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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-05
CITY ELECTION.
Many Tickets Fourth Term Mayor City
Administration Sustained.

A superficial observer would not have
anticipated the contest that was waged
in the municipal election of last Mon
day. The universal disinterest during
the week preceding was calm before a
shower of ballots. Before the polls were
opened, at o o'clock there We're three
tickets In the field. The "Citizens Tick
ct" was made up Of the old officers:
Mayor, A. Il. Armstrong, Councilmen,
Chas Van Gorder, j. NJ. McKarahan
and Geo. +. Keen, the latter to fill the
Chas. Russell vacancy; Treasurer, +. j.
Freeman, Recorder, ID. l.. Freeman, AS
SCISSOR, Thos. Walker.
The TAX. Payers Ticket" appeared
next: Mayor, BIS, Phelps, Councilmen,
Van Gorder, w. Burnside and John
Reinemund for the vacancy: Record
er, John Weighton; the balance the
same as "Citizens Ticket" except that
no name was provided for the assessor
ship.
The third candidate was the Electric
Light Ticket" The name of John
Frahm was substituted for that of Van
Gorder on the "Citizens Ticket" other
wise II was the same.
At ten o'clock the Tax Payers Tick
ct" appeared amended with the heading
For Electric Light" the fourth ticket
In the field.
There was very little work done at
the rolls and the contest was in good
humor from first to last. Following is
the manner in which the 2S5 votes were
cast:
Mayor Armstrong 1877, Phelps 9S,
Councilmen Keen 1877, Van Gorder
III, McKarahan i57, Frahm 1870, Burn
side l02, Reinemund 100
treasurer. j. Freeman 2S5.
Recorder ID. l.. Freeman lS3, Weigh
ton i02.
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NKT CT UNION meets at the Presbyterian
Wv Church second and fourth Tuesday at
. T. NJ. OF each month, Loyal Legion meets at
NJ. 4. Church every Sunday at p. Nj.
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IL. STATZELL,
A TToRNEY AT LAW, EXIRA, IOWA. o"c'
~ over Shaw's Furniture store.
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1 Locals ten cents per line for arst week and nve
cents per line for each subsequent Insertion. I'm
less orders are given with copy locals will be run
until ordered out
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GEORGE A. YATES, M. D.,
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; ONCE over
Palace Drug Store, with DIR. Lass.
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RAII,A1AN g. BAILEY.

DARBERS AND HAIR DRESSERS: Bath
IS Rooms in connection. Shop in Howald
Block, Audubon, Iowa. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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The Home Product,

Aessrs. Kuhn, Culver Il Co., pro-
prietors Of the Roller Mills, submit the
following price list of their several
brands Of -four:
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THEO. F. MYERS,
A TToRNEy AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
a Audubon, Iowa. once over DIR. Cloughlys
Drag Store.
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CHAS. BAGLEY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. ONCE over Rclnc-
y mund's Hardware Store, Audubon, Iowa.
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A. l.. BROOKS,
DHySICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE IN
r. VIVA Cloughly's Drug Store, Audubon,la
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w111IAM WONN.

F. E. BRAINARD,
A TTORNEY-A T-LAW. Once In Howalds
~ block, Audubon, Iowa.
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JIM. GRIGGS,
A TrORNEY AT LAW. Ofllcc In front rooms
"A over j. +. Cloughly's Drug Store, Audubon
Iowa
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WILLIAM WONN,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR. All bilsl-
u ness entrusted to my care will receive
nnrompt and careful attention. The settlement
~ estates and general probate law specially
Room HOwald Block.
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PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS.

C. w. DE NOTE, M. D.
OFFICE OVER A. II. ROBERTS g cos
M toS55 ", [l4l
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MISCELLANEOUS.
C. w. HALL.

