Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-27
AROUND THE STATE,


Sioux City mllkmen are adulterating
their milk with black pepsin, which il
an ordinary test resembles butter fat.
Ray Elliott, the little Az r-old boy
who disappeared from his home In Ma
rengo Friday afternoon, May IL, is still
missing. 1t is quite certain that he
was kidnapped by gypsies or other row
ing people
Allamakee county feels pround of q
shipment of cattle from Postville by
Hart & Son. There were sixty eight
head. Fifteen of the steers weighed
1857 pounds EACH The consignment
Melted over $1,000,
A marriage license was issued by the
clerk OF Polk county to the Oldest
couple that has applied for a license
recently. They were Elijah w. Gallo.
way, aged rs, and Margaret c. Hoxie,
who is IS years OF age. The old people
live at Commerce. They were married
before returning home.
The representatives of Woodbury.
county who have been in the East have
arranged to place a small amount of
county warrants, and for the first time
IN several weeks the county bankers
are paying cash for warrants. 1t is ex.
pected there will be no further trouble
keeping them at par.
A shocking accident is reported from
Glen Haven. a few miles up the river
from Dubuque. A young lady from
Chicago, visiting farmer, was shot
dead by the latter's son in fun. He
picked up gun, supposed to be not
loaded, and snapped it at her, The
names are not given. fE
Sherman Crown and Miss Sockey at
attended the circus at Pennington
They went home by the railroad and
sat down on the ties to watch the com
ct. They both fell asleep and pas.
senger train knocked them both off the
track. The lady was slightly hurt,
but Crown is in critical condition.
The Iowa Public Health association
Is preparing to hold it's annual meetin G
at Davenport August 81 and Septem Der
1. This ASSOCIATION co-operates with
the State Board of Health in consider
ing sanitary regulations and in assist
ing in the holding of local meetings for
the instruction OF the people of the
state. . t.,E
j. {. Coombs, of Boston, Warwick
Hough, of st. Louis, and W. G. Silver
thorne, Wausau, Wis, are at Sioux
City, representing the committee APP
pointed by the creditors of the Union
Loan and Trust company at u meeting
in Chicago five weeks ago. They have
declined to talk much, but admit that
there Is a plan for reorganizing the
states affected by the failure and to
develop them further.
Fire broke out III the j. C. Bowman
& Co grocefy store at Mt Pleasant,
and soon the rear end of the store was
burning quite fiercely, but by prompt
work the fire was under control before
it spread TO adjoining buildings. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it is
thought To be OF incendIary origin,
catching, as it did in the east end of
the wareroolu next to the alleyway
The loss is from $1,000 to 81, 500, with
pretty fair insurance
The Fairfield local board of health
has received q sharp rebuke from the
state board. Several weeks ago case
of measles developed in that city, and
the local. board refused to quarantine
it. As IA result it has spread till 1t has
gained an epidemic form The state
board of health has written letter in
which it iptimatcs that the local board
can be held responsible for all the
damages resulting FROM the disease for
not quarantining the first case.
At the residence of VIM. Tompkins,
one-half mile west of Macedonia, some
men were engaged in putting down a
well for Mr.. Tomplsins with a patent
machine. JOHNNIE Parrish, the 16-year-
old son of Mr.. Parish, was assisting
His shoe accide ntally got caught in a
knuckle of the tumb bling rod running
from the power of the machine, and
before the team could be stopped his
left leg below the knee was smashed
into pulp, rendering amputatiou above
the knee necessary.
Some time after midnight fe "
nights ago Mrs. Leonard Fr1tsche was
shot dead in her bed at home, 437 May
avenue, Burlington by an unknown
assassin. The crime is one OF the most,
if not the most, mysterious in the his
tory of the city, and furnished inateri al
for lots of speculation. Whoever per.
petrated the deed covered up his tracks
50 we'll as to leave not single resem-
blance of a clue to establish his ident-
ity. Five people are locked up for the
crime. s -n..sf-
The residence of Alex Balm, one aud
of the A., X. & d. railway, was burg.
larized between twelve and one o'clock
at night. The fcnd struck the old
gentleman, who is past seventy, twice
III bhC uVo' WIN dii ~, bhC uiSb NlihV
with the pole, the second time glanc-
ing blow with the blade, seriously but
not fatally injuring him. All the pro-
perty secured was an open nickle-
plated watch and small sum of
money. The sheriff has offered 500
reward for the capture of the thieves
Four freight cars standing IN the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific yards
at Brooklyn were. broken into by burg
lars. A number of boxes-ef merchan-
disc were opened and some of the goods
stolen and the remainder scattered
about the car and along the track,
Wencil Balear was arrested at Iowa
City for allowing his team to stand In
the street united, The horses started
to runa way, but were stopped before
any damage was done. Balcar's little
clrl was in the wagon at the time and
the man himself was drunk.
With the subsistence of excitement