Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-01-01

w nlie oeOfSe anu w iiiIe oieZdi,
sons OF a prominent merchant of Iowa
CT y, were struggling for the posses
sion of q riae the weapon was dis
charged and the ball penetrated Will
lies heart, death resulting instantly.
Willie would have been Ii years old
next day.
A a drunken row at dance held
in the Druid's hall in Des Moines on
Christmas eve resulted in the proba-
bly, fatal shooting OF b. Schrlner, for.
mcrly city engineer Of that city. One
James Dempsey, engineer of the Edi-
son Light company, was arrested as
the man who did the shooting.
The second attempt to wreck the
west bound milwaukee passenger
train was perpetrated few evenings
ago. As No. l was about half way be-
tween Rudd and Floyd crossing, run
ming at the rate OF about thirty miles
an hour, the engine plunged into
large pile of its and stones piled upon
the track. The engine was mashed
but no further damage was done.
John B. Thompson, bookkeeper for
the Clinton Paper Mill Company, and
talented and genial young man, was
thrown from suggy in Lyons ruptur-
ing blood vessel in the brain and in.
stantly killed. He was prominent in
social circles in Clinton and had hosts
of friends. He was first sergeant OF
Company E, Iowa National Guards,
and prominent member of the X. of
p.
The Lehigh French Coach Horse
company is the name OF a new organ
ization just formed in Webster county.
1t is composed OF about dozen farm
ers who have imported very valuable
French stallion for their joint use.
There are several associations OF that
kind in that vicinity, giving horse
breeders all the advantage Of buying
thoroughbred equine at a minimum
cost.
Dennis Mccarthy, a young married
man, was engaged in saving wood
with rotary at the new milling mon
astry of the Trappist monks in Du-
buque county. The belt running the
saw slipped, and he stepped forward
TO replace it, he was thrown forward
against the rapidly revolving saw and
was cut along squarely in two paris,
this cash running from the shoulder
to his knee.
Two hundred dollars worth OF jew
elry, consisting OF two diamond rings,
a gold watch, chain and charm, disap-
pearcd from the Hirshorn home in Fl.
Dodge some time last week. The
loss was not noticed until Saturday
evening. The ieweiry was kept in a
case in q bureau drawer neither case
nor drawer being locked. Nothing
else was taken, and there is not the
slightest clue.
Manchester's waterworks have been
tested and worked satisfactorily.
Water is taken from % big spring, and
in case of emergency from the Maquo.
keta river. Two 1904 gallon Smed-
ley pumps are used. They were man
ufactured by the National Iron and
Brass works, Of Dubuque, and the
president Of that company, 4. ID.
Smedley, superintendent the conS .ruc-
ton of the system. An iron stand
pipe eight feet high will be built.
At Humboldt, while the wind was
blowing u gale, Mr.. Woedstock's To-
year-old boy thought it would be a
good time to have a bonfire. The
fire was success, but by diligence
on the part OF the people it was stopped
three feet from the Methodist church.
Rev. DR.. Emery, of that church,
aged 83, started to run to the fire. He
soon stumbled AID fell. He managed
10 return to the house and stagger into
chair. lie died two hours later
from ruptured blood vessel OF the
brain.
Since Mrs John Wiiderich, OF Rem
sen, committed suicide, the eccentric
widower has not left the farm and
lives the life OF a hypochondriac. He
refuses the company OF friends or
neighbors, lives on scanty food and
uses his children meanly. A mort.
gage OF $1,000 has been foreclosed,
and though Widderich has the means
TO pay up, and the year of redemption
is nearly ended, he refuses to save his
property for his children. He is
thought to be insane.
Sylvester Caldwell, a popular and
prosperous young farmer, was found
dead on the Westburg road near indie
pendence. lie had started for the
district Christmas tree we'll laden with
Christmas gifts the evening before.
Being missed from the flesh on
that evening and the day following, u
search was instituted with the above
result He had been dead about
twenty-four hours when discovered. A
well filled purse and gold watch were
found on him, banishing all idea Of
foul play.
"Died OF suffoc2tior," was The yer.
dict returned by the coroner's jury in
its inquest over the body OF Margaret
Wilson who was found dead IN room
209 of the Hotel Booge at Sioux City.
Margaret Wilson went to Sioux City
and registered as coming from Broken
Bow, Neb. She was looking for en-
ployment. The young woman seemed
to be low spirited and respondent, and
sat all afternoon in the parlor looking
out into the street in an absent minded
sort OF way. In the evening she was
assigned to room 209 and retired at an
early hour