Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-26
DURING THE WEEK.


for many years.
Mrs James Parish, aged 20 years,
who lives by herself at Lima, o., was
beaten almost to death by an unknown
man, who burst open the door while
she was asleep and assaulted her. She
was dragged from her bed and her as.
sailant threatened to cut her throat
and throw her into the river. Her
little grandson aroused the neighbors
who came to her rescue. The woman
is in dying condition, Her assailant
is still at large.
At o'clock in the morning, fifty
armed men from Tullahoma, Tenn,
went to Manchester and, forcing an
entrance into the Jail, took Charles
Everett, who was confined there,
charged with entering the sleeping
apartment of two young ladies at
Tullahoma, and hanged him to raIl-
road bridge. Everett denied that he
had entered the rooms of the girls
with any evil intention, but so many
assaults of negroes on white women
are daily reported in the south that his
denial did not avail The work done
the mob dispersed SO quietly that few
people in Manchester knew of the deed
until daylight.
Two drunken men boarded the Big
Four passenger train due at Urbana,
ILL.,, at ll:lS at night, and began TO
swear at the passengers. The travel
ers were invited to surrender their
valuables under pain of death, and as
there was some hesitation about COM
plying with the request one of the rob-
bers drew a knife. At this juncture
every person fed from the car with the
exception of special officer in citizens
clothes, who placed the men under ar.
rest One of the men was sent to Jail
at Urbana for month and the other
placed under $500 bonds to await the
action of the grand jury.
Edward r. Harroun, ex-Assessor OF
St. Paul, has won his case against the
notorious gambling syndicate of Tan
ner, Flanagan & Co., of Minneapolis,
but his verdict was defeat While
Assessor, Harroun made about SO, 900 a
year, but he gambled away all of this
and what he could borrow from his
friends. Harroun went from bad to
worse so rapidly that the joint COM
mission met and demanded his resig-
nation 1t was then learned that Har-
roun had lost over $50, 900 at poker and
in a vain attempt to beat the horse
races. Instead of pocketing his dis
grace, however, he began to bring
suits against the men who had won his
money. He charged Tanner, Flanni-
gan 4 Co. with having won $751; of
this amount. The suit attracted wide
attention for a week. The jury award
ed Harroun damages in l cent.
John l.. Sullivan underwent for the
first time in his life u thorough physi-
cal examination at New York the other
day at the hands of DR.. George +. Shra-
dy, one of Americas most eminent
physicians. DIR. Shrady said; in all
my life have never seen such mag
nificent specimen of muscular develop
ment, and, indeed, / do not think that
another such man is living to-day.
You are man in perfect health, Mr..
Sullivan. Your heart, liver, stomach,
lungs, and other organs are all per-
forming their work properly. You arc
physically sound, and, with some of the
superhuous flesh in the abdominal
region removed, your powers Of cndur-
ance would1be remarkable. The cx-
animation was the result of John l.. S
curiosity to know his exact physical
condition.
Countess Margery, who is known the
world over as Mrs. General Tom
Thumb, has met with an unexpected
reverse of her former good fortune in
Salt Lake. She has been heading a
show throughout the West, and has
success. On her arrival at Salt Lake
she encountered bad luck in the shape
of an attachment levied on her theatre
cal effects, including her wardrobe and
jewelry. The suit is brought by KEEL
logg and Keller, who, four years ago,
sold Mrs. Thumb museum in Denver,
taking, as part payment, her note for
$1,000, which, they claim remains I'M
paid. When the show came to Ogden,
Kellogg, who is now living in Salt
Lake, thought it was a good time to
bring suit and did so. The case is now
in court. The midget widow of the
noted Thumb wept when reciting her
troubles. Should she lose the suit her
effects will be required to satisfy KEEL
logg's claim.
The discovery is made that the Alaska
soil and climate are peculiarly adapted
to hop-raisIng. An Oregon syndicate
has purchased large tract near Fort
Wrangle and will plant it with hops
The secretary of the treasury and the
director of the mint have approved the
plan suggested by the orlds fair man
agement that $40, 900, 900 in so cent
pieces be struck off with designs appro-
pirate to the exposition.
A. b. Crowell, of Virginia, has pre-
sented to Secretary Blaine unique
cane. The rod is of Georgia pine taken
from one of the Libby prison joists
The head is formed of knots of roots
from the battlefield of Seven Pines,
and in them are imbedded three bullets
which were picked up on the battle
field of Fair Oaks Mr.. Crowell also
presented the ladies of Mr.. Blaine's
family two handsomely carved napkin
rings made from an oak recently fclled
at Fair Oaks.
All the millstones used in the United
States formerly came from France, but
an excellent substitute was found in
the buhr stone of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and that is now used to the ex-
clusion of the foreign product.
During a recent cyclone in Kansas a
COW was lifted from the ground, car
ried to the top of a house and deposited
on the angle of the roof where she
could neither fall nor be taken down.