Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-11-24
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

Are you needing furniture of any
kind? Chase g. West sell cheaper,
keep best goods and pay freights. 2l3
4th ST., Des Moines.
I EyrGov. Gear has teleg raphed his ac-
ceptance of the position of assistant
secretary of the treasury, reeen tly ten
dered him by the president.
Pierce O'Neill was shot IN SAIGON
at Boone by Dick Jago, or "Rowdy
Dick" and the wound is believed to be
fatal. Jago is in the hands of the Off
GERS.
The executive committee of the Iowa
Chautauqua Assembly met at the Office
OF the SECRETARY in Colfax and perfected
program for the meeting to be held
in July next.
Rev. S. NJ. Campbell, distinguished
Presbyterian minister formerly located
at Fort Dodge, died recently in Mime
apolis, where he has been engaged in
the ministry.
James Alexander and Mrs. Susan
Rowe were married at Keokull. The
groom is seventy-six years old and this
is his fifth matrimonial venture. He is
still as t.lsky as a spring lamb.
The New Yorl, Tribune in casting
about tor reason for the recent defeat
of the republican party, says: ''The
chief cause of republican defeat and
democratic victory is the modern tend
ency toward soc ialism'
Herman Seigler, Chicago wood
carver, and a sober, industrious young
man, murdered his wifc's parents, and
seriously wounded his wife, police
man and himself. 1t is supposed he
became crazed, rs his acts can be ac-
counted for IN no other way.
ii. A, Collin, the well known banker
of Mt. Vernon, died, aged eighty years.
He was ono of the pioneer settlers of
his town and had been treasurer, mem
Der of the executive committee and
board of trustees for Cornell college
during the past twenty five years.
= Tn. the district court of Black Hawk
county the trial of w. w. Balm for the
alleged abduction of Miss Chattie Nc
Donald whom he compelled to go with
him to Des Moines, where he forced her
to marry him, commenced few days
ago at Waterloo.
Oscar L. Vance was arrested at Keo-
kuk on request of the St Louis chief of
police. He is accused of having made
murderous assault upon his mother
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He is being held until the st. LOUIS
authorities can be communicated with.
The ladies of the Waucoma First
Congregational Church gave an eXhi-
bition of wood saving a few days ago,
each man being charged ten cents to
witness one of the ladies saw stick of
wood. The entertainment was very
successful from pecuniary standpoint.
Information concerning James A.
Henry, who left his home in Red Oak,
o., IN 1876, and who was last heard
from at Fort Dodge in 1890, is wanted
by w. II. H. Colby, of Fort Dodge.
His parents have died recently, leaving
him large amolnt of property. Mr..
Henry is thought to be somewhere in
Iowa engaged in horseraising or farm
ing.
The president has appointed EXON
gresham john I'll. Gear, of Burlington,
as assistant secretary of the treasury,
vice Lorenzo Crounse, resigned. He
also appointed ex-Gov. VIM. NJ. Stone,
of Knoxville, Iowa, commissioner of
II
Carter, resigned. Mr.. Stone has been
acting commissioner since Mr.. Carter
left the Office.
The coroners jury, after investigat-
ing the wreck at Highland last week,
in which a number of persons were
burned to death, returned verdict
charging the engineer of the freight
and the conductor of the other train
with gross negligence. The grand jury
has taken the matter up and is ex-
pected to return an indictment for
criminal negligence.
The annual conference of the Uni
tartan Church of Iowa was held at
/, KeolSuk The following officers for
the ensuing year were elected: The
Rev. Mary A.. Stafford, Sioux City,
PRESIDENT the Rev. Leon Harvey, Des
Moines, secretary; the Hon. b. Il. Cue,
Des Moines, treasurer; the Rev. Arthur
NJ. Judy, Davenport; the Rev. c. f.
Perkins, Iowa City, and the Rev. A. A.
Pratt, Keokuk, trustees.
Miles 0rton,- proprietor of circus
which exhibited in Chattanooga, Tenn,
on election day, bet an elephant
against $500 that Harrison would he
reelected A young Democrat named
Divine won the elephant and later the
big elephant marched in the Demo-
cratic procession. Orton is an old
Iowa man, for many years "a resident
of Dallas county, and is q cousin of
Charley Shafer, deputy marshal at
:. Des jMoines.
- The 100000 damage suit brought by
the heirs of one Graham, who was
killed by the breaking of bridge over
which he was running n traction en-
CINE, against the county of Humboldt,
was tried in Poca hontas county 1t
resulted IN victory for the county, 1t
bTdudu ndu
cracked the tilnbers of the bridge the
day before and was warned not to at
tempt to cross. The jury decided that
his death was due to his own careless
ness.
Rev. Mr., Walker, late rector of st.
Johns Episcopal church in Dubuque,
and still occupying the pulpit, preached
sensational sermon last Sunday in
which he talked very plainly to the
congregation. He lkencd himself to
st. stephen, who was stoned because
hc charged the people with their sins
lie said he had received the same
shameful treatment accorded to every
rector the church ever had. He praised
the Catholic church because its priests
laid down the laws for the people and
not the people for the priests.
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