Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-08
NEWS FROM over iowa


stroyed the northern portion of the
city.
Fire at Colfax, supposed to have been
caused by crowd of men with a keg
of beer in j. w. Wallis livery barn, de-
stroyed the barn, the electric lighting
plant, the city pump house, and Nor
rison & Hartley's blacksmith and
wagon shop. The total loss will ex-
ceed ten thousand dollars.
The jury in the case of Joseph C.
Yetzer, president of the defunct Cass
county bank, charged with fraudulent
banking at Atlantic, rendered a ver-
dict of guilty, after being out six
hours. This concludes the cases of
the cashier and president of the de-
funct Cass county bank, of which
Cashier DickerSon is now serving a six
year sentence.
The will of Mrs. Anna McCreery, a
wealthy widow who died at Creston a
few days ago, has been made public.
To several local churches she be-
queathes valuable CrestOn property,
and to the Indian University at Mus
kogee, l. T., S. 900, to be known as the
Anna McCreery text book and educa-
ton fund. A brother OF deceased re-
ceives bequest of $25.
At Iowa Falls recently the guests
had assembled and the minister was
on hand to perform the ceremony that
was to unite in the bonds of matrimony
a young lady Of that place and a young
man from Hampton. The license,
which was to arrive at o'clock that
evening, did not come, and after a
tedious wait the ceremony was de-
ferred until such time as the license
should put in its appearance. The
necessary paper has since been
received.
At Des Moincs few nights since a
man fell from the Chicago, Great
Western train, just as it was leaving
for the south and was killed. The
railroad men say that he was a passen-
ger on the train and was in the act of
climbing on car and it started and
he fell under the wheels. He was
fearfully crushed ana mangled and
death resulted almost instantly. The
dead man was dressed as if he was a
mechanic and had few papers and a
little money upon his person.
A dispatch says that potatoes and
apples are being shipped into Iowa by
the car load from Minnesota, Missouri
and Colorado These foreign products
are of n good quality and are sold at
prices that have a marked effect on the
market of the home product. Potatoes
sell at 65 to 70 cents and it is expected
that this price will be lowered before
the winter sets in. Those dealers who
bought largely of potatoes on a basis
of selling at $1.OO bushcl will be
heavy losers. Good apples are selling
at from so cents to S1.OO.
The assets of the Union Stock Yards
company, Sioux City, estimated by Re-
ceiver Chesly at 50 5000, 900, are to be
sold for that sum, to the Sioux City
Stock Yards company, Judge Shiras
having accepted the receivers recon-
mendation. The $92S, 900 of unsecured
notes held by the Credits Communication
company will be converted into pre-.
ferred stocks of the new company and
those interested in the old concerns
will take the common stock The
mortgage Indebtedness, 1925, 900, will
be reduced by cash assessmen tc
5000, OOO
Emanuel Gardner, of Growers
Gulch, near Waucoma, died from the
effects of rifle shot wounds. A few
weeks ago he was shot with shotgun
but not seriously wounded. In the
latter part of the week he was sho
with rifle and lived only a few days
Gardner was a tough character.
coroner and deputy sheriff wer,
notified by the man who did the shoot
ing but he has not been arrested ant
probably will not be. In fact, it i
said that the sheriff has been tryin,
for year to get evidence to hole
Gardner.
A young farm hand named Georg
Satterlee, of an unsavory reputation
was arrested at Berkeley for attemptin,
to commit rape upon the person of tn
6-year-old daughter of Ben Hayer
Mr.. Hayer is a respectable farmer re
siding in Boone township, few mile
west of Berkeley, and is highly indignan
over the assault. The constable wa
notified and chased the criminal an
caught him near Berkeley. Satterle
was arraigned before Justice Barne
and placed under 81, 900 bonds, whic
he defaulted, and was confined in tn
county Jail at Boone to await the actio
of the jury.
w. q. Koenoman'S store at Hubbar
was robbed by burglars and $500 wort
of goods taken. This is the third in
series of robberies in Hardin count
lately, and the officers now think the
have the gang who have been INSTR
mental in pilfering stores.
Mrs. Frederick Fifteen was LITERAL
rnaSfad IN death at Davannort 81