the ends of the ties.
The funeral OF Hon. John Weare,
pioneer Iowan and capitalist, father
of Portus Weare, Mrs. Marie Morton
and Mrs. w. II, Hubbell, of Chicago,
occurred at Cedar Rapids on the 18th.
Deceased was 50 years ago, with John
/. Blair, instrumental in organizing
the movement for building the first
railroad from the Mississippi River
into the interior of Iowa,
At Newton society has been form.
ed to encourage matrimony. Fifty
manageable young men go in and the
first fellow who gets married receives
from each of the other forty-nine SC
or total of nearly $500; enough to
give him quite start. He can then
be released from further assessments
by securing new member who will
be accepted to the society to take his
place; and so on through the rounds.
The funds In the State treasury
have just been officially counted and
found to correspond with the books to
a cent. as follows: Agricultural col
lege mortgage bonds $279,350.00;
Agricultural college detenture bonds,
IS, 500. 90; Cash--Agricultural college
endowment fund, $42, 017.65; Cash
Agricultural college interest fund,
$354.24; Cash--Temporary school
fund, $4S.00; Cash--General revenue,
$147, 01S.S7; Total, S474, 291.76.
Mr.. Charles f. Aldrich has made
another addition to the state collec-
ton. 1t is an original manuscript by
Prof L. A. Freeman, D. e. L., author
of the Norman Conquest and other
great historical works. The subject
of the manuscript is Bulgaria and
Servia, critical historical article
contributed to one of the reviews.
Mr.. Ragsdale, the state printer, has
bound the manuscript in elegant
style and IN very good taste. The
binding is of morocco, lettered in
gold.
Major S. H. NJ. Byers has made a
donation to Penn College, at Oska-
loosa. In preparing to leave for St.
Gall, Switzerland, to which place he
has just been appointed United States
cor sui, he had his fine collection OF
paintings and engravings removed to
the library at Penn College, for the
| edihcation OF the students and friends
of the school. The intrinsic value oil
the collection is several thousand dol
lars, but 1t is priceless to Mr.. Byers,
as many Of the pictures are gifts from
/ lS ,p1 Gonna # artiSfs al va-
The pictures are to remain with the
college as long as they are well cared
for.
A state convention OF the policy
holders in the Citizens Mutual Insur-
ance company of Waterloo, which re-
Gently made an assignment, has been
called, to meet there March IS. The
call is issued by the Waterloo Protec-
tive club, and accompanying the call
is published statement from the at
| torneys of the club that, in their
opinion, the policyholders are not Ii
able for the 25 per cent assessment re-
Gently levied to wind up the affairs oil
the company. The president of the
Waterloo club says the convention will
be largely attended and the collection
of the assessment resisted to the court
OF the last resort.
Henry Hail. who killed his wife in
Council Bluffs in July of last year,
was found guilty OF murder in the
first degree. The jury recommended
that the prisoner be sent to the peni.
tertiary for life. Hall is 20 years
Old and is very feeble. His hair and
long beard are snow white. He can.
not live long. His two young
daughters were compelled to testify
against him. Tho plea of the defense
was that Hall was insane. At nc
time during the trial did he show the
least evidence that be realized what
of the jury was read there was not the
least sign that he recognized the fate
that is 10 be his
Here is another opportunity for the
Iowa record breakers. A young son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith, born
February 2l, 1891, at Plainiield, Iowa,
1t is claimed, has more living grand
parents than any other child in the
Hawkeye state-eleven in alias fol-
lows: Paternal: Mrs. Isabella Mon
teith. great-great-g grandmother; Mr..
ahd Mrs. Edward Monteith, great
grandpa and great-grandma-all oil
Fenimore, Wisconsin,; Mrs. James
Smith, of Tekamah, Neb., great
! grandmother, and James Smith, OF
Plainfield, great-grandfather; Mr.. and
Mrs.s Jacob Smith. grandfather and
| grandmother, also OF Plaiufeld. Ma
teinal: Mrs. Fuller. OF Jasper county,
Iowa, great-grandmother; Mr.. Geo.
Hinmon, ST., OF Marshalltown, great.
grandfather; MIR. and Mrs. Geo. r..
| Hinmop. Jr., grandfather and grand