Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-31
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

the licensing of plumbers.
Egbert George, of Vinton, brought
suit against the Cedar Rapids Republic
can for $50, 900 damages for libel.
The Davenport Wooden Mills closed
down for an entire week during the
holidays in order to give the employees
vacation and to repair machinery.
State Veterinary Surgeon Stalker says
in his report TO the governor that the
great amount of disease among cattle
last summer was due to unhealthy
water.
A Des Moines lady willed a jefferson
young man $1,000 for having shown
her great kindness in assisting her
while she was travelling and sick. She
also willed nurse $1,000
NJ. +. McCarroll, wholesale hard
ware dealer, who was prominent in
sriritualistic circles in the state, died
at his home in Ottumwa of cancer of
the stomach at the age of 20.
James Lake, of Des Moines, took
action. They called a physician, who
pumped the poison from him and he is
now all right. Dependency caused
the attempt.
The Rock Island freight bound east
ward was wrecked near Casey. An
axle of the front car broke, precipitat-
ing four cars. The wreck was cleared
up in few hours. But little damage
was done.
The Jones County Farmers Institute
will be held at Onslow, commencing
Wednesday, January IL, 1902. The
officers are: A. G.. Brown, President;
John Tasker, vice president; l.. III.
Paul, secretary.
A Mr.. Patterson, of Oskaloosa, was in
the criminal court there the other day.
But his wife seems able to take care of
him without the courts aid. She gave
him a cutting in the court room to make
him behave himself.
The Forthcoming annual report of
business transacted by the Des Moines
postoffice will show that 17,150,000
pieces were handled in the Office dur
ing 1891, an increase of more than g.
900 pieces as compared with last year.
About two years ago the Algona
Courier, by advertising, secured wife
. for KQssuth county widower, quite an
aged gentleman, and now the woman
has left him. 1t is said that the wild
over will sue the Courier for damages.
A Washington barber woke up a
few nights ago, to find Economical face
grinning at him. His teeth chartered.
but he struck out with John L. Sulli-
van blow and smashed an innocent
alarm clock, the cause of all his woe,
into smithereens.
Young Metlin and Viola Beachman,
two Cherokee children, eloped, and they
had to go to Wisconsin before they
could be married. A short time ago
the girls mother tried to have her sent
to the reform school because she re-
ceived Metlin's attentions.
The petition of a number of Ottumwa
CA alists asking for an injunction of
the board of supervisors, preventing
them from building the new 100000
court house, was refused by Judge
Babb. The trouble originated from
dissatisfaction in the choice of site.
Gilbert Braden has escaped from the
asylum at Mt. Pleasant He murdered
T. ]. Kicker in Grinnell last spring, and
after being placed in Jail became a
raving maniac. He has been rapidly
recovering, and only last week ex-
pressed desire to go back to Monte
yuma for trial.
Marion Anderson, living few miles
from Keokuk, was driving to his home
in road cart accompanied by his two
daughters. The horses became fright
ened and the occupants of the vehicle
were thrown out and dragged for some
distance, sustaining what are supposed
to be fatal injuries.
News was received of the death Rob-
ert Ormsby, one of the most popular
travelling men who cover territory in
the state. Mr.. Ormsby died at his home
in Cedar Falls after a short illness. He
was of late in the employ of Nicholas
Kuhn & Co, of Davenport. ii leaves
a wife and several children.
The remains of Peter Kennedy, Lee
county pioneer, were placed in the re-
ceiving vault at Oakland cemetery, Ke-
10 in1 - -,
from injuries received while working at
a Santa Fe wreck near Keokuk, being
struck by the rear car of another train
which was backing up to the wreck.
A man named Edward Jenny, who
was engaged in carpenter work on
building at Davenport, fell from the
building to the frozen ground and broke
his right leg at the ankle. 1t was a
very peculiar brake, one that will be
hard to patch up, and it is believed that
amputation of the member will be nee
essary.
An early closing movement which has
been on foot at Fort Dodge for years,
eliminated in an agreement between
all the local dry goods merchants to
close their places of business at 6 o'clock
p. m. every day except Saturdays and
Monday. The hardware merchants
will follow soon and the clothing men
are expected to join the procession.
A history of Benton county says that
Howard, who was hung to the lamp
post at the northeast corner of the
court house square, Des Moines, several
years since, was at the time under in
dictment for murder committed at
Blairstown. The Benton county Off
GERS were waiting for the termination
of the Des Moines trial before making
the arrest.
The Wapsie Valley Poultry Club will
hold their sixth annual exhibition at
Kings opera house at Independence.
December 81 toJanuary 5. This meet
) ing promises to be the most successful
in the history of the club. Large en-
tries have been made from Illinois, In