Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-10-13

reservation at Tama. Al-sa-w mama
make was the red man who bought
the fire water.
Mrs. Anna Griffin committed suicide
in Davenport In the presence of her
lover, A. w. Billings. She was 10 years
of age, but married Griffin some time
ago and lived with him in Cedar Rap.
ids till he abused her, breaking her
arm in one of his assaults six months
ago, when she sued for divorce, and
about that time became intimate with
Billings, an employee of the Sinclair
Packing Company. Billings was trans
ferred to Davenport and she followed
him there, her parents living just across
the river. A few nights ago she went
to his room, talked with HIM moment,
upbraided him with being drunk, and
picked up his revolver and shot herself
in the breast, dying Immediately.
At Keosauqua occurred the sixth an
nual reunion of the Van Buren, County
Veterans Association, which met in
the court house grove. After the cleo
ton of officers and the place of meeting
the president introduced Mrs. Roth
rock, department president of the w.
r. G. of Iowa For one hour and over
she talked to the veterans and the w.
r. corps. At the close of her interest
ing speech, Comrade Crow, of Eldon,
was introduced to the audience. and
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AT night campfire was held at the
opera house and several of the com
rades made short speeches. Altogether
it was gala day for the old veterans
of Van Buren, county.
Fall blowing in northeastern Iowa is
at "a standstill. The continued dry
weather which. has reached stage
more properly termed drought, has
rendered the ground so hard that 1t is
impossible to get pillow through it.
Unless copious showers water the
earth, shortly, fail work will be thrown
back, leaving the entire work to be
done in the spring. Another serious
feature rs the shortage of pasture oc-
casioned by lack of rain. Farmers will
be compelled to feed hay very early
unless pasture lands are freshened.
Crop prospects have greatly Improved
the past month owing to favora BILE
weather and absence of frost Even
the latest and poorest corn will yield
fairly well.
The pilgrimage of the lame, the halt
and the blind to see the shrine at Can
ton con tinues despite the fact the Bishop
Cotter has declared that the picture in
the glass is due only to tint, and that
the features of the Madonna are seen
only by persons of vivid Imagination.
Recently an old lady in one of the in.
terror townships of Dubuque county,
who had suffered from paralysis for
many years, made the pilgrimage and
left her crutches at the church door.
When she arrived at the Milwaukee
depot at Dubuque on her return some
days ago her attempt to walk without
the crutches was painful to witness.
She could hardly hobble across the
platform, and it took two strong men
to lift her into the wagon which con-
veyed her to her home in the country.
The poor woman had convinced herself
that she was cured when really she
was no better than before.
The barn OF NJ. c, Plummer at Fred
ericksburg burned at o'clock in the
afternoon and the three-year-o old son of
Adam HanlSner and five ear-old son
of NJ. G. Plummer were burned to
death. The last seen of the children
they were playing in the barn, and it
is supposed they got hold of some
matches and while playing with them
the hay was set afire. Nothing was
known of the fire until the barn was
completely ablaze inside. Beng filed
with hay the heat was so intense the
men could not get within thirty feet.
The children were not heard or seen,
and 1T is supposed were cholSed with
smoke at once. The Hanlxner boy was
so badly burned about the abdomen
that it exposed the entrails The Plum
mer boys leg was burned off and the
head nearly gone The bodies were
taken away without allowing the par
ents, who are frantic, to see them.
William Hills, ieweler BEL Pearl
street, Sioux City, was victlmized out
of $50 by the check dodge. A well
dressed man stepped into his store and
after remarking that he had been away
for some time, greeted Mr. Hills cord
ially and went on to talk real estate
matters, remarking that a number of
his holdings had increased in value.
Then he spoke of some jewelry his
daughter had purchased there and of
the splendid satisfaction IL had given.
He SAID that he came in to purchase a
watch. After looking over number
of them he selected a particularly fine
one. A chain was next, selected and
then small diamond ring. The bill
was for $50. The man continued to
talk in familiar way of Sioux City
matters and of people known by Mr..
Hills He finally remarked that as the
bank was closed and he had only a
little cash with him he would give Mr..
Hills his check for $50, which he did.
lie then took his purchase and left the
store. Next day when Mr.. Hills went
to the bank TO get the check cashcd he
found that IL was not good.
An exciting passage Mt arms took
place ut jackson Junction, that came
very near resulting IN "a wholesale job
for the coroner. A dance was in prog
rcss at Jim Jiroks, and along about
midnight it was discovered that the
supply of beer and wine was exhausted.
A committee was delegated to wait on
Bill Dunn, the refreshment keeper, and
procure couple of barrels of exhiera-
ton. They concluded it was useless
to waste their money in paying for the
booze, so while enc of the committee
engaged Dunn in conversation the other
two ransacked his cellar, pulling out
barrel OF old wine and another of beer.
The owner mistrnsted he heard a sus-