Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-04-21
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.


MRS. A. S. Holmes, the firstwhite
woman born in Chicago and who it was
expected would be an attraction to the
Worlds Fair, died suddenly at Hump.
ton.
The Iowa Miners Association met
at Oskaloosa with very few delegates in
attendance. Walter Scott was elected
president and Julius Frohm secretary.
No strike follows the action.
At Earlville while the family were
at church Herbert Davey, aged IA
years, went to his fathers barn in the
east part of town and hung himself.
When found he was dead No cause
known.
s. Hugh of Dubuque, organizer Of the
American Order of Woodmen, was
pulled into an alley at Sioux City and
5000 taken from his pockets. Scores of
people were passing within fifteen feet
of the robbery.
Four young men, named Parrott,
Fox, Loes and Dolphin were arrested
death of John Kegan, at Fillmore, a
week ago by running him down with a
hand car. They deny the charge.
Little Stella Cass, whose parents live
near Ford, was badly burned ut her
home recently. She had been playing
with an outdoor fire and was severely
burned ere the mother could put out
the flames. The little one is recover
ing slowly.
Pat McGoney, who has been keep
ing billiard saloon at Grand Junction
for something like a year past, was
taken before Judge Paine at Jefferson
and plead guilty to having violated the
prohibitory liquor law and was fined
5000 and costs, which he paid.
John Kegan, a farmer of Whitewater
township, Dubuque county, was found
lying between the rails on bridge a
mile from his home, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. Murder is sug-
gested, but it is generally believed he
laid down on the track intoxicated, and
was run over by hand car.
The famous Roberts case at Oskaloo-
sa, in which the jury recently awarded
Miss Roberts $4,000 damages against
her father and brother-in-law for false
imprisonment, will have rehearing.
Judge Dewey, after hearing the argu-
ments of the counsel, granted the mo-
ton for a new trial without giving any
reasons. 1t will be tried in Jasper
county.
An ice house belonging to John Hug
gins, situated on the river just above
Cedar Rapids, was totally destroyed by
? fire. OF the 1000 tons of ice in the
building about 400 were melted, MAX
ing the loss ON the building and ice
about 81, 100; no insurance. 1t is
thought the fire was caused by small
boys who had made bonfire near by a
short time ago.
At the first meeting of the stock
holders of the Fort Dodge & North
western Railway at Fort Dodge, officers
were elected as follows: President,
Hamilton Browne; vice president, Thos.
w. Carpenter; secretary and treasurer,
r. c. Garrabr:as. Work on the sur
veys for the f,ld between Fort Dodge
and Pocahon rs Center will be COM
menced May /.
Mrs. Emmet Shepard, of Ford, was
severely wounded from a revolver shot
from the hands of her brother, VIM.
Buher The shooting was purely acct
dental, but careless. DIR. Buxton, of
Carlisle, was called and dressed the
wound but did not get the ball, which
is lodged in the left lobe of her breast.
The patient is not dangerously wound
ed. Much excitement prevailed at the
y time. .5
& A fully. developed case of small pox
has been discovered at Des Moines in
the family of Polish-Jew, the victim
being 6-year-old child. The disease
is supposed to have been brought into
the city by some Russian Jews, recent
ly arrived. A strict quarantine is ob-
served. and every precaution will be
taken to eradicate the disease. The
child had been i'll several days before
the cause was discovered.
VIM. futile. aged ~ years, who has
been delivering the mail from the post
Office to the trains at Charlton, IN run
ming his truck to the branch train to
receive the mail, let his truck GO to
pick something from the platform.
When the train struck the front end of
his trnck he caught it, and the truck
threw him under the cars, mashing one
leg and both feet to jelly. He will
+. hardly withstand the shock.
The long continued case of the Mod.
ern Woodmen of America against J. C.
. Foot, 'ex-head consul and other ex-
officers, ended IN the chambers at Gin.
ton by ruling which makes J. c. Foot
pay one-tenth of the costs of the case
and the other officers the balance. As
the men are out of Office no penalty
was attached to the decision as the only
one which could be found was to debar
them from holding Office in the order.
During the month of February a
TtSOluJlOll WdS DdSstl tJ d meeting Vi
the Council Bluffs school board to hoist
the stars and stripes over each school
house of.the city, and an appropriation
was made to carry out the spirit of the
resolution. The flag stats were placed
in position and arrangements were per-
fected for throwing to the breeze"
the national emblem few days ago.
Exercises were held at each building.
Benjamin Brown, farmer living
close to Des Moines, applied to the
stock yards police at Chicago for
assistance in his search for his daughter
Emma, aged II, who was visiting rela-
tives at 1916 Armour avenue, and few
days ago disappeared. The officers de-
tailed on the case, located the young
woman in a hoteton State street near
Thirty-ninth, and promptly arrested
her. In court she told, Justice Hennes-
sey she wanted to go back home, and
was discharged.
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