Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-08-20
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

Inc tarley--LoetScher Manufactur-
ing Company, sash and doors at Du-
buque, burned. The plant was worth
500, 600 and employed 200 hands.
While playing doctor. near Bur-
lington the young son of Farmer
Moore poured carbolio acid down his
little brothers ear, causing an agoniz-
ing death.
Representative l.. d. Hotchkiss
died suddenly of heart disease at his
home in Bloomfield. He was five
times member Of the general assem-
bly, of Iowa,
During storm lightning struck the
barn OF Mr.. Selick, farmer living
near Marion. The barn, together
with four horses, burned. The loss
is over $1,000. ~ ~
The Modern Woodmen at Ottumwa
gave banquet on the occasion of the
dedication of the new hall. Head Con-
sui Northcott was present and dellv-
cred the principal address.
A farmer by the name of G. A.
Miller, of Oasis had sevan horses
killed by lightning during the recent
hard storm. A shed and corn crib
were also struck and burned.
Paul III. Jewel, OF Montezuma, was
drowned in the Mississippi river at
Muscatino. He was a marble cutter
and was brought up at Montezuma,
where his parents still reside.
~ nf The ~; ,o,,
at Sinsinawa Mound near Dubuque
closed with the reception of quite a
number of novices and postulants.
A large number of visitors were pres
en-. hEeh a. H
The fifth regiment was in camp at
Shenand oah. Governor Boies and
staff were in attendance. The COVER
nor reviewed the troops in the pres
ence of an immense crowd. The en- =
campment was great success.
BY an almost unanimous vote of the
citizens OF Mt. Pleasant, it was decid-
ed that the city should purchase the
water works sys EN- there for $32, 500.
This settles a long standing contro-
versy between the city and the com
pmy. ~ l-,.,. r......
A severe electrical storm struck
Sioux City and lightning struck in
several places. Martin johnson, a
carpenter, wasin barn which was
struck by lightning, and when found
he was dead. A horse was killed in
aro her barn. = 2 TEf..- 4
A hni 1Gt pp IF al sol
over a portion of Davis county, doing
considerable damage to grain in the
field, be ltinT down the cora breaking
the window lights, running orchards
and killing great many sheep that
wore unsheltorel. s...a +
The DeFranoe bottling works in Des
Moines burned. The building wa 100
by 60 feet, and one story high. Every
thing lost, including two horses, sew
cral wagons, a buggy, engine and
boiler. Loss from $4,000 to $40, 600.
There was some insurance.
A few evenings ago, the IL year old
son of Thomas Il. jacobson, living 81
miles southeast Of Jewell, committed
suicide by hanging himself with a
piece of strap in his fathers barn.
No cause Is assigned for the rash act,
as the boy was in good health.
The Flax Pala management at
Forest City has just closed the con-
tract for two balloon ascensions and
parachute leaps by Prof w. w.
Jones during the exposition, and
which is only one Of the hundred at
fractions they have provided for.
Casper Bogard, who mysteriously
disappeared from farm near Monte
yuma several weeks ago, came up
smiling after about month absence.
He had been harvesting in the north
western part of the state. No cause
is assigned for his strange conduct.
The two weeks musical institute
conducted by Mr.. NJ. l.. Bartlett, OF
Des Moines, closed at Milo with q
grand concert in which nearly one
hundred pupils took part. The in
stitute has proved to be great sue
cess, socially, educationally and fnan-
cially.
There will be reunion of the sur
vivors OF the Twenty-ninth Iowa In.
fantry at Glenwood, Iowa, on the 25th
and goth days OF August. Much D III
have been taken TO secure a large at
tendance and a grand, happy meeting
of old comrades of the regiment is in
anticipation.
James Daugherty at Independence,
who for several months held the KEYS
to one OF the worst holes in the-walls
in the state, was fined $500 for viola,
ton of an injunction. The officers will
keep an eagle eye on all saloons until
after the races. The above court de-
cision is a timely one.
While the two children of Albert
White near Moneton, were out pick
ing berries near town, two wolves
came out OF the bushes upon them.
The little ones dropped their baskets
and fed screaming towards town.
The Intervention OF farmer with a
gun alone saved their lives.
Mayor Campbell of Des Moines, has
issued proclamation in accordance
with the recent resolution passed. by
the council regarding the muzzling OF
OF dogs Owners Of dogs will now have
to keep them muzzled or tied up Sc
curely or they will be shot the instant
they appear on the streets.
William Sheridan, employed at a
brick yard near Dubuque had a quar-
rel with a 13-year-old boy named Tom
Stevens. Sheridan slapped the boy.
when the latter picked up II rock and
struck sheridan on the temple, His
skull was cracked and he lies at the
point OF death. Stevens was arrested.
The encampment OF the Fourth
regiment Iowa National Guards,
closed at Waterloo with review of
the regiment by Governor Boies and
staff and the officers OF the second
brigade. Colonel Stewart had com,
mand OF the regiment, and the review
was witnessed by several thousand
people.