Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-26

f4U per acre Tor 1ZU acre farm.
This is said to be the largest sum
ever paid for Madison county farm.
The new purchaser is wealthy gen.
tleman who intends to make Iowa his
home.
The directors OF the Kossuth county
Agricultural Society met and COM
pleted arrangements for the county
fair, which will be held September
20, "a, rs. A special premium was
offered for sugar beet exhibits, $500
will be given in purses for speed con-
tests, etc. AS the competition among
horse owners has become very spirited
in the county. an expert horse judge
will be secured lor that department.
South Ottumwa citizens are aroused
over the disappearance of Miss Emma
Skinner, handsome girl of fifteen.
Monday noon, March 10th, she left
home, telling her widowed mother
that she had an appointment with
gentleman of Influential position on
the north side. Nothing has been
heard Of her and the police can find no
trace OF her whereabouts. Her friends
fear she has been drugged, ruined,
perhaps murdered.
Dubuque wholesale grocers have
agreed on plan OF action to meet the
reduction on sugar duties, which
takes place April 1. They have dis
posed of stocks on hand and sugars
ordered will be shipped in bond. Du-
huque being a port Of entry, the
sugars received will be held until
midnight March 81, when the cars will
be unloaded by the surveyor OF GUS
toms and be shipped at once to their
customers in the country.
An attempt to break the will of the
late Patrick F. Heating of Glare, has
just been defeated in the district court,
at Fl. Dodge. Mr.. Heating left the
major portion OF his wealth to Mr.. M.
Earcy, pastor of the Catholic church
at Clare for the purpose of establish
ing convent at that place. The
heirs claimed that undue influence
was used by the priest to secure the
bequest. The case was taken out OF
the hands OF the jury by Judge Weav-
err and the will was sustained.
There was CONSERVATION in the
ranks OF the saloonists in Sioux City
the other day, when an attorney of
the Law and Order League procured
bench warrants. charging many Of the
bar-tenders with contempt of court
for selling in violation of the old in.
functions. About fifteen of the sa-
loon men were arrested and several
have skipped to avoid service of the
papers. The saloon warfare is get
ting lively there again and trouble is
anticipated at almost any time.
The case of the state VS.. Mrs. Jose.
phine Marion, in Lee county, who is
charged with the murder by pois oning
of her husband was continued in the
district court. When the motion
continuing the case was granted the
court suggested on its own motion
that one of the witnesses on behalf of
the state, us shown in the formal in
dictment, lives outside the state. and
as the court understands the case
from all that has occurred heretofore,
proper to try the Bean case first, and
therefore that case is continued also.
Bean is charged with completely in the
Marion murder.
Engineer Josh McMan was backing
his engine out of the round house at
Boone. The block was taken away,
and the all right signal given by Peter
Anderson, who has worked in the
house several years. In some way
Anderson was caught between the ten
der and the door OF the stall and rolled
around several times in space of
about seven and quarter inches. His
arm was broken and his chest badly
crushed. Everything possible was
done for the man, but he was so badly
hurt internally that it seems impos.
sible for him to live. He was resting
easier at last accounts and seems some
better end may recover
a bombshell was thrown into the
meeting OF the Jobbers' association
at Sioux City on the morning of the
goth, by II. A. Jand,, the head of the
largest wholesale house introducing a
resolution to endorse the palmer
license law" or the wide open policy
of evasion of the prohibitory law.
The resolution was not passed, but in
the heated discussion aroused, nearly
every member Of the organization ex-
pressed himself as favorable TO the
sentiment, but afraid to take such ac.
eAoh NV icdI VI lHJurluS inc business
of the city with country customers.
Palmer referred TO whose policy is
"wide open saloon" is the present
mayor OF Sioux City.
Some one speaks OF visit 10 Strath-
more, the country residence of Gov.
Packard in Marshall county. The
Governor Is the Worlds Fair Com
missioner for the Fifth District OF
Iowa. He has now on his farm 400 head
OF cattle and ESQ OF swine in excellent
condition. lie has 1920 acres OF rich
Iowa land farmed partly by himself
and boys, while four tenants assist in
the work OF following the pillow. There
is not foot of waste land. and the
beautiful home, surrounded by mag
nificent fruit orchard, has well
stocked library. paintings ad foreign
bric-a-brac, s, the farmer Worlds
Fair commissioner entertains most
iavishly, assisted by his wife, always