Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-23


caught by the wheels and cut off. He
is an old gentleman and well known
merchant of that city.
Mrs Longbotham, the postmistress
at Dickeyville, Wis, was in Dubuque
and identified watch found on Cole
man and Fleming, the New Albin burg
lars, as the one belonging toher, taken
from her postoffice, together with over
500 in money and stamps. She had
recently purchased the watch in that
city and had a record of its number.
These men are two of the most des-
perate characters in the country.
At the session of the Iowa Grove
Druids held IN Keokuk, the following
officers were elected: L. J. Edmunds,
Burlington, Noble Grand Arch; j. Ii.
Wolff, Keokuk, Deputy Grand Arch;
Carl Lohmann, Burlington, Grand Sec
rotary; Fred Schmidt, Davenport, Grand
Treasurer; Louis Heisse, Keokuk,
Grand Marshall; John Koch, Burling-
ton, Grand Herald; Adolph Stoeckel,
Davenport, Grand Guard. They will
y
A terrific wind and rain storm struck
Renwicl1 recently. A funeral process
sion got terrible drenching, and but
| for the shelter of a willow hedge the
hearse and carriages would have been
overturned. Geo. Jones, five miles
west of Goldfeld, had barn torn
from its foundation and smashed.
| Fourteen head of horses were IN the
| barn and were buried in the ruins.
| Some were badly hurt but will live.
| The storm also took the windmill.
An unprovoked assault was made at
Dubuque on an old Russian jew rag
buyer named Dimes, which may result
in death He was passing through an
allev blowing his horn, when a man
named Frank Johnson asked him to
buy some old tin cans. He refused and
johnson dragged the old man from the
wagon and kicked and pounded him to
insensibility. His jaw was broken, also
several ribs were broken, and his neck
partly dislocated. He will hardly re-
cover.
Frank Kratchoril, an employee at the
Cedar Rapids packing house, fell into
vat of boiling water and was literally
boiled to death. He was working about
one of the immense end watts, and in at
tempting to open an escape pipe, fell
into refuse vat beneath, partly filled
with boiling water. His fellow work.
man pulled him out as quickly as DOS
sible, but not until he had been scaldcd
from head to foot. He suffered terrible
agony during the day and died at o
o'clock that night.
The survivors of the Gladstone con-
struction tram wreck tell a shocking
ing story. 1t is stated that after the
wreck occurred the Italian laborers
who were not disabled became frantic
ally incensed at what they claimed was
the carelessDess of the engineer. They
swarmed around Ills dead body and
cuffed and kicked it and spat upon it,
cursing 1T in their rage at the death
and injury OF their countrymen. The
fireman, f. Z. Hamilton, narrowly
escaped serious injury from the infuri-
ated mob. The seven wounded Italians
taken to Burlington are all doing we'll
and will recover.
A gloom of sorrow hangs over the
little town of Harcourt. 5. A. Ander-
son, a respected young man, just in
the prime of life, was drowned in the
Des Moines river, near the Peter Lind
farm. A party of men drove from
Harcourt for the purpose of pleasure
and fishing, with the above sad result.
The body has been recovered. Mis-
fortune has overtaken this family
lately But a short time ago the de-
ceased's mother, Mrs. G. J. Anderson,
broke her leg, which had to be ampu
tated and she was just recovering from
her injuries when the news came of
the drowning of her beloved son.
Mr.. Ernstdorf, of Boone, has been
losing money from his cashdra pr for
some time and he had the drawer
watched. Young Alexander Patterson
was caught taking a small amount of
money from the drawer. He was ar
rested and given thirty days by Justice
Dale. He also received some good adj
vice, which seemed to have been lost.
The boy is not yet IA years of age and
has been arrested several times before
but has begged off on promises to do
better. He took his sentence as good
joke and seemed to care not the least.
He comes of good parents, but he seems
to be incorrigible, as they can do no
thing for him.
Drake University, of Des Moines,
Iowa, has just received, at its late COM
mencement, 100000 additional inter-
est bearing securities. General +. M.
Drake of Centerville, the Alumni Asso-
citation, Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. McCarty,
and Mrs. Matilda Dodds of jefferson,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Hawnot of Panora, /.
Ii. Shaver of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Dun
lap, Geo. A. Jewett, and others of Des
Moines, were among the largest con.
tributors to this fund. Iowa may well
join in congratulations with the man
agement of this young, popular and
rapidly growing university, with it's
growing financial strength, s62 students
and thorough work.
A ten-year-old lad had a narrow es-
cape from drowning n the Rock Island
side of the Mississippi river. He was
with his mother, who also had charge
OF little sister. As the party was
walking off the ferryboat the boy, not
watching his path, dropped through the
slot into the river. He went under,
and when he came up man grabbed
him, but was forced to let go. The
boat was swinging in and threatening
to cut HIM from all aid, when w. A.
Fluke, Des Moines travelling man,
reached down and got hold of him and
hauled him out The excitement had
been lively for a moment but the boy
asked, as soon as the water got out of
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