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

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fore the state pharmacy board and will
receive commissions: +. Z. APPLE, Clin-
ton: Chas. e. Haynes Oskaloosa; Il. Ii.
! Door, Sheldon; X. M. Campbell, OF
tumwa; Seth A. Ash, Storm Lake;
Harry A. Weirrick, Newton; Ernest l..
Armstrong, Seymore; H. ]. Henderson,
Williamsburgh; J. Elmer Rogers, Rock
well, and VIM. Ginger, Thayer.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the State Firemen's tourna
ment to be held in Atlantic June Z, 8.
0 and 10. The tournament will be
held on the county fair groundsand the
ampitheatre has been enlarged and the
racing track graded for the event. A
large number of the visiting fremen
will be entertained at private resi-
dences and no trouble will be spared to
give the brave fire laddies a royal good
time.
Articles of Incorporation were fled
/ with the secretary of state by the
Washington Park e. Spring Grove Rail-
road Company of Sioux City. The bust
ness of the company will be the opera
| ton of street railroad In the streets
of Sioux City by electric or cable
power. The capital stock of the COM
pany is $3.50, 900 and the incorporators
are Ed. Haakinson, E. II. Haakinson,
Daniel Il. Hedges, VIM. Hedges and
Carl E. Haakinson.
! At Greene, Hon. S. w. Soesbe died
after lingering illness. Mr.. Soesbe
helped build the first residence in
Greene, and has been identified with
and an active worker in all enterprises
since. He was born in Jones county,
this state, forty seven years ago, two
years before it was admitted to state
hood had served in the Twenty-third
general assembly ana would have been
returned, but declined denomination
on account of poor health.
The Sunday school convention being
held at Springville closed. The follow
ing were the officers elected for the
ensuing year: President, w. l. Black,
Cedar Rapids; first vice president, j.
II. French, Springvi!le; secretary, Mrs.
S. r. Bye, Cedar Rapids; treasurer, w.
A. Stebblns, Cedar Rapids. Executive
committee: Mrs. A. j. Ware, Coggan;
Rev. S. w. Smith, Cedar Rapids; H. N.
Newlin, Viola; Rev. H. A. Bassett,
Burnett; Rev. J.uW. Greiger, Marion.
S. W. Lane, the ex-county treasurer
of rAppanoosc, who suddenly dlsap-
peared during last January with
the sum of SIS, 900 for his bondsmen to
liquidate, returned home recently.
His property was turned over to his
bondsmen and his deficit made good, ex-
cept $780, He communicated with his
relatives, who assured him if he would
return they would make good that sum
/ and protect him from prosecution. He
had been in Central America and gives
as his explanation for leaving the fact
that he was short and could not bear
to face it.
The United States district court at
Sioux City, Judge Edgerton on the
bench, ground through lot of law
cases in short order. The grand jury
made final report and was discharged,
and before the court went to supper
sixteen men who had failed to compen-
safe Uncle Sam before violating the
Iowa prohibitory law were convicted
and ready for sentences; also g. N. Culp
and w. c. Finite, of Benton county,
were convicted of sending obscene mat
ter through the mails. Two men named
! White an6 TnhoSpn ,yarn Indicted fnp
forging postal note.
The trial of Fred S. Grafton, indicted
for the murder of the murder of Mabel
Swartz in Ida Jamieson's joint at Des
Moines, the night of the 2sth of March,
has begun in the Polk county district
court before Judge Holmes. 1t prom
ises to be hard fought case, and one
which will go down into the history of
Polk county on account of its sensa-
tional features and the conflicting. evil
dence which will be introduced. The
attorneys for the state are M. A. Spur
rier, district attorney, and his assistant
G.. c. Dowell, and those for the defense
ars Messrs. Sickman and Kinkaid.
The defense in the Ballingall will
case at Ottumwa are Disguised coterie
of attorneys. They were prepared to
try the case before Judge Babb, by
special agreement with the contestants
counsel, but the latter refused to abide
by the agreement, and the case went
over till the August term, when it will
probably be tried before Judge Mitch
ell 1t is alleged that the plaintiffs
desire to postpone the trial was due to
the fact that they believed the city
council can be induced to take adverse
action towards accepting the bequest.
The counsel for the executors say,
however, they willuprove the stability
of the will in spite of any action the
city council may take.
1t is reported that ''spooks" have
made their appearance at La Porte
City. 1t Is reported also that the bus
driver down there saw 'em during a
recent trip to the depot and his horses
got move ON them that was really
wonderful in getting out of that To-
cahty. Then, too, it is reported that
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sick man and he Immediately went in
to trance that lasted so long that the
undertaken made his appearance and
had almost got his clutches upon the
supposed corpse when he revived. The
"spooks" are described as being fixed
up in the regulation rig and they fade
away into thin air when any skeptic
attempts to grab them.
The educational mass meeting held
at Clear Lake was an immense success,
excursion trains ran in from all direc-
tions and Notwithstanding the rainy
weather, fully two thousand educators
were in attendance. The exercises
were held in the pavilion, which was
packed full. The principal speeches of
the day were made by A. T.. Nighten-
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