Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-02
AROUND THE STATE.

Philip Henry, \ druggist of Bellevue,
suicided by cutting his throat while
temporarily insane. He had been In
business twenty years.
Cornelius Barnett, a night clerk in
Morning Sun hotel, was arrested in
Burlington for the theft of ssi5 from
Thomas jameson, a stock trader. The
money was recovered.
The l2-ycar-old son of Michael Smith,
oi Dubuque, met with a singular ac-
cidcnt. While playing he fell and his
throat struck a pointed stake, sevcring
the w,ndpipe. To save his life silver
tube was inserted in the trachea. 1t
is thought he will die.
An eight hour walking match occur
red at the DAVIS opera house IN Clinton
with three starters, Ted Reddy of Cedar
Rapids, John Fellows of Lyons and Nj.
Y. Williams. Williams dropped out
before the finish, and Rcddy won the
race, making forty five miles from p
m. to 1880 p. IN.
Cerro Gordo county has taken the in
itiative in organizing against eastern
nurserymcn. That section is flooded
with representatives of eastern nurser-
les, and the step is TO protect the farm
ers from buying stock of no value to
this climate. Professor Budd of the
State Agricultural society has advised
this move.
Fire xya HiSnnvaroI IN Il
livery at Fonda at 2:l5 in the morning
Sixteen horses and all the stable furni-
ture were burned. Loss, s.. 800; insur
ancc, 81, 200, There was strong wind
from the southwest and it was with
great difficulty that the flames were
kept from the Ewing hotel and othc,
buildings adjoining. 1t is thought by
some to be the work of an incendiary
A long stauding fight between the
city treasurer of Sioux City and the
treasurer of Woodbury. county ended 3
few days ago when the county treas.
urer turned over 500, 900 to city
treasurer. The money was part of the
city taxes collected by the county
treasurer, and which the city had beer
unable to get Finally mandamus
proceedings were begun by the city
and the county treasury Immediately
delivered the money.
The Iowa state Unlversalist conven
tion at Boone closed on the 2Gth. The
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, o. b. Ayres, Des Moines: vice.
president, J. H. Palmer, Cedar Rapids:
secretary, L. L. Deter, Des Moincs
treasurer, S. J. Oldfelu, Mitchellvillc.
Committee on fellowship: A. Crum
Webster City; G. 5, Goudy, Eldora: Il.
A. Bower, Des Moines. Trustee, DR..
watson Roberts, Marshailtown. The
convention meets next year at Mitch
ellville the last week in Septe mber.
The assignee of the Sioux City Dry
Goods company which failed owing
$4,000 to eastern wholesalers, reportey
to the court that he has $50, 900 realize,
from the stock and asked an order to
distribute 1T among the creditors The
boston Investment company, which
holds $4,000 clam for rent, objected
to distribution, claiming its lien or
the funds is prior and must be paid ir
full. The company has been SUSTAINED
thus far, and its action will tie up the
money for sew cral months more.
The hardest problem that has VIC,
confronted the creditors of the cmbar.
raised institutions ut Sioux City ir
fboi, ca,
taken by creditors of tho Electric
Street Railway company, They held
meeting and we're unable to agree or
any plan that promised to save the
amounts of their investments. The
property docs not pay interest AMI
operating expenses, and seems prob
able that the first mortgage bond,
holders with about $3.50, 900 in claim.
ont IN the cold.
Ben Hibbs was found guilty of at
tempting backmai in the distric,
court at Des Moines. This was his.
second trial en- the charge. The prose
cutting witnesses were H. II. Kirkcn-
dali and u. ). SCOTS, OF Dale. They
claimed to have been approached by
Hibbs with an offer to suppress salac-
ious article about them, which o. Il.
Shannon had written for the Graphic
for consideration. Instead of paying
the money they had the fellow indicted
together with Shannon and another
interested person. Hlbbs was tried
once and convicted but secured new
trial with the result named.
DIR. d. ID. Dawson started from
Winterset to Bevington TO visit a pa
tent, but his team becoming fright
ened in the east part of town started
TO run away, but was stopped by being
run into a fence. The doctor again
started out remark,ng that he would
go to Bevipgton or die. After gong a
couple of blocks his team again became
unmanageable and threw hun out
against telephone pole, breaking his
right arm, smashing the bones of his
hand, bruising his face and injuring
HIM internally; how seriously is not
yet determined. Doctor Dawson Is
one of the oldest and best known
practitioners in that part of the state
Round & Hector's store in Walnut,
was robbed a short time ago. One of
the robbers, McGimsey, of Walnut,
was placed in Jail a few days ago at
Avoca. When arrested he had some of
the stolen watches on his person.
John McCulloch of New Market,
whose arrest caused the militia to be
called out to keep him from being
lynched for leaving his wife and FIVE
children and entlcing 15-year-old girl
to go with HIM, was sentenced to four
years and six months in the penitenti-
airy.
Articles of incorpora ton of the
Wyoming & Pierre Railroad company
have been fled with the Dubuque