Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-16
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS

Temperance meeting have been in
progress at Garner.
An epidemic OF measles is creating
great excitement at Marshalltown.
Frank Levin has been elected chief
OF the fire department OF Council
Bluffs.
A Dubuque man and his wife were
sentenced to so days in Jail for drunk
enness.
A branch lodge of the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians has been organized at
Dewitt
Some of the clothing merchants and
their clerks at Fl. Madison are agitat-
ing Sunday closing.
A woman suffrage convention was
held at Oshaloosa. A county organi-
zatiou was effected.
Herman Metzger settled his board
bill with a forged order and is now q
guest at the county Jail.
The United States federal grand
jury at Dubuque, is at work on large
number of criminal cases.
Reports from all over Iowa indicate
the ground is in good condition aud
farm work is in full blast.
Samuel Brainard and wife of Ashawa,
have been married So years, being
-. nL, H.,
N. S. Taylor and wife of Fontanelle,
have been married 81 years. Their
ages respectively are 50 and 40 years.
Track Walker Nimrod Miller was
held up by two tramps near Dexter,
and relieved of his watch and money.
A youthful gang of thieves has been
arrested at Cedar Rapids. The leader
is sixteen years old and the rest are
under eleven.
The statement that two hundred
conversions was the fruit OF the Fort
Dodge revival is denied by correspon-
dent of the Des Moiues Register.
A melancholy tragedy occurred on
the Mississippi river at Burlington.
Two men in boat were seen TO cap
size and drown. No one knows who
they were.
Frank Ro5er 5, cashier of the Com
mercial Savings bank, was married at
Mason City to Miss Carrie Marsh.
Both are among the most prominent
young people of that city.
Articles ofincorporation of the Hull
Coal and Mining company of Des
Moines, were fled in the Office OF the
secretary OF state. The capital stock
OF the company is $4,000.
ID. Halderman, Fort Dodge dry
goods dealer, has assigned. The liza
biliLies amount to $1,000, and the
principal creditors are Chicago mer-
chants.
A special meeting of the Rock VAL
ley Driving association will be held on
its grounds July 3 and 4. with ball
games and t'otting and running races
for amusement.
The state auditor has issued GER
tificate 10 the Northern Fire Insurance
company of Sioux City, just organized
with capital of 800, 900, of which
$50. 900 is paid up.
The Keokuk county steer case is
now being tried at Sigourney. The
litigation arose from the disputed
ownership OF two steers worth $40
The expense of the suit has already
reached 81. 900,
BY collision between Rock Island
passenger train and wild freight
train at Vincent, Iowa, two postal
clerks. W. III. Pope and +. j. Brown,
were badly crushed and several other
trainmen injured.
Lon Tullar, OF Storm Lake. the other
day received present from Pennsyl-
uania friend Of a mammoth roll OF to-
bacco, labelled a "a Titusville cigar
ette." 1t was nine inches long and
proportionately large around.
At the city election in Gleuwood,
w. ii. Byers was elected mayor by rs
majority, and all the Republican
ticket except marshal and two coun-
cilmen. County uniformity carried
in that county by 90 majority.
Seven Burlington boys are in Jail in
that city charged with burglary. They
have been secretly organized for two
years, and are from eighteen to iwen-
ty-one years OF age. Their pilfering
has been numerous and costly.
Silas Horton, miner at Fagler
was dangerously hurt in the mines bv
fall of slate. His injuries consist in
a severe strain in hiShips, skull crack
ed and severe cash on his face. The
doctor thinks he will recover after q
time.
A young fellow shouted "white
horse" as an auburn haired young
lady was passing along the street,
in Dubuque. She stopped long enough
to slap thefellow in the face and went
on her way as though nothing had hap
pened.
Melville Hammond, man from
Grinnell, committed suicide at the
Morgan House in Des Mo,ncs by taxi
ing laudanum. His act, according to
a letter lett by him, was caused by
grief at the death Of his beloved
Bessie his bethro;hed.
The United States grand jury at
Dubuque, found an indictment against
j. +. Anderson, OF Lyons, for mailing
postal card 10 the Louisiana Lottery
company, asking for their last draw
ing. Eighteen indictments against
bOOtleggers were found