Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-19
AROUND THE STATE.

Sioux City will make an effort to run
her saloons under the mulct law.
The president has nominated w. II.
Turbit Of Des Moines as receiver Of
public moneys
Messrs. Andrews Brothers, manufac.
turers of pressed brick and tile at Bur-
lington, assigned to c. H. Lloyd with
liabilities aggregating $1,000 and avail
able assets thought to be equal to the
liabilities.
Michael Schmitt blew his whole head
off in Dubuque county few days ago.
He was bachelor, IS years old, and
lived IN Jefferson township with his
mother, who heard the shot and found
his decapitated body. lie had been In
poor health,
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern Railway Company will ex-
tend their road from Forest City to
Estherville, there connecting with the
main line. The third and final survey
is now being made and dirt will fly
within a month.
A three days church trial with night
sessions at Ft. Dodge investigated the
charges against the Rev. Mr. Avery of
Methodist Episcopal church for inn
moral conduct upon five counts, which
were sustained, and he has been sus-
pended pending action by he North
western Iowa Methodist Conference.
Alfred Anderson, serving life SEN
tence in the Anamosa penitentiary for
the murder of farmer near Fl. Madl.
son last fall, escaped from the prison,
his fight not being detected until the
next morning Deputies are securing
all Eastern Iowa, but so far have been
unable to locate him. The state offers
a reward of $50.
While out hunting near Dunlap
George Nelson, IS years old, was shot
in the right hip, and gun being acct
dentally discharged by his brother Ed.
They are sons of J. d, Nelson, who live
two and nc-half miles west of Dunlap,
ana the misfortune occurred on their
fathers farm. The recovery of George
is very doubtful, tie wound being
serious one.
Mrs. Hammond, wife of the late DR..
VIM. G. Hammond, chancellor of the
St. LOUIS law school, has donated her
husbands entire private library of his
torical legal works to the law depart
ment of the State University of Iowa,
of which DR. Hammond was chancellor
for thirteen years. This is one OF the
most complete and valuable collections
of its kind in existence.
stephen Rohn. of Wauhaukanetta,
o., who was coming TO Cambridge to
visit his parents, attempted to get off
fast freight train two miles west of the
latter place and caught his foot in
swivel or brace rod and was dragged
mile or more His shoulder blade
was dislocated and the right leg had to
be amputated. His other injuries are
serious and his condition is critical.
g w. Williams, the Independence
horseman, owner of Allerton, has fin
ally left the state and settled at Gales
burg, III. Gatcsburg has for some
time held out very fiattering induce
ments to Mr.. Williams for the removal
of his interests to that city, and he at
last concluded to accept. He took
with him ffty.four horses, his belong
ings filling special train of eighteen
car.
A. L. Connable, aged SO, ex-pork.
Eoaplyar nd nitoliSf Of Eanlr,ly's
oldest and most wealthy citizens, was
found dead in a room in the Hotel keo-
kuk recently. He was called at 6
O'Clock IN the morning, arose and
bathed, and partially dressed, AT 0
O'Clock the room was entered and Con-
nable was found dead on the floor He
had been ailing for years with heart
disease.
David Long farmer from Crescent
township, was shot and fatally wound.
ed at Council Bluffs by Josie Long, a
woman of the town, who met HIM on
Sixteenth street Long was accom-
panied by the girls mother, who is a
respectable woman living in the coun-
try near Long. Before the woman
could be arrested she nearly killed
street.
The Creston Gazette, in recent
article, animated that Ed Reed, a
blacksmith, was guilty of the murder
Of old man Goodale, and gave a lengthy
account tending to confirm their sus.
plclons Reed, the man charged with
the crime, has brought SUIT gainst the
Gazette for So coo damages for defam-
ing his character. Reed claims the
article in the Gazette TO be false,
while the managers of the papers claim
they are fully able to substlntiate their
assertions
Judge Woolson in the federal court
sentenced the officers and promoters of
the Perpetual Maturity Bonding
Company at Council Bluffs. John
Freeze, president, 500 fine; j. Il. Al.
len, secretary, $500 and thirty days In
Jail, the sentence to be RENTED if the
fine Is paid in. full; George Fl. Gable,
vice president and general manager,
$500 and three days in Jail. Gable was
taken to Jail at once pending arrange
ments for appeal. Judge Vannata and
J. B. Sweet pleaded guilty and will be
sentenced soon.
Two hundred acres of bottom land
in Jackson county were sold last week
for rs cents an acre.
William McElroy, bachelor, aged
IS, died at KeolSul< few days ago. He
had accumulated considera BILE proper
ty, but was afraid of the banks and
had not deposited it with them. He
lived by himself with but few comforts.
us brother Knights Templar in look
ing through his effects found seventy
two $50 gold pieces secreted in an old
tin can in pile OF rubbish IN a corner
of the room and $40 in silver and
paper in bureau.
Cashier Dickerson of Atlantic has