Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-17
VOL. VIII

| itivciy 10 be u candidate under any
/ circumstances.
| a clear case OF suicide occurred at
Frcdei lcksburg recently. Edward
4 Parks, son OF Il. Il, Parks, living east
1 Of town, arose before the family did
and going 10 the garden shot himself
with u shot gun, blowing the top OF his
head entirely off, scattering fragments
rods away. A year ago he was
( thought to be dcrangcd but "A trip to
! Dakota seemed to improve his health,
and he WAS supposed to be all right
! again. lie was young man of good
! ability and we'll liked.
John Hutian, IS years Of age, while
| loading hay near Coon Rapids, fell
from the load, breaking his neck. He
lived but few minutes. Mr.. Huttan
came from Scotland when young
man, and by hard work and frugality
| became possessed of one of the best
| ZOOS in Carroll county. A few years
! ago he rented his farm and retired
from active work, moving INTO town
with bis family. firing of inactivity,
he had gone to neighbor's to help
! him few days through haying, and
met his death where little expected.
! lie leaves a wife, two sons and four
daughters, all grown.
Richard Van Houtcn, who has lived
| for the past six years with his daugh-
| ter, Mrs. George Pcttingill, in Jeffer-
| son, experienced au extraordinary re-
turn of the powers of hearing, which
| physicians say is explainable on no
! scientific ground whatever. He is an
| old gentleman, 81 years of age, and,
/ for the past dozen years, has been deaf.
! No sound, not even the loudest tbun-
I der. has created the slightest sensation
of hearing in his brain. The surprise Of
! the household may be Imagined, then,
! when the old gentleman announced
| that he could hear the clock tick and
repeated after his daughter sentence
she had just uttered
Depositors representing about 50, 900
in the dcfuuct bank at Angus came to
Perry demanding u statement OF tue
condition of the bank from A. Il. Pear
son, the owner Pearson was una BILE
! to furnish such statement, bat promis-
| ed to do so by . o'clock in the after
noon. When = o'clock came Mr.. Pear
son failed to appear and on going to
| his residence il was found that he had
disappeared gone but not forgot
| ten" Much excitement prevailed.
Among the dc positors from Angus, was
Robert Spence, 50 years of age, and
$4,000 he bad deposited with the
"trus ted" concern, represented an
earning of life time in the mines.
superintendent Belrdsley. of the
! Chicago, Milwaukee aud st. Paul lines,
centering at Sioux City, has received
orders from General superintendent
Earling, of the Milwaukee road, to no.
/ tify engineers, firemcn, trainmen and
switchmen that the road expects to
made 10 per cent cut in wages, aud
asks that representatives of the orders
be SEMI to Chicago to talk the matter
over. At meetings of the four brother.
hoods, the sentiment was against re-
duction and favorable to resistance.
Railroad men say they viii! tie up the
line il reduction is ordered, and all
orders will hold "a union meeting to
formally demonstrate against the pro-
posed reduction.
! Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin |:
During the month of July there was a
rapid advancement in the condition of
corn, and on the list OF August the crop
correspondents of this bureau show an
average condition of l0l per cent, max.
ing comparison with the normal or av-
erage of the crop Since August 1 the
severe droughty weather somewhat
lowered its prospects, but it is hoped
that recent showers will give renewed
promise Of a full average yield of corn.
| Winter wheat has been harvested and
rated at 81 per cent, making it about
up to last year, when the average per
acre was fourteen bushels. The state
has about 1850 acres of winter
wheat, giving q total of $500, 900 bush
els. There was an increase OF about
$4,000 acres this year as compared with
1892. Spring wheat is rated ut TG per
cent, aud thrcsbipg returns show that
this grain was badly shrunken by rust
and blight. The estimated acreage OF
spring wheat thi, year is 62l, 3oj acres.
The average yield cannot exceed eleven
bushels per acre much of that of light
weight, This would give a total of
G,S34,3j5 bushels. This added To
winter wheat would make our total
wheat product lO,!24,255. Later re.
turns from thrcshers may somewhat
cha nge these igures. Oats have made
bad showing from fairly promising
start. The average CONDITION in the
state is 81 per cert. In many sections
others 1t comes well up to an average.
1t is doubtful if it finally turns out tc
be two-thirds of au average in the
state. The area sown this year was
probably near 100000 acres The
average per acre is not likely to exceed
twenty bushels The estimate may be
changed by later returns, but not ma.
teria!ly.
A deaf aud dumb man named Robert
Barber, employed in the cabinet fact.
DRY of Louis Harbach, while passing
along the street at Des Moines was
shocked and killed by taking hold of a
broken guy wire lying across the side
walk.
Professor Macy, state chemist, has
just completed an analysis of several
amples of Council Bluffs water works
water for the city and finds it good
The system used there is the so called
Settling system by which water is
drawn into large reservoirs and after
settling is forced INTO the city mains.
A. ID. Randall, of Mason City, as.
signed to I. w. Kecrl for the benefit
| of his creditors Tho assets amount ,c