Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-08

kew. EuOcn Medu uieh at davenport,
aged SO. lie was grandson of Gen.
eral Mead of the Revolution, and his
fathers farm IN Connecticut contained
the stone steps down which General
Israel Putnam went headlong to escape
the British cavalry, He came to Iowa
in 1887, pioneer preacher and teacher.
He settled in davenport before that
city was founded On his way there
he stopped at Alton, H., few days.
While he was there the historic storm
ing of the Off ce of the Observer oc-
Cured Elijah p. Lovejoy, it proprie-
tor, had offended by his anti-slavery
position, and was slain. Mr.. Mead
conducted the funeral. lie leaves "a
wife, son and daughter
On December 20, 81 and - the an
nual meeting of the Northern Iowa
Horticultural Society Will be held at
Humboldt. A good programme has
been prepared of sufficient length to
occupy three days. The prominent hor-
ticultural workers of the district will
be present as usual, besides Prof. j. l..
Budd and Prof. l.. IL. Pammel, of Ames,
A. J. Phillips and NJ. A. Thayer, of
Wisconsin, and others, who will do
their best to make the meeting profit
able to all who attend. About $50 are
offered in premiums ON fruit. Reduced
rates are secured as usual. For pro-
gramme or further information, ad-
dress H. w. Ash, president, West Union,
or Elmer Reeves secretary, Waverly.
Mrs. Bertha Cohen flied a petition
at Sioux City in n suit against Polce-
man James Patten, in which she asks
S., 900 damages for permanent mental
and bodily injuries received November
II, when she was arrested by defend
ant. The petition, among other things.
alleges that the defendant, in his Off
eial capacity as policeman did enter
the house of plaintiff, who was in deli
cate health and only partially attired,
manner, using vile, abusive and pro-
fame language, with unreasonable, uD-
necessary and unlawful force and
arms seized her person and dragged
her from the bedroom out into the cold
of the street with her two children,
The petition is quite lengthy and de-
scribes in detail the trial and acquittal
of plaintiff in police court.
James w. Beets, pr ointment farmer
of jackson county, was swlndled ont
of 81, 800 by confidence workers, who
represented themselves as agents for
the Louisiana state lottery. Beets is
an aged man and very wealthy. A man
representing himself as T. w. Chick, a
well known Kansas City banker, called
at the Beets residence and entered into
contract Tor the purchase of the farm
for conside ration of $1,000. On the
way back to Independence they met
the lottery men The usual result fol-
lowed. Mr.. Beets was induced to show
81, 500 and was permitted to see $500
| more in the possession of the lottery
| men. He was understood to have won
the latter sum: but both, it and his
own money magically disappeared. De-
tectives have been placed on the track
of the confidence operators, but so far
without success.
A new and startling phase has been
presented in the Mayhoer murder case
at Sidney. Mayhoer, the alleged
poisoner OF one, If not five wives, IS in
Jail awaiting the action of the grand
jury, which is investigating the mys-
terious death of wife No. ) who was a
Mrs. Erbeck Mayboer's fourth wife
! was Miss Annie Lamb. who lived at
Sidney when She became wife No. 4
and went with her hus band to Axtell,
Kan. She died in Axtell and the body
was brought back to Sidney for burial.
She was buried in the cemetery adjoin.
ing the church near Sidney. Parties
Interested in the prosecution of May
hoer determined to open the grave and
learn by chemical analysis If she, too,
had been poisoned, as gossip reported.
The parties opened the grave, and to
heir establishment it was found to be
empty, there being not the least trace
| of either coffin or remains. Public en-
element has subsidized somewhat, and
it is thought there is no longer any
danger of lynching, but the guard at
the Jail will be maintained,
]. L. Evans, of Emerson, generally
known as Jack Evans, shipped the first
solid train load of black Polled Angus
ever sent over the road from that Sec
tion. The entire lot of 800 head will
average close to Zoo pounds, some
two years old, others three, the latter
crowding the 1000 pound mark, and all
IN the highest condition possible. Supt
w. C. Brown, of st. Joseph, and Di-
vision Freight Agent Davenport, of
Council Bluffs, attached Mr.. Browns
private car to the train at Red Oak and
accompanied Mr.. Evans throughout the
trip. This is in accord with an agree
:dent made between these parties some
years ago, at which time Mr.. Evans
had just imported some high priced
Polled Angus stock, and while all the
parties were viewing the blacxies from
the pasture fence Mr.. Evans expressed
the wish to live long enough to raise
from this small start a full train load
of the cattle and make a shipment of
that size at one time. Mr.. Brown and
Mr.. Davenport at once agreed TO come
and go to market with him, no matter
where they might live. When Mr..
Evans ambition was crowned with sue
-. l.,
preston, they both dropped their pri-
vate business cares and made good
their promise.
Cutting ARRAY Near Greencastle,
GREENcAsTLE, Ind, Dec, IA seri-
GUS cutting ARRAY took place this
evening in the locality known as Fox
ridge. William Rogers, former in