Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-17

acre.
A. Giach, electrician for the Westing-
house company at Cedar Rapies met
with painful accident while placing a
new switch board in the electric street
ear power house. He took hold of
live wire which nearly burned two
fingers and thumb off. In freeing
his hand of the wire it was thrown up
against his face, burning his cheek
badly and completely burning off his
mustache.
The citizens of Shenandoah are MAX
ing strenuous efforts to retain the Wes-
tern Normal College, but their offer TO
President Croan was so small that he
could not in justice to himself or the
school, accept it. He is daily receiving
propositions by mail and telegraph
from the leading cities of the west with
offers of buildings and equipments from
$4,000 to Sl5O,0o0. 1t is thought the
school win go to Lincoln, Council Bluffs,
Denver or Omaha.
Mason City barely escaped a devastat-
ing fire a few days ago, as about noon
fire was discovered in the rear of the
Day block and before the firemen could
reach the scene Richard g. fuckers
meat market, Morlicher & Dunbar,
hardware, the Farmers Institute print
ing Office, Shipley's job Office and
LOOMS restaurant were on fire. The
buildings were saved but badly Quilted
All but Shipley's job rooms were fully
covered by insurance.
The superintendent of the Iowa Hos
pyLal for the Insane at Clarinda in his
report to the governor for the period
ending June 30, 1891, states that the
number of patients at commencement
of period July /, 1889, was 242, admit
ted during the period, 313. OF the
whole number under treatment during
the period II were discharged recover
ed. 60 were discharged much improved
and 6l died, making the total number
discharged 246 and leaving 300 patients
under treatment at the close of the
biennial period
the case of Egbert George, suspicioned
of numbering Henry Meyers near Vim
ton and returned verdict of accident
al death. This verdict was reached
after it was shown that the bullet en-
tered the left cheek and passed out of
the back of the head instead of enter
ing the back of the head and passing
forward, as reported before. The YER
dict does not give universal satisfaction
as George has been considered by many
to be very erratic person and very
Eighty at times
Papers were signed by capitalists of
Clinton giving to the Spies Wagon
Works Company, of Sterling, H.,
whose factory was recently destroyed
by fire, $50, 600 and five acres of land to
build their factory in Clinton. The
proposition was accepted and work on
the building was begun. The factory
is to be 500 by $50 feet, of brick, and 800
employees are guaranteed work the
year round. The Sterling Wagon
Works have done successful business
for thirty years and come to Clinton be-
cause of securing increased shipping
facilities.
Sim Deardon, Des Moines tough,
got into trouble recently. He was ere
ating disturbance in one of the ques-
tionable houses of that city when Off
Ger Skinner appeared and attempted to
arrest him. He hurled coupling pin
at the officer, who lodged. Dear
don ran and Skinner fired at him, in
! fiicting flesh wound. A second shot
brought the retreating law-breal1er to
pital. The second shot took effect in
| his back Skinner is the man who as
constable shot Dude Henderson on a
principal street of that city some time
ago.
! 1t was reported that numerous rob-
berries had been committed at Center
Point, and at the same time chronicling
theft of $21S. Officers were put on
man named Walt Herring for receiving
part of the stolen money. This fright
ened the young lad, who is only about
eighteen years old, SO badly that he
told the entire story, which resulted in
! the arrest of Chas Mclaughlin, of
| Center Point as the thief, Herring
claims Mclaughlin stole the money
and gave him $50 with the command to
keep his mouth closed. They were
| given hearing aud bound over in the
sum of $500 each, which they failed to
secure. Herring returned SIS of what
he had, claiming he lost the balance
playing poker.
The death of DIR. Washington +.
Peck occurred at Davenport after an
| illness of some months. He was born
in Wayne county, New York, in 1912,
served as a surgeon in the army of the
Potomac and came to Davenport in
! 1864. DIR. Peck was surgeon of the
| Soldiers Orphans home from its start
and one of it's founders 1t was he
| who founded the medical department
of the Iowa State University in 1869.
of the medical faculty up to the time
of his death. He was surgeon-in-chief
of the Chicago, Rock Island &c Pacific
railroad, the first Office of the kind to
be created by western railroad. He
was a member of many national and
international medical and surgical So
cieties. He had teen abroad twice on
important medical commissions
The official programme of the State
! Teachers Association, to be held in
Des Moines, December 20, 80 and 81,
has been announced. The educational
council meets in the Commercial Ex-
change, the general association in the
Y. M. c. A. auditorium, the college and
university department in parlor d at
the Savery, the secondary department
at the Capital City Commercial College,
the elementary and graded department
at the Y, M. G. A. auditorium, primary
section at the Y, M. c. A. parlor, the
| countv Sunerintendents' deDartment at