Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-07-02
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A new foundry that will employ
twenty men will be built at Odebolt.
An Onawa boy while playing in
hay NOW was bitten by rattlesnake.
The steeple of the Baptist church at
Humboldt was wrecked by lightning.
The people of Alba have voted to
have water works and electric lights.
Keokul' S new union depot is soon to
be thrown open to the travelling public.
An Oskaloosa man has contributed
several prairie dogs to Keokuk's ZOO
logical garden.
The Centerville miners have aban.
doned their strike for eight hours and
will resume work.
Alderman Saunders has been elected
TO succeed Mayor Stewart of Dubuque
who resigned.
A newborn infant, neatly wrapped
up, was found by a fisherman floating
in the river at Council Bluffs.
Al a recent Harrison county wedding
800 guests were present and the pres
ents given were valued at So, 500.
The bricklayers at Ottumwa de-
mand less work and more pay. They
ask so cents an hour for nine hour
day.
There were thirty-fve deaths in
Council Bluffs during the month OF
March, fifty-three in April and fourteen
in May.
The city prisoners in Burlington will
be armed with scythes and hoes and
compelled to cut the weeds that grow
in tho streets.
Adjutant General Green forwarded
over sixty tents upon the request of
the mayor of Cherokee, to help house
the homeless.
The Saturday Review OF Des Moines,
sent special artist TO Cherokee and
will illustrate this week the scenes Of
that great disaster.
The S-year-old son of VIM. Rogers,
of Oskaloosa, fell from a cherry re,
lighting on his heud. He was taken
with commissions and died soon after.
Mrs. L. j. Stone, wife of the presi-
dent Of the First National Bank Of
Sioux City, died June 29th. She was
q leader in all social matters in that
city.
The sevon-year-old son of G. S.
Woods, IL farmer living eight miles
north of Villisca, was killed by light
ming while returning home from
cchool.
The comptroller Of the currency has
authorized the City National bank of
Mason City, Iowa, to begin business
with $50, 900 capital; James Bule, pres
ident, H. A. Merrill cashier
Mark Holden, OF Centerville, who
was in Keoxuk attending the federal
court, went insane. He imagined the
weather was warm and wanted to pa
radc the streets in nude condition.
People of Cherokee, Iowa, desolated
by cloud bursts, have issued appeals
for aid. At public meeting in Du-
buque it was resolved to send two
thousand dollars to the relief fund from
Dubuque.
The dead body of male infant was
found at Knoxville, in water closet
connected with the Lindell hotel A
coroner's jury investigated the matter
and found that the mother was girl
employed as laundress at the !lotel.
Rother Nix, aged ! 4, son of George
NJ. Nix. general manager OF the Mid
land Pacific Railway company at Du-
buque was seized with cramps while
swimming in the Mississippi and
drowned before assistance could reach
him.
Some unknown inhuman wretch en-
tered the barn of George Cox. at Gin
ton, and poured carbolic acid into the
mouth and over the head and shout
Gers ola valuable horse. The animal,
which was valued at $500 had to be
shot.
Mrs. Dan Karr, her three children,
sister and her mother, Mrs. Thos.
Aylward, OF Alden, were made very
sick by eating camel peaches. Miss
Jennie Awkward went into commissions
and came near dying, All will re-
cover
Fifty colored men and their families
arrived at Oska!oosa. The men came
to work in the Evans mines, to take
the place of the striking miners. This
is the first installmcnt OF several hum
bred that Will be brought into Mahas-
ka county
A lively row occurred in Sioux City
saloon and Michael Straut, a moulder,
was seriously cut on the wrist the ar
teries being laid bare. He was also
badly abused otherwise, but will re-
cover. About twenty of the drunken
crowd are in Jail.
The Council Bluffs violators of the
prohibitory law refuse to pay $50 fine
every month and the mayor is as equal
ly determined that they shall contrib
ute He says il they don't pay he will
close up their joints and make them
work their fines out on the streets.
The carriage factory of Chapman,
Reed & Rattan company at Cedar Rap
ids was entirely destroyed by fire,
causing loss OF $40, 0)0, with partial
insurance. Spontaneous combustion
caused the fire. Henry Vierney, a
fireman, was seriously injured by an
explosion.
The election OF a colonel for the Fifth