Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-15
VOL. VIII


dcwnpour in seventeen years Much
damage was down to the railroads aud
many farms in the lowlands are ruined.
Articles of incorporation of the Allen
Institute of Marengo, Iowa, were filed
recently with the secretary of state.
The capital stock is $500. The purpose
OF the institute is to establish hospitals
in Iowa county for tie treatment of
alcoholic diseases
A contract has been let at TT. Dodge
for the construction of big ditch to
drain township Of low land near the
city. The ditch is to be eight miles
long with an average depth of five feet.
1t will cost about $4,000. The work
is to be paid for by farmers who will
drain their land into the ditch. Ed
win o. Rood of Chicago, who drained
Owl lake in Humboldt county few
years ago, has the contract. The work
will be done with steam ditching ma
chimes.
Safe crackers made their appearance
in Guthrie Center recently. They made
an entrance into the railway depot
through a window. They su cceeded in
blowing open the outside door of the safe
where they found ten or twenty dol
lars in change, but tailed to get open
the chest. where there was considera BILE
money. The tools used had been taken
from the blacksmith shop near ~.
They were amateurs as safe perform
talent.
Sheriff Sage, of Bremen county, went
to Waterloo and arrested Ephralm
Sells, one of the proprietors of Sells
Bros. shows. The show exhibited at
Waverly the previous day, and there
was considerable gambling carried on
in the tent. 1t is charged at the same
time that three safes were burglarized
and from one of them $500 was taken.
This safe was in Morey's implement
warehouse, and he swore out the in
formation under which Mr.. Sells was
arrested.
A terrible tragedy was enacted at
Hampton. Ed. Myers, respectable
young man, about 80 years of age, sui
cided IN a most horrible manner by
blowing the top of his head off with a
shot gun. He had been out walking
with young lady, came home In q fit
of dependency and went to the barn
and placed his forehead on the muzzle
of a gun and discharged it His head
was literally blown off and his brains
were scattered out on the ground.
This is the second suicide in that
family.
A fashionably attlred woman about
80 years old, who subsequently, stated
she was from Clermount, Iowa, entered
the sanctuary of the cathedral at Du-
blque during high mass Sunday morn
ing, just as the sermon began. She
bowed to the archbishop and took n
seat on the opposite side of the sanctu-
airy. Chancellor Burke beckoned her
to the sacrlsty door, but she refused to
leave the sanctuary, and believing her
a mere smpleton aud not wishing to
create a scene by using force, he suf-
fered her to return to the sanctuary
and take seat beside the preiate. As
Father Helan descended from the pull.
pit, she arose, and shouting to him
"Come on" knelt before the Bishop to
offer a prayer. She explained later
that the angels had commanded her to
kneel before the Bishop and pray be-
fore killing him. While she was kneel-
ing sexton appeared. She grappled
with him, but he forced her out of the
sanctuary, down the main aisle, and
out of the church, while she shouted,
81 must kill him. The angels told me
to kill him" Chancellor Burke sent
Cor policeman, but the sexton al
lowed the woman to depart before the
officer appeared.
bold confidence game was success
fully worked on one OF Jasper coun-
tvs staunchest farmers, Uncle Ned
Young, recently by three strangers,
two of whom claimed to want to buy
farm Thew called on Mr. Young
and by their smooth talk ingratiated
themselves into his confidence and got
him to go with them to show them a
farm for sale. Either going or return
ing they met third party, stranger
(?) to all of them, who sprung the card
game on them. One of the would be
farm buyers bet $40 he could pick out
the winning card and won it. After
another bet or two, all of which were
won by the farm buyer, the stranger
bet $1,000 he colldn't do it again
and lost it. Then he refused
to pay until the other fellow
covered the same amount. But he
only had $4,000, when he appealed to
Mr.. Young to loan him SO, 500, and he
would divide the profits with him.
They came into town and Mr.. Young
drew the money from the bank and
then they went back to where the
other two men were and the $1,000 was
paid over. Mr.. Young was handed
box into which he apparently saw
about $1,000 placed, and was told that
was his share. They then parted, and
when Uncle Ned opened his box he
found, to his sorrow. that there was
nothing in it. Comment is unneces-
sary.
Fl. G. LEGGETT, a respected farmer of
Fertile, was killed in runaway.
Posters were put up in Dubuque rec
entity by the New York Soci ETY. for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals, Of
fering reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of any person partici.
pating in the cowboy race from Chad
ron, Neb., to Chicago. Sheriff Phillips
received a letter from Gov Boies in
structing him IN regard to the race.
The governor holds that the act of rae
ing is not illegal, but enjoins the Off
cial to arrest participants who show
cruelty to their horses.
The Union Stock Yards bank, of