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


She then forced him into The house
and repeated the dose. The man
looked like one of the principals in a
prize fight when the distracted woman
got through with him.
Sheriff Homrich arrived at his
home in Dubuque, after weeks alb
sence, says the Galena Gazette, having
in custody Fred Disch, of East Du-
buque, who is now confined in Jail
awaiting trial on charge of criminal
assault upon Miss Maud Collins, Of
Dubuque. The offense with which he
is charged was committed last winter,
while the young lady was Journeying
along on a lonely piece of road near
East Dubuque. She recognized her
assailant, but he made good his escape
before warrant could be secured.
The sheriff has been on his trail and
last week located him at Minoret
Mich, where the arrest was made.
Disch has respectable connections in
East Dubuque.
A number OF insurance agents and
large lumber dealers from Chicago,
Clinton and Other points assembled In
Muscatine to witness test of the new
Barry Rotary Hydrant for extinguish-
ing fires. The invention consists of a
hydrant with a large nozzle adjustment
working on a universal hinge and SO
arranged as to throw three-inch
stream in any direction at the will Of
the operator. The friction of the
water in passing through so much hose
with and as result the stream thrown
has great velocity and volume. The
test gave great satisfaction and il il
predicted that the new invention will
rapidly come into general use among
, mill owners and lumber men.
Joseph Miller, one of the best citi
zens and farmers near Kalona, barely
escaped tragic death near that place.
Mr.. Miller had in charge one of those
traction engines used tor threshins
and was in the act of crossing the
English river with it. A section o.
trestiing used as an approach TO the
main span Ga new iron structure) gave
way and the engine with the engineer
fell distance of some twenty feet Oh
more to the ground and at the very
brink of the water. Strange as it may
appear. the man was taken from the
the wreck without serious injury, ex
ternal at least but many surface
| bruises and cuts.
The conducto" of the evening Chi
cago, Burlington & Kansas City pas
| senger train, which arrived at Bur-
| lington, reports u sensational fight on
the train between gang OF gambler;
and parties whom they had hceced a
| the Donnelson, Iowa, fair. One young
| farmer living in Lee county had beer
buncocd out OF everything he owned
He endeavored TO get back enough I;
! pay bis fare home, but the gamblers
refused to refund, whercupon he pro
ceeded to thrash one of the gambler
! in a scientific shape knocking hi
| teeth down his throat and laying hin
out Geld. The other gamblers came
to the rescue OF the fallen one, where
upon frierd Of the pugnacious farme
drew a revolver and held the crowc
at bay unit! the conductor and train
| men put the gamblers off. The strjck
en- gambler is in bad fix. The
ladies on the train were badly PAM,
stricken.
The color question which has s,
nearly divided the good congregation
OF the Asbury NJ. +, Church in Mt
| Pleasant has been settled ut last b,
the decision of Bishop Foss, in tn,
| case OF McCracken, the colored barber
OF that place VS.. Rev. Dr. Thorne, o
the Asbury church. McCracken wa
II member OF the colored NJ. +. churcl
there, but got into trouble with III,
the congregation and left. However
he secured letter which he at ono,
| presented to Rev. DR.. Thorne, OF the
white church. DR.. Thorne refused t,
receive him and considerable contro
versy followed, some or the whit,
congregation siding with the negro
The case was appealed to the low,
Conference at Muscatine, and tn
matter referred to Bishop Foss, VIII
unhes.tatingly upho!ds Dr.. Thorn,
and ends the unpleasant and notorious
| scandal.
John Carroll, q track walker for tn
! Union Pacific, was run over by tn
Rock Island fast mail near the trans
fer depot in Council Bluffs and terlibl
mangle1. His left leg was cut off a
the thigh, and his right arm crushe,
so that it hung at the shoulder onl
| by few shreds of flesh. When Car
roll was picked up his leg was so bad
| ly crushed that the ends OF the broke,
bones Of his feet protruded through
| his shoes. He was taken TO st. 10
/ seph hospital at Omaha, and doctor
pronounce his injuries necessarily
fatal. Eye witnesses of the event sa
that Carroll must have been under tn
influence OF liquor from the way h
acted. He was running towards tn
train after it had started and wa
under good Roadway, for the plrpos
/ of boarding, and instead of going to
platform he ran directly against tn
and was thrown down and under tn
| wheels.
The most serious lire that Ceda
Rapids has experienced in long tim
occurred short time ago. The fir
was FIRST seen in a large hay stack lie
longing TO j. G. Young, in the ives
, part of the city. As it is beyond In
limits no hosecarts responded to tn
| still alarm. Water was scarce and i
was impossible to check the flames
which soon communicated with
| large Gouble barn and this burnet
vety rapidly. Several other barn
and outbuildings were destroyed, in
GLIDING an ice house. All carriage.
and articles in the barn wer3 savet
except the hay. Tho residence of Jo'
Smith, retired merchant living nea
the barns caught fire ana was con
sumed The firemen were able L
save everything, even the doors ant
! windows being taken out. The resi-
dence of j. c. Young, on the opposit
street from the barns, caught fire sew
eral times, but by vigorous work wa