Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-12
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.


j. p. Rogers, a merchant OF Coving-
ton, is mysteriously missing He went
TO Cedar Rapids, but has not been seen
since. Foul play is suspected.
The Kcolculs city council has ordered
the city attorney to bring suit against
the j. Habinger company for SO, 600
damages for failure to light the city ac-
cording to contract.
Christian Nelson, Dane living near
Denmark, nearly killed his wife by
beating her over the head with club,
He was locked up in the Fit. Madison
Jail to await trial.
The grand jury of Polk county has
brought in an indictment charging
Fred Grafton with murder In the first
degree, for the killing of Mabel Swartz
in house of i'll rcpute at Des Moines
Mitchell county teachers met in mass
meeting IN Usage, and profitable and
interesting sessions were held A joint
meeting of Howard and Mitchell county
teachers is to be held at Riceville in
June.
Usage has been greatly stirred up
over the sudden disappearance of Fred
sheldon, 10 years old, student in the
public schools. HIS father is prosper
Gus farmer in the eastern part of the
county. Why he left is unknown.
Captain c. G. Roberts, long time
time resident of Clinton and a captain
in the war of 1860, died at his home,
aged 80. A few weeks before his death
his mind began to fail, and death came
rather unexpectedly to his friends
A dispatch from Davenport says: The
first work on the Hennepin canal was
commenced few days ago. The right
of way is being cleared for grading.
Bids for material will be let in few
days and work actively commenced by
juno,
Frank Huffman, a farmer living near
Iowa Falls, set spring gun on his corn
crib door to kill thief and forgetting
about it, opened the door and caught
the load from the gun in his side. He
may probably recover, but is badly
hurt.
David Crane, who lives near Perry,
was attacked by stallion which he
was leading and sustained serious if
not fatal injuries. His collar bone and
three RIBS were broken and his body
terribly laccrated by the animals teeth
and heels.
In a saloon row at Clinton, three local
toughs who were trying to run the
place, threw beer glass in the face of
j. Jones, the bartender, knocking out
several teeth and badly cutting his face.
He IN turn shot Chas. Redfeld in the
calf of the leg.
A west bound freight engine struck a
handcar one mile west of Stanton, in
stantly killing August Huffman and
severely injuring Charles Eckland, A.
q. Danielson and Gus .Palmquist. The
injured will recover. The men were
all employed on the c., Ii. & q. and re-
side at Stanton.
Lou Cox wa arrested at Des Moines
for the alleg robbery of confiding
and verdant young German, who knew
nothing OF Cox or his unsavory repu-
tation. The man accuses Cox of hav-
ing robbed him of $40 and gold watch.
Cox was bottled up in Jail to await a
preliminary hearing.
Two men giving their names as Ed
Brownell and George Moore robbed the
@l pt< S~fT -
of $500 worth of goods, and with their
booty they rowed across the Mississippi
river to Smiths landing, where they
were discovered by the police few
hours after the robbery
The bank clearings for last week
show that 81, 502,575 passed through
the Des Moines clearing house, as
against sso7, 500 for the corresponding
period last year. These figures repre-
sent gain of SO per cent and splendid
iy illustrate the commercial strides
and great advancement made by Des
Moines during the past year
j. T. Griggs, state fish commissioner
has been after viola tors of the fish laws
in Louisa county. They have been
particularly bold about the mouth of
the Iowa and Cedar Rivers and in Mus
catine slough. Mr.. Griggs rounded up
about thirty of them and captured
their seines and the fish on hand. They
will he tried later this month.
Mrs. Abbie Gardener Sharp has
bought the old log cabin at Okohoji
where she was taken captive by the
Indians in the massacre of 1857. Mrs.
Sharp will occupy the place in summer
time. She prizes her purchase much.
On these premises she, then girl of
14) saw her entire family relations
butchered by the merciless savages.
The long talked of wolf hunt was in
augurated at Ottumwa, big delega-
ton of sportsmen, with their hounds,
leaving that city for Blakesburg, where
they were joined by another large dele
CATION. Wolves are numerous in the
southern portion of Wapello county and
the brakes in Soap Creek, in Davis
county, and the round up is expected to
show great results.
About fifteen saloon injunction cases
were submitted in the district court at
Dubuque last week. The prosecution
bases It's cases on the deposition of a
Des Moines informer named Allen, who
went there some time ago and collect
ed the evidence. lie was given money
by the prohibitionists of Des Moines
and Dubuque, and spent it freely there
and in Dyersville.
DR.. James IL. Wilson OF Creston, a
distinguished physician and one of Bur-
lington's leading surgeons, while sit,
ting in his chair died suddenly of heart
disease, aged S. years Dr.. Wilson
was born in Massachusetts, passed his
youthful days at Kewanee, Illinois, and
vicinity and came to Creston, Iowa,
about twenty years ago. He was one
of the best known men in southern
Iowa.
Several prominent Appanoose county
citizens have applied to Gov. Boics for
a