Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-07-14

for damages.
The wholesale grocers of Iowa, after
two years of lnaction, met in Parlor +,
at the Slavery hotel in Des Moines to
compare business notes, discuss rail
road rates, present and prospective,
and to create a more complete organic
alton with the view of taking political
action in the election of railway com
missioner favorable to existing rates.
About forty of the leading grocery
jobbers of the state were in attendance.
At Keokuk young man named
Charles Oscar Shininghouse was SEN
fenced to thirty days in Jail for petty
larceny, he having stolen some clothing
from the Famous" clothing house.
Subsequently he went before the
superior court and confessed to having
robbed the store on the night of April
10. He implicated two other men,
Edward and Charles Scott, who have
disappeared from town. He was
bound over to the grand jury.
An accidental shooting occurred at
Milo, the person shot being VIM. Hines,
and old and respected citizen of Bel
mont township. He was sitting on the
ledge or sill of window, in Milo, and
in the building was a small boy named
Dowden, who was rumaging through a
drawer in table and found revolver,
which was accidentally discharged,
passing through the sash of window
and also taking effect in the shoulder
of Mr.. Hines The wound is serious
one.
The controversy between the eXecu-
tive council and the Iowa Farming
Tool company is at an end, and a con-
tract has been signed by which the
company receives the la Dor of 1875 con.
victs IN the penitentiary at Fort Madi-
son for term of six years at so cents
| per day. The council was compelled
to either sign the contract at this time
or let the convicts remain idle for an IN
definite period, which would, as the ex-
periencc of all prisons has proven,
have been an act of inhumanity.
Judge Lewis, of Atlantic, recently
received challenge to fight duel with
Joseph Wanzel. Immediately he filed
information against Wanzel, in which
he charged him with sending a chal-
lenge to fight duel, for which the
penalty is imprisonment in the penlten-
tiary from six months to three years
and fine of from $500 to 81, 200. Such
an act is also violation of the postal
| law. Wanzel was arrested and
placed under $1,000 bonds to APP
pear for trial before Mayor Wallace.
On July first the towns of Keosauqua
and Eldon each received notice from
the postoffice department that they
had been assigned as offices of the third
class. Keosauqua is the county seat
OF Van Buren, county and one of the
oldest towns in the state, while Eldon
is young in years but is pushing rapid
ly forward Though nearly destroyed
by fire recently, on the burnt district
already massive brick blocks are going
up, and work has been begun on a
modern hotel, to cost not less than
| $4,000
A terrible runaway occurred near
Dubuque. Lawrence Powers and his
son Anthony were driving to the city,
when the team became unmanageable
in driving down a steep hill near Rock
dale and ran away. 1t ran into a
wagon in which were five sisters of
Mount st. Joseph's. Powers and his
son were thrown to the ground, the
latter receiving fatal injuries The
sisters were also thrown out. One of
them had her shoulder bone broken,
and the others were more or less
injured
Mr.. William Schoen, from jefferson
township, Madison county, called at
the clerks Office and informed that Of
ficlal that the first time that he was
ever in the clerks office in Winterset
was just 40 years ago that day. The
cause of his visit at that time was to
procure a marriage license to marry
the girl who had just landed from Ger
many to fulfill her part of a contract
made in the old country. The bride,
the wife and mother has gone to her re-
ward, aad Mr.. Schoen, the pioneer of
the early days, is again alone in the
world.
John Norris and Fred Bunson, two
prisoners confined in the jail at Indian
ola, laid plans to escape They secured
revolvers and a rope. Next time the
jailor appeared they bound and gagged
him and made their escape. The jallor
managed to give an alarm and a posse
started in pursuit. About mile south
of town the outlaws were overtaken.
Norris opened fire upon the pursuers
and after firing all the cartridges but
one turned the revolver upon himself,
pulled the trigger and plunged into
eternity. Norris was charged with
burglary.
The other evening three young re-
spectacle ladies of Colfax engaged a
carriage to take them home. When
near home they wished to walk. When
two had got out, and the one remain
ing was just in the act of getting out,
the hackman, whose name is Round
tree, applied the whip and run the lady
remaining in the carriage out into the
country and with force and abuse tried
to assault her. She finally was able to
jump out and run to near residence,
and got hence to Fry's hotel. She not
wishing to figure in court in case like
the same made light charge against
him Simple assault).
Benton 5. Schamp, of Ottumwa, last
July enlisted in the regular army while
a recruiting station was established y
that place. The enlistment was for
five years, but four months service dis
gusted him with army life, and with
eight others he deserted and has since
been eluding the officers as best he
could. Becoming tired of this sort of
life, he returned to Ottumwa and gave
himself up to City Marshal Williams,
who notified the army officials. Ser