Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-29
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.


gully of murder In the first degree and
affixed the death penalty. He shot a
man named Miner at OslSaloosu, October
Goth.
A Byerly, the 19-year-old son OF a
wealthy farmer of Agency township,
went to bed in the Laclede hot.l IN
Ottumwa, turned on the gas for the
electric light. and was found dead next
morning from asphyxiation.
Jacob Wertz, living near Burlington,
is in Jail for holding up his father-in-
law on the public highway in broad
daylight and demanding S?72 of him to
pay off mortgage, and threatening to
kill him if he did not comply with the
demand.
BY installing signal light for a
switch lamp, two freight engines came
together at Lynn Junction carly in the
morning. Brakeman Kelly broke a leg
in Jumping, but no one else was in.
jured. Traffic was delayed several
hours
THE dead body of an old man was
found frozen stiff near Centre Grove.
lie was in Dubuque the day previous
when he became intoxicated and start.
cd to walk to Centre Grove He was
strangerand there is nothing to lead
TO his Identification,
Gov. Boics has appointed n. b. Hiatt
of Webster City, judge in the Eleventh
district, to succeed Judge !. l.. Stevens,
of Ames resigned. Mr.. Hiatt enters
upon his duties January ., 1898, and
will open court at Clarion in Wright
county, The other candidates were
Timothy Brown and IL L }. Board
man, of Marshalltown, and j. L. Mar
tin, of Nevada,
Thomas Sanger, German farmer
living northeast of Spirit Lake, com
mitted suicide by blowing his head off
with shotgun. lie left letter stat
ing the rash act was due to family
quarrels. He was the father.in law of
the man Frank Giefer, who is now be-
ing tried for numbering old man Rowev
at Mankato and who was captured in
Sibiey last summer.
David Golden, administrators of the
estate of Sarah II. Golden, began suit
against the Des Moines Union Rail way,
claiming S7,Oo0 for the death of Sarah
r, Golden child that was run over
by a locomotive of the ID. NJ. L. rail
way on East Fifth street, Des Moines,
last September, The amount claimed
is based upon the probable life of fifty
years for the deceased, as calculated in
the accepted tables of longevity.
Fire was discovered in the first story
of the Kennedy building, on the west
side of the square, in Newton, occupied
by +. n. Weber as fruit and con
fectionery store. The alarm was given
and the fire department was promptly
on hand and succeeded in eXtInguish'
ing the flames by n great effort The
stock of Mr.. Weber is almost entirely
destroyed, the loss being about 81, 900
fully insured. The damage to the
building is about $500.
)oseIyn Pratt, a wealthy farmer Of
northern Iowa, was mulctcd out of Sl0C
on the old check game in Cedar Rapids
lie was on his way to Howard City
Wis, and while waiting for his trair
he fell in with a pleasant young mar
whowas also gong to Howard City
and knew Pratts brother we'll Al
usual the young man had 500 checl
that he must have cashed before he
started. Pratt accomm odated him.
The police are looking for the pleasant
yaung man and the money, with poor
prospects Of success.
"A sad case of Inhuman cruelty was
brought to light by the insane com
mission at Fort Dodge Some few days
ago farmer from near DuncombC
named Travesth called and asked that
ans wife Resent to the asylum, as she
was dangerously insane. When Deputy
Sheriff London went to take her L
town; she was found in bare room
without food or fuel, with five children
slowly starving to death. She sait
that her husband had deserted her five
days ago, and that she was not insane
and that her husband was just irving
TO get rid OF her. The insane com
missioner decided that she was not in
sane.
Mrs. Shannahan, of Cedar Rapid,
was struck by the engine of a rapidly
moving train, and escaped death al
most by a miracle. In going over thu
thirteenth avenue crossing Of thu
Chicago & Northwestern she noticed
the approach OF west bound express
and in getting out of its way stepped
directly in front Of rapidly movln,
freight going east. She was struck by
the engine with fearful force aut
thrown some distance from the track
When picked up she was insensibl,
and was thought to be dying, but t.
.the wonder of all, her physician re
sported mat not even bone had beer
broken, and she would be well as eve,
in a few days. The railroad men pro
nounce it one of the most wonderful
escapes they have ever known.
Las; sumner Keokuk paved it's mair
street with brick, that being the frs
paving done in the city. Certificate,
were issued by the city in payment fol-
the work, payable in seven annua
payments, and creating lien on tn,
property abutting the improvement
Some of the property owners objected
10 the work being done, as the stree;
has been macadamized for twenty
years, originally at the expense of the
property. One of the heaviest of thes,
property owners is A. l.. Connable, who
ii few days ago brought suit against
the city aud the contractors, Georg.
Kriechbaum & Co., to have these as
scssments and certificates declared voic
and illegal. 1t will be test case and
on its result will depend continuance
Of street improvements
The grand jury of Hardin county re
turned an indictment against Pau
Aiken and he will probably be con
viptad Ailsan nssaultad III GIL -,