Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-19

AROUND THE STATE.

John Melauder al Des Moines was ac-
cidentaiiy run over and killed. by the
cars tnes Moines.; 81
The Atlantlc Business College of At
lantic, Iowa. is one ofstbe best in the
state. Catalogue and specimens OF
penmans hip mailed free by addressing
the proprietors, Barrett & Henning.
The Council Bluffs incendiarY fire.
men had a preliminary hearing before
Judge McGee, and three of them,
Miles SchoHeld; Chief Nicholson and
Ben Webber, were held to the grand
jury. ..z....s. - ~.
The Miiwaukee depot at Coon
Rapids was.whoily destroyed by fire.
Nothing was saved from the building.
Agent Clark, who, lived upstairs, wa S
hardly able to escape with his family.
The origin of the IRE is unknown.
A case was tried IN Clinton county
entitled Ida M. Bradley against Jack
son county for $50, 900 damage for the
death of her husband, caused by the
falling in ola bridge across a stream
in Jackson county. The jury returned
verdict tor So, 1913. 81,
Fire destroyed the barn and smoke
house of Mr. VIM Kerr, living about
one mile south of Donnellson. The
contents of both buildings were des-
troved, consisting of $50 bushels OF
wheat, 300 bushels of oats and twenty
tons of hay. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$1,000.
Judge o. p. Shiras of the United
States court appointed Judge Warwick
p. hough of St Louis receiver of the
Sioux City Terminal Railway and
Warehouse company. This is decisive
victory for the creditors of the detunct
Union Loan and Trust company. The
appointment was made in the chamb ers
at Dubuque.
Mrs. Ellen Thompson of Belle PLANE,
iowa, brought suit before Judge Cliff.
ford at Chicago against Willougbby,
Hill & Co, as proprietors OF the Boston
Oyster house, for $4,000 damages.
Mrs. Thompson claims that on Febru
airy 5, 1891, she was poisoned by eating
an oyster stew In the restaurant and
sustained permanent injuries.
The large three story plant of the
Dowder Manufacturing company al
Prairie City, valued at $4,000, caught
on fire late at night, and but for the
timely aid of man who broke into
the building and eXtlnguished the
flames, the structure would have been
in ashes. The damage is light. The
cause was spontaneous combustion.
The Cedar Rapids city assessor, who
was instructed by the council in ac-
cordance with a recently adopted or
dinance to'assess all real and personal
property in that city at It's actual cash
value, has completed his labors. The
total assessment aggregates nearly
sixteen million dollars, and all future
taxation for municipal purposes will
be based upon this assessment.
A frightful railway wreck occurred
on the Chicago & Northwestern at Pay
ton. Two freight trains in charge OF
William Erb and John Hooker collided.
Conductor Erb was killed and his body
was burned to ashes in the wreck.
Engineer Ed Bates was seriously in
jured In the back and n brakeman lost
leg. The collision was rear end
one. Several cars were smashed into
fragments and burned.
Tho Gala h,,i1Iin,,
at Des Moines was Quilted by fire on
the evening of the 18th inst. The fire
started in the elevator shaft and spread
quickly. 1t spread to the building oc-
cupled by Frederick Field & Co., and
also to that occupied by the American
Rubber Co., and the Merchants Trans
fer Co. The total loss will reach about
$4,000 The heroic efforts of the fire.
men kept the flames from the Leader
building, which was damaged only
500.
The jury in the district court at Keo-
kuk returned verdict acdultJing An
ME Webster of completely In the muir
der of her babe, of which crime Mar
bud was lOuuu Ruhky u lew
days ago All through the trial Annie
evidenced the utmost indifference, and
when the judge told her she was free,
she rose and left the court room with
out word and evidenced not the
slightest emotion. motion for new
trial of the Outright woman has been
filed.
Gov Boies has nominated thirty dele
gates to the worlds real estate congress
to be held IN Chicago during the week
commencing October 90. The dele
gates are: A. NJ. jackson, L. M. Dun
bar, Teno r. Brown, Sioux City; j. N.
Casady, E. N. Sheafe, f. j. Day, Coun-
ell Bluffs; A. Maxleer, Geo. I. Hedges,
Frank A. Simmons, Cedar RAPIDS; A.
s. Wilcoxen, T.. w. Goode, w. II. Har-
wood, ]. A. Jackson, T. A. Harding,
Des Moines; John P. Hornish VIM. S.
Sample, Keokuk; J. Lin. Hooper, John
Geo. A. Rooster, Aug. A. Rololts, Da-
venport; Franc w. Altman, w. l..
Bradley II. l.. Karr, Oskaloosa; e. NJ
Funk, Carroll; M. A. Frawley, r. NJ.
Greene, Burlington; w. s. Christie,
james Gee, Ottumwa.
Before the adjournment of the rep
resentatives OF the p. E. o. Sisterhood
atWaterloo an Iowa grand chapter
was organized under the jurisdiction of
the supreme grand chapter. The Of
ficers elected are: President Mrs.
Alice Springway, Ottumwa; first vice.
president, Miss Bertha Morrison, At
lantic; second vice-president, Miss E.
Mccormick, Charlton; recording Sec
rotary, Miss Flora Wilton, Ames; cores
ponding secretary, Miss Marie Lyons,
,Winterset; treasurer, Mrs, Lulu Nc
Henry, Des Moines. The next meet
inc of the and chanter will ha held