Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The following awards were made al
the firemen's tournament at Iowa City:
Novelty hook and ladder contest, prize
$50, Atlantic only contestant; coupling
prize contest, Harlan, first prize; novel
ty coupling contest, gold badge, won
by Traer, a 1-5 seconds; state hook and
ladder race, first prize, $3.50 and belt,
Phoenix, of Atlantic, SO is seconds:
state hose race, first prize $3.50 and
silver belt, Moore's, of Traer. Sweep
stakes hose race, prize $125, Harlan,
AZ 3-5 seconds.
The president of the Iowa Road I'm
provement Association has appointed
as delegates to the Good Roads confer
ence to be held at Asbury Park, n. j.,
July and 6, all vice presidents of the
! Iowa association, also editors who are
delegates to the National Editorial AS
ISOLATION held at the same time and
place. No credentials are necessary.
and National Road Associations are
taking much interest in this conference
and expect to make exhibits in practi-
cal road making.
At Council Bluffs the Ladies of the
G. A. r. elected the following officers:
Mrs. Mary j. Toms, Iowa City, depart
ment president; Mrs. Warner, Newton,
senior vice-president; Mrs. Ophelia
Hully, Milford, junior vice-president;
Mrs. NJ. j. Drake, Clinton, treasurer;
A nhar lair
The Women's Relief Corps election re-
suited in the election of Mrs. Flora Il.
Evans of Clinton president; Mrs. Drew
of Council Bluffs was elected senior
vice-president and Mrs. Ballard of Des
Moines junior vice-president.
The Fort Dodge city council has ac-
copied plans for a complete overhaul
ing of the water works system, to cost
ST. 200. This includes new pumps and
stand-pipe. The water supply is
taken from the Des Moines river, which
has large island in it there. Expert
mental wells have been sunk in the
island, which is composed entirely of
sand, and it has been found that the
get the water supply from. This will
give natural sand filter of several
hundred feet and will give Fort Dodge
the purest kind of water. Samples of
the water were tested by the state
board of health and prove this.
Marshal Hardin and Frank Lebren,
jeweler, arrived in Keokuk from Jack
sonville, Ills, recently with the bogus
check swindler known as Samuel Webb
and L. III. Hill, but whose right name
IS thought to be Henry Failing.
He is wanted at Keolzuk to answer to
the charge of obtaining goods from Mr..
Lebren under false pretenses and in
ducing him to cash a fraudulent check
in the superior court and given time to
plead. He acknowledged the fraudu-
lent transaction with Mr.. Lebren on
the way from Jacksonville to Keokuk
He is a very shrewd rogue and has
worked his game on numerous persons
in various parts of the country.
At the annual encampment of the
Iowa G. A. r. at Council Bluffs the re-
port of the adjutant showed a total
membership in Iowa of 1858 on De-
| cember 81, a decrease of 2,3O9. The
| death losses were 266, an increase of 3S
| over the proceeding year. The tinan-
cial report showed the receipts to be
S9,S54.79 and expenditures $7,493.41;
balance on hand 2,361.5S. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
| suing year: Commander, Geo A. New
man, of Cedar Falls; senior vice COM
mander, j. c. Milliman, of Logan;
junior vice commander, w. w. Ellis, of
| Villisca; medical director. DR.. E. w.
Hazen, of Des Moines: chaplain, B. F..
| w. Golfer of Colfax. The next en-.
campment will be held at Clinton.
At Dubuque Judge Shiras appointed
Attorney Frank E. Allen, of Esther
vile, receiver for the American Invest
ment company of Emmetsburg. The
company has liabilities of $3,2s5, 900,
including capital stock of $4,000, 600
and its assets, nominally the same, are
estimated to be worth $500, 900 less.
There is also a contingent liability of
about 100000 and accrued interest
on guaranteed loans estimated to be
worth 60 per cent of their face, for it is
estimated that 40 per cent of these
loans have been defaulted. The John
Stewart company of Manchester, Eng
land, holds 81 900, 600 of the company's
obligation and wanted joint receiver
ship, but this was not granted. The
| company's cash on hand available for
payment of liabilities is $54.32. The
company failed to remit $135, 600 col
lected for eastern investors, and for
this President Ormsby is threatened
With criminal proceedings.
Charles Elliott, 20 years old, whose
parents live in Lake City, himself work
ing for farmer near that place, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself, first
in the side and then in the head. No
cause known.
A few months ago Mrs. Lizzie Norton
of Cedar Rapids, while under the in