Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-01-21

At Sioux City early in the NOR aing
mail wagon on the way to the Kansas
City train was held up on the street by
four men. They ordered the driver to
halt, and when he whipped his horses
they fred several shots at him, wound
ing him in the shoulder. Two of the
men seized the horses while the other
two secured the pouches of registered
letters. The bags were found UNI
broken within block of the scene of
the robbery. A policeman passing by
frightened the highwaymen and they
dropped their booty, which was quite
valuable.
Mr.. A. Nj. Winner of Waverly intends
embarking in, to this section of the
country, novel business--that of
raising buffalo. These animals have
become nearly extinct, and as conse-
quence of their scarcity the robes made
from their hides have appreciated so
much in value rs to as to render the
breeding of them very lucrative bust
ness. Mr. Winner is now negotiating
for a pair of the animals, and if his an
ticipatlons are realized he will i'm few
years have herd of bison on his farm
yielding revenue equal to that of
national bank.
Doctors Brubaker and Hanawalt of
Des Moines, who were appointed as a
committee of medical experts to make
a physical examination of Frank Pierce
to ascertain whether or not he is in a
condition of health that will permit
him standing trial at Indianola for the
murder of Officer Wishard, last June,
have completed the examination and
submitted a report, stating that in
their opinion, Pierce is not sufficiently
indisposed to warrant any postpone
ment of the trial, and Judge Applegate
set January IS as the date upon which
the case be called.
District court convened at Clarinda
with Judge Walter l. Smith presiding.
The first case for trial was that of
Elizabeth Hopkins VS., James Hopkins
for divorce and custody of two older
children about and years old. The
plaintiff is represented by j. II. Good
of Clarinda and Attorney Irwin, of the
firm of Irwin & Wellington, the noted
criminal lawyers of Minneapolis, and
the defendant by Clark 81 Hill of Clar-
india. The principle feature and fight
in the case is on the children being
leo Drs,tn cf1 MI of ha
noted Borgess. Read case will come up
for trial after the close of the above
case.
The celebrated Jno. B. Tasp will
case, which has occupied the attention
of the district court at Mt. Pleasant
for two weeks, was concluded by the
disagreement of the jury, which stood
7 to 5 in favor of contestant. Mr..
Tasp was over so years of age, was
said to be of unsound mind and unduly
influenced to will his property away
from his legal heirs, who objected to
the will being probated. The case
will be tried again in March. Adler &
Son and Jerret & Hart represented the
prepayment, and Jno. Il. Leech, assisted
by Palmer & McCord and Hon. M. A.
McCord, of Fairfield, were attorneys
for the heirs.
One of the first cases called I'M the
district court at Sioux City was that of
Mrs, III. A. Ernst against Hugh Park
hill. Mr.. Parkhill gained considerab BILE
~ in, Nv
fusing to answer the census taker over
year ago. lie resides in Grant town
ship, about four miles from Otto, and
the plaintiff resides in the same neigh
borhood In her petition she alleges
that on one occasion Parkhill came to her
house and made indecent proposals to
her. On another occasion, she alleges,
he rode up to her house on his horse.
She was in the yard. He abused her,
she says, and followed her to the
house using foul language towards her
and epithets of vile nature. She
asks 81, 200 damages.
Recent developments indicate that
the Winona & Southwestern has bought
or is about to buy the Mason City &
Fort Dodge road. At meeting of the
business mems association of Fort
Dodge, a communication was read from
Secretary Si!upson asking what induce
ments Fort Dodge had to offer. VIM.
Simpson visited that city few days
ago and held two days consultation
with John +. Duncombe. o. III.
Manning, a Chicago railway attorney,
is authority for the statement that the
deal has already been made and that
the road will go through to Omaha by
way of jefferson, Coon Rapids and
Audubon. That section of the state is
anxiously awaiting some reliable news
of the future course of this company.
Fontanclle has received two severe
shocks in quick succession-=-the result
of the deadly shotgun, Ed. Walworth
one of the promising young business
men of that place, while out hunting
accidently discharged the contents of
his gun into his leg just above the
knee. The bones were completely
shattered, and amputation of the leg
was performed as the only means of
saving life. Mr.. Walworth rallied
finely after the shock of amputation,
and is now in fair way to recover.
Mr.. Walworth was sitting IN tree
shooting rabbits while his dogs beat
the brush and grass. 1t is not yet
learned how the gun was discharged
Master Rainey boy of about fourteen,
son of Editor Rainey of the same place,
accidently shot himself through the
left wrist The surgeons amputated
the hand
The people of Shenandoah, following
the example of w. M. Croan, late pres
ident of the Western Normal college,
have gone into the college building
business with a vim that bids fair to
excel all of their former efforts in that
direction. The smoke from the ruins
of the late college building had scarcely
settled ere they were busy with plans
and specifications for new AMI far
more commodious building, with far