Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10

| Cor total license of $1,000.
On the 5th the first electric car cross
ed the Mississippi river on the govern
| ment bridge at Davenport, connecting
| that city with Rock Island with cleo
trio service. For five years the Daven-
port & Rock Island Railway Company.
composed of Chicago capitalists, has
been working to this end. This is the
only electric line across the river be.
low ST. Paul besides st. Louis
Hon. ). II. Preston, district Judge,
held court at Cedar Rapids on the 9Th,
for the last time in Linn county. He
was the recipient of a magnificent
chair from the Linn county bar, which
held meeting, when resolutions eX-
pressing their high regard and extreme
regret at his resignation, to take place
Septem Der /, were adopted. The Judge
resigns to enter practice, the firm name
| to be Preston, Wheeler & Motif.
cheron stallion owned by f. n. Dewitt
of Bedford and imported by Singmaster
| e. Co. two years ago, has record of
! having killed three men and injuring
several others. He was taken to New
| York recently, a half dozen men being
necessary to control him. At the Madi-
son Square Garden Prof. Gleason COM
pletely subjected the ferocious animal
! and afterwards drove him around the
arena.
At Council Bluffs 3-year-old daugh-
ter of Frank Fister met horri BILE
death a few days ago. Her father is
with his family near the hot houses.
A wagon load of coal was delivered
and stopped on a slight hillside. While
the father was unhitching the team
the child climbed up on the rear end of
the wagon. When it was unhltched
the wagon started down the hill The
movement threw the child off and she
fell to the ground and one of the rear
wheels caught her. crushing her head
and killing her instantly.
The supreme council of the A. =. A.,
at its recent session at Des Moines,
elected the following officers: Supreme
president, w. j. II. Traynor, Detroit;
vice president, Adam Fawcett, Ohio;
secretary of state, o. B. .Iackman,
Boone; chaplain, ]. j. Gosper. San
Fran cisco; secretary, G. l. Beatty,
Saginaw, Mich; treasurer, Fl. M.
Stark, Milwaukee,; sergeant-a.-
E. Ii. Eunb bar, Dorchester, Mass. {;
guard, j. S. Wood. Peoria, Ill. ; sentinel,
d. S. Meeker, Louisville, Ky; trus-
tees, F. c. Campbell, Minneapolis; N.
d. Mcdonald, Cheyenne, Wyo.; w. Ii.
Nichols, Braddick, Pa. The next meet
ing will be held in Milwaukee,
Frank Pierce, the notorious Des
Moines ex-constable, will have to go to
the penitentiary for killing Officer E.
II. Wishart in June, 1891. The indict-
ment was secured in Polk county and a
change of venue was taken co Warren
county. The case was tried before
Judge }. III. Henderson and Pierce was
found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to four and half years in
the penitentiary and to pay fine of
$500. From this judgment Pierce APP
pealed. The supreme court aftirmS the
| judgment of the district court and says
that he might properly have been con-
victed of murder on the evidence pre-
sented. The opinion is by Justice
| ROthrock.
A self appointed citizens and tax
payers committee about ten days ago
asked the district court to restrain the
| Wood bury county board of supery isors
from selling large issue of bonds, on
and for the reason set forth that the
| the warrants which were to be paid off
with the money borrowed were many
of them illegal and the county cash
had been woefully mlsdlrected. AT
fidavits were filed showing irregular.
tiles, especially on the part of super.
visor Strange, who was accused OF
funds. The county side of the case
has been now presen ted to the court IL
the shape of affidavits denying specif
cally everything alleged by the com
mittee, giving clear explanation O
the TRANSACTIONS. 1t looks like the
committee would meet with ignomin
ious de feat.
Through the efforts of a couple o
detectives and United States Marsha
Richards, a gang of counterfeiters have
been arrested at Creston. Recently
Richards quietly pulled in one of thu
gang by the name of Blair and sue
ceeded in getting his prisoner to con
fess his crime. Blair implicated severa
Creston Parties, and later Frank Bear,
and James Show, two VIGOROUSLY des
perate characters, were arrested. TIL
raid was made on Boards home, and il
the basement were found moulds
dies, chemicals, polishing tools, ETC.
necessary to carry on the counterfeit
ers' business. A quantity of the quee