Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-14
CONDENSED STATE NEWS

man OF Burlington, died of grip, aged
6s years.
The general Offices of the Crooked
Creek Railway and Mining company
have just been removed from LehigF
to Webster City.
w. +. Woolery, aged IS, who was
married but a short time ago, accident
ally shot and killed himself at his home
in Madison county.
VIM. McCarty, brakeman on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road,
has entered suit for $40. 900 for injuries
received on that road.
The A. Weber Co., of Keokuk. with
a capital of 100000, has fled articles
of incorporation. They will engage in
wholesale hardware business.
The Kalona News tells of man kill.
ing snake sixteen inches long few
days ago. 1t showed fight to prove
that Iowa is a first-class winter resort.
Clarence is a good shipping point.
During 1891 there were marketed there
77.5o4 bushels of corn, rs, 1o1 bushels Of
oats, 12,1o2 head of hogs and $50 head
of cattle.
Mrs, Sherman Strong, living near
Lone Tree, accidently set her dress on
fire while popping corn and was fatally
burned before the fire could be ex-
tinguished.
J Henry Crimps shot at q dog belong
ing to DR.. Franks at Eagle Point, and
Franks returned the fire. Some Of the
shot struck CrImps in the face and put
out an eye.
Mrs. R. A. Atwater, whose maiden
mae is Regina Sales, and whose home
is at Cedar Rapids, is to make grand
appearance as singer in London and
Paris this year
A lighted cigar stub thrown into the
sawdust on the floor of Storm Lake
butcher shop caused a smouldering
blaze but was discovered in time to
prevent serious fire.
Benjamin Whey and his son had a
narrow escape from death at Manila
az railroad crossing. The wagon
was smashed into kindling wood and
both were badly bruised.
| The plaintiff in suit before justice
of the peace at Holstein got verdict of
so cents after two jury disagreements.
The costs, amounting to over $50, were
charged up to the defendant.
A movement is on foot at Burlington
to combine all the charitable societies
in the city under one organization and
enter into plan for an effective win
ter's work among the poor and needy.
The last preliminaries to closing the
contract for building a union depot at
Sioux City have been arranged, and de-
tails agreed on throughout. The con-
tract needs only the signatures of the
officers of the terminal company.
j. e. johnson, an old and respected
Lee county citizen, died at his home
near Summitville, from a cold contract
ed New Years day which developed in
pneumonia. He was born in Sweden
in 1897, and came to this country in
1860.
2Judge Paine has granted a new trial
to Weldman, convicted at Denison in
the last term of court for the crime of
incest. The theory of the defense is
that the accused is the victim of a con-
spiracy in the hands of the real crimi-
nails.
just before retiring to bed one night
recently, Michael Sullivan, farmer
residing near lama City, drank pint
of alcohol to produce sleep The effect
exceeded the expectation, for the far
mcr has been asleep since and will
sleep forever.
VIM. Sass, bookheeper for the STAN
dard Lumber company at Dubuque,
died, aged 22 years. He was taken
down with grip week ago, which de.
veloped into brain fever. There are
thousands of cases of la grippe in Du-
buque and the doctors are rushed with
business
Mr.. Liston McMillen, of Oskaloosa,
has closed contract with syndicate
of Ottumwa saloonkeepers, retaining
him as their attorney for one year for
$1,000 and expenses for himself and
stenographer, one half to be received
cash down and the other half the LIST of
JULY His defense will be mainly
along the line of the federal questions
he has been agitating during the past
year.
A very serious explosion occurred at
the Diamond mine engine house near
Mystic. Three men-John Ryan, pit
boss; Samuel Roberts, fireman, and
Chas. Stewart, engineer-were badly
injured. The engine house was blown
to splinters, and the boiler into scrap
iron. The engineer was hurled one
hundred feet, miraculously escaping
death.
The Republican State Central COM
mittee held meeting at the Hotel
Slavery recently and the announcement
is made that the next convention of the
Republicans of Iowa, to select delegates
to the national convention at Mime
apolis, will be held on the 18th of March,
St. Patrick's day. The committee
selected A. b. Cummins, of Des Moines,
as temporary chairman of the conven-
ton. The convention for the nomina.
ton of state officers will be held at an
other time.
Again the gasoline stove does its
awful work. At Cedar Rapids, Mrs.
Charles Card attempted to light stove
preparatory to getting supper when the
gasoline in the reservoir became ignited
and the reservoir exploded, throwing
fire in every direction. Mrs Card fought
her way out of the burning building
and narrowly escaped cremation. She
had just arisen from bed of sickness
and it is thought there is danger of her
suffering a relapse on account OF the
terrible shock, The loss is estimated
at 81, 900 with no insurance.
The citizens of Denison were
startled to hear of the sudden and un-
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