Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-09-15

ing WITH All my
attended dance drank some wine,
and at o'clock in the morning started
home. In crossing the Rock Island |
track near the fair ground the buggy
was struck by an engine, and the We
hiclc broken and the occupants hurled
in the air. Mrs Ridenour was so badly
hurt that she died IN few minutes,
but her companion was unInjured
Officer f. f. Johnson returned to
Des Moines from Denison with j. II.
Downs, alias IL. Andrews, who passed
a number of worthless checks upon va
rious business men in Des Moines some
months ago. Among them was one
given to Maurice Ill for $3.50, who
fled the information which led to his
arrest, The detective tracked the man
| to DEMON, where he was in business as
| a blacksmith. His reach name is j. Ii.
Downs, under which name he was
passing in Denison. He confessed his
| guilt to Mr.. johnson, and will undoubt-
| edly do time He has already served
one term In the penitentiary for sim
liar otfense.
American Water-works and Guaran.
tee company, of Pittsburg, has an OPP
ton on the Dubuque water-works for
$500, 900 and proposes to take it if the
council will repeal section Z of the
charter adopted in 1890 and running
fifty years, which gives the city the
right to buy the property at its APP
praised value, the franchise not to be
considered. A delegation of local
capitalists protested against the pro-
posed repeal and the council appointed
fifty citizens to devise means whereby
the city may secure and own first
class system. The present difficulty
is that the city has already exceeded
the constitutional limit of indebted
ness.
One of the largest transfers Of real
estate on record at Davenport was
made recently, Charles Viller, an
Evansville, H., banker, selling to
David J. Mackev, the railroad magnate,
the oouth half of block in the busi-
ness center of the town. The price
was s2O0. 900. The block is now occu-
pied by four story business and tene-
ment house. 1t changed hands but
twice in the history of the city. 1t
was obtained by Antonio Lechire, an
early settIers from the Indians over
fifty years ago, and was sold by him to
Mr.. Viller twenty nine years ago for
SIS, 300, and now goes into Mackay's
| h. s,N, Ie
} to do with it is not known.
5 Scarlet fever is epidemic at Liscomb
: and in the Arney settlement, between
| Liscomb and Albion. Four cases and
one death are reported in the family of
) Daniel Wilson, and three cases in Sam
, uel Miler's family, both residing be-
, tween the two towns. There were ten
cases in Liscomb few days ago and
others have developed since. A num-
: Der OF houses are placarded and unless
, rigid quarantine regulations are at
once instituted and strictly observed
the disease is likely to. scourge the
town and community. The case which
, proved fatal in the family of Mr.. viii
. son was of diphtheretic character, in
addition to the scarlet fever Several
! of the cases reported are very severe
;. and other deaths are expected.
recent bulletin of the state
board of health contains the following
simple water test that will be usefu
: TO all families who wish to test theil
4 water supply: Into Il ground glas:
G stoppered, perfectly clean bottle put
five ounces of water to be tested. Tc
T.. the water add ten grains of pure, granu
= lated sugar. Cork tight and set in q
. window exposed freely to light but MOI
- to direct rays of the sun. Do not dis
& turb the bottle and keep the tempera
q ture as near seventy degrees Fahren
G heit as possible. If the water contains
l.. organic matter within forty eigh
hours, an abundance of whitish speck.
:, will be seen floating about, and the
:, more organic matter the mere specks
:, In week or ten days if the water i
, very bad, the odor of rancid buttcl
:. will be noticed on removing the stop
y per- The little specks will settle t,
:. the bottom, where they appear "a
>, white f1oculent masses. Such watei
should not be used for potable purposes
Coroner McCortney and DIR, J. A
:. De Armand of Davenport, were called
:, out 10 the farm of Patrick Glynn, tire,
miles west of Long Grove, 10 perform
a post mortem on the body of Johr
y Herman. The deceased was an Irish
man about 80 years of cage, single
~ who came To America sever
years ago, and worked 70
a while in Dakota prior to his arrya
n in Rock Island some time ago. II,
D. worked across the river for while anC
IS had been employed by Mr.. Glynn sever
n weeks. He was not III the best o
IS health, having some stomach and hear
ie trouble, but is we'll spoken of as
II quiet, inoffensive man and goo,
m workman. He was at work in fell
g with son of Mr.. Glynn, each guiding
plow, when, at about II o'clock, tn,
Is boy saw Kernan's team halt and tn,
II man lean over upon his pillow. III
n went over and tried to raise Herman up
ID but found him to be dead. The pos
ID norton showed that the end cam
" from heart disease and so no inques
y was held.
'e Julius Ecl1hart a Davenport butcher
re met with a peculiar and serious acci
Ie dent. He was entering his shop from
g the room in the rear, the floor of whlcl
Is about foot higher than that of tn
ID shop. A box step which is not naile,
Sc in position serves to make the ascen
rs and descent from one room to the othe
Of a little easier, and as Mr.. Eckhar
a stepped on this step it turned over
le He was carrying pan containing A
.e pounds of sausage in his hands and los
N his balance and fell. In falling he i'm
y paled himself in meat hook fastene,
lie into one end of an oak counter along
lie side the door. The hook passed int