Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-02
DURING THE WEEK.

According to the Hartford Times
Mike Nolan, the author of "Annie
Rooney" received $4,000 from the
copyright of that song, and 81 Whistled
and Waited for Katie" brought $4,000
more.
slavin, champion of England, and
jackson, the colored champion of Aus
tralia, met in a prize fight in London
recently and Slavin was knocked out in
the tenth round. Slavin was badly
beaten.
The first known instance of blood
poison from hen peck has occurred at
Maseontah, Ill. Emma Blum, daugh-
ter of farmer, was peclxed on the
arm by a setting hen. The young wo-
man was taken very sick and the arm
swelled to unnatural proportions A
surgical operation was performed and
it is thought she will recover.
John A. Benson, Gust Hallgren, and
Swan Soderhird, three young men,
were drowned in the river at Red
Wing, MINI. They, with Sam John
son, another young man, were out in
rowboat for pleasure trip. They col
lided with the ferry cable and the boat
overturned. johnson was saved by
clinging to the upturned boat
For long time one of the most noted
inmates of st. Joseph hospital, Joliet,
H., has been Mrs. Johanna Mertens,
,1,> In1, 4 hn
was born only about year after this
nation declared its independence of
Great Britain, Ireland was her birth
place. She died recently at the ripe
old age of lis years, being the oldest
person in Win county.
There is quite a fair chance that the
three big fights scheduled to take place
in New Orleans next September will
never be fought and that the Olympic
club itself will soon be thing of the
past. A bill is to be introduced IN the
legislature now in session repeating
the section of the present law which
allows glove fights before regularly
chartered clubs. 1t is a reform legisla-
ture and one that is not likely to be
leniently inclined toward the prize
| fighters.
The city council of Elizabeth, N. j.,
recently passed an ordinance which
public dances without their parents
and guardians. The penalties of fines
| and imprisonmeuts are to be imposed
on offending girls and societies holding
picnics permitting violations. a few
nights since, at the opening picnic of
the season, the police raided several
| public gardens, ejecting the girls.
Many were surprised and willingly
went out, but others made all sorts of
subterfuges. Their names were taken
| for investigation. One association APP
pointed a committee to assist the pc
! lice. The raids caused sensation.
| George Scott, convicted of running his
sister and then numbering her, was
hanged at Henderson, Texas
Edward Speers was hanged at Mag
nolia, Ark, for the murder of S. G.
Hunt, July /, last. His neck was broken.
A disastrous hail storm visited the
section around Charleston, w. Va.
! Trees were cut to pieces and corn and
fruit ruined. The farmers are discour-
aged.
Austin Porter, of Greenup, Ky, en-
! tered the room of his wife who had re-
| fused to live with him and stabbed her
to death while asleep. He will be
! lynched when caught.
Sheriff Ben WILDER, of Macon, Ga,
was shot and instantly killed by w.
Bell, whom he had under arrest. Blood
hounds are on Bells trail and prepare
tions are being made to lynch him.
BY an explosion in the Friend Paper
Company's wood pulp mills at Dayton,
Ohio, Emory Blood, assistant superin-
tendent, was killed, and three other
employees painfully injured.
At Woodvillc, Pa, six small boys
were fishing on the bank of the Ohio
river, when it caved in. Two were
rescued, but the others were carried
down by the strong current and
| drowned The names are not known.
A disastrous storm passed through
jackson county, Indiana, recently.
! Thousands of acres of wheat were de-
stroyed by wind and hail. Much fruit
| is destroyed. j. ID. johnson and Levi
Miller, farm laborers were killed by
lightning.
Two freight cars were wrecked at
| Western Union Junction, Wisconsin, on
! the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail
road. Joseph Enapp and Wallace Fin
ney were killed Both men were mould
ers and lived in Oshway, Canada.
A railroad suit was brought up in the
United States circuit court at New Or
leans which involves about SIS, 900, 900.
The case is that of 5. V. Carey VS.. the
! Houston & Texas Central railroad. The
suit is brought to set aside the sale of
the railroad now under the control of
! the Southern Pacific.
The Italian ca binet has resigned, but
the king refuses to accept the resigna-
tions. The dissolution of the chamber
of deputies is believed to be imminent.
The designations were the result of the
narrow margin on the vote of conf
dence day or two ago. The cabinet
has been in existence only since the
18th of May.
Negligence and an open switch and
siding caused big railroad accident at
Niles, o., at midday on the Pittsburg
& Western railroad by which twenty
four freight cars loaded with merchan-
disc were sthrown off and smashed
and the engine wrecked James McFar-
land, Cf Giard, was killed and John
Jones, also Of Giard, was fatally IN
jured.
cyclone of great destructive power
swept down into the business portion
of Wellington, Kas., a few days ago,
doing awful damage to life and proper