Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-30


barley, flax and potatoes are "a heavy
yield. Corn is looking excellent and
growing rapidly.
The store orc. j. Zcman at Holstein
was burglarized. The safe was blown
open and cash taken amounting to
little less than 500, the exact amount
being not yet ascertained. The cash
drawers in the counters were also rum
mayed. but nothing was secured from
them. A pile of clothing lying on a
showcase near the safe was set on fire.
Near New Hampton barn belong
ing to n. Spaulding was struck by
lightning and burned TO the ground,
consuming five horses and several tons
of hay. A granary belonging TO G.
Stapher was somewhat damaged by
lightning, and large barn OF Nj. ii.
Lighthall was also destroyed. Oats
are badly lodged by rain and corn
somewhat damaged.
Attention, comrades of the Four
teenth Iowa Infantry V. V. Associ-
ation--The next reunion will be held
at Auamosa Iowa, September Is and
II. Now, comrades of the Fourteenth,
as our reunion is at the home OF our
colonel, let us give him good warm
ing, us we used to- Be there the first
day at | O'Clock, in time to register
and got ready for the campfire at night
Two kilograms TO Governor Boies
from Emmetsburg contained the in
tclligence that fatal contagious
disease of On unknown nature was
spreading rapidly among the cattle of
that vicinity. The kilograms gave no
particulars, but asked for aid. Assist
ant State Veterinarian +. +. Sayres of
Algona was ordered 10 the scene with
instructions to make a full invcsti-
CATION.
A sad case of insanity was disposed
Of by the commi. siouers at Sioux City.
Alice Woodcll, daughter of a well-to-
do farmer, has been married and di-
vOrccl, and had good deal of trou-
bic. Her young brother had been in
Sioux City some days attending a nor
NAL institute. and his mind suddenly
became unbalanced. On hearing this
the sister also went insane. Both OF
them we're sent to the asylum.
The motor line people at Ames are
in the bnst of humor over the success
financially of their new road. During
last week they hluled about ten cars
of rublc stone for improvements at the
]. A. c., and in the patronage; in the
local travel the Ames people arc doing
their best. As the college has just
opened with over seycnty.live new
names besides the old ones, it has just
begun to be appreciated by the people
of the state.
\ jury of six taxpayers in Justice
Stahl's court IN Des Moincs ordered
condemned Il whole carload of keg
beer, which had been sciz I'd ny Police.
men McNuttand Sunberg on the Rock
Island track. Accordingly the justice
authorized the officers To destroy the
kegs, 269 Of them and spill the beer,
which they did, letting the liquor run
into a sewer. There was many IA wall
went up from thirsty bystanders as the
cavernoas depths of the sewer.
A company is being formed in Du-
buque to work IL bed OF natural paint
discovered in Wisconsin, about fifty
miles from Dubuque. These paints
lay in strata and are of all colors.
Samples were sent to New York to be
assayed and proved. A telegram was
received from New York stating that
the samples were natural paints OF the
best quality; that an expert would be
sent on to make Il thorough eXamina-
ton. the owners of the mine. are
greatly excited, as the supply is I'M
limited.
The city marshal. while on his beat
at Mystic. was sandbaggod and his
pockets riled of his papers and money.
He was then placed on the railroad
track for destruction, but was discov-
cred in time TO be rolled of the track
before the arrival of a passenger train.
The affair is shrouded in mystery, but
Il is thought that u woman Is the cause.
She threatened to poison all the wells
the place of the other miners, and the
miners commenced criminal action
against her.
Two young men named H. w. Stor-
ley and w. 5. Craig the home of the
former being in Dakota and of the
latter in Missouri, have been arrested
at Council Bluffs for using the mail
for fraudulent purposes. The young
fellows sent bogus orders foi goods to
the firm of W. w. Thomas & Co., of
Cincinnati and the firm allowed them
TO draw commissions thereon. They
have been held TO appear before the
United States grand jury. Storley
and Craig have been attending college
at Shenandoah,
Brooklyn officers arrested and had
lodged in Jail thief from Victor be-
fore it was known in his own town
that he had worked his game. He
was delivered to the Brooklyn marshal
by the train men on the Rock Island
as being desperate looking character
and on searching him several watches
were found on his person. The towns
in that vicinity were notified and
about twelve hours later Jewcler
Simpson, OF Victor, discovered that he
had boon robbed. and telegraphcd 10
hold the prisoner.
Montezuma is enjoying the most
prosperous year in its history. The
Montezuma Produce Company has
erected large brick building for cold
storage purposes. The Knights of
Pythias laid the cornerstone for their
new two-story building. A fine two
story brick building is to be erected
on the east side OF the park II will
be occupied by new bank. Besides
these improvements anumber of minor
ones are being made and there is a
most hopeful outlook. This place is
not up to the splendid country around
it. Business is not overdone.
While constables at C,dar Rapids
have been attempting 10 enforce me
prohibitory law in a small way, Con-