Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-28
AROUND THE STATE.


Dave Ferris, on trial at Creston tor
numbering Thos. Reynolds was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
1t has just developed at Logan that
the real name OF Frank Shrclff, the
convicted diamond thief, is Ed. Wilson,
of Clifford, la.
Ed. Travis, aged 81. shot and prob
ably fatally wounded his father, Will
liam Travis, at Dubuque. while de-
Tending his mother against an attack
by his father.
HOG cholera, which has been such a
menace to swine breeding, has made
its appearance at Sheffield, twenty
miles south of Mason City, aud mum.
Der have died.
Out of health, employment and
money, Anton Haide bauer, widower
aged 90, entered water closet in his
boarding house at Dubuque and sent a
bullet through his brain.
The Atlantic Business College of At
lantic, Iowa, is one of the best in the
state. Catalogue and specimens of
penmanship mailed free by addressing
the proprietors, Barrett &c fleming.
Any farmer in Iowa wishing to sell
his farm and go into the boot and
shoe business will do well to write
Bentley ~ Olmstcd, wholesale boot
and shoe dealers, Des Moines, as they
are willing to exchange boots and
shoes for one or two farms
The largest barl in Shelby county,
SIX miles and half northwest of Shell
by, on the Collins estate, was destroyed
10y fire, including hay, grain and valu.
able farm machinery. About 5000
bushels of corn in crib, contiguous to
the barn, was also destroyed The cause
of the fire is unknown.
The chairman OF the state central
commit tcc of the third party prohib-
tionists tC Hgraphed Bennett Mitchell,
caudi date of the citizens temperance
movement for governor offering him
the endorsement of that party. Mr.
Mitchell replied that he would be glad
to receive such endorsement, and he
has been placed on the ticket
l., G. Berry, an aged farmer east of
Geneva, was intlmidated by three
Lightning rod agents into signing two
notes purporting 10 be for Sl2O each.
Mr., Berry was very much illustrated
when he signed the notes and it is
feared that they are for $1,000 each
The banks have been notified and Sher-
lift Rule is in search of the guilty
parties,
Tho house of Henry Francerer, "a
farmer near Waucona, burned Two
children one of rs years and one of
six months, were in the house. The
older one ran out. but the baby burned
The father AMI mother were AT work
in field a mile away AMI found only
smouldering ruins when they reached
the scanc. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Mayor Pierce of Sioux City has re-
fused to sign public contracts on ac-
count Of the board of public works
This body has been ignored steadily,
but the mayor refused to sign contracts
which have not gone through the hands
of the toard. The test question is as
to whether or not the council can cs-
tabllsh and abolish the board of pub
lie works AT its will under the law OF
1890, establishing board at Des
Moiues.
Mr.. Fred Snyder, a young man of
Storm Lake, was severely Injured re-
Gently. lie was with butcher in a
cart when dog ran under the feet of
the broncho which pulled the vehicle.
The animal commenced to kick and
dragged the butcher with the lines out
of the cart. The young man succeed
ed in getting hold of one line and the
pony described circle, kicking all the
time Fred was thrown out and broke
his leg at the ankle.
The second of lowa's days at the
Worlds Fair was excellent, as regards
weather. After parade of the agricul-
tural college cadets, the Ladies' Spear
Brigade from the Iowa college, aud
the Root Drill Corps of Lyons, and ex-
hibtion drills by the organizations the
formal exercises were held in Festival
hall. There were immense crowds in
attendance. There were addresses b,
President Crosby of the Iowa Commits
sion, Gov. Boics, Secretary of State
Mcfarland and w. T. Buchanan, chief
of the agricultural department
There was quite a serious prairie fire
six miles south of Corwith recently A
fire had been set in II slough the even
ing before to burn 1T out and had been
watched until it appeared TO be out
But the slough was bed of peat, and
tins was so dry that 1T burned under
the surface until it reached grass, when
it spread very rapidly. About one
hundred and fifty tons of hay in stacks
were burned 1t has been watched
constantly, but there is danger of its
breaking out again unless 1t should
rain. The ground has not been so dry
for seven years, and it is almost inn
possible TO put out fire, as the sod in
the sloughs will burn to considera BILE
depth.
The west bound passenger train, No.
13, on the Chicago & Northwestern.
ran into the rear end of n freight train
at State Center. Considerable damage
was done and three passengers were
injured, but not seriously.
The first Iowa day at the Worlds
Fair was badly married in the early
morning by rain. After the parade the
governor and state officers received
visitors IN the state building. In the
afternoon there were drills by students
OF the agricultural college and III the
evening a grand display of fireworks
On the lake front.
Mrs. Robb, wife of Editor W. II.
Robb OF the Independent American OF