Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-09-29
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

bishop Perry, Of Davenport, dedica-
led at Sioux City n new 100000
Episcopal church, the finest in the city.
Coal operators Of Dcs MONIES, iowa.
arc paving one dollar per ton and could
employ about two hundred more min
eTs. - ~
--A new-MsvE church WAS dedicated
in Dubuque, Money TO pay the debt
on the church was raised at the close
OF the services
May Dodge, l6 years old, was found
drowned in cistern at Dubuque
How she got in is, probematical, but
the coroner,s jury returned a verdict
of accidental drowning p4 N
FIRE broke out in the Duplex Manu-
featuring Company's building at Bur-
lington and caused $4,000 damage,
completely cutting the building. The
insurance was about 81, 200.
The creamery and grist mill owned
by A. Wetty and operated by Wetty
Il Co., at Zwingle, in Dubuque county,
was burned. The loss is $4,000 No
insurance The fire caught from a
passing locomotive.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Burlington road between Sibley and
Ocheydan at o'clock in the morning,
the track spreading, and a freight train
of sixteen cars going down an embank-
ment. Three emIgrants were killed.
Rockford, Floyd county, suffered u
disastrous fire. Six business, houses
were burned, including the postotficc,
Reds agricultural house and the Reg
lister printing office The extent of
loss and amount of insurance is not
ascertalned.
A collision occurred on the Rock
Island at Fairfield between construc-
ton train, which was hurrying to get
TO siding and freight train. Both
engines were demolished and a num-
Der of cars broken up. The fireman of
the construction train, j. Dutfield, of
Eldon, was fatally injured, dying flew
minutes after the accident
John N. Grice, one of the earliest
settlers of Dallas county, and a, highly
esteemed citizen of Minburn, died of
consumption Friday evening, the 23rd
inst He was Il native of Fayette
county Pennsylvania, "a faithful soldier,
and quiet and industrious man. He
died at the age of 50 years, leaving a
widow and four children to mourn his
death
A woman presented herself at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mckay,
Fifth AMI Blondeau streets. Keokuk,
and left in Mrs. McKay's charge four
months old babe, saying she could not
work and support it, Mrs. Mckay took
the BABY and viii raise it, but says she
does not know who the woman was and
would probably net know her were she
to see her on the street.
The telegraph operators on the b,
c. r. & n. railrca !, having IA grievance
against the company, went out on u
strike. They are backed by the ma
tional Organization. The company
claims that they will soon be moving
with full force of non-union opera.
tors, but Chief Ramsey of the tele-
graphers order says that when such
action is taken, other roads Will refuse
to receive orders from them; thus the
strike may spread
August Turk, who lives at Crescent,
Pottawattamle county, was severely
injured while in a runaway. His team
became unmanageable and dashed up
the road, colliding with horse and
throwing Turk to the ground. One of
his limbs was broken in two places,
and it is feared that he received severe
internal injuries. The horse with
which the runaway team collided was
instantly killed. Mr.. Turk is now be-
ing attended to IN the hospital in
Council Bluffs.
Judge John Barnett, wealthy ard
prominent citizen of Adams CO y,
died suddenly at his home in Cor
Judge Barnett came to that ]. c in
'54, and by judiclous invcstmcl IS IN
land became wealthy, owning ne
major part of the coal fields in that
county. He was about 80 years old,
beloved by all who knew him; gener-
GUS with his means; gave $500 to the
Presbyterian academy of that city, and
had an open hand and purse for the
worthy poor Of that vicinity.
The bodies of two dead men found
one-half milo west Of the depot OF Mt.
Vernon proved to be Aaron and Noih
Ennis, aged about l6 and Is years
Their people live about three and one
half miles north of that place. They
We're at Mschanicsville and were seen
in Mt Vernon about . o'clock that
night, and it is supposed they were on
the crossing watching an east bound
train and were struck by westboand
train. u. Il. Ennis, their father, was
at the time in Washington attending
the q, a. T. encampnent.
!. The woman suffrage convention Of
the Mississippi Valley association ad-
iotrncd at Des Moines. The following
officers were elected: President, Mrs.
Estclie Smith, Fort Dodge; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. n. S. Bemis, Independence:
CORES pondng secretary, Kathrine NJ.
Pierce, Des Moines; recording secre-
tary Mrs Rowena Stevens, Ames;
treasurer, Anna II. Ankeny, Des
Moincs;. chairman executive committee,
Mary j. Coggeshall, Des Moines; ex-
ccutive committee. Mrs. ii. Flint, Mrs.
Martha c. Callahan, Miss Flowright,
Mrs. Alice Langley, Mrs L. H. Hunter,
Des Moines; electors, Gilbert, Ames;
Carrie Coffin Rutledge, Fort Dodge;
Mrs. Childs, Dunlap
The question of whether or not the
city Of 1T. Dodge should own its own
electric lighting plant has finally been
dceidcdl an the negative. The question
has been discussed for over year and
assumed many complicated phases.
The city council has at last settled 1t
for the present BY granting the Thorn.