Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29


eral court at Dubuque against the
Chicago Great Western Railway com
pany by the Leisure Lumber company
for l7,0S5, Standard Lumber company
S9S, o4s, and Louisa Glab $4,000, for
losses sustained in the big lumber fire
last June. Compliments allege the
fire was caused by locomotive spark.
There was lively contest in the
state executive council over the selec-
ton of a member of the educational
board of examiners to succeed j. S.
Crawford of Atlantic. The candidates
were: C. w. Won Coelln, of Storm
Lake; w. H. Dixon, of Algona; S. ii.
Sheakley, of Waverly; III. T. Weld, OF
Nevada, and E. E. Blanchard, of Rock
Rapids. Eleven ballots were taken, as
each member of the council had a
candidate. Finally they agreed on
Mr.. Blanchard
A gentleman is in Manchester look
ing after the building of the govern
ment fish hatchery, which has been
established three miles from that
place. The citizens donated thirty
acres of land on which is located a
magnificent spring for that purpose.
The land has been surveyed and plat
ted and accepted by the government.
An appropriation of $751; 900 was made
by congress last year, to be used for
the establishment of a hatchery for
the northwestern states, whenever
one should be located, and the enter
prising citizens of Manchester made an
effort and secured the prize. 1t will
employ large number of hands and
will be the distributing point for all
the western states, and many millions
of fish will be Matched out yearly. 1t
is great prize for Manchester and
the state of Iowa.
Hon. Walt. II. Butler, of West Union,
eX-congressman of the Fourth district,
now principal of the Oelwein Normal
College, disappeared from that place
on the 22d, as completely as though the
earth had opened and swallowed him
up. He closed the school an hour
earlier than usual and is said to have
boarded the $3.50 train south. Since
that time no trace of him has been
found and his wife and son in West
Union are wild with anxiety and ap-
disappearance he never failed to write
to his wife daily. He collected all
money due him, supposed to be $3.50,
before leaving. Buffers property is
heavily mortgaged. He is a man of
good habits barring fondness for
draw poker Mr.. Butler was member
of the fftysecond congress, elected as
a democrat. He has been known as a
man of some ability. of a happy-go-
lucky disposition. AS husband and
father he has been exemplary.
Pretty Mrs Barney Kelley, of Web
ster City, in company with her sister,
horsewhipped II. II. limbaugh, real
estate man of that place, few days
ago. limbaugh was walking along
the ladies. Mrs. Kelley drew a short
rawhide whip from under her cloak,
and while denouncing him for circu-
lating stories about her character,
applied the lash vigorously. Mr.. Him
baugh attempted to run into drug
store, but was pursued by Miss Clark,
who had snatched the whip from
her sister. Great welts were
raised across his face and he will be
confined to the house for some time.
The parties to the horsewhipping are
all prominent in Webster City, the
husband of Mrs. Kelly and Mr.. Hime-
baugh both being leading insurance
men. Mrs. Kelly and her sister claim
Mr.. Hime baugh circulated scandalous
stories about them, while the latter
claims the horsewhipping was merely
the outcome of a quarrel between the
lady's husband and himself over insur-
ance matters.
AS Charles Groves and Wesley Starlxs
were setting traps for ground-hogs on
the south side of the Wapsie river
about two and half miles above New
port, in arranging for trap near a
hole in the bluff, they were astonished
to find piece of lead of several pounds
weight, apparently pushed out by the
hole-digger They went to Anamosa
and conferred with several lawyers to
ascertain whether the discovery would
give them any rights, and found that
it would not w. ID. Sheehan leased
400 acres from j. l. Hay and forty
acres from Tom Powers, the mineral
having been found on the land of the
latter The lease runs five years with
the privilege of extension, and the
owners of the lead are to receive one
eighth of the ore mined. Prospecting
was at once begun in earnest, and the
results were astonishing. Two solid
chunks of lead ore were dug out, one
weighing twenty-three pounds and
seven ounces and the other forty-nine
and one-quarter pounds. Later Messrs.
StarSs and Grove struck chunk
weighing 100 pounds, the find being
about fifteen feet below the surface OF
the ground. Some 1900 pounds have