Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
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storm that blood vessel burst, killing
her.
The Oelwein syndicate, which pur-
chased two hundred lots, sold in two
days at public auction fifty lots, aver
aging 5000 lot.
The Usage electric light plant was
destroyed by fire at midnight. The
fire originated by spontaneous COM
bustion in pile of coal.
At Keokuk, Webb, alias Hill, the
bogus check swindler, waived examina-
ton and was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $1,000.
A runaway horse fell down fight
of stairs into Moulder's saloon at Cres-
ton, and succeeded unaided in again
climbing the steps uninjured.
The city of Usage has purchased
twenty acres of land, one mile west on
Cedar river and will fit the same for a
esque one.
9 Annie O'Donnell, a mere child, was
playing about the ruins of the old cot
ton mill at Des Moines, and fell a dis
tance of twenty feet, sustaining in
juries from which she died.
Fire at Waucoma destroyed the hotel,
meat market, two restaurants and two
millinery stores. The loss will aggre
gate SIS, 900, with only S., 900 insurance.
The explosion of a lamp caused the
fire.
Notice of two more deaths from small
pox at Pacific Junction have been re-
ceived by the state board of health.
This makes total of six deaths and
,twenty-nine cases at that place. The
last deaths were those of Hattie Cushen-
berry and Charles B. Ault.
At a meeting of the committee on
location of the republican league, in
session in Denver. Des Moines won the
convention of 1895 by a vote of Is to
~. Iowa sent a monster delegation
and the Iowa State Band for the pur-
pose of capturing the prize.
Mr.. Gadberry, proprietor of general
store in the little town of Percy, sew
eral miles east of Des Moines, was held
up by a burglar in his store. The man
drew a revolver but Mr.. Gadberry
grabbed it and pushed it to one side
just as the weapon exploded. The fell
low then escaped. The next morning
a search was made for the villain but
the bird had flown.
=. Wesley Kinser, respected and we'll
to-do farmer of South Fork township,
Wayne county, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with a revolver. Mr.. Kinser had
shown mental disturbance for some
favorable crop prospect seemed to have
increased his melancholy, and in an
unguarded moment he committed the
rash act.
A new deal has been sprung at Perry
in the saloon line. For several weeks
the city has been very dry. Now it
transpires that a st. Louis brewing
company has purchased two acres of
just over the line in Boone county, and
will establish a saloon and beer garden,
A main street of Perry leads to the
place, and the anticipated traffic is SO
great that motor line is talked of
already.
Mrs. Betsy Smith, who has for the
past two weeks been on trial at DeS
Moines for the murder of her husband,
Michael Smith, the motive being the
securing of $4,000 insurance which he
carried on his life in her favor, has
been found guilty. The case was
given to the jury at II a. m. and at 2:4O
the jury returned verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree and fixing
the punishment at Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for life.
sensational suit has been filed in
the district court at Rock Rapids by
Mrs. Ann Mulhall, whose petition asks
for an absolute divorce and the care
and keeping of Francis, their 14-year-
old child and $4,000 alimony. The
charges made by the plaintiff against
James Mulhall are cruelty, inhuman
treatment, and not providing for the
support of the family. She states that
the defendant is worth 100000. They
have been married since 1858.
DURING a high wind an empty box
car was blown out of the Boone yards,
fourteen miles west of Ames. The car
was stopped at the latter place before
doing any damage.
The torpedo boat Ericsson was
started on her trip town the river from
Dubuque on the 22d. She will stay a
week at st. Louis, and will make her
trial trip at New London, Conn, in
July, She will then go to Newport for
her armament. Engineer Windsor,
who has superintendent her machinery.
has been appointed chief engineer OF
the new cruiser Minneapolis.
During an electric storm Oscar Wat,
son, aged II, was instantly killed by
being struck by lightning while plow
ing corn in the field near his home near
Creston.
Willie Dunbar, 16-year-old son of 6