Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
DURING THE WEEK.

Jewell, farmer, and his wife and
babe. Recently he went to town ON
business, leaving his wife and babe
alone. During his absence negro
came to the house, dragged Mrs. jew
ell to the barn and repeatedly assaulted
her. When the husband returned the
alarm was sounded and search begun
for the guilty fiend. After searching for
about week the wretch was found
and upon being confronted by Mrs
Jewell was fully identified. A mob
took h m in hand and while some ad-
vocated hanging, the majority seemed
determined to use him as an awful
warning to those of his kind. Accord
ingly he was taken from the city,
bound by wire to post, brush piled
about him and the entire mass saturat-
ed with kerosene. Then in response to
the wish of the mob Mrs. Jewell was
brought and with faltering hand APP
piled the match to the clothing of the
fiend. Death resulted in about ten
minutes. The sutferings of the brutal
wretch were dreadful.
The Democratic convention of New
York to elect delegates to the Nation
al convention was held at Albany on
the ED. The platform denounces free
silver and the Mckinley law The
delegates We're instructed for Hill.
The Cleveland faction will hold sepa-
rate convention at Syracuse on the 3lst
of May
The friends of Senator Quay 'are I'M
easy over his health. The senator is at
st. Luce, Florida, and is threatened
with pneumonia.
Mrs. Thomas Emery, of Clay City, ILL.,,
being in the last stages ofconsumption,
was recommended to eat dog meat as
cure. She commenced to eat ii two
weeks ago and is now sitting up and
rapidly improving.
William Hanson, twenty years of age
died from singular disease. The
bones in his lower limbs had softened
and seemed to be elastic and pliable as
rubber. Several other members OF the
family have died from the same disease
Mrs. Kate Hartney, sister of Ed
ward Hope, died at her home in Jersey
City, n. j. Mrs. Isaac Kaylor, widow
of Isaac Kaylor, who was a prominent
democratic politician, was in the house.
She had been life long friend of Mrs.
Hartney. At midnight Mrs. Kaylor
told the relatives she was going home.
81 will take last look ut my dear
FRIEND" she said, and she bowed over
the casket and kissed the lips of the
corpse. The next moment Mrs. Kaylor
gasped and fell to the floor dead.
Death resulted from heart disease.
The new silver dimes, quarters and
half dollars are causing no little incon-
venience in several ways 1t appears
that in the milling, in order to subject
the coins to as little wear on the face
and back as possible, the edges were
slightly raised, so that they are, in fact,
somewhat thicker than the old ones
Consequently they cause considerable
trouble for bank tellers and others
who handle considerable money, in that
they are not yet used to them.
S. f. Davidson, of Hull, Iowa, and
Geo. [. Seney, of New York city, for
whom the town of Seney rs named, and
other New York capitalists, have
purchased 5000 acres of wild land in
northern Michigan and will colonize it
with Germans and Scandinavians. They
will also engage in wholesale farming,
and will clear 1000 acres and build a
dozen farm houses next season. II is u
new departure in Lake Superior lands
and will be success. The land was
bought of the Detroit, Macklnaw g.
Marinette Railroad company.
In the Blue Bell mine at Cripple
Creek, few miles from Colorado
Springs, an exceedingly rich strike has
been made. The silver comes out in
chunks weighing as much as three hun
bred pounds. The widest excitement
prevailes.
Word comes from Denver that Bob
Ford, who killed Jesse James, was shot
and killed in saloon row at Creed,
Col, q new mining camp on the upper
Rio Grande.