Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-21
AROUND THE STATE.

The DeS MONIES summer School be-
gins it's fifth annual session July 9.
Prof. c. w. Martindale is the conductor
j. c. Snodgrass is one of the justices
Of the peace at Winterset and j. $.
White is an ex-justice. 4 dispute
arose between the two gentlemen con-
corning a case being tried, during
which the lawyer called the justice a
liar, the result of which was that the
squire laid aside his judicial robes and
knocked the ex-justice down.
A sensational incident occurred in
the superior court at Keokuk. James
Campbell had just given testimony and
an effort was made to impeach him,
when Campbell walked over to one of
the jurists with whom he was acquaint-
ed and began to eXcitedly discuss the
case. When the court recovered from
it's establishment Judge Bank promptly
fined Campbell for contempt.
The neighborhood of Cottage, Hardin
county, is greatly excited over the
mysterious death of Luke Taylor,
whose decomposed body was discovered
in the house where he lived alone.
The idea of foul play is prevalent, but
the inquest tends to show that the man
died from natural causes. He was over
80 years of age and has always lived a
secluded life.
Advices from Western Iowa are to
the effect that severe storm swept
over that portion of the state on the
10th. Calender reports considerable
damage from wind and one person
killed by lightning. The wind was
high at Fort Dodge. At Atlantic the
storm was severe and at Walnut
cloudburst occurred and considerabl BILE
damage was done to farm lands.
III. c. ChiItenden, wealthy resident
of Lansing, Mich, who is interested in
Des Moines and has faith in the city's
future, has purchased forty-seven acres
of ground lying east of the Chicago
Great Western railway and between
East Grand avenue and the Rock Island
road. The consideration was 81 900
per acre. The property was sold by
the wealthy Gates family of Newton.
A barn owned by j. W. Carr, at Web,
ster City, burned, entailing a loss of
about $500, partially covered by insur-
ance. The round house and machine
shops of the c. c. railway company,
fully block away, were ignited by
flying brands, but the fire was put out
before any serious damage resulted.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
it is supposed to have caught from
sparks from chimney.
The state historical department has
received from the government arsenal
at Rock Island samples of firearms used
in the war of the rebellion. There are
fourteen different kinds of rifles, three
sabers, five army revolvers; among the
collection is one 11-inch shot, several
shells, grape and canister, etc. They
were secured for the state by the
united efforts of our senators and rep
resentatives in congress.
The fifth biennial convention of the
A. o. III. of Iowa met at Keokuk and
the following officers We're elected:
President, Dennis Maher of Iowa City;
tumwa; secretary, John p. Howard, of
Des Moines; treasurer, D. H. Sullivan
of Sioux City. State officers in the in
surance department were also elected.
Dubuque was selected as the place for
holding the next biennial meeting.
John Saylor, daughter, three sons
and three hired men, eight persons in
all, living south of the river near OF
tumwa, were poisoned from drinking
buttermilk which contained vegeta BILE
poison called sotimanic. At first it
was supposed to be a genuine case of
Asiatic cholera, but investigation
traced the causes to pond of foul
water where the cattle had been drink
ing. All the victims are in rather
critical condition, but it is thought
they will recover.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term at the Druid
grand grove session at Davenport: n.
G. A., Charles Steimker, Burlington;
ID. G. A., Adolph Stelzel, Davenport;
G. s., Carl Lehman, Burlington; G. T.
Fred Schmidt, Davenport q. H., Henry
Pechstein, Keokuk; G.. NJ, Fred Guen-
ther, Burlington; G. g., Gerd Hobbicief-
ken, Burlington; executive committee,
j. Scheiner, Davenport; representa-
tives to the supreme grove, E. j. Ed
monds, Burlington.
Fire swept the west side of Main
street at Buffalo Center, from Slaba &
Cheeseman's hardware store south to
the depot. About a dozen buildings
were destroyed, the total loss aggregat-
ing probably over $40, 600. twas only
by superhuman efforts that the rest of
Main street was saved with no fire pro-
lection whatever, and only for nice
shower of rain the previous evening
everything would have been dry as
finder and gone up in smoke. Already
carpenters are figuring on lumber bills,
and it will only be few days before
work will commence On mora c,,bc+ a =,