Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-16
news FROM over iowa

from buggy and the horse stepping
upon it.
The democrats Of the Tenth district
endorsed the nomination of j. G. Ba-
ker, recently named for congress by
the populists.
The $4,000 residence of Dugal c.
Pomeroy, of Corning, was Quilted by
fire. The property is a total loss. with
insurance of So 900. The flames were
from the start beyond control of the
hose team.
oIn a quarrel about loose woman at
What Cheer, Wren Himrod struck Dan
Gallagher above the ear with a rock,
infiicting injuries from which Gallagher
died ten hours later. Himrod claims
self defense.
The general store of A. w. Snyder &
Co., at Spaulding, was closed on a
chattel mortgage in favor of b. f.
Henley & Bro, wholesale grocers, of
Creston. Slow collections and poor
crop outlook caused the failure.
Rlvermen are engaged In tearing TO
pieces the steamer j. X. Graves, which
sank upon the Davenport rapids re-
Gently, it having been found impossible
to raise her. The wreckage is being
placed upon the ways at Rock Island.
While crossing the Sycamore chain
in the Mississippi, fifteen miles above
Davenport, the rafter J. X. Graves,
one of the oldest boates on the river,
struck loose rock and went to the
bottom in ten feet of water. The crew
escaped.
A. b. Hank, hired hand, stole
valuable horse from his employer, John
Rush, a farmer living near Ottumwa
and skipped. neighbor had team
and buggy stolen at the same time by
unknown parties. The sheriff and a
posse are hunting for them.
DR.. NJ. Underwood, a leading ply
stefan of Hardin county, was found
dead in bed in the morning, having
died during the night of heart disease
He was elected state senator in 1886,
and served two years. He was surgeon
of the Twelfth Iowa infantry during
the war.
Lightning struck the store of NJ. c.
Hales at Stilsop and the building and
contents We're consumed in quick order.
Hans Hundrup, general manager and
postmaster, was living over the store,
and he barely escaped with his family,
they being in bed at the time. He lost
ything he had, even clothes.
Postoffice Inspector George M. Chris
tian in an inspection of the accounts
of w. III. Bannon, postmaster at Du-
mont, Butler county, discovered that
he was short in his money order &C
counts to the tune of about $1,000,
which Mr.. Christian Immediately col
lected from six friends who went on
his bond when he was appointed about
year ago.
While driving well on an island in
the center of the Cedar river opposite
their estab lishment, the Sinclair Pack
ing House, of Cedar Rapids, struck q
.gusher, at a depth of thirty feet.
The water is clear and cold as ice and
is thrown above the surface of the
island. About dozen points will be
driven at this place, and from them it
is expected to secure enough water to
run the entire establishment. The
city water company, it is understood,
will make similar experiment.
On the 10th the Iowa battle flags
were transferred from the old state
armory at Des Moines to the hermetic-
ally sealed cases provided at the cap
itol Thousands of old soldiers were
in the city on that day and it is esti-
mated that 5000 of them participated
in the march to the capitol under the
old flags. 1t is said that every regi-
ment was represented. Arrived at the
capitol, addresses were delivered by
Gen. John w. Noble, the presiding
officer of the day, Major Lacey and
Gov. Jackson. An original poem BY
Major Byers was then read. The flags
after being photographed, were depos
afterwards placed in the glass cases or
the Legislative floor.
The weather and crop bulletin says
Until the 10th the conditions were
about as damaging as at any time dur
ing the season, but the showers of thu
10th, 18th and 18th gave substantial
benefit to the greater part of the state
and will materially help grass, millet
late potatoes and a portion of the corr
crop. The condition of corn is vari
able, depending upon quality of sol
for retaining moisture and shelter iron
force of hot winds. There has been
material deterioration since August ]
when it was rated at 40 per cent.
large portion is now beyond help an
is being rapidly cut to save the fodde,
With favorable weather in the futur
there is possibility of saving on,
third of an average crop from the pre-:
ent reduced area of less than six mi
lion acres.
The recent rains covered almo:
every section of the state.
At Z o'clock in the morning Robel
Thompson, young business man