Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-09-03
PiTH OF THE NEWS

Gov Steele. OF oklahoma has re.
ceived u message from Secretary Noble
saying that the Cherokee lands will
not he opened 10 settleme' till sep
TENDER L..
At Whitehall, Mich, George Beard.
aged II; has been con fined to his b Il
Tor the last three months. During
seven weeks of this tine he has lain
unconscious, apparently In trance,
He seems to have lost every sense save
that of feeling. When he is toGched
on the arm with n slight downward
pressure he viii raise his arm.
John W. Turner of Minneapolis has
sued his sweetheart, NJ IS ELLA Ter
willnger, FOR S5,0oa damage, Tor
flirting.
Near Brush Creek, Gu the st Louis
" san Francisco railroad, two freight
trains going at full sfc d colliled, Iii l.
ing four men and dem2lishing both
trains,
Maj. William Tillman, late cashier
of the broken Falls City hank Of Louis
vile, Ky, until Friday sinking-fund
commissioner and ono of the NEST
prominent men in that city socially,
has fled to Canada and nearly 500, 900
OF the banks money is missing
Jay Gould seems TO be losing his
grip. His recent predictions on tho
course of the market have all turned
out incorrect. Richmond Termin II
and Pacific Mail have gone down since
he took hold of them and he has been
forced to let go of Union Pac fic.
At Detroit Saturday John Hogan
made balloon ascension. When the
balloon had reached an attitude OF
about twenty-five hundred feet Hogan
attempted to get hold of the para.
chute, lost his grip and fell. Every
bone in his body was broken, produc'
ing instant death
The husk of Indian corn is being
used for the manufacture of paper.
An electrical expert says that the
light OF the old oil lamp generates the
fog better than electricity.
There are two bearing apple trees in
Indiana county, Pennsylvania. that
were planted in 1902. One of them is
zen feet in circumference.
A tree near Manistee, Mich, thirty
six feet in circumference, twelve feet
in diameter and l75 feet high, will be-
blasted with dynamite, as there is no
saw that will cut IL and no mill that
can cut it in boards.
Eastern capitalists have bought 6aO
acres of land near Pomona, Cal, and
will set out $4,000 fig trees They will
equip the orchard with irrigation pipes,
bitches, etc, and pat up extensive
driving houses.
1t is related as u curious fact that
Paris, with population of nearly
100000 souls, has less than 100
negroes within its limits Statisticians
say that the whole of Francs cannot
muster negro population exceeding
$40.
"A woman sixty years of age plunged
into the river at Railway, n. j., one
day last week and rescued her three
year-old grandchild, who was drown.
ing.
A young woman of Nevada county
Cal, has inserted her picture in the
Nevada Transcript, with the announce
ment that she is in market.
An old man and his son who lately
arrived at Mobile, after driving all the
way from San Diego, Cal, in Il hack
drawn by two horses, say they would
not make the trip again for SO, 900.
A hotel in Hamburg has been built
entirely of compressed wood, which
by the pressure to which il is subjected
is rendered as hard as iron a. well ns
absolutely proof against the attacks
of fire.