Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-12
VOL. VIII

buque, in which il is stated that her
husband, John Mellinger, commenced
to abuse her during the honeymoon.
He cursed, kicked and beat her, and
failed to provide for her. The petition
winds up with the statement that he
was a. ''cold-hearted, unfeeling mon
ster; poor, shittless, coarse, vulgar
and indecent brute, and q man in size
only" No children were born to them,
for which plaintiff is grateful
A terrible and fatal accident occurred
at the residence of Wallace Losher,
living about ten miles west of Prm-
CHAR. Mr.. Losher and his wife were
trying to separate a calf from its
mother, when the COW became lnfuri-
ated, and rushing at Mrs. Losher,
threw her to the ground and trampled
her to death before Mr. Losher could
render any assistance. Mr.. Losher
was himself seriously, If not fatally in
jured before the frenz led COW could be
driven off. Mr. Losher and his wife
were old people, and hence not able to
defend themselves as perhaps younger
persons could have done. 1t is agreat
shock to the community. as they were
highly respected people.
The Iowa Farmers A lllance met at
Des MONIES and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year. Presi-
dent, J. ii. Sanders, Owasa; vice pres,-
dent, G. Gabrielson, Des Moines; secre-
tary, August Post, Moulton; member
executive committee, Chas. G. Tally,
Des Moines; member auditing commit
tee, Fred johnson, Medora; legislative
committee, j. III. Sanders August Post,
and E. }. Gadlt, of Cincinnati, Iowa;
delegates to national convention, b. f.
Furrow, Elwood Furnas. j. ii. Sanders,
A. b. Barnes: alternates, w. T. Diller.
c. L. Powell, ID. 2. Patterson, II. Ed
gar. The resolutions adopted con-
tain a money plank which declares for
stable currency of both gold and sill
yer in sufficient quantity TO carry on
the business of the nation.
The jury in the case of the estate of
Chas. Rapp VS.. the Davenport Gas
Light Company returned a verdict of
$4,000 for plaintiff. Chas Rapp and
Lewis Franklin, two young Jews, W ere
suffocated by gas in Davenport last
winter. A gas main was broken out
side the house in the street, and gas
entered the building from this break.
The suits against the company by the
two bereaved families aggregate S35,
900. The city is Implicated in an in
teresting manner The main was
broken over n sewer trench recently
opened and filed. The defense holds
that this excavation caused the break.
The excavation was made under the
directions of the city's officials. The
gas company will appeal, and the city IS
completely is likely to be made much
Of
Pat Grove, the highwayman wanted
for completely IN the Denison depot
''hold-up' several weeks ago, and for
resisting an officer, took French leave
from the Jail at Denison few evenings
since in the most unexpected manner.
Jailor Partridge had taken Grove and
Baker, the two prisoners confined in
the cage, their supper, and was about
leaving, when Grove asked him to
hand in bag of fruit which stood on
the floor of the corridor outside. The
jailor stepped around and picking up
the fruit undertook to enter the cage
with it when Grove sprang up and
pushing the door open grabbed Part
ridge by the throat and choked him
down. AS the doors were all open it
was not difficult for the prisoners to
pass outside, when they broke into a
run, with Partridge, who had recover
ed from the choking, following close
behind. They ran west from the Jail,
and sought refuge in the brush just
west of town, where Partridge came
up with them, and forced Baker to sur
render at the muzzle of a pistol, and
returned him to Jail In charge of Frank
Wright.
Since the Bird no one has been able
to discover the wherea bouts of Clarence
Mathews, the bright S-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mathews of Des
Noines. Whcth Their he has been kid
mapped or has run away is not known,
but it is supposed that he has run away
with Albert llargreaves, the 10-year-
old son of Geo. IIargreaves, near
neighbour For the past month Clarence
has wanted TO go TO Chicago to see the
fair, but his parents have not taken
him. He has been very chummy of
late with the Hargreaves boy, and his
playmatcs say that on the day the
boys disappeared the two were togeth-
er. Since then neither of the boys can
be found, although the relatives.
friends and the police force have made
a thorough search. AS near as can be
ascertained the two boys started for
Chicago .afoot, with occasional lifts
from freight trains. The Mathews boy
is described rs having brown eyes and
straw hat, red waist, dark knicker-
bockers and u gray mixed coat ANY
one knowing the whereabouts of him,
should notify those interested.
The first passenger ever killed on
the Memphis railroad system met his
death at Springfield, Mo-, recently. j..
c. Williamson, a wealthy merchant of
Hawkeye, Iowa, fell under a train
which he was trying to board, and was
ground to pieces
Frank Griffis and Fred Blackburn,
two boys from Des Moines, were ar
rested for burglary during the Jasper
county fair. A few days ago they had
their preliminary examination, which
resulted in their discharge, there not
being sufficient evidence to convict,
Joseph Besto was seriously hurt in
the sewer at the corner of Sixth and
Franklin avenues, Des Moines. He
was digging in the bottom of the ditch,