Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-26

kill himself, but was prevented from
accomplishing the deed. Nah-Shc- AS
Kuk was very intelligent young man,
and prominent pupil of the govern
ment school.
Although the citizens of Sioux City
at first thought that they would be
able to take care of their flood suffer-
ers, the extent of the calamity has
proven so great that the governor has
issued a proclamation calling for sub
scrlptions to the extent of $500, 700.
One hundred and sixty-seven dwellings,
were swept away and 700 rendered un-
tenantable for the present Nearly
everything in them was destroyed.
The number of families rendered home
less was /, 900 and the number of people
5000. The governor concludes: 81
beg to suggest that the mayors Of the
several cities and towns of the state
and all others who. are charitably dis
posed take immediate steps to Organize
committees of both ladies and gentle
men and commence at once the work
of collecting and forwarding to the
mayor of Sioux City such aid as can
reasonably be supplied by each COM
munity of the state"
The right of way contention of both
! the Wabash and Iowa Central roads in
the south part of Ottumwa has been
settled in manner by the city council
satisfactory to both. The council decided
a tract along the Bloomfield to the Wa
bash with the provision that the privi-
leges are granted on the express condi-
ton that in case the Iowa Central com
| pany wishes to extend their line of
railroad to Ottumwa, and in case they
desire the use of the line proposed to
| be built by the Wabash within the city
of Ottumwa, that they have right to
purchase a one-half interest therein,
and use the same jointly by paying the
| Wabash one half of the cost of the
same and accept the proposition within
go days. 1t also provides that IN case
| the Central accepted the same, they
should pay the Wabash one-h half of the
amount of aid given the Central by the
city of Ottumwa, In case the Iowa
Central fails to comply with the terms
of the proposition within six months
| from this date, then the contract shall
be void and of no effect. This assures
two moro roads for Ottumwa.
w. w. Balm, the man who is charged
with the sensational abduction of Miss
| Chattie Mcdonald, a school teacher of
Rowley, Buchanan county, was arrested
at Northwooi and taken to Indepen-
dence, in charge of the sheriff of Blu
chanan county. He claims that there
was no abduction but that Miss Melon
aid went to Des Moines with him of
her own free will and that they were
married after they got there. When
she returned home, Miss Mcdonald told
strange story to the effect that Balm
compelled her at the point of a revolver
to get into the buggy and that he
bound and gagged her and drove off
with her. However, a statement Is
| published by Mr. Schriver, who lives
near Dysart, Tama county, where they
stopped one night on their way to Des
Moines. He says that while at his
house Miss Mcdonald was very lively
and that they stated they had been
married SIX months. The girls ex-
PLANTATION is that when Baine was with
her, she was completely under his con-
troll and did not dare to tell her story
until after he had left her in Des
Mcines. 1t is a very strange case and
the people at Rowey are very greatly
enraged, as they believe the girls story
implicitly. There have been threats
of lynching him, but the officers say
that they have no fears OF violence.
just as the Rock Island flyer sped
across the bridge over the Nishna Bot
ma near Avoca, making a rate of forty
| five miles an hour, it being late, the
head light flashed upon the form of a
large animal, which proved to be fine
Clyde stallion, attached to road cart,
all the property of Ehler Horst, Of
Avoca. 1t seems that Mr., Horst S
hired man had driven the horse to the
country, and was just returning, and,
| in crossing the railroad in the dark the
horse mlstcols the cattle guard for the
wagon bridge that crosses small de-
preston adjoining the track, and
walked to a horrible death Or, it is
probable that the animal was made to
''shy" at sight of the headlight, and, in
consequence, stepped into the timbers
of the cattle-guard. The driver was
unable to signal the train in time to
even slacken the speed; so the engine
struck the cart and horse with full
| speed on, throwing them in different
directions many rods. The horses legs
were cut off at the body, the cart COM
| pletely wrecked, while the driver was
making frantic efforts to stop the flyer.
The strangest thing about the accident
was the escape of two boys, the sons
of Mrs. Heller, who were stealing a
ride on the pilot of the engine. They
were completely despatched with
blood, terribly scared. but uniDjured,
escaping by miracle. The fright was
sufficient to prevent them ever riding
on the ''cow.catcher' again.
State Militia Encampments.
SPRINGFIELD ILL.,, May 24.-The regi.
ments of the Illinois National Guard
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