Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-16

VINO nau served as SOluler III
the war of 1919. He came to Iowa in
1916. She was the mother of eleven
children. She had been a member of
the Methodist church for 81 years. She
was well and favorably known, prob
ably more so than any other old lady
in Davis county.
The Southwestern Iowa Tennis as
ISOLATION met at Tabor. The following
officers were elected: President, Il.
M. Donelan, Glenwood; vice president,
Ii. b. Gray, Hastings; secretary, Prof
Miles, Tabor; executive committee,
Prof. Bartlett, Tabor; William M.
Evans, Malvern. A large crowd wit
messed a spirited contest between the
different towns. Tabor won first place
easily; Malvern second, Hastings third,
Glenwood fourth. The next meeting
will be at Tabor, June 20.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with the county recorder of Pottawat-
TAME county by the Council Bluffs
Manufacturing company, the names of
William Seidentopf, George f. Wright,
r. j. Evans and L. M. Kilburu. The
company starts out with capital stock
of $40, 900, and will engage in manufac-
turing the Whipple patent post augur,
an invention recently made by Mr..
Whipple. They will commence the
erection soon of fine building.
The jury in the case of the U nited
States VS.. w. J. Stewart, of Bristow,
on trial at Fort Dodge, rendered a ver-
dict of mot guilty" Stewart is an in
surance agent of Bristow. He was
charged with sending obscene and in.
sulting letters to his former fiancee,
the receipt of which brought on an at.
tack of hopeless insanity. Stewart in
troduced evidence to show that he had
received exactly similar letters himself
and claimed that they were written by
a mutual enemy. The jury sustained
him.
1t has developed that the two men
injured during the riot at Keoluk, re-
to give an anti-Catholic lecture, were
hit by the same ball, and that one was
discharged from musket in the hands
of Charles Elmer, janitor of the hall.
When the crowd rushed in Harrington,
one of the injured men, attempted to
take the gun from Elmer, and during
the struggle for it's possession the gun
was discharged. Elmer and Collins
were arraigned and released under
bonds.
Mr.. Stafford, the contractor for the
| Carnegie library building at Fairfield,
has marked off its dimensions on the
spacious grounds donated by Senator
| Wilson, and work was begun on the
excavation. The building will be 70
feet square, in the center of double
lot 1872 feet square, and will be made
absolutely fire proof The total ex.
pense of about S35, 900 will be paid by
Mr.. Carnegie. The walks and grading
of the grounds will be the gift of q
Fairfield boy, Mr. j. Ii. Hampson, the
millionaire Mexican railroad contractor.
The expense is estimated at 81, 600.
The field officers of the Fourth regi-
ment, 1. N. G., met in Sioux City, to
attend to regimental business, Majors
John r. Prime, Des Moines; j. w.
Scott, Eldora, and w. b. Humphrey,
Sioux City, and Col. C. Z. Foster were
present. 1t was decided to constitute
the battalions of the regiment as fol.
lows: First battalion-Major John r.
Prime, Companies A, Mason City; G
Fort Dodge; b, Perry, and 1, Boone.
Second battalion-Major J. V. Scott
Companies d, Hampton; X, Toledo; L.
Eldora, and NJ, Marshalltown. Thirt
Neutrality-suspicious. w. Il. Humphrey
Companies C, Webster City; E, Hall; f
Algona, and Ii, Sioux City.
Four or five Perry parties were il
Angus one night recently. During the
stay there the party stopped at Mrs
Jefferson's residence for beer. Abou
2:30 in the morning John Burgenson
one of the party, had some trouble
with Geo. jefferson. They stepped out
side and in an instant Burgenson fel
back from three inch cash inflicted
by Ratchet or some other sharp in
strument. The cut was clear through
the skull and about au inch into tn,
brain. He died the next day ii,
made an ante norton statement
which has not yet been made public
jefferson is in Jail at Boone. TIL,
coroner's jury has not yet returned ;
verdict. The deceased's only relativ,
is his mother in Sweden.
Michael Nieboi, who lives at the cor
ner of broadway and Thirty-seventh
street, Council Bluffs, died under athel
peculiar circumstances. He was GU
with couple of companions the mig h
before and drank three glasses of beer
Shortly after returning home he fell t.
the floor and after a few hours, during
which he lay unconscious, died. Some
of the neighbors were inclined to be
lieve Nieboi had been the victim of fou
play and wanted to have an inques
held in order to find out if the beer h,
drank had been drugged. The ply
stefan who was called to attend him
however, stated that Nieboi had dieC
while in an epileptic fit, and did no
think that an inquest was necessary
The deceased was 30 years of age.
A sad event occurred in Guthrie Cen
ter in the death of Geo. w. Holsman
the eldest son of the aged pioneer citi
zen, Mr.. VIM. Holsman, member of tn,
board of supervisors of Guthrie county
The deceased was about so years o
age. He came to that county with hi
parents well back in the fifties II
August, 1852, when 10 years of age h,
enlisted in the Twenty. ninth low;
Volunteer Infantry, and served will
honor through the war. After its clos,
he was married to Miss Pelton, whom
he now leaves in wldowhood with eigh
children. Mr.. Holsman was an activ,
citizen and was well known through
out the county, His death resulted
from serious injury received at tn,
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