Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-28

Ahc Nupcilo Souity lctcncIS ASST
citation held it's annual meeting in OF
tumwa and the new Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing was crowded to its fullest capacity.
1t was the biggest and most enthusi-
astic meeting ever held in Ottumwa
and augurs well the interest in educa-
tional matters. The officers for the
ensuing year are j. w. O'Brien, presi-
dent, and Miss Hattie Birdsall sec
rotary.
George Brace of Montezuma is
again in the skunk business He cap
tured fifteen in one hole the other day
but one got away. He has eighteen
pelts ready for market and several
bottles of oil. There is great demand
these times for the fur of these animals,
and Mr. Brace intends meeting it as
far as possible. lie has also discovered
that skunk meat is superior to much
that has a more wholesome reputation,
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
American Poland China Record Com
pany at Cedar Rapids has closed, At
ter the swine breeders institute at
which number of interesting papers
were read the executive committee
proceeded to executive business. This
company is composed of members from
nearly every state in the Union, Can
ada and one in Germany. Its business
is recording the pedigrees of Poland
China swine.
The Millers' Association in it's recent
session at Des Moines elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Il. A. Con
signy, Avoca; vice president, James
Taggert, Knoxville; secretary and
treasurer, J. L. Sharp, Des Moines.
The Mill Owners Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company chose officers as follows:
President, III. G. Murphy, Des Moines;
vice president, E. A. Consigny; secre-
tary, j. G. Sharp; assistant secretary,
J. T. Sharp; treasurer, c. B. Worthing-
ton.
AS 30" No. IL pulled into the Union
depot at Ottumwa, John Dull, an Abba
man, tried to cross the track and was
struck by the pilot of the engine. His
head was cut badly and other injuries
sustained, the remarkable feature of
the affair being that he was not in
stantly killed. The injured man was
taken in charge by Drs. O'Neill and
Philpot and his wounds dressed, and
sent home. Dull was under the in
fluence of liquor at the time the acct
dent occurred or it never would have
happened.
Muscatine will have the first beet
! sugar factory in Iowa. During the
past few days a committee of citizens
have raised 100000 to accept propo-
sition of a California syndicate to erect
100000 sugar plant, same to be
erected this summer and be ready for
operation hext fall. The syndicate
representative left for California to at
once arrange for the closing of the con-
tract. Muscatine shows the best per-
centage of sugar in. the test of beets,
/ and the citizens are enthusiastic over
Muscatine's prospects.
Latriff Hood, brother of banker John
| W. Hood, who was asphyxiated in his
room in the Bowling house at Chicago,
arrived in Chicago from Osceola, Iowa.
He believes that his brother was muir
dered. Said he: MY brother was the
richest man. in Clarke county, Iowa.
and the last person to commit suicide.
| The fact that he had but SEE, which
was found in his possession, looks very
queer, as he never travelled with less
than $500. Besides he should have had
a check. for $4,000 in his pocket, but
none was found" Mr.. Hood has asked
the police to take up the case.
When the pupils who attend school
at the Rodgers school house, near Fort
Dodge, reached the place recently, they
found the school house locked and
Anna Rodgers, the pretty school mis-
tress, was missing. No school has been
kept since. The reason developed
when it was learned that Miss Rodgers
had eloped with Charles Gibbon, of
Havelock, and that the two had been
made one at Dubuque. The reason of
the romantic marriage was that Miss
Rodgers parents opposed the marriage.
Mr.. Gibbon is cashier of bank at
Havelock and is a popular young man.
Leonard Ryan, son of ex-Alderman
N. c. Ryan of Dubuque, and an en-
ploye in the foundry of the Adams
company sustained a very painful acct
dent. He was at work in the moulding
department when a large quantity of
molten iron was accidently poured over
his arm. The flesh of the forearm and
hand was frightfully burned, the bones
being exposed in several places. The
unfortunate young man suffered ex-
cruciating pain until the arrival of q
physician, who dressed the wound and
applied cooling substances. Mr.. Ryan's
injury will disable him for some time
| to come.
A young man who gave his name as
Bert Wilson applied at the Metropoli-
tan hotel at Creston for board for him
self and wife. A few days later the
young man left, saying he would be
back the next day. He did not come
back, and the young girl he said was
his wife turns out to be not his wife
but 16-year-old girl. She gave her
name as May Norton and said she met
Wilson for the first time two weeks
ago at Clarinda, when he induced her
to go to Creston, where she could Sc
cure work at good wages. She went
and her ruin was accomplished. A
ticket was purchased for the girl and
she was sent back to Clarinda.
In an old woodshcd, at Sioux City,
not fit for the habitation of a beast,
and on bed of miserable rags, wo-
man 62 years old was found recently
who is the daughter of millionaire,
General Pattison, who was notable in
two wars. She became the wife of