Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-11-24


are now in Carroll county. 1t known
that they are not connected with the
Nebraska Central and it is surmised
that they are at work for the Chicago
Great Western, mapping out an Omaha
extension from Mason City, connecting
with Fort Dodge by the Mason City &
TT Dodge. The fact that Mr.. A. H.
Stickney recently made an overland
trip over the same country lends color
to the surmise.
Jas. Hood, wealthy farmer living
west of FIT. Dodge, was held up 10y two
highwaymen one night recently. Hood
was on his way home from town and
had just reached the outskirts of the
two masked men, who presented re-
volvers at his head. The robbers Sc
cured valuable gold watch and chain
and considerable amount of money.
After they left Hood started to drive
back to town, but was halted and told
to drive back or be shot full of holes.
He finally got to town and told his
story to the police Later in the night
Deputy Sheriff London arrested two
suspicious charac ters and found the
watch and money in their possession.
They gave their names as Robert Mil
Ter and James Moran, and are now in
Jail. The men are evidently profess
sonal highwaymen.
Mr.. Louis Tagne, of Danville, owes
it to himself to be constant reader of
the Atlantic Constitution as long as he
can see, for through that paper he has
secured wife. About slx months ago
he read in its columns a communication
from young lady signing herself as
Miss Ella Elliott, of Georgia, The ar
tIcle appeared upon a page devoted to
literary faniccs of its various readers
and related to some sensible home top
ic. The young man at Danville was so
strongly impressed by the Georgia girls
that he wrote her letter, regular
correspondence sprang up, progressing
in time from friendly discussion to
warmer sentiments, and then to an ex-
change of photographs. The girls pic
ture hit the Danville man SO hard that
he concluded to go to Georgia and see
the original, which he did two weeks
ago. Five days after they met they
were married, and Mr. Tague returned
with his bride last week TO Danville
where they will reside, and the high
five, literary and lawn tennis clubs at
Danville are all agog.
Governor Boies has appointed the
following persons as delegates to the
National Nicaragua Canal convention,
TO be held at New Orleans, November
30: At large-F. w, Faulkcs, Cedar
Rapids; Fred O'Donnell, Dubuque; A.
w. Swain, Oskaloosa; John g. Kelly,
Sioux City. First district. X. Tracy,
Burlington;, Ed. NJ. Roberts. Second
district-Pred fischer, Davenport; w.
]. Young, Jr., Clinton. Third district
Fred A. Bell, Dubuque; j. L. Merry,
Manchester. Fourth district-T. III.
Studabaker, McGregor; Robert HUFF
schmidt, Lansing. Fifth district-C.
G. Green, Cedar Rapids; Byron Web
ster, Marshalltowu. Sixth district
Geo. w. Devin, Ottumwa; j.. f. Scev-
ers, Oskaloosa. Seventh district-Allen
Breeds, Perry; j. II. Green, Des
Moines. Eighth district w. +. Lewis,
Charlton; j. B. Harsh, Creston.r Ninth
dlstrlct-Lucius Wells, Council Bluffs;
=. A. Consistency, Avoca. Tenth dis
tlIct-F. II. Iiealy, Fort Dodge; Albert
Head, Jefferson. Eleventh district
j. Il. Perry, Sioux City; II. L. Richards,
Rock Rapids
The first steps toward what prom
Uses to be the first contest under the
new Australian voting system have
been taken in Fayette county. The
county. The official returns show him
to be but eight votes behind Ii, r. Pal
mer, republican. The basis of the con
test is Irregularlty on the part of the
judges of election. 1t seems that in
the township of Windsor Fayette
county, the polling place was school
house a quarter of a mile out of
the town of Hawkeye. After the
polls were closed and the ballot boxes
sealed the judges moved their head.
quarters to the town of Hawk
eye where the ballots were counted.
The law says the ballots shall
be counted IN the same room in which
they are cast, and in this instance there
seems to be no question, but that the
Judges have technically failed in the
performance of their duty. The fact
that Palmer, the victorious candidate
resides at Hawkeye, adds to the COM
plications III the case, in view of the
narrowness Of the majority. The con-
test will probably come on for hearing
in very short time. The tribunal be.
fore whom the evidence is brought
consists of the chairman of the board
of supervisors and one person selected
by each of the contestants, who shall
act as associate judges.
A lineman in the employ of the
Northwestern, while repairing the
damage done by recent storm near
Wheatland, stepped from one double
track to avoid a passing freight train
on to another track in front of train
coming from the opposite direction and
was killed. About the same time an.
other train on the same road ran over
and killed colored women who was
walking from Marshalltown to Ten.
nessee. The lineman's name was Geo.
Tressah, and his home was at Creston.
Twenty-eight years ago John Myers,
an Ode bolt barber, was baptized in the
Catholic church at Avilla, Ind, and a
gentleman named j. A. Drurup, stood
godfather for him. Mr.. Drurup moved
to Ft. Wayne, and accumulated wealth,
and the infant grew into sturdy
young man, who came west to improve
his fortunes. Recently Mr. Meyers re-
ceived a letter from an Indiana relative
informing him that his godfather died
and left him all his property. John
could hardly believe the good news,