Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-03-30

White Enamcling Works, the only
establishment Of the kind in the United
States. appeared few days ago and
was pronounced equal to the imported
article.
Tony Pfeiffer, desperate criminal
who has served two terms in the pen:-
Tertiary, the last for murder, was re-
Gently sentenced to i've years term
at Anamosa for grand larceny, and
sentence suspended in case he leaves
the state in forty.eight hours and never
appears here again.
Mrs Bloomer of Council Bluffs has
been urged by the New York board of
lady managers of the worlds fair to
furnish complete file of paper
called ''The Lily, which she published
in that state from lS49 till 1855. The
Lily was the first paper published,
owned and edited by woman, devoted
to the interests of woman. 1t was
started almost simultaneously with the
woman's rights movement, though In
no way connected with 1t at the outset.
Mrs Bloomer has complete file and
will send IT,
A terrific encounter took place at
Eldorado between three Norwegians
named Thompson, and LOUIS Johnson.
All had been drinking and they got in
to wrangle and the three Thonp-
sons attacked Johnson with knives
and clubs. lie was empty handed.
Johnson was stabbed in about ten
places, his skull crushed and he is just
alive. His physicians say he will die.
The Thompsons are in Jail and refuse
to talk except to say they had hot
words. The Thompsons are sand to be
hard characters.
"A Burlington bartender named
Lcutger, got drunk and attempted to
murder six women in house of i'll
fame on North Main street. He fred
halt Il dozen shots from his revolver at
the screaming girls, but he failed to
hit any of them. lie fought the police
officer who arrested him, and at.
tempted to shoot him, but was pre-
vented. He was finally locked up. At
the same time, in another part of the
city, foot pads were beating down an
old and highly respected citizen,
Stephen Gillett, whom they attempted
to rob. They were prevented in this
by those IN the vicinity, who ran to
the old mans rescue.
Evidently band of white caps has
been organized in Cedar Rapids. John
Miller is in receipt Of the following
notice: John Miller: We hereby notify
you 10 leave town within five days. If
not you will be treated to fine coat of
tar and feathers, and if your employer
does not mend his ways and treat his
wife more decently we will serve him
the same way. White Caps" Miller
is a bartender at the notorious joint
where John Jones fell down stairs
some time ago and was found dead the
next morning, aud where Dannie
O'Brien, the Independence minstrel
man, was found dead few days later.
The matter has caused great sensa-
ton.
AS a result of a saloon riot which
occurred at Creston, in which officers,
bar tenders and thugs engaged IN a
free-for-all fight, which came near re.
sulting in a riot, and did gain such
proportions that citizens were sworn
in as officers to assist in quellIng the
disturbance. RUDE DIllow, proprietor
of the place raided, was found guilty
in Justice Ilinley's court of selling Ii
quor contrary 10 law. Saloons have
been running for some time without
being disturbed, but the above place
has become SO disgraccful and notorious
that when the effort was made to sup
press it a genuine fight ensued The
case of Dillow's was considered test
case, and his failure to defeat the
charge has somewhat demorallzed the
saloon men.
One of thc.most brutal and shock
ing tragedies occurred at Hiteman, a
mining town near Alba. William
Frazier was a brutal. drunken miner
living with his family of wife and
one babe Mt Carbonate. A few days
ago, on account of Frazier's drunken
ness and abuse, his wife, taking her
babe, left him and went to Hiteman to
stay with her sister Mrs. Smith Fra
zier went to Abba and then to Hiteman
Immediately after arriving there he in
quired the residence of Mr.. Smith, and,
being informed. went Immediately to
the house, walked in and without a
word plunged knife into his wife's
heart. killing her almost instantly.
Mrs. Smith, hearing the disturbance
in the room, was coming from the
kitchen when Frazier, with cry of a
demon, sprang upon her, driving his
knife TO the hilt in her breast, she
dying in few moments. Not having
enough of this tiendish work he then
proceeded to torture and mutilate his
own Ibabc of few months, nearly
severing one leg from the body
and badly cutting it otherwise. The
neighbors hearing the disturbance and
coming in, Frazier immediately made
for the woods, the enraged citizens in
hot pursuit After about two hours of
exciting chase he was captured about
two miles from Abba without the least
resistance, by Joe Box, Joe Lewis and
A. Nj. Gree. lie was turned over to
the sheriff and posse, who had come
from Abba to take HIM TO that city.
The sheriff, putting Frazier in light
wagon, was making for Abba with all
speed possible, when they were met by
an Infatuated mob of miners, who COM
PEELED the sheriff to deliver the prison
err over to them. The officers did all
IN their power to save the man, but to
no effect Frazier was taken back to
Hiteman and made to look upon his
bloody work and then promptly hung
to a limb of tree near town. No mo-
tive is given for the CRIME except the
anger caused by his wife leaving him.
The child's chances of recovery are
pronounced by the surgeons to be