C. w. HALL.
DARBER AND HAIR DRESSER, Park Place
. South. Has just rchtted his shop ana
FiI grantees frst-clasS work. Sharpens shears
an d razors and keeps a iirst-clasS shop.
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BUSINESS CARD COLUMN
ATTORNEYS.

v. E. HORTON,
A TroRNEY AT LAW and Abstracator, No1 All
busfness left in my care win receive prompt at
tenti0n.
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was there. Mr.. Hight brought two Of
his brothers children home with him a
little girl of eleven and boy Of seven.
W. B. Jordan now OF Clinton, Iowa,
formally Of Atlantic, just sold and de-
liyered tho Chas. Van Gorder, Esq, Of
Audubon, a fine steinway Parlor Grand
Piano. Mr.. Van Gorder now has one
of the finest pianos in the state. If you
want q first class piano Jordan will fur
nish it, You drop him card at Gin
to.
Mrs. Anna Isham is recovering from
a tedious indisposition caused by fall
ing and spraining her ankle several
weeks ago. Her many friends will be
glad to know that she Is improving
During her illness she has by force Of
will power and nerve overcome Difficult.
ties that discourage and incapcitate
most individuals.
Hugh Owen has bought the Henry
Rohrbeck residence an First Avenue
for $500, Mr., Rohrbeck will move to
his Leroy street property next week In
order to give Mr.. Owen possession.
Within few weeks Mr.. Rohrbcck will
60 to Washington with the purpose Of
locating in the new state. Mr.. Rohr-
beck left for the west yesterday,
Rev. r. A. Smith Is spending a few
days with his parents at Green Noun
tain. lie will return the latter part Of
next week. In the mean time will ex-
change pulpits next Sabbath with his
friend and classmate, Rev, ), 4. Per.
rine the Baptist pastor at Marshall,
town. Those who can attend will be
well repaid for hearing this gentleman.
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the Baltimore & Ohio road, and the
Pawpaw Coal and Coke Company and
Traders developments in the same Vi
cinity. boo4iio1 |
THE TOWN OF FA1RMoNT. yiruoo
For long time to come Fairmont
will be the centreo of all these operations,
and is therefore one of the most import
ant points on the main line of the Balti-
more & Ohio road. During the past
twelve months, since the completion of
the Monongahela Riverrailroad, business
atthispointhas greatlyincreasedand the
coal and coke shipments have been
enormous, considering the fact that the
work of development has only begun.
At the Baltimore & Ohio yards, half
mile below Eairmont, two engines are
kept busy constantly switching freight
and making up trains, an average Of
250 cars OF coal and coke being handled
there daily. The business is increasing
rapidly and the railroad will i this
summer extend its facilities by build
ing a round house and additional
tracks. All these things have
contributed to the growth Of Fair
mont. Though there has been. no
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properly called the Summer Capital OF
The United States" Mineral springs,
Justly celebrated for the medicinal WI,
tues of their waters, are found IN many
localities, and these famed and qelishv
full resorts are annually visited by tens
of thousands OF guests. ~.
These resorts are 30 easily accession.
by means OF the Baltimore q ONO thAs
they attract visitors from New York ana
Chicago, and from st. Louis and many
portions of the South, and all who. come
go away delighted as well as benehttea
by their visit. There are many points
in the famous and beautiful Shenan-
doah Valley which are noted winter re-
sorts, and SO this section seems TO have
"all seasons for its own," and to possess
attractions at all times for many classes
Of people.
the Baltimore & Ohio east Of the Ohio
river through West Virginia and Mary
land has no superior for scenic beauty,
and to ride over it is to hang q series oil
pictures in the galleries OF ones memory
which become "things OF beauty and
joys forever"
Then, too, this is historic ground,
and the theatre in which the tide oil
battle ebbad and flowed during the days
when the life OF the nation trembled in
the balance, and Harper,s Ferry Win
chester, Cold Harbor and Appomattox
and other points are among the names
"that were not born to die"
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already been located, and are doing well.
New towns have sprung up in many
localities, and old ones have taken on
the bloom OF q vigorous youth; factories
have been established; iron furnaces
built and put in blast; mines Of iron
and coal have been opened; many new
farms have been put under cultivation;
the vestiges of the war have been wiped
out, and the old silence that lay like a
heavy cloud oyer this land for century
past has been broken by the hum OF ac-
tiyity, and the old spirit of conservation
is rapidly passing away to give place to
the new life which is pregnant with
hope and so full of glorious promise.
1t is only an hour and halls ride
from the political and social capitol Of
the Nation to the West Virginia line, at
Harper's Ferry. This historic spot is
the eastern line of the famous Shenan.
doah Valley, and where the three States,
Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland,
corner. The beautiful Shenandoah
river, which has laved the foot OF the
Blue Ridge mountains for two hundred
miles, binding the eastern rim OF the
historic valley with q thread Of silver,
loses itself in the classic Potomac at
this point. The corner posts Of the
three States, Maryland Heights, Bolivar
Heights and Loudoun Heights, rear high
their towering crests, making strik.
ingly picturesque landscape scene, and
blend their weird shadows in the waters
Of the welded rivers at their feet,
From Harper's Ferry westward the
way lies for thirty miles across the
upper end of the Shenandoah valley,
with Its thriving towns and highly cIl.
