Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-01-26
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

= ain ~'o' NAL 'OlltSt, lies MONIES. was
arrested upon charge of robbipg a
fellow student Both claims it was d
joke.
: Stacy Johns & Co., shoe merchants,
OF Des Moiues, failed. Liabilities, s12,-
900; assets about the same The Johns
family was one of the most prominent,
socially, in the city
The farm house of Elizabeth Me-
Sweeney, three miles east of Carson,
burned. No insurance Fire caught
from pipe running through the roof.
Most of the household goods were
saved,
Judge Shiras fixed March as the
date on which to sell the property of
the Dubuque Electric Railway, Light
and Power company. Boston syndi.
cate will buy the first mortgage and
the road
Joseph Brown, employed on the new
draw pier of the d. e D. bridge, at Du-
buquc, fell fifty feet, alighting on the
Ice 10th legs and arms and several
ribs are broken. HIS injuries are con.
sidered fatal
man named Shaddock worked the
secret order men OF lIawkcye for sew.
crai hundred dollars lie claimed to
belong to several orders and lived
high, managing TO borrow large
amount OF money from prominent men
and suddenly disappearing.
The articles of incorporation of tho
Council Bluffs Grape Growers Associa-
' ton have been drawn up and signed
and will be fled at once with the state
auditor. They provide for capital
stock OF 81, 900, which may be increased
to $4,000, divided iuto shares of $40
each
In the biackmait cases that arc being
Investigated by the grand jury at
Sioux City Judge Gaynor decided that
Atlee Hart, one of the defendants,
could not be compelled TO answer. He
had refused to answer any questions on
the ground that it would tend to IN.
crimiuate him
The Webster county board of super
vlsors at its present session, discussed
the matter of assessing railways. The
result was the passage of resolution
asking tbnt the entire executive coun-
ell of the state ralse the assessment of
railway property IS per cent over what
II was last year, The board claims
that it has figures to show that the
railways of the state pay less taxes ON
the amount of property they own than
business men or farmers and insist that
this is not just.
During he funeral of Joseph Muir
sphy, killed by falling to the ice from a
railroad bridge at Stone City, the hearsc
tipped over and the body crashed !
through tia glass sides, cutting the
face OF the dead man IN d horrible man.
ncr When the man fell the head was
tho lowest part of the body, causing
the blood to settle there, and when the
face was cut by the broken glass the
blood spurtcd over the snow and the
surrounding people in jets, causing
a number of women to faint, i
The shortage in the coal supply in
some parts OF the state has developed
into Il genuine famine. At Hawkevc
there IS not pound OF coal 20 be had
and people are in distress for want of
fuel The roads are almost impassa bic
and it is impossible 10 haul wood. The
condition in Waucoma is nearly as bad.
manufacturing concerns having been
obliged TO shut down for want of coal.
IInlpSS tIprN iE rel iof
very soon people will be compelled 10
burn their sheds and barns. !
Dir. S. Il. Bradford found pctri6ed
shark in David Simon's coal mine, four
miles south of Carlisle. The pctriGed
shark was embedded in the slate, 100
feet below the surface. It is about
fourteen inches long, two inches wide
and one inch thick, has nine fins which
arc about as sharp and shapcly on pct
fification as they were on the original
shark, The pctritication was broken
TO pieces by the blast that broke M
the coal, but the pieces iii nicely and
are TO be ccmcnted together.
Division superintendent Dixon. Of
the Illinois Central, has commenced an
active enforcement of the rule forbid.
ding cmploye: OF that road 10 FREQUENT
saloons aud gambling houses. Supcr
'ntcrdent Dixon devoted an cut,rc
evening TO making the rounds Of all
the saloons and gambling Joints in Fort
Dodge, accompanied by policeman,
aud carefully made notes OF what he /
saw. The next morning n number of !
railway boys headquartcriug in that
city we're Informed that their services /
were no longer required
The city council of Sioux CITY M ,
special meeting rushed through an ord.
nance establishing Il board OF public I
works, The mayor signed the ordI /
nance at once aud appointed ex. Mayor |
j.. {. Palmer and Il. II. Brown en-.
hers of the board at IL salary of 50. 400 .
year aud the term is three wears
he ordinance has some peculiar pro-
Visions and is causing much comment |
IN the city, 1t does not take effect
until March /, this year, and people
think 1t should have been more gem
orally discussed before adoption.
The forged papers of VIM. Rowcn of,
Mason City are continuing to come in.
and the total amount now reaches al
most $4,000 The officers are looking
for him, but they can get no clue.
Noah Parker, tramp arrested a.
Fort Dodge week ago for jumping a
board bill, proves to be professional
.rook, lie was turned over TO Sheriff
unger OF Cherokee county, where he is
wanted for forging his brothers name
to note. He is also wanted in Clarke
county for larceny. lie picked the
pocket of fellow prisoner while in Jail
a: Fort Dodge.
a state convention of the colored
people of Iowa has been called to meet
in Des Moines March %
Judge Shiras, of the United States
court, has ordered the sale of the Bu.
buque Electric Light and Power com.