Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-07-21
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

tai OF $50 900, and will begin operations
ut once.
A state convention to consider the
subject of better roads will be held in
Des MONIES, August 16. 1t is expected
that all the cities and towns in the
state will be represented.
There were two cases of sunstroke
at Dubuque recently, Patrick OBrien,
street laborer, and Larry Duggan,
teamster, being overcome. The latter
Is in a serious condition.
Mrs. Mcclellan was thrown from her
carriage at Morse and sustained very
serious though not necessarily fatal
injuries. The accident was due to the
bits breaking and the team running
away.
Charles Walmsley, an unmarried,
well to do and influential English farm
err, living four miles north of Akron,
and owning fine farm and blooded
stock shot himself. Reason for suicide
unknown.
Matt Thome, newspaper carrier of
Dubuque, was run over by a street car
and is believed to be fatally injured.
He is 16 years old and recently passed
a successful examination at Waterloo
for admission to West Point.
An unknown man, probably tramp,
was found dead In a freight car on the
Diagonal at Oelwein. The car was
filed with lumber and he had evidently
been caught between that and the end
of the car. lie had been dead some
time when discovered.
Mayor Hughes, of Clinton, was as.
saulted by two brothers whom he had
had in his employ for some time, the
result being that the mayors head and
face are badly cut and bruised and he
will be unable to be out for some time.
No arrests have been made.
Near West Union, Eddie Nutting,
with his brother, were out hunting
and coming te wire fence the elder
brother passed through and reached
back for his gun. The trigger caught
on the wire, discharging the contents
into the breast of Eddie, killing him
Instantly.
The Coal Operators Association of
Southeastern Iowa transferred their
meeting from Ottumwa to Ccnterville.
After an all day discussion they agreed
on the much mooted question of prices
of lump coal on the track, and signed a
contract to make the minimum price
81. 40 per ton.
The meeting of Iowa coal operators
to have been held at Ottumwa, was
held at Centerville instead, being at
tended largely by operators from that
section of the state and the object of
the meeting was to fix uniform price
on lump coal on tracks, the price prac-
tically settled on being 81. 40 per ton.
The severest wind storm OF the
season passed through the vicinity of
New Sharon, doing great damage to
trees blowing down barn belonging
to Albert Naylor, also the front of the
office of A. i. Conaway, demolishing
the judges stand at the fair ground
and doing great damage to sheds there.
on.
A patent has just been allowed to
Mr.. Joseph Reynolds, resident of
Winterset, for running electric cars by
underground wires. He claims that
Des Moines capitalists are backing HIM
and that he will soon put his invention
to practical test, which will soon re-
volutionize the street car service of the
country.
The city authorities of Sigourney
made raid on the ''crap shooters the
other evening and took in eight, who
were required to put up the usual
price. The authorities have been wink
ing at these fellows for some time and
this sudden reversal of agairs may
cause some trouble in the inner circles
of the law preservers.
While Deputy Sheriff Braman of
Keokuk county was placing new man
in the Jail at Sigourney, rush was
made by the prisoners throwing pepper
IN his eyes, and Manning, pickpocket,
and Joe s.. Clair, forger of various
secret society orders, escaped. The
latter is still at large The former was
recaptured by one of the prisoners.
A fatal runaway occurred at Perry.
A team with load of lumber colllded
with the partition of double roadway
bridge. One horse was killed outright
and E. E. Handley, who was riding on
the wagon, received injuries from
which he died. The driver ot the team,
young farmer named Smith, had hi:
shoulder dislocated and was otherwise
hurt.
A broken truck caused the wreck of
a meat train of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul, south of Fayctte. The
train was running very fast, and the
entire train except the engine, two
cars and aboose were smashed, The
track was torn up for long distance,
and it will be several days before trains
can run over it, Eleven cars were
wrecked.
Miss Agnes Cannon was badly injured
while ont driving at Fort Dodge by a
collision with runaway team. She
was badly bruised and received a dan
gerous but by no means fatal cash in
the neck. Miss Ga anon is talented
musician and assistant of Prof. Tom
Inns, of the Chicago Conservatory of
Music. She is spending her vacation
in Fort Dodge.
The Rock Islani road has appealed
from Judge Mitchell's decision in the
case of the Fort Madison road crossing
at Libertyvllle to the railroad commits
sioncrs, who, after visiting the cross
ing, went to Oskaloosa to hear testi-
mony. 1t is hardly probable they will
decide against the courts rendering in
this matter as it will establish an un.
usual precedent.
Elizabeth Schmull, IS years old, was
arrested at Dubuque and taken back
to Sumner ON the charge of assault