Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-12-10

injured and derailed, as were also six or
seven cars which left the tracks The |
crews all jumped and escaped injury |
except Fireman John Severn, who was
struck in the head and cash cut to
such an extent that it is feared one eye
is gone. The Rock Island officials de-
clined to say to whom blame attached
until the investigation which is to be
made is concluded. The loss of the
road will be several thousand dollars.
A man named Gregory, residing north
of Brooklyn, was placed in jail, charged
with n heinous crime upon his own
child, a girl aged ten years. County
Attorney Lyman had the girl subpoe-
n@d before the grand jury. Gregory
brought her to Brooklyn and as soon as
her evidence had been given the wretch
was arrested andoplaced in Jail. The
injured girl told a straight story AT
four different times he had accomplish
ed his hellish purpose. He and his wife
have not lived together for seven years
About month ago his fifteen-year-old
daughter was married and this daugh
ter was left alone at home. Gregory is
a member of the G. A. r. Post at
Brooklyn. OF late yearshe has been
huckstering over the country. The
girl is intelligent, rather of heavy
build, and, young as she is, keenly re-
allies the full import of the disgraceful
affair.
Some time ago the Mississippi at
Davenport and at other points along its
upper course, was reported TO be at low
water mark. Since the river closed
few days ago, and following the forma-
ton of ice upon the rapids above Dav
export. it has been almost one foot be-
low low water mark at that point
With an open winter there will be
some Improvement in the stage of
water, but if it should freeze hard and
stay that way the river will sink to the
lowest point ever known. 1t has never
been as low as it is now for so long
since white men lived along it's banks
The shutting off of the small streams
that mainly supply it, which largely
takes place under hard freezing, must
lower it materially below it's present
unheard of stage. Fortunately there
are no navigation interests to suffer at
present. The river men are predicting
flood in the spring.
A sensation was caused in business
circles at Keolzuk, upon the circulation
of rumor that a receiver had been
asked for the street railway company.
The application is made by the Inter-
national Trust Company, of Boston,
holders of two hundred first mortgage
bonds Of FIVE hundred dollars each.
The plaintiff claims the railway COM
pany has failed to pay the interest on
bonds and that contrary to its agree
ment it has neglected to pay city taxes
for 1891, and county taxes for 1890, and
that the property is about to be sold for
taxes 1t is also charged by plaintiff
that the defendant has large floating
debt and that unsecured creditors are
about to institute veXatious suits
against the railway company and many
attach and sell the property; that the
| defendant company is insolvent and UNI
able to pay current expenses; that the
property is in danger of being lost or
materially injured, and that receiver
is an absolute necessity.
The State University football team
won new laurels by defeating the Kan
sas State University eleven at Kansas
City by score of 1G to IA. Neither
team had been defeated this year up to
the time of entering the contest. Near
the close of the last half Kansas kicked
goal. Larrabee of Iowa picked up
the ball and carrying it with rush
drought the Kansas line, touched it at
the twenty-five yard line and broke
across the field, followed by the whole
| Kansas team. He got the ball within
fifteen yards of the goal when he was
! tackled and thrown. The men lined
lined up and the ball was7passed. Lar
abee got it and had a touchdown before
the Kansans knew that he was running
| That ended the game. Larrabee, son of
Ex-Governor Larrabee, had a touch
| WV ulu tiiiNS Socilo W iiIo SlCAlit.
Ferron, Bailey and Killinger of Iowa
were hurt, but not seriously. -Four
thousand people shivered through the
! game.
Graves, boy about Is years old, with
a team to take passenger over to
Laurel. The trip going was made all
right, and about 3 o'clock the boy
started back to Gilman. When about
| two and half miles from home the
boy met man on horseback, and he
had proceeded but short distance
| from where he met the man when he
was knocked out of the buggy, falling
at the side of the road insensible. He
at length recovered consciousness and
reached Gilman about IL o'clock that
night. The boy told his story and
parties started out at once to search
for the team, but nothing has been
heard of them. They are both young
horses, a bay and gray. The boy
thinks he was struck with sandbag.
The general opinion is that the team
was stolen. Liveryman Emery offers a
reward of $50 for the return of the
team and a like amount for the arrest
of the thief. The search for the team
resulted in no clue whatever being. OBJ
tanned and it has been abandoned.
At 1880 o'clock in the morning an ex-
! plosion of gasoline in the residence of
Jasper Mans, in Creston, set fire to the
house and seriously burned Mans, his
wife and three children. A can of gaso-
line had been kept in the oven of
cook stove in a shed kitchen adjoining
the residence, the cooking being done
on gasoline stove. Mr.. Mans built a
fire in the cook stove for his wife to do
some washing, forgetting about the can
of gasoline. In short time he thought
of the gasoline and went to take it out
of the oven. 1t exploded in his hand,
filling the room and dining room with
| flames The fire department extin-