tivatedtarms; into the valley OF the 20
tomac, when scenes OF Beauty and evil
dences Of thrift are everywhere visible
On past Cumberland, the "Queen City"
of the Potomac valley, through the busy
towns Of Piedmont and Keyser, TO the
ascent OF the mountains. The ride nm
the eastern wall of the Alleghanies isfut
Of interest and beauty, and when Alta
mont is reached you are greeted BY the
pure air Of the mountains, which, az
this altitude, nearly 5000 feet above sen
level, contains the undiIuted ozone Of
healthfulness. Then across the high
table land, past Deer Park and Oakland,
on through Rowlesburg, where you ride
for miles along the Economically beauti.
full Cheat river and seem to be in a
dreamland OF marvellous scenic lowell.
ness. But this region is as full Of
wealth as It is redolent with romantic
beauty and grandeur.
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great oil belt Of the country, as will be
seen by the map published on another
page, and west and south there is a
large territory in, Marion county which
has been little developed. While the
oil discovery and its attendant blessings
in the shape of great influx of oper-
ators, mechanics and laborers, etc., has
caused Warrington to take on new
life. This industry is not the only
resource, the town being also ship
ping point for lumber, and other pro
ducts of the surrounding country. Here
is also located one of the largest tanner
les in the State. sfe t$G.
FAIRMoNT COAL AND COKE REGION.
Fairmont, the next important point
on the road, is also in Marion county,
and is at present the centre of the coke
and coal operations of the Upper Mo-
nongahela region, on account Of which
fact it is often called the "Connellsville
OF Northwestern West Virginia" At
this point the Monongahela river is
formed by the confluence of the Tygarts
Valley and the West Fork rivers, and
the Baltimore & Chic connects with two
Of its feeders, the Fairmont, Morgan
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river, connected with Fairmont by a
suspension bridge is Palatine, almost
equal In size, and on the suburbs is a
large population crowded out Of the
town limits. "A movement is now on foot
to incorporate all into one town, which
will give Fairmont n population Of near
" 1000 people. Fairmont has electric
lights and will soon have waterworks
and natural gas, having gas in easy ac-
cess. Hereis l6cated one Of the State
normal schools, with an attendance, ten
months in the year, ofover two hundred
students from all sections OF the State.
MoRGANTowN.
Morgantown, about twenty miles be-
low Fairmont on the Fairmont, Morgan
town & Pittsburgh road, is the seat of
the State University, and is one OF the
most thriving towns in West Virginia,
being favorably situated for a manufac-
turing point. 1t is the present head Of
navigation, the Monongahela river
being Stacked to this point from Pitts
burgh. Railroad connections will soon
be made with Uniontown, Pa, giving
the Baltimore & Ohio a through line
from Fairmont to Pittsburgh. The road
to Morgantown is on the east bank Of
the river and penetrates one Of the
richest coal fields in the country. Five
big veins Of bituminous coal, with a
number OF smaller ones present
their outcrop along the valley. They
vary in thickness from five to eleven
feet, and the coal is excellent for coking
purposes. Natural gas is found in
abundance and the fuel is used in Nor
gantown, giving that place a great adj
vantage as a manufacturing point. She
already has waterworks and is growing
rapidly. The West Virginia and Penn.
sylvania road has been surveyed to this
place and will built in the near future.
A branch road is also to be built to the
coke fields OF Preston county and to some
point on the main line of the Baltimore
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mont, and taking up the journey 4
q ride Of twenty miles brings US 70 o.
ton, one OF the most important poi
on the Baltimore & Ohio road. ~
route the road passes through a regio4
rich in minerals and timber, and ali
the towns give evidence OF the thrift OF
the entire section. Sawmills, mines
and other industries are on every hand,
and at Nuzum's Mills, whore there are
valuable fire clay deposits, extensive
works are In operation.
Grafton is the junction Of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad with its Parkers-
burg branch and the Grafton & Green
brier. It is here that passengers going
east and west take meals, and the SHIFT
ing of freight for the three divisions
that centre at Grafton is done. The
company's yards cover q large area, and
the railroad shops, round houses, etc,
afford employment to many men.
Signs OF prosperity are on every hand,
and a number Of new industries are in
contemplation, which will increase the
population and importance Of the town,
which is already the distributing point
for large territory.
As manufacturing point, Grafton
seems to have been designed for that
purpose. The famous Pittsburgh coal
bed undoElies the county, and is eight
to twelve feet in thickness; veins OF
iron ore from one to sixteen feet thick
within five miles OF the town; fine
timber region through which runs the
Grafton and Greenbrier railroad and
the Tygart's valley river; rich farming
and grazinglands; one Of the finest beds
OF fire clayin the United States, under
lying thousands Of acres and fronting
directly on tho Baltimore & Ohio road
at Thornton, near Grafton-all these
resources surround the town, and
the shipping facilities are unex-
celled. The West Virginia Gen.
tral's Pittsburgh extension will run
through Grafton, which is on the nat
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Here are inexhaustible treasures Of
rock, coal and timber, ETC., with facil.
tiles for converting them into sources
Of almost fabulous wealth. Then there
is Grafton, with its hustle and busy
