Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-19

creek JuStSoutuO Oh w vointnS, MdryINOW-
acheck. aged 10 years, was drowned.
There were two girls with her at the
time, one few years older, named An
ME, a cousin, who took Mary's hat and
threw it into the water. And the little
one endeavoring to recover her hat and
following 1t down the bank walking on
the loose earth, it gave way and plunged
her into the water. The creek being
high after the recent rains her COM
panions were not able to rescue her,
and when help arrived on the scene it
was too late to restore life.
There departed this life at Flagler,
Mrs. Nancy Kinzer, the wife OF James
Kinzer, aged 70 years. This husband
and wife were buried last week just
three days apart. They were married
fifty-seven years. Their union was
blessed with eleven children, out of
this number they furnished two Iowa
soldiers, and one was killed at Shiloh.
They moved from Indiana to Iowa in
1899, and lived here ever since, largely
in Brooklyn, Poweshiek county. They
were on a visit to Flagler when they
died. The husband was 20 years old.
The board of supervisors of Franklin
county have contracted for five pieces
of statuary for the court house at
Hampton. They will be placed on the
four corners of the tower and the PIN
acle. The one on the latter will repre-
sent justice and will be ten feet in
height. The other four will represent
law, mercy, agriculture and commerce.
These will be eight feet in height. The
five pieces will be made of copper and
will cost IS, $50. The clock and statu-
airy will put the finishing touches on
it is proposed to celebrate the event
with grand celebration on July 4.
Thomas Baintridge and James Robin
son, aged respectively IL and IA, went
tumwa to play. They carried pit lamps,
and finding it deserted were enjoying
| themselves hugely until one of them
dropped his lamp into keg of powder.
There was terrific explosion, which
| did much damage to that part of the
mine and hurled the boys against the
walls. When the miners rushed in they
found both the young explorers uncon-
scious and apparently dying. Balm
bridge was hldeously mutilated. the
flesh being torn from his face, neck and
body. He will die, but his companion
will probably recover
For some time reports have been cur
rent that President George A. Gates
had received an invitation to accept
the presidency of Dartsmouth college,
at double the salary he now receives at
Iowa college. This caused no little
uneasiness among the faculty and stu
dents, and very recently all were
thrown into far greateranx when
the news came that $4,000 per annum
had been offered by another college if
he would accept it's presidency. .Reso-
| lutions were at once passed by the fac
ulty and students and requests made
that he still remain in Grinnell. After
due deliberatlon the president an
nounced in chapel that he would re-
main with Iowa college, although
there were great inducements being
held out for his removal
Among the many improvements as
sured for Oskaloosa this season is eight
miles of electric street car line, to cost
in the neighborhood of 100000 The
| line is to run from Oskaloosa to Car
bonado and to Beacon over the system
in the city now covered by horse cars.
| An election will be held to ratify an
ordinance already unanimously passed
by the city council, and then as soon as
the weather permits, work on the new
road will be begun. The parties who
| are going to build the line are c. III.
Chandler and G. A. Ross, of Kansas City,
and Mr.. Frank French, of London, Eng
land, and they have corroborated their
| good will by bonus of $1,000. If this
is success, and of that there is no
doubt, the permanent improvements al
ready contracted for in Oslxaloosa will
foot up S250,000 this season.
The coal famine in the isolated town
| of Pocahontas Center has become a
serious matter. The continued rains
have made the country surrounding the
| town one vast slough, through which
no wheeled vehicle can possibly pass.
Everybody in town has cold and eats
cold victuals For n time sledge or
stone boat service from Rolfe was estab-
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and provisions were brought in. Wagons
| were provided with broad fiat runners
and dragged over the mud like sledges.
| This was a slow and painful process
and 81 pei 100 pounds was charged for
the service; it cost $50 to transfer ton
of coal from Rolfe. So much rain has
fallen the past few day. that no horse
can make his way even alone on the
muddy roads, and the town has been
absolutely cut off from communication
with the outside world.
Many people in Boone remember a
Mrs Margaret Sperry who lived in that
city few years ago. Her husband
was railroad man and after leaving
Boone was conductor on the Union
Pacific. A few years ago they were
| divorced. A few evenings since Mrs.
Sperry was murdered at Lincoln, Neb. !,
by her lover, married man named
Myron Pratt. 1t seems that there had
been an intimacy between the two for
some time, and few evenings ago
Pratt met Mrs. Sperry as she was re-
turning from her work at carpet
house. Pratt was under the influence
of liquor. The two walked on IN an
excited conversation, when suddenly
without warning, Pratt drew bulldog
revolver and placing his left hand be-
hind the woman's head, deliberately
raised the weapon with the other hand
and fired. The ball entered her left
temple and she died in few minutes.
Pratt then tried to kill himself but was
prevented. After being arrested Pratt
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