Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-07
AROUND THE STATE.

II. H. Trimble to be pension agent at
Des Moines and A. c. Brice of Iowa to
be consul at Matanza, Cuba.
The buildings at the mine at Dean,
the operation of which was stopped by
strikers, were burned later. The fire
origin.
The Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
states that corn is generally in a good
condition, but that all other crops are
suffering from the extreme dry
weather.
The saloon license consent petition
required by the Martin law has been
completed at Sioux City, the necessary
number of signatures being secured
after long and weary effort.
Charles Greenley, a young man 20
years old, while attempting to catch
wild train passing through Brush
Creek, was crushed between a car and
the platform and instantly killed.
The State Bank of Dexter has been
authorized to begin business by Aud
itor Mccarthy. 1t has a paid up cap
ital of $25 200. The president is A. H.
Savage; cashier, f. II. Fitting; vice
president, j. G. Stanley.
The Dubuque e. Wisconsin Bridge
Company met at Dubuque and elected
the following officers: President, j. A.
Rhomberg; ce-president, j. j. Dunn;
secretary, c. II. Meyer; treasurer, Paul
Traut 1t is expected that work on the
new bridge will begin soon.
Albert Kenrick, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kernick, of Sioux City, fell at
West Seventh and Otto street and struck
his head on the curb so as to break his
neck. The accident was not observed
at the time, and When picked up few
minutes after the boy was dead.
DIR. Moore, +. A. Grimwood, w. H.
Kattleson and o. J. FELTON, have or
gained themselves into syndicate for
the purpose of pushing the search for
the meteoric stone that fell recently on
the farm of j. j. Wozobo, three and a
half miles east of Oxford Junction. A
crib has been sunk twenGysiX feet,
the last fourteen being in water and
quick sand. 1t is believed that the
stone has been struck at distance of
about eight feet below the present
level of the excavation.
Charles Woolner, supposed anarch-
list, one of a gang of tramps who were
caught in box car recently in the act
of abducting two little boys, Fred
Cling, aged 10, and James Mooney,
aged IL, who the boys state were alb
Quoted from Aurora by the tramps and
who have been abused by these rascals,
was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
Woolner, when captured, had paste
board box containing two sticks of
dynamite four to six inches in length,
the box containing about fifty caps,
and coil of fuse ten feet long.
A little spark from Northwestern
engine came near doing a great deal of
damage at the Union Driving Park, at
Council Bluffs, while the races were in
progress. 1t ignited the grass between
any one noticed the flames they had
been communicated to the fence, which
was soon on fire in a dozen different
places. Only hundred yards or so
away were the north stalls, and the
main effort of the impromptu bucket
brigade was to keep them from catch
ing fire. The fence was broken down
for distance of about fifty yards, and
the fire was finally eXtinguished. The
damage was not large.
Vim. Winter, a 10-year-old boy, on
his fathers farm near Swaledale, made
a remarkable find. While engaged in
gathering ''nigger head stones for the
purpose of building wall he discovered
an old pocket book containing $50 in
gold under one of them. The wallet,
an old style leather one, soon fell to
pieces when exposed to the light and
air. The money was all gold, no silver
being in the wallet. One of the pieces
was gold half dollar, very rare and
valuable coin, and is now worth SIS or
$50. The place of discovery was near
an old shaft sunk years ago while
prospecting for coal. Who it belongs
to or how it came there cannot be
imagined. There were no papers or
writing by which clue to the owner
ship of the property can be obtained.
J The Eleventh district republican
convention has been called for June 90
at Spirit Lake. George ID. Perkins, the
present congressman, and I. S. Struble
are the candidates.
Justice Wen decided the case against
Kerns, Limerick, Hall and Rachwitz,
the Wabash train thieves who have
had charges of conspiracy and breaking
and entering cars in the Wabash yards
at Council Bluffs, pending against
them. The charge of conspiracy was
dismissed as to each defendant but
they were bound over on the other
charges and sent to Jail in default of
800 bail.
Mary Anderson, a domestic employed
in a sanitarium at Morning Side, a
Snburb of Stony City mat daotb in n