life; Parkersburg, Clarksburs, Fair.
mont, Morgantown, Cameron, Mounds.
VILE, Warrington and other i'm.
portant points, with the marvellous
sources OF natural wealth only WAITING
for the hand of industry to touch them
to make them bust out into a career If
substantial prosperity. AS to Wheel.
ing, Its prosperity has been so marked
that its future has already passed out Of
the realm OF probabilities into the do.
main OF an accomplished fact. With
unsurpassed locations, cheap fright
both by river and rail, surrounded by
immense deposits OF coal, iron{ clny
etc., with great hills Of HANDSOME tim,
Der lying at their doors, and, be / Of nil
with IN energetic and enterprii Ing non.
ulation, 1t is difficult to set TIL bounds
to the future possibilities Of Wheeling
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mentioned, 1t is part Of the Camden
system, and connects at Clarksburg with
the West Virginia & Pittsburgh road,
which extends through Weston to Buck
harmon, Upshur county, and Is being
rapidly further extended south through
Braxton county, its obiectiye point
being Covington, Virginia, on the Chesa-
peaEe & Ohio road. A movement is on
foot to build a road up Elk river from
Charleston 10 connect with this road at
Bnckhannon. Northward this road will
run from Fairmont along the west bank
of the Monongahela river to Pittsburgh,
thus constituting through line from
the latter city to the southern connec-
tons, traversing one OF the richest
mineral and timber regions in the
world. The road is well equipped and
there are coal fields OF incalculhble value
along the entire route. Recently cor
poration known as the Fairchance Coal
and Coke company purchased tract Of
$500 acres Of coal territory near Worth
ington, eight miles west of Fair
mont, and will begin operations
during the coming year. The Monon-
gahela road will bridge the river at that
point and construct a branch to! the
works. Similar small branches to other
undeveloped coal territory in this region
from the main line OF the Baltimore &
Ohio and its branches will be built, and
in the next few years it is expected that
the entire upper Monongahela coal dis
trict will be q network Of Baltimore &
Ohio branches, opening up vast and
rich mineral region.
In the coke and coal articles else
where some account OF the develop
ments already made in this section is
given. In addition others are contem-
plated and the present summer and fall
will witness their completion, among
them being coal and coke works to be
established by the Saxman syndicate o n
q 5000 acre tract, recently purchase d
near Barrackville, on the main line o I
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and Ohio road east of Grafton. Lime
stone, potters, and fire clay are abundant
throughout Monongalia county, which
is also a richiagricnltural region.
,unAlsHa wgDEvELopMENrs.
Thegindustrial development between
Fairmont and Morgantown has been
very great since the road was built,
about four years ago, and coal and coke
works are being established all along
the line, while an immense coal terrific
ry awaits development. From Aurora
about three hundred tons Of gas and
steam. coal are shipped daily, and in a
short time further developments will
be made, At Montana, five miles from
Fairmont, the Montana Coal and Coke
works, with its 200 ovens, gives employ
ment to hundreds OF people. Here a
large town has sprung up out OF will
derness in less than five years. The de-
mand for the coke and coal Is very
great, Clements has become also an
important mining town, the mines here
being operated by Chicago parties.
Beechwood mines, further north on the
road, are having great demand for all
their product. The coal worked along
this road is from the famous Pittsburgh
seam, and there are yet millions Of tons
untouched.
,1iY 1saH = MoNoNGAH.
The Monongahela River road, belong
ing to the Camden system, is scarcely a
year old, but the developments between
Fairmont and Clarksburg during the
year have been remarkable, the most
important being at Monongah. where in
% Years time a town of two thousand
inhabitats has grown up on what was
before that a farm. The Monongah
Coal and Coke Company's works are
very extensive, consisting of three
mines and $50 ovens, with daily Gu
phcity OF $500 tons. The shipments Of
steam aid gas Goals are also very large.
The plants one Of the best equipped in
the State and the coal is mined by i'm
proved electrical machinery.
The CASTOR Gas Coal Company is be-
tween Fairmont and Mononsah, and
has sixty.five coke ovens. All along
the route of the Monongah road the
work OF development is being prose-
cuted rapidly, and within short time
the immense coal fields contiguous will
be the Scene OF great activity. Millions
upon millions of tons lie untouched in
this region. Other operations in this
vicinity are mentioned elsewhere.
oIARKsBuRa.
In the vicinity of Clarksburg, where
this road again joins the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad on its "Parkersburg
branch" the development has been very
great and new enterprises are being CON
stantly organized. Clarksburg is %
miles west Of Grafton by the Baltimore&
Ohio and SO miles from Fairmont by the
Monongahela road, and is the distribute
ing point for population OF nearly a
hundred thousand people. 1t is sur
rounded by very rich farming, grazing
and mining country, while in the imme-
date vicinity several coke plants are in
operation. Like all the towns of this
region, Clarksburg is rapidly growing In
importance, and by virtue Of its location
win. undoubtedly become one OF the
largest interior cities of West Virginia.
Tho West Virginia & Pittsburgh road,
the route Of which is given elsewhere,
connects with the Baltimore & Ohio at
this point.
aRAETox.
Coming back to the main line at Fair
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INDUSTRIAL PRoeREss.

