Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-23
NEWS FROM over iowa


of $3.50, 900, have been filed at Dubuque.
cable announces the sudden death
at Paris of j. w. Edgerly, prominent
merchant and banker of Ottumwa, of
apoplexy.
William Buck, prosperous farmer
living north of Woodward, committed
suicide by blowing his brains out with
a shot gun. No cause is known for his
so doing.
N. r. Ellsworth, of New York, on
the way to Jackson, Mimi, died of
heart failure on the train between Fl
Atkinson and Calmar. His brother
was with him.
The packet Verne Swain, plying be-
tween Clinton and Davenport ran on
to snag four miles below Clinton and
sank in four feet of water, The pas
sengers were landed safely.
Capt. Sam Scott, of Dubuque, claims
to be the oldest surviving white settler
in Iowa. He came to Dubuque in 1882
and has resided there ever since. He
took part in the Black Hawk war.
Mrs. Susan Ann Burns, the first
white native of Iowa, died at Dubuque.
She was born in Dubuque on January
10, 1888, and resided there ever since.
Her father was Thomas McCraney,
one of the very first pioneers, who died
forty years ago. She has three daugh-
ters and six sons living.
The peoples convention was held at
Corning. Hon. Ed Homan was chair
man. c. A. Reese, editor of the Indus
trial West, populist newspaper pub
lished at Corning, offered resolution
endorsing the candidacy of F. Q. Stuart
of Charlton for congress. The old
time greenbackers raised the middle
of the road" yell and stormy discus
sion followed, which ended in the
adoption of the resolution provided Mr..
Stuart would endorse the Omaha plat
form.
An unfortunate accident under pecu-
liarly distressing circumstances &C.
Cured at the union depot at Cedar
Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hoover of
Kalona, little town in Washington
county, were on their way to jefferson
to attend the funeral of their sons
wife. Mr.. Hoover stepped out on the
tracks in front of the station and was
struck by a switch engine. He was
taken to the hospital fatally injured.
Mr. Hoover is a man 70 years of age, is
a retired farmer and said to be we'll to
do.
Highland Park Normal College. Des
Moines, Iowa, has grown to be the
most popular and substantial school in
the west from the fact that
student can find classes there every
term in almost any branch he desires
to study. There are not simply reg
ular courses in which pupils must
work, but each student may elect any
studies he desires to take. He may
enter at any time he chooses and con-
tinue as long as he likes. 1t is prob
ably the best and most favorably
known school anywhere in the west.
Reports to the Iowa Weather Crop
Service show an improvement in the
condition of corn in fields where the
vitality of the plant has been main
tanned and the ears formed. A very
large portion of the acreage planted
has been or will be cut for fodder, and
all reports confirm the previous esti-
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charitable corn cribbed this year will
be about one-third of an average yield
of this state. Pastures are beginning
to revive. Potatoes, late sown fax
and millet show an improvement.
An organization has been effected
for the purpose of making an investi-
cation into the affairs of the city OF
Sioux City. Some time ago it was dis
covered that the city police were en-
gagged in pocketing more than their
salaries and it was openly charged that
they are carrying on system of eXtor-
tions similar to that uncovered in New
York city. This purity league. as ii
has been named, has appointed a COM
mittee to make a thorough investiga,
ton of the records and bring the mat.
ter to the attention of the proper au
thorities.
The bond injunction suit is proceed
ing in the Woodbury. court. The ties
timony brought out shows that the
system of rake offs by members of the
board and other county officers was
carried on in season and out, in small
matters as well as large, and it is sur
prising now to learn how many mel
knew of it all the while Deputy Rob
erts is in Virginia on the excuse tina
he was called by the illness of hi
mother, but it is feared he will neve
return. 1t is certain he will go to tn
penitentiary if he does, though tn
prosecution is making a pretense o
shielding him.
The city of Abba is very nue.
alarmed because of the depreciation
of fire bugs. The box factory locate
near the Q. depot was their first plac
of attack and it was soon destroyed
They then endeavored to burn j. W