Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-26
VOL. VIII

the Iowa Investment and Loan Com.
pany, trustee for creditors represent
ing an Indebtedness of s2l5,0oO, prin-
cipally bankers, who bought Williams
paper given to 4. r. Smith, secretary
of the Union Loan and Trust Company
to aid in tiding the institution over the
stringency.
Dr. Dufield, young physician OF
Oskaloosa, was robbed while asleep in
his bed. The doctor thinks it was To-
cal talent, as nothing was disturbed in
the house but his pants, which were
taken, his Instruments, including his
thermometer, and about $40 in money.
The doctor attended a lecture, went
home at about IL o'clock at night,
locked the doors carefully as is the
custom, with the little thumb locks in
side. In the morning, when the theft
was discovered, one of the doors wa
unlocked, which makes him think the
parties came in the house in the early
evening and secreted themselves until
he retired. No clue has yet been OBJ
tanned of the thieves.
Mrs. Jacob Furrow, of Waterloo,
hanged herself while in a temporary
fit of insanity When her husband,
who is carpenter, left the house in
the morning, Mrs. Furrow was APP
parently as well as ever. but the fact
of a son living at Horton being insane,
and recently committed to the insane
hospital at Independence, has caused
Der great mental distress, and at times
she has been very melancholy. At 10
o'clock neighbor heard the doors
locked at the Furrow house, and it is
probable that at this time the prepara-
tions were begun for taking her life.
She used strong wrapping cord, putting
it around her neck and over bed post
about six feet high and then evidently
she jumpe from the bed and strangled
TO death. Mrs. burrows was about 60
years old.
Diphtheria is still raging at Fairfield
increasing TIL ere are probably n
hundred cases now in the clty and in
the immediate vicinity. The schools
are still running, despite the earnest
request on the part of a large majority
of people who have children that they
should be closed The epidemic has
become more WIDE spread than it was
thought it could and number of the
leading citizens are about ready to de-
mand that the folly of leaving the
schools open to breed the pestilence
shall cease. Deaths are of daily oc-
currence and there are some families
that have lost as many as three child
rem from the effects of the disease.
There is something of panic in the
city, and 1t is believed that heroic
measures will soon be adopted in re-
spect to the spread of the malady un-
less the proper authorities give it their
more earnest attention.
Horace Hill, 2l years of age, a brother
of Arthur Hill, at whose home Miss
Annie Wiese, who was murdered near
Marshalltown recently, spent her last
evening on earth, Is now in the Mar
shall county Jail, charged with being
her murderer. n. c. Hutchins, pri-
vate detective of Written, and Sam
Ernst, well-known farmer whose
home is not far from the scene of the
murder, declare that the young man
confessed to them that he did the
dreadful deed. Hill denies this, and,
though he was considerably frightened
when arrested, talks reasonably now
and protests that he is innocent. Lit
tie corroborative evidence has been
discovered by the detective, and on the
other hand Arthur Hill claims to be
able to prove an alibi for his brother.
lated in Vienna township where the
accused resides, good deal of iudig-
nation was expressed and great many
of the young mans neighbors came to
town, offering to give bonds for him in
any sum. Hill was arraigned before
Justice Slots and released on a
$4,000 bond, which was promptly
furnished by his father and other
neighbors.
An organized conspiracy to swindle
the counties of Webster and vicinity
through the wolf bounty has been UNI
earthed at Fort Dodge. Charles
Baker, typical looking trapper, was
arrested by the sheriff of Webster
county while claiming the bounty on
three wolf pelts The bounty allowed
is s. on each skin, and Baker had
already touched the county treasury
for S35 on seven skins. Since
Bakers last visit Auditor Cunning
ham had received warning letter
from Kossuth county describing
the man and saying that he
had been palming off old wolf
skins there and in Humboldt county.
He was first suspected through his ig-
norance of the geography OF the region,
which was not in accordance with his
claims. Since his arrest message
from Calhoun county shows that he
had. collected $40 from that county on
the same game. The scheme Is to kali
the wolves in western Nebraska and
ship them in and claim the bounty.
The skins are those of coyotes which
do not inhab bit thes regions at ali.
There is no knowing yet how much
Baker has worked his scheme, but he
is only one OF Il gang who are doing a
big business.
An epidemic of diphtberia is prevail
ing at Incline. DR.. DeTar reports at
least twenty-five cases now IN exis-
tence and one death has occurred. The
first symptoms OF the disease became
manifest about a week ago when sew
eral children attending school com
planned of sore TIN oat. The serious
nature of the disease did not appear
until a few days ago when DIR. DeTar
was called TO treat one of the sufferers.
He pronounced the sickness diphtheria
and ordered the children of the family