Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-08-18


honor, being promoted in 1864 to cap
tain and then to assistant quartermas-
ter, serving until the close of 1868 His
age is given as Ga years
gang OF the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway at Atlantic, was fatally
injured at Wiota. He was assisting in
unloading car load of heavy timbers
let the timbers down easy was struck
by one of the heavy timbers, swerving
the heavy lever to one side, it striking
Mr.. Martin. His right leg was broken
in two places and his skull crushed
He died Il few hours later.
John Lynch's place at Sheridan, ten
miles northeast of Grinnell little .
year-old boy belonging to John Lynch
was accidently killed. The child was
missed at 3 o'clock and search was
instituted which lasted until 10 o'clock
at night, when the body of the little
boy was found in the big wheel of a
binder which had been taken off the
binder and left standing with no prop
or other support. 1t IS supposed that
the little one attempted to climb on
the wheel and toppled it over With the
result stated
The prisoners in the Jail at Vinton
made bold break for liberty about
noon recently. Friends from the out
side gave them saw and they had no
difficulty in cutting off the lower ends
of the bars in the southeast window
Only four went, among them being
Dingley alias Swords, charged with
burning a boys arm with acid for beg
ging purposes; Davis, charged with
misdemeanor, and two young fellows
charged with burglary at Belle PLANE
The rest of the prisoners refused to go
They were seen coming from the WIN
followed and captured them in a corn
field few miles east of the city.
Quite serious wreck occurred at
Iowa City on what is known as Maiden
Lane bridge. The first section of a
heavy freight train going east had the
switch engine coupled on the rear end
and was all ready to make run for
the hill east of the city when, for some
cause, they had to back down few
car lengths, and, while doing so, the
second section of the train, Engineer
Dunn, came around the curve from the
river bridge at a high rate of speed
and ran into the switch engine and
rear of the first section. The two en-
gines were badly wrecked, also the
way car on the first section and several
cars on the second section damaged.
No lives were lost or persons injured.
Mr.. A. Crete, ST., of 5l4 Sixteenth
| street, Des Moines, has fig tree about
twelve years old, that has been bear
ing for some time. The second crol
for the present year Zig trees proGuc,
| like oranges in that while one crop il
almost ripe, the very small figs of the
| second crop may he seem is now ma
ture, and a specimen shown is as large
mia figs that are brought to Iowa il
| their natural state. There are some
thing over three hundred on the tire,
now. One peculiarly of the fig tree i
that it has no visible bloom, as til,
peach or apple, the fruit growing on
direct from the limb. the figs of tn,
second crop being n short distance from
those of the first
for reunion of Virginia veterans
Comrade You are hereby notified tina
all surviving West Virginian veteran
are requested to assemble at head
quarters tent, Iowa Union ex-prisoner.
of War association, at State Fai
ground, on Tuesday, August ID, 1888
a. m, where further arrangement
will be made for reunion. Pass tn
word around to any West Virgins
comrade you may meet, and remembe
that arrangements are being made by
the Iowa Union Prisoners of Wa
association for the biggest camp-fir
held on the fair ground. Don't fai
to answer to your name. Fraternally
$. w. Snider, President, Indianola, la
s. A. Fortney, Secretary.
C. w. Sanders, dealer in agriculture
implements, of Montezuma, died sud
denly. lie was out in the countr.
with Des Moines gentleman adjus,
ing difficulty about binder. II
had been drinking, and while drivin
rapidly he was thrown from his buggy
This did not seem to hurt him much
He afterwards went to sleep under
tree, and his friends thought nothin
of 1t. They afterwards tried toawake
him, but failed. He was taken HON
and physician summoned, but nothin
could be done for him. The corone
held an inquest and the jury decides
that he met his death by conclusion q
the brain produced by being throw
from the buggy. lie leaves wife an
two children 70 mourn his loss.
In February O. X. Rogers disar
peared from Corydon. He has bee
| IOuuu al DedVer, luuldu lerTlJOIy, III
slough near that place The man
skull was found in one place and tn
body about twenty feet away. A cor
oner's jury met and rendered a verde
of accidental death. The relatives an
friends of the man in Corydon are no
satisfied with the manner of .-doin
! business in the territory and will sc
on foot an investigation to clear up tn
mystery of the death of the forme
resident of that place. There was nc
thing upon the dead body but q piec
Of paper identifying it and two SINAI
checks to order, which were found Il
his overcoat, found about ninety fee
from the skull, which leads to the be
lief that there was foul play.
/ The sessions of the Grand Lodg
Knights of Pythias held in Cedar Raj
ids were attended more largely tina
ever before in the history of the order
Nearly every lodge in the state wa
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