Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-11-03
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

everything not bolted down in North
western Iowa few days ago. 1t was
the worst gale in many years.
W. p King, farmer near Milton,
committed suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. No cause is known. He
Is the third of the family to suicide.
Mrs. NJ. ". SwIsHER died suddenly
at Grinnell of heart disease. Her
body was taken to Brighton, Iowa,
whore the funeral was held.
Rev George w. Powers, pastor of
the First NJ. E. church in Keokuk, and
for six years presiding elder Of the
Keokulx district, died, aged Ga years.
The interment will be held at Burling-
ton,
Gen. J. NJ. futile, formerly citizen
of Des Moines, but lately resident OF
Casa Grande, Arizona, at which pace
he was stricken few days ago with
paralysis, died later from the effects OF
the stroke.
Augusta viii, daughter of prosper
Gus farmer living east OF Fort Dodge,
has been indicted by the grand jury
for petit larceny. Her offense consis.
ted in stealing Il lot of raspberry jam
from neighbours cellar Her family
insist that she is afflicted with klepto-
mania.
DR. f. b. Young died at Red Oak
from hardening of the liver. He had
been prominent physician in that
place for more than twenty years, and
was surgeon for the c., b. 4 q. railroad
company. He was about As years old.
He leaves a wife and two children in
comfortable circumstances.
Carpenter Cook, while at work on q
scaffold at Conductor Kneelaud's house,
ut Boone, got a tumble that left him
with broken leg. The wind was
blowing unusually hard all afternoon,
and a loose board was picked up by il
and slammed with such force against
the scaffold that it went crashing Il
the ground.
Fred Allmeyer, of Abba, resident
member of the firm of Allmeyer &
Bros, of Ottumwa, Fairfield and Abba
died after a months illness with ty
phoid fever. His death is peculiarly
been married but five or six weeks. 4
home built for the occupancy of thu
couple is scarcely finished.
One of the famous ''Welty triplets,
Dit fln h,y ltnH md fbi
life of one of the little girls lies pem
bling IN the balance. These lttl
motherless children have appealed t.
the syInpathies of the people, and al
that could be done for them has bee
Forthcoming. Mr. Welty has the sym
pathy of all in his great bereavements
The people of Dubuque are becoming
excited over the nightly assaults mad
by highwaymen. Recently severs
parties going home late at night hav
been held up and robbed, and an ell
gineer on the Kansas City road was as
saulted and to save himself jumpe
from cnlvert bridge, sustaining ser
GUS injuries. Extra police have bee
appointed for the suburbs.
Officer Page of Des MONIES arrested
demented individual near the Rock Il
land depot who was on his way frol
Lorimer to New York. He is 60 year
of age and had on his person chez
for 81 900, and considerable money
He gave his name as G. Schofield.
telegram was received from S. c. SCI
field. at Lorimer, wife of the man, VIII
arrived and took him home.
Adiutant General Green has organ
lied troop of cavalry in Cedar Rapid
The last general assembly made an al
preparation for the organization of tw
troops of cavalry as an addition to tf
Iowa National Guard. The Cedar r;
pids troop is composed of seventy mel
The other troop will be organized fro
the students of Iowa City and Anne
Regular army officers will be placed
command.
Officers from the central station
Des Moines arrested William Morr
upon telegram from Bloomingto
Ill, charging him with horse stealth
A constable from that place will a
rive soon with requisition papers al
take him back. 1t IS charged that
, hired a rig of liveryman and the
. decamped with it, consequently sta
Warrant was issued for his arrest al
,ow lies in limbo.
dodio pew Tobin College was formal
tion az at Fort Dodge. The dedic
Graa,,,,s was delivered by Pro
49, 80 ,'o'o' Y, Iowa Falls. Other a
Us sSSes we're maze by Prof. Randall
i1ouse.s,s@ prominent Fort Dodge c
The college has an enrollme
81 lis in ali departments, an exceile
showing for the first term. The hi!
school joined in the exercises and the
was large attendance of citizens.
The enrolment the present term
Highland Park Normal College, Z
Mones, Iowa, will easily reach 700 d
ferent students. This is unquestionat
the largest school in the state of low
The winter term opens November 10
President Longwell thinks that at lie;
1000 different students will enroll d'
ing that term. The school is thorough
equipped in every particular and you
people can find no better school to
tend.
The man killed at Van Meter on
night of October 26, while trying
break into a house, proves to hi
been John Stewart, who was IN Jail
Red Oak for robbing dry doods ST
ut Villisca and broke Jail the night
October cath. Sheriff Logan went
Van Meter to identify the body. Ste
art was shot while trying to pry OF
window, He had been frighteI
away from the house twice during Il
night,
Prof. Calvin, of the state geologi
survey, while at work in the vicinity
Sioux City, discovered a bed of oh
stone and saurian clay sixty feet d
and underlying 600 acres inside the {