The progress made in this section
during the past three years, since the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad organized
the development movement and placed
NJ. v. Richards in charge Of it, has been
most marked, but is yet in its infancy;
Capital has been pouring in from all
sections OF the country; immigrants
have been attracted, and many have
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Justice. From the Ohio river to Balti-
more there has occurred during the past
three years agreat industrial awakening
which is but the beginning OF an era OF
great prosperity for a country bounti-
fully blessed with unexeelled resources,
which have been unnoticed, while men
with money and in search of homes
have rushed to other sections Of this
great country less favored either as to
location or natural wealth. But the
springtime Of development has begun
and the tide of capital and people
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town & Pittsburgh, and the Monon-
gahela River railroad, recently con-
structed to Clarksburg. The latter rold
Is part Of the Camden railroad system.
Along the linesof these roads, in Mar
ion, Monongalia and Harrison coun-
ties, are a number of coal and coke
plants, and vast tracts Of undeveloped
coal territory lie waiting for the capital
list and the miner. For the quality,
extent and advantages Of the Upper
Monongahela coal and coke regions, the
reader Is referred to the articles on coke
and coal, which appear elsewhere in
this issue OF the lNTEILIoENcER.
The Monongahela River railroad is 50
miles in length and is under the wing Of
the Baltimore & Ohio, though, as above
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO.
The Great Iron Link Joiningdn In
dissolublo Bonds.
The EAST and The GREAT WEST.
Development in Progress Along its
Line in West virginia.
CITIES, And TOWNS SPRING UP

As a Result of tho Present Liberal
POlicy.-Thc Pioneer Railroad of tho
cOusaent also a Pioneer in West
Virginia Development--Greas In.
ducciShuts to New Capital
and Labor Invited-A Wonderful
Mineral Wealth Along the Line,