Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-11-19

"A case wnlcn Is exciting gO0u ueal
Of comment, especially among the fe-
male portion of the community of Bur-
lington, and at Mediapolis where the
case originated, is that of Mcmillan VS..
Parrett. The de endant is accused of
kissing the plaintiffs wife in his store
at Med 'apolis. The evidence shows
that Mrs. McMillen, at the time un-
married, was clerking in Parretts
store. She had trouble With Parrett
and left him. Shortly after her mar
riage sho went into Parrett's store on
business, when he comm tied the Of
Tense. Parrot does not deny the kiss,
ing but as h. is brother-in- law Of
the plaintitf. he thought he had
right to do So and the intention was
to make up the quarrel. The case
has been taken under advisement.
The eight zenith annual convention
of the Iowa Improved Stock Breeders
Association will be held in the West
Sido Opera House, at Waterloo, De-
Gem her ., 3, and 1. The Short Horn
Breeders Association will convene
Tuesday, Deccm 1er i, at 4 n. m.
For program ana information, address
9. w. Norton, secretary, Wilton,
Iowa. The Iowa Swine Breeders As
ISOLATION will meet on Tuesday Dec.
/, and continue sessions till the gener-
al meeting conrcnes. For informa-
ton and program, address George
). Prime, secretary, OskalOosa, Iowa.
The Iowa Wool Growers Asso2ia ion
will meet Ttesday, Dee. t. at 4 p. m.
A. j. Blakely, secretary, Grinnell,
Iowa. I he Dra't Horse Association
will also meet on Tuesday, Dec, !.
c. +. Curtis, secretary, Ames, Iowa.
just as people at Centervlle, were
sitting down to tea they were start ed
by I'm alarm Of fire. The alarm cane
from the residence OF DR.. j. l.. Saw
years, belonging 10 General Drake,
his father-in-law. A society OF young
married ladies known as the Nj. y. l..
intended to give large party at DR..
SawyerS the next evening, and many
OF the members of the sociey were in
the house decorating it for the occa-
sion, WHOM by some accident u lamp
was brought too near the light decora-
I'll n and in an instant the interior was
in flames. The house was one of the
largest in that city, and perhaps the
mot finely furnished, containing in
ddition to many beautiful article s
purchased by General Drake, u fine
collection of paintings by the hand Of
Mrs. Sawyer. Almost everything in
the house was lost, owing to the rapid
spread of the flames, and the house is
ruin. There was about 81, 900 in.
surance.
Recently the supposed wife OF John
McCloskey died at st. Luke's hospital,
in Cedar FAY ds. On her death bed
she confessed Ia William McClos Key,
her alleged husbands son, that she
was the wife OF A. + Rich, of Iowa
Falls. Rich was telegraphed for and
arrived in Cedar Rapids, when the
| following story was learned: In Sep
te mber McCloskey, who is man of
| so years, met Mrs. Rich at her Iowa
Falls home, whore she lived with her
husband, who is mechanic. Nc
Closkey finally induced her to come to
Cedar Rapids. 1t appears that Mrs.
| Rich told her husband that she was
going there on visit and kept up a
Correspondent with him. A few days
ago she became seriously i'll with an
attack OF fever, which terminated in
| her death. A night or two before her
death, McClos iey became frightened
and left the city, and his present
| Whereabouts are unknown. Mrs.
Rich was only about 20 years old and
leaves little boy about 3 years old.
Governo' Boies has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation for Thanksgiv-
ing: TO the people of Iowa: The
past has been year OF great pros
| perity with us, Nature in everything
that pertains to the welfare of our
state has been bounttul in the ex-
IRENE. We have leen favored with
general health among all our people
and have been preserved from public
ca antilles OF every kind. To that
| Divine Providence which controls the
destinies of individuals as well as
those of nations and of states we are
each indebted for the multitude Of
blessings that nave fallen to our lot.
/ 1t is meet that in reverent way we
| return thanks for these. Therefore
in accordance with custom and be-
cause of a just sense of gratitude to
! the Author of our being for His kind
| care over us, |, Horace Roles, COVER
nor of the state of Iowa, do hereby APP
point Thursday, November 26 1891,
as day of general thanksgiving and
| prayer and hereby request that on
such day the people of our state alb
stain from their usual avocations and
assemble in their respective places of
worship and around their own fire
sides, and return thanks to Merciful
Creator for the blessings bestowed up
on us, and offer up prayers for a con-
tinuauce of that Divine pleasure,
which has so generously protected us
and lmplore its interposition in behalf
of the unfortunate in every part OF the
world. In witness whereof | have
hereto subscribed my name and caused
to be affixed the great seal of Iowa,
this sixteenth day of November in the
year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-one, and in the
one hundred and sixteenth year of the
independence OF the United States OF
America. HORACE BoIEs.
THANKSGIVING.
The President Issues HIS Annual