Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-31

names travelled westward at II DISK
pace, before an easterly wind, burning
some seventy tons of hay-tame and
wild-that belonged to I. f. Butter
field; about eight tons owned by Dennis
McNeill, and small stack belonging to
VIM. Buell.. Part of Mr.. Buell's hay
was saved by the neighbors who turned
out to fight the fire. The strip burned
was something like mile long and
hundred rods wide.
Articles of Incorporation will be
filed in day or two for the Fort Dodge
g. Northwestern Railway Company.
This is new company which has just
been organized by Hamilton Brown. 1t
is backed by eastern capital and is in
tended to connect Fort Dodge with
Pocahontas Center, for years without
railway, and other northwestern
points. The people of Pocahontas stand
ready to assist the enterprise literally,
and other points will be also anxious to
assist. The stock has all been sub
scribed, and it is announced that the
road will certainly be built this season.
Sheriff Phillips came into Dubuque
from Cascade, having in custody a
crazy man named Peter Konter. Peter
safe keeping, but it came pretty near
being a mistake to incarcerate him in
that institution. After he had been
locked up he took notion to break
things, and Immediately carried the
notion into effect by demolishing all
the furniture. Then he turned his at
tention to the Jail itself and before he
could be locked in cell had half the
roof torn off and half of one side pushed
out. 1t took eight men TO hold him
down after he had been seized.
A case remarkable because of the
claim of the defendants attorney was
before Mayor Priestley's court, at lie
Mars. MILAN Bever was arrested,
charged with allowing his place to be
used as gambling resort, and that GER
tain parties did on Sunday play at
cards in said place for consideration,
that consideration being the drinks Il.
Nj. link defended Bever and filed de-
murrer on the grounds that under the
Prohibitory laws of the state liquor had
no value, and as it was not proven that
any other consideration had been
played for asked that the defendant be
discharged. The mayor sustained the
demurrer and discharged the defendant.
John Glvin, superintendent of the
Iowa division of the Chicago, Rock
Island g. Pacific railroad, died on the
cath inst at his home in Des Mojnes.
On Saturday, March 18th he was at his
office for the last time, and his illness
was of but twelve days duration. Mr..
Given was born in Ireland on the Sth
day of July, 1882, and came TO America
| in 1882 landing in Philadelphia, where
he remained four years. lie came to
Keokuk In 1856, and became connected
with the old Keokulx, FIT. Des Moines g.
ly advanced in official capacity until in
1888 he removed to Des Moines as the
| superintendent of the Kcol1uS g. Des
Moines and Iowa division of the Rock
Island road. He was Il man much ad-
mired by those who knew him.
Governor Boies has pardoned Chas.
Cook, serving life term in the TT.
Madison penitentiary for killing u
guard named Fitzgerald in 1882. He
signed the pardon upon the request of
the legislature. Cook, who is but IS
years of age, was originally sent up for
a minor offense from Council Bluffs.
! Only short time before his term ex-
PRED he conspired with Polk Wells,
another convict, to chloroform the
guard and escape. They carried out
this plan successfully and reached
Illinois in safety. They used too much
chloroform, however, and the guard
died. They were recaptured after an
exciting chase and brought back, and
after trial Cook was sentenced for life.
J. Shrievers, of Adams county, who
has been conducting the movement for
his release, left for the penitentiary
with the pardon, and will take Cook
home with him.
Mrs. William Zimmerman at Odebolt
attempted suicide by setting fire to her
clothing She has been user of opium
and choral for long time, and was, as
consequence, unbalanced mentally.
Recently she demanded more of the
drugs than usual, and when they were
not forthcoming she watched her OPP
portumty, and while her husband was
at a neighbor's she touched match to
her underclothing and then ran out of
doors. Her cries attracted the atten-
ton of the neighbors, who extinguished
the flames, butnot before she was hor-
ribly burned. It is thought that she
will die, as large pieces of flesh have
dropped from her body and limbs. She
is kept under the influence of opiates.
Her husband says she attempted suicide
by hanging some time ago, and only the
timely interference of friends saved her
life.
Mrs. +. S. Grafton was shot and
killed by her husband in house of ill
fame at Des Moines. They, together
with a number of gamblers and toughs,
had gone to the house to have, as Graf
ton expresses 1T, "a nights fun" and
after getting pretty well filed with
liquor, Grafton pulled bull dog revolt
yer from his pocket and began to whirl
it on his finger Someone objected to
such carelessness, when Mrs. Grafton
told her husband to point'it at her, as
she was not afraid. He did so and almost
Immediately a deafening report was
heard and Mrs. Grafton was found to
be wounded "a the abdomen. She died
in ten minutes. Grafton was arrested,
and as some hint at the possibility of
premeditated murder the matter will
be investigated. Mrs. Grafton is said
to be the daughter Of an ex-mayor of
Sioux City.
The residence of II. b. Varnum,
large farmer and stock raiser who re-
| sides about a mile southwest of Mar
shalltown, was discovered by a member
of the family to be on fire. The flames