Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-05-28

| '"Ni'' kNAiNAoiil w Joii WIN No VA ei''n
occasion In the observance of Memorial
Day.
Business men are requested to close
their places of business In the afternoon
from 200 to 1902. m.
COMMITTEE.
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The Gopher Hunt goes mcrrily on!
Tuesday the boys came in from the
chase with 707 scalps, and the grand
total is now close to 5000. The county
fund is out of sight, and the treasurer
has ceased paying these warrants, If
the bounty is continued u special half
mill tax will have to be levied to meet
the demand II would seem too bad to
stop the chase while only 5000 of the
several million gophers have rs yet felt
the hand ofciyilization. Perhaps some
important move as to the Hunt will be
suggested next week,
Miss Elsie McLeran died at the homo
of her sister, Mrs. Van Court, In Omaha,
Sunday evening, May cath, 1891. The
deceased was born in Neponset, Ill.,,
February i2th, 1861 and moved with
her parents TO Audubon In 1880. A
young lady of pleasant manners and
social disposition, she won the friend
ship of all with whom she became ac.
quainted, and to all these the news of
her death, though not unexpected, was
unwelcome. She has been an invalid
for several years, and some two years
ago went to Omaha for the purpose Of
securing the best medical treatment
During these years she has been u Sc.
we're though patient sufferer, borne up
by hope, aud at such times as her health
would permit by application to art.
Even during the last week of life, after
science had been exhausted in her be-
half, she looked forward hopefully and
| IL would seem confidently to the day of
recovery. Her death Is crushing be-
reayement to the parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. McLeran and to the brothers and
sisters, though they have the unavail.
ing sympathy of many friends In their
anliction. The remains were brought
to the home near Audubon Tuesday
evening, and the funeral held from the
Presbyterian church Wednesday at II
a. NJ, Rev. Il. Dickinson conducting the
services, and attended by very large
concourse Of friends.
Miss Katie Foukner, who has been in
the employ Of &. Il. Yates, u restaurant
keeper in Manning entered the sleeping
apartment Of Mr.. and Mrs. Yates Sum
day night and chloroformed them, Mr..
Yates on recovering consciousness
worked for twenty minutes before he
was able TO bring his wife out from un.
der the influence. AS soon rs she was
all right he went to looking round to
ascertain the cause and found the hired
girl In the wrong room and asked her
why she was there. She confessed to
ell she had done assuring Mr.. Yates
that she did not intend to kill them but
only wished to get his money and jew
elry. The next morning she was taken
before Justice Furguson when she was
bound over to appear before the grand
jury. Last evening Constable Laner
brought her to this city and placed her
in the care of the sheriff and in default
of bail was placed in Jail where she now
is. When asked by the justice if she
had any friends she replied that she
hadn't and didn't want to be sent back
to Council Bluffs, for she had left that
city to get out of scrape similar to
this and that the police had descrip-
ton of her. The woman is not consid-
cred compOs mentis and the insane
commissioners should examine the case.
She will not give her right name, as she
has committed series of crimes i'm the
past two months. She is not yet seven
teen years old, is good looking and very
interesting in her conversation.-Car-
roll Sentinel.
Mr.. David Il. Overleld has issued a
call for county convention at court
house, Monday, June LIST, 2 p. M, to Sc
lect ten delegates to state convention
to be held at Des Moines, June Bird.
The state and county convention are
without name, except that Mr.. Over
field attaches as title after his own
name chairman ". l.. F." Mr. Over
| field is relic of an organization that
could at one time muster l75 votes in
this county. That was in the palmy
days of Waitman, Mease and Morrison,
and when Sovereign personally domina-
ted the entire crowd. Gradually its
strength has waned until the present
chairman alone represents its greatness.
Three years ago while Mease was yet
chairman he ordered $500 tickets for
Audubon county from Sovereign who
was running a printing office in Allan
tic. When they arrived there were less
than half that number, and Mease filed
kick to the effect that the express
company had stolen part of them i'm
order to cripple the party. The kick
was so vigorous that an express auditor
was sent out to look the matter up, and
it was shown that the package was not
molested after leaving Sovereign's Of
flee. The loyal ones here then lost faith
in the agitator and leader and their
numbers have gradually dwindled.
MIR. Overield continues to call annual
conventions which do not have enough
members to make up the state delega-
ton from, 1t is perfectly Innocent
occupation for the gentleman, asitdoes
not discommode Others, while the chair
mar seems to derive some satisfaction
f not emolument.