Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-30
AROUND THE STATE.

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Send postal to the Bankers Life
ASSOCIATION, Des Moines, with age and
occupation, and get estimate.
Alfred Anderson, who killed Herman
Antelman near Fort Madison, has been
convicted and sentenced to life impris-
onment.
Mrs. Wishard, wife of officer Wish
ard, who was killed by Frank Pierce,
at Des Moines, has brought suit against
the city for 100000 damages.
The new building of the jefferson
County Library association at Fairfield,
made possible by the gift of s4o,O 900 by
Andrew Carnegie. was dedicated on
the evening of the 2sth.
E. L. Favllle of Mitchell has been
elected professor of agriculture in Nova
Scotia and will leave on december Is
for his new field of labor. He is
graduate of the agriculture college
class of 1893
State Dairy Commissioner Upper
has filed information against two Du-
buque dalrymen, John Barrett and j.
IL. Jecklen, who are charged with
selling milk below the standard re-
quired by the state law
Last March John L. Reid, hardware
dealer, being deadbrole, deserted his
wife and two children at Davenport
and went to Chicago. The woman
fought poverty single handed till few
days ago, when she hung herself from
her porch. She sought her husbands
address from his parents, but they re.
fused to give it to her, saying that he
did not want her TO hear from him.
Beside this encouragement she was
very Ill with the grip,
1t is said a mum her of prominent citi-
zens of Ottumwa have declared it their
intention to prosecute the leaders of
the mob which lynched the man
johnson recently. They declare that
although the man probably deserved
his fate, the men who lynched him arc
not such blameless characters as to
take the law in their own hands. The
leaders are Russian Jews, and they
will have abundance of money to de.
fend themselves. The grand jury will
be compelled to acc.
Ed. EppeIly was arrested at Des
MONIES upon an indictment re turned
by the grand jury charging him with
assault with intent to kill U. s. Fagg.
A month ago Epperly shot Fagg twice
in Fagg's divorced wIfe's house, 600
East First street. Fagg came near
dying, but ultimately recovered. Ep-
perly was arrested and had a hearing
in police court, and was there dis
charged by Police Judge Eggleston, he
holding that Epperly shot Fagg In
self.defense. The pending marriage of
Epperly and Mrs. Fagg will, because
of the indictment and ar rest, be again
postponed.
In the district court at Boone j. d.
Bennett was sentenced by Judge Hine-
man to fifteen years in the Ft. Madi-
son penitentiary for the crime of rape
upon the person of a 14-year-old girl at
Moingona few months ago. Bennett
is a married man, and declared himself
innocent, but the crime was proved on
him. Clarence Ramsey, of Luther,
was sentenced to fifteen months in the
penitentiary for stealing some ST. 200
from farmer. He returned the
money, but was prosecuted and con-
victed He now says he regrets that
he did not keep 1t. At this term of
court four men have been convicted of
selling liquor contrary to law.
j. c. Kelly, editor of the Sioux City
Tribune, was sworn into Office on the
25th as successor to j. S. Lathrop, for
the collectorship of the Third Iowa
District The terms of the field dep
mites expire with the departure of the
collector by whom they were appoint
ed. To fill the vacancies Mr.. Kelly
has appointed G. L. Gilbert, of Monona,
to the first division; Capt. G. l.. Smith,
of Algona, third division; N. s. Handy,
Lyons county, fourth division. There
will be noimmediate change in the of
fee force, c. ii. Brock and Miss Eva
MCGEE retaining their positions for the
present The retiring deputies pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs Lathrop with an
elegant gold watch each.
The meeting held at Ottumwa by
certain citizens to discuss the prosecu-
tion of the ringleaders of the mob did
not result unanimously. They decided
to exhume the remains from the potter's
field and give them burial in the
cemetery. This was done, it is alleged,
all. Certain IN fluential citizens, how
ever, declared they would proceed to
the prosecution of the work themselves
before the grand jury and have re-
tanned prominent counsel for this pur-
pose. The coroner's jury has returned
a verdict of illegal hanging and recon-
mended the grand jury to investigate
the matter. Witnesses before the cor
oner's jury could not tell definitely the
names of any one connected with the
mob except Charles Reem, teamster.
1t is hardly thought that jury can be
found to convict Reem or any other
participant in the matter.
The man Walton, on trial at OF
tumwa under the charge of numbering
Miss Amelia Cook, by procuring an
abortion, was found guilty.
The Iowa Guarantee Investment
Company, with headquarters at Keo-
kuk, similar to the concern whose Of
ficers were convicted in the federal
court at Chicago few days ago for
using the mails to further lottery
scheme, has removed the office to
Chicago, and will do no further bus
mess with the bondholders till the
question is settled by the United States
supreme court
Mr.. Elias Marber, a we'll to do farm
Ell aged 73 years, and resident Of