Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-29
AROUND THE STATE

pinicon river at that point.
Burglars at Sioux City secured
large amount of goods at variousplaces
which they entered few nights ago.
A Young man named Johansen,
resident CT Walnut, in Pottawattamie
county, committed suicide by hanging.
No cause is known.
An unknown man entered John Eyes
boarding house at Davenport and or
dered his supper. After eating he was
taken with fit and died soon after.
Paul Johannsen, who was to have
been married that evening, was
{ found hanging in the barn at his home
at Walnut. No cause is known for the
rash act.
The body of Charles frost, 10 years
old, was. found floating IN the river
at Dubuque. He left home to pick
berries and searching parties were un.
able to find him.
Ephraim Broadstone, Que of the old
Inhabitants and prominent farmers of
Webster county, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed, while work
ing IN his smokehouse.
Ora Hodge of Iudlanola, was in
Eord's Theater as u clerk on the third
floor when the building collapsed, but
escaped unhurt. lie at once tele-
graphed his parents that he was safe.
Davis, the Mason City pugilist, is IN
trouble On an excursion to Clear
Lake, while on a drunken spree, he
passed through the train plugging
every man he passed Hcwas arrested
with difficulty.
The mutilated body of Nicholas Lo-
den, a young man living at Dyersville,
and nephew of DR.. Mueller, was
found on the track of the Great West
ern road, two miles from town. An
arm and leg had been taken off by the
wheels.
As u Burlington passenger train from
st. Joe was coming into Humeston, it
struck Mrs. William Killenberger on
the crossing at Front street, breaking
her left limb below the knee and other
wise injuring her internally AS she
is 70 years old it is thought she cannot
recover.
An unseemly wrangle occurred over
the corpse of Suicide Schaunan at Du-
buque. The body had lain for week
IN possession of the coroner, at the re-
quest ii friends who set about to raise
money TO bury it. A cousin of Schau-
man replevned the body and it was
buried at the county's expense.
At Bereton, SIX miles east of Perry,
westbound freight on the Milwaukee,
struck 10 months old child of David
Bryan, merchant of that place. The
child was torn all to pieces The train
was going about twenty miles an hour,
and the child walked onto the track
when it was about 400 feet away.
peculiar accident resulting in the
death of one of the oldest citizens of
Hamburg occurred in that city recent
". Brandy" Butler, who Is known
throughout the whole section of coun
try, was retiring to his home, which is
"A magnificent brick mansion situated
just in the outskirts of the town. lie
had on ordinary pocket knife in his
hand and was whiting stick when
he stubbed his toe and fell to the
ground. In falling the blade of the
knife was driven into the tleshy part of
the leg, severing the main artery, re-
sultlng IN his bleeding to death before
being found.
gentleman named Smith, who is a
travelling man, appeared in Des Moines
. few days ago and secured his two
children, an s-year-old girl and year
old boy, who were with the Corse Pay
ton company doing parts on the stage.
Mr.. Smith lives at Council Bluffs He
had housekeeper, he being out of the
city SIN weeks at time. She took
care of the children until the first of
May, when she joined the company
with them and all three have since
travelled with the aggregation The
father traced them to Des Moines and
secured the children, with whom Ire
returned to his home.
A shooting affray occurred at Mar
shalltown that will probably result in
murder. Leroy Welch was shot in the
left b, east by W. c. Rails on the street
about 10 o'clock at night The shoot
ing was the elimination of trouble
that has existed for some time between
the two men over Il lewd woman
known as "Em" Stewart aud was pre-.
cipitated by Il recent article in the
Sunday Sun of Chicago exposing a
liasoh between Welch and the Stewart
woman. Wclch has a wife aad one
child, but neglected them and spent
his time and means on EN- Stewart
Rails is single, Surprising Rails
was the author of the Sunday Sun
article Wclch sworc revenge and
meeting Rails on the street, struck him
in the face, when the latter drew re-
volver and fred twice. the second shot
taking effect in Welch's left breast
He was taken to the apartments OF his
paramour and at last accounts was
still alive but sinking. Rails sur
rendered and is in jail
One OF the buildings at the industrial
reform school at Eldora was struck 10y
lightning. Mis-. Leonard, teacher and
fourteen inmates were knocked down
and one seriously hurt One end of the
building was badly wrecked.
Mrs. Mary Moon, resident of Mono.
ma, jumped from moving train and
had her left leg crushed SO ba dly that
amputation atthe knee was necessary.
She is in critical condition and will
probably die. She was accompa-
MED by her daughte" and her child,
who also jumped, but were uninjured.
Mrs. Moon is an aged lady.
George Fry of Vin,on, well-to-do
farmer. was buncoed out of SO, 200 on a
patent-rlght swindle. Later man
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