Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-08-11
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

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Des Moines Driving Association.
A destructive hail storm visited the
north part of Cero Gordo and the south
part of Worth county. Grain was
fined to corn. A territory ten miles
long and two wide, was the severest.
The entries for the free for all trot
at the Des Moines driving park meet
ing have closed. They include among
others, the following flyers: La basco,
2:1319; Pat Downing, a:i31z; Lord Clin-
ton, 2:12; Delmarch, 2:l1H; Allerton,
2:o94.
A Milwaukee freight train, consisting
of seventeen carloads of beer, was
ditched from the engine to the caboose,
near Seymour, the cars piling up pro-
fusely. No one was seriously hurt,
but the amber fluid was scattered in
all directions.
The proposition to bond the town of
Grundy Center to secure water works
and an electric light plant was carried
by 1877 majority. Grundy, since the
county seat fight, has been growing
anything that will promote her growth
July %, five horses and wagon
were stolen from Peoria county, Ill
At Ottumwa officers recovered the en-
tire outfit and arrested the horse thief,
Henry Gill, and wife. The latter were
locked up, confessed and will be taken
to Peoria by Sheriff Dubois of that
county.
a II d dog created the greatest eX-
element on Market street at Ottumwa
1t drove everybody off the streets, ana
then attacked the fagmau at the
bridge He fought the dog to the edge
of the river, when assistance was re-
ceiyed from the bridgcmen, who dis
patched the brute.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
Iowa Flour and Oil company of Des
Moines, with capital stock of S25, O)O
The first board of directors consists of
J. IL. Nichols and J. G. Rounds. Also
by the Holmes Bently Lumber company
of Doom, LIONS county.
j. Crawshaw, superintendent of
construction of the new starch works
plant in Chesterfield, IA suburb of nes
Moines, fell from scatfolding to the
ground, "A distance of fifteen feet, and
was badly injured His left hip was
badly dislocated and otherwise badly
bruised and he will be laid up for some
time.
Mason City gets the fourth wholesale
. grocery house. Arrangements were
completed, whereby Let's, Spencer II
Co. will locate there, putting in $780,
900 stock, to be managed by Chas. Huff
man, of Chicago. The wholesale grocery
firm of Francis, Dyer IL Porter will in
crease their capital stock to similar
amount.
Mayor Saunders, of Dubuque, con-
vened the council in special session
and returned unsigned ten or fifteen
warrants drawn in favor of street con-
tractors He charges the contractors
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a conspiracy betwesa them and some
members of the street committee to
plumber the city treasury.
Richard Morgan has found four
Scranton at depth of seventy-two
feet and sixteen feet below the first he
found another good vein. He is now
sinking a shaft and the mine will be
developed at once. Mr.. Morgan Is an
experienced miner and the find will un-
doubleday prove va aluable one.
Mrs. James Fitzpatrick, wife of the
Dubuque city recorder, visited the
Office of DR.. Conzette, dentist, to
have some teeth extracted. She de-
cided to take chloroform, and DIR. f.
A. Guibert was present to administer
it. This was done by him with all the
usual precautions, but the unfortunate
lady died in the dental char from the
effect.
The adiutant general received call
from W. III. Cochel, of Upton, Mo-,
who has in his possession watch key
on which is engraved the name of s.
II. Adams ald the year 1850, 1t Is a
costly key and it was found upon the
ground where the First Iowa infantry
camped while in Upton in 1861. Mr..
Cochel is trying to find the owner of
the key.
While eXcavating for the foundation
of a new building at Burling ton, the
workmen CANE across the CHASTITY relic
of a social sin. which caused consider
able of a sensation for a time. 1t was
the skeleton of young child, closely
packed in a box, undoubtedly an IL
legitimate child murdered by its un-
natural parents. Not the slightest
clue is known.
The Eagle works ut Davenport were
the scene of a terrible accident in which
j. Ii. Barber was the victim. He was
lifting a cultivator pillow above his
head, when some part of it loosened
and fell, carrying with it the blades
and striking the workman in the back
as he leaned over to avoid the blow.
He was badly hurt, it is feared fatally,
fromjDternal injuries
runaway engine on the Milwaukee
road caused great CONSERVATION near
Williamsburg. The engine and ca
boose colided with dirt train, and the
engineer and fireman, seeing the dis
aster, reversed the engine and jumped.
The reversed engine piled up the cars
of the dirt tram, then started back
ward Wild and after killing a COW and
horse was stopped at Conroy, ten miles
north.
In addition to the other races of ex-
traordinary worth to be run at the
Des Moines Driving Park soon, articles
of agreement have been signed for the
appearance of Charleston, 2:12, La
Basco, a:l4, Pat Downing, 2:13, and
Lord Clinton, a:l32l, in contest for
purse of $1,000. Big cards are hung up