Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-09-01
SEPTEMBER


miscuously on his father-in-law, Wilson
Prall, Lee Prall and several others.
About 81, 500 in notes and drafts have
already turned up. All his effects
have been attached and it is thought
there will be enough property to pay
all the forged notes. Young Morgan
has been mdulging freely in penchant
for race horses and had purchased
several fast horses when his pecu-
lations came to light
The Museatinc island muskmelons
| arc in market to slight extent, but
! the watcrmclonS have not yet made
their appearance. The growers say
! they will not load melon into the
cars for shipment before week from
now. The season is late and only a
prolongation of the warm weather will
prevent 1T being "a short one. The
melon crop is fair, but is nothing won
derful in either point of quantity or
quality. Melons have been more nu-
merous and better. Prices are likely
to rule rather high, but they will be
cheerfully paid in the absence of other
fruit.
A few days ago II. Mann left Malcolm
at IL o'clock in a buggy, accompanied
by daughter of Hon. A. Jones. When
about three miles south of town three
! men emerged from the willows at the
side of the road. One of them took the
horses by the bits, another held re-
volver in Mr.. Mann's face, while third
relieved him of watch and "a in
money. The young lady was also asked
to hand over her watch, but she had
none. Mr.. Mann was then ordered to
drive on, which he willingly did. The
robbers are thought to be ''cappers"
who were hanging around the fair. S.
Smiths house was entered the same
night but nothing was taken.
The great Blue Grass exposition and
fair at Creston closed with q fair at
tendance, and was in all respects the
of the exposition. The treasurer and
secretary commenced paying off the
premiums and it is thought there will
be a handsome surplus after all eX-
penses have been paid. This insures
the permanency Of the exposition next
year. The association will probably
- purchase additional grounds for kite.
shaped track, and with its splendid To-
cation and its excellent reputation with
exhibitors and sporting men, it is
thought that Crcston will eventually
become enc of the greatest sporting
centers of the southwest
An alteration occurred ON upper
Main street, Keokuk, between Mat
Ribyn and Alderman Ewers, in which
the latter knocked the former down
Ribyn states that he was being charged
for more macadam than was being lait
in front of his house, thus being robbed
He blamed the alderman for the over
charge and said he accused Ewers o
robbing him. Ewers, who is chairman
of the street committee, states that al
though he tried to avoid an alteration
he was unable to DO so, and claims
that Ribyn called him thief He sale
this was all he could stand and wheI
Ribyn gave him the lie he knocked
HIM down. An information was flee
by Ribyu in Justice Garretson's court
charging Ewers with assault and bat
terry.
John d. Adams, a we'll to do farme
living some five miles northwest of Tho
town of Wellman, Washington county
| IL, l. - 81 aI,..,
death by drowning In the English river
l Adams had occasion to go to the rive
; with team, only mile distant, an,
: the outcome is only conjecture, as NJ
one survived to relate the sad tale ]
r so happened that man and near neigh
: Dor was fishing in the river about III
1 time of the catastrophe, and in hi
course came upon the team belongin!
| to Adams, and seeing no one near, o
t course he gave the matter some though
: and soon found two punches of men
t apparel near the river bank. This ex
+ cited strong suspicion, and on seein.
l fresh signs at the place he immediatel.
, gave the alarm. The neighbors sool
r repaired to the spot and soon brough
5 to the surface the lifclcss forms o
Adams and hired man. They wer'
found quite near together, of cours,
one had given evidence of drowning
the other in the attempt TO save hi
comrade both had persisted. 1t is as
serted that the hired hand could no
swim. Adams was a married man, il
the prime of life and leaves young
!, Borrowing widow with a family o
!, small ones.
Enoch May, ST., who died in Burling
ton at the advanced age of 81 years
was probably the oldest printer in Iowa
. lie was born in Boston, Mass, in $50
: and learned the printers trade o
Nathaniel Willis, the father of n.
, Willis, the poet. The firm was Will
, & Lilly, who occupied four stor,
brick or Congress street, Boston
Nathaniel Willis established the Boston
Recorder, religious paper. Mr.. Ma.
: was present at the laying of the cor
: ncr stone of Bunker Hill monument
where he saw General Lafayette, stand
e ing in the cmbanliment, which wa
still visible, with a mason's trowel Il
: his hand. lie heard Daniel Webster
I grafton, and the next day set it il
$ type from Webster's manuscript. TIL
type was imported from Scotland an
: the paper printed on wooden press
=. the same kind that Ben Franklin used
I He afterwards worked for Jas. G.. Ed
. wards, who had printing house nca
: the south end of Boylston street, an
I who atterward came to Burlington an
: established the Burlington Hawkey
e in 1880. Mr.. May came west settling
c in Indianapolis, where he was neigh
i Dor and friend of III. Ward BcechcI
. Mr. May subsequently removed I
I Burlington and set type on the Hawk
d eye for many years until old age re
tired him from the case
Drowned In Frisco BAY.
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