Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-09
NEWS FROM over iowa

The Lone Tree creamery burned.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,150.
l.. s. Cooper died at Primghar. He
was a leading citizen of the county,
prominent in real estate and banking
circles.
Samuel Davis, while walling a well
on the farm of Frank Patterson, near
Gilman, was instantly killed by falling
rock or clay.
j. j. Shea, nominated by the Iowa
democrats as supreme court reporter,
has sent the state committee letter
declining to be candidate
George NJ. Curtis of Clinton, recently
nominated by the republicans of the
Second district for congress, has de-
cided to accept the nomination.
A terrible accident occurred three
miles north of Mitchellville. John
Rocker slipped and fell into thresh-
ing machine and his left leg was torn
off close up to his body. He died that
evening.
Upon telegram from the Uuited
States marshal at Cedar Rapids, City
Marshal Goodrich, of Iowa City, ar
rested John Zeigler and took him there.
Zeigler had been hanging around the
city few days trading horses. The
crime for which he was arrested the
dispatch did not state.
Again last week another bridge was
burned on the Rock Island railroad
near Sigourney. That makes two in
side of one week. The woods south of
town were on fire and burned over
1000 acres of ground and was put out
with the greatest difficulty. 1t is
daily occurrence now to hear of fires
along the railroads. Emil Thurman,
living near Sigourney, lost several
stacks of hay by being set on fire by a
passing engine.
The wood department of the engine
room and blacksmith shop of Rhodes
Carmean Co.'S carriage factory at
Marshalltown was damaged about So
900 by fire. The fact that there was
no wind and the prompt efforts of the
fire department saved the entire plant
and number of dwellings in the i'm
mediate vicinity from destruction.
This was the third fire in twenty-four
hours, but the others were not so
serious The last two are believed to
be incendiary.
The Second district republicans held
an enthusiastic convention at Daven-
port and nominated the man who is to
oppose Hon. Walter /. Hayes, of Gin
ton, the one democrat on the Iowa
congressional delegation, in the cam
paign that is to open. He is Geo. NJ
Curtis, of Clinton, a wealthy lumber
man of that city This is his first VEN
ture in politics, and there is not GER
tainty that he will accept, having al
ready declined to be a candidate for
business and family reasons.
The Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
says: Reports received and tabulated
from over 800 correspondents of the
state bureau, representing every coun-
ty in the state, place the average con-
dition of corn on August /, at 40 per
cent. The highest averages are re-
ported in the northern tier and few
counties on the Mississippi river. There
has been slight falling off in condi-
ton since these reports were mailed.
Returns from threshers indicate that
the aggregate yield of oats is likely to
and the quality is much better"
Near Rolfe recently while gang of
threshers were at work, Joe Wiley, a
man with a record for quarrelsome-
ness, managed to drag an inoffensive
young man named Herman Barnes into
a fight. Barnes was the weaker of the
two and Wiley beat him numerically.
His injuries were not believed to be
dangerous and Wiley was arrested and
fined $40 and costs. Later Barnes be-
came worse and finally died from con-
cussion of the brain. Wiley was ar,
crested and the coroner's jury has
placed the blame for Barnes death
upon him. Barnes leaves young wife
and one-year-old child.
Fire which started at 1890 a. m.
from an unknown cause in Mckinney
& Smiths livery