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


fed and shocked at revelations that
are being developed in the divorce suit
of Kirchner VS.. kirchner, wherein the
wife pleads for separation on the
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat
ment. Both stand well socially and
the trial is the sensation of the hour,
the court room being crowded to suffo-
cation all the time. Plaintiffs testi-
mony developed that she had attempt
cd suicide and given premature birth
abuse. Defendant is now producing
his evidence. He denies all and
charges adultery.
A most distressing accident occurred
at Clinton at the Franklin street cross
ing of the Chicago 81 Northwestern.
Mrs. Rudolf, of Basin street, was visit
ing the home of her father, j. +. 10.
hansen, in the southwest part of the
city, and had her little girl with her,
who was playing out on the street
which runs parallel with the tracks,
with some other children. They crawled
under some cars to gather dandelions,
when the cars started, running over the
child, crushing the lower part of her
body and breaking her spinal column.
Physicians were called, but they could
do nothing for the child, who was three
years old.
Muscatine reports the most sensa
10, 6 IL, 20,
of j. II. Cannon, the wealthy druggist
of that place, went to church, leaving
Mrs. w. Z. Bliven, Mr.. Cannon's
daughter, alone with her little child.
Several men gained access to the resi-
dence by breaking out large plate
front window, locked Mrs. Blivcn into
her room with her child, and rummaged
at their leisure. They got S25 cash,
three lace handkerchiefs worth that
much each, gold watch, and lot of
other valuables worth two or three
hundred dollars. There are faint clues,
If they are to be called clues at all.
Mrs. Bliven is almost Frustrated.
The latest scheme for fleeing the in.
nocent and unwary of their hard
ducats is to go out with subscription
paper and take up collection to en-
force the law. A sharper recently
worked Prairie township, Keokuk
county, for about $500, some of his vic
Tins subscribing as high as S25 apiece,
for the purpose of prosecuting What
Cheer saloonkeepers. When the board
of supervisors published the list of
claims allowed at their last meeting
they itemized the expense of the pros
ecutions, showing that the taxpayers
were footing all the costs, even to at
torney fees This opened the eyes of
and some of them are now wondering
where their S25 went
At Dexter in the morning the alarm
of fire was given. w. G. Bisselrs large
two-story building, occupied by him
with general store, was on fire At
2:3o this building and contents and the
building occupied by Mr.. Cooley with
restaurant were in ashes. A defective
the fire. Blssell's loss is about ST, 900,
with 81 900 insurance. Cooley's goods
were partly saved. Insurance will cover
his loss in full. The stores of Downey
&c Mcbride and Charles Crane had
narrow escape, being consi lerably
scorched. A heavy :ain preceded the
fire and it was damp and sprinkling
during the time of the confiagration,
otherwise the business portion OF Dex-
ter would have been destroyed.
Roscoe w. Jenning, an A. f. and A.
NJ. brother in the lodge at Hull, Iowa,
is missing and his wife asks all to
whom this information shall come to
aid in finding him. He was in Port
land, Oregon, about March last. Age,
80; about ) feet 10 inches high; weight,
about 10 pounds; square built; erect
carriage; light complexion, light hair,
light gray eyes; smooth shavcn; quiet,
gentlemanly department and not given
to dissipation; injury. to nail of left
fore-fnger; a good penman, good edu-
cation, and good telegrapher and book
keeper. He may be in some hospital
or state institution. If found care for
him and communicate by wire or mail
with Geo. II. Ireland, w. NJ, Sapphire
Lodge, 427, A. +. & A. NJ. Attest: /.
w. Beach, Sec.
Ed Woodruff of Mechanicsville, who
was convicted of burglary, attempted
suicide by hanging little after 5 o'clock
at the county Jail. He wrote two let
tiers, one to his mother and the other to
a Miss Snyder, and gave them to Ed
Smith, who occupied the cell adjoining
his, to mail. He then returned to his
own cell and after putting piece of
cord around his neck and fastening it
to a ring in the wall about two feet
from the floor, which he reached by
lying on the bed, he pushed the bed
from under him. The jailor came up
with some food soon after and found
him in an unconscious condition. Had
it not happened that he dropped with
strangulatIon before relief came, but
as it is he will recover.
In Judge Wagenen's court at Sioux
City, the case of Michael Fay VS.. the
Boston Investment company was taken
up. In September, 1890, during the
construction of the Bay State block, on
Fourth street, derrick fell, injuring
Michael Fay and w. II. Hubanks. The
plaintiff alleges that he was perma-
nently injured and incapacitated from
manual labor and sues for Sl7,50o. The
amount he claims is equal to the amount
that he would have been able to earn
during his lifetime. The cause was
tried before Judge Ladd last Septem-
Der, but on account of a court ruling
the plaintiff dismissed the case before
it was given to the jury and commenced
the present action. During the last
term the case was tried in behalf of
Hubanks, and verdict returned for the
plaintiff
Nah-She-As- Kul<, aged 20, son of
o. Ke- Mau, killed himself by shooting,
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