Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-02-02
CONDENSED STATE NEWS.

Des Moines, Iowa.
j. L. Jones, well known merchant
Of Columbus Junction, assigned for the
benefit Of his creditors, who will get
City cents on the dollar. The amount
of liabilities is $4,000.
Elk. Assistant Postmaster General
Clarlxson is said to be quite seriously
Ill at the Plaza hotel in New York. His
ailment is complication of inflamna-
tory rheumatism and malarial fever.
Grace Parks, a young girl living in
the Fifth ward, IN Boone, lell down q
well SO feet and went to the bottom of
nine feet of water. She came to the
surface and chung to the sides of the
well for two hours before being rescued.
She will live.
Judge Ney of Dubuque made an or
der that Myles Sweeney, recently de-
rlared insane, be taken to the indie
pendence asylum The case has ex-
cited great deal of interest on ac-
count of the prominent position of the
family. The charge of insanity was
brought by his wife and brother, and
number of prominent lawyers were
employed on both sides.
Andrew Anderson of East Des MONIES,
hged "a, single and shoemaker by
trade, in a fit of mental alteration, at
tempted suicide in his room at the Lin
dell house in Corning by shooting.
The ball, 3s-cahbre, entered the
right temple and ranged upward and
backward. The doctors probed for the
ball but failed The mans still living
but there are no hopes of his recovery.
His relatives have been notified.
Hon, Theodore Guelich died at his
home IN Burlington OF heart failure.
His age was 65 years. The deceased
was member of the Iowa Colurn bian
commission. He was an old, settler of
Iowa and an old editor, having been
engaged upon the first German news
paper ever published in the state at
Davenport. He served in the union
army, having been member of the
famous First Iowa infantry, which
fought at Wilson's creek under Lyon.
A terrible criminal has been dIscov-
detected in case of abortion, with her
instruments covered with blood. Her
account books show that hundreds of
women in that city and vicinity have
made use of her services in the last few
years. They include all grades of So
ciety and the revelations, if published,
would be astounding. She has been
operating in Dubuque for years, and
some time ago served term in the
penitentiary for similar practice.
A few days ago Mrs. Annie Rogers
brought suit against four druggists at
La Porte City for selling liquor to her
husband, asking $1,000 damages from
each one. She alleged that her hus-
band usually shrewd business man,
was wholly incapacitated by strong
drink and lost large sums of money
while intoxicated. 1t is charged that
it is a blackmailing scheme entered in
to by and between Rogers and his wife
and the attorneys to extort money from
the druggists.
Two young men of Sergeant Bluffs,
William Baker and Mack Bolts. were
taken to Sioux City under arrest.
charged with larceny. A large num-
Der of thefts have occurred in the vicin-
ity of Sergeant Bluffs during the win
ter, and it is said that no less than 100
dozen of chickens have been stolen in
three months. Baker and Bolts are
charged with stealing a team from
Fred Trask, thirty chickens from John
Longstrep, and twenty-five chickens
from Martin Ferguson. The cases
were continued.
Judge Woolson severely scored Fred
Morris of Avoca in the United States
court at Keokuk before pronouncing
tentence on him. Morris pleaded gull
ty to sending obscene letters through
the mails to a school teacher at Avoca
The judge sentenced Morris to three
years in the penitentiary and fine of
$4,000. Morris is hard character,
who had asked the school teacher to go
to dance with him, but she declined
to accompany him when she found out
his character and he took revenge by
writing The letter.
The county of Humboldt and the
town of Clare are considerably excited
over dark deed that it is claimed has
been committed in the former place
by resident of the latter place. 1t is
claimed that a man from Clare went to
the residence of Il Humboldt county
lnan who is the father of half witted
girl. The Clare man represented to
this girl that he was faith doctor, and
with fair words Of promise to cure her
accomplished Ler rnin. The sheriff of
HUMBOLDT county went to Clare for the
man but was unable to catch HIM. and
the suppositIon is that he has left the
state. The Humboldt people threat
ened to lynch him if they caught him.
The punishment for his crime is TWEEN.
ty years or a life sentence.
A broken gas main was a source of
great excitement in Davenport. Many
of the buildings in town were full of
gas and two young men lost their lives.
Not making their appearance IN the
morning, their room was broken open.
They were Charles Rapp, well known
salesman, and friend, james Frank
lin, bright travelling man on the road
for Hart & Co., gents furnishings,
Chicago. Both iwere dead when
found. Gas was not used in the room
occupied by the young men, but found
its way up through sewer connections.
In many cellars and Easements in the
vicinity gas was plainly perceptiblc
and as one of the main sewers of the
city is full of it there is considera BILE
fear OF a disastrous explosion. An OK
plosion followed the lighting of a
match in the basement of j. II. c.
Peterson's Sons large general store,
but only slight damage was done.
Information comes from New York
that Gov. Boies will take q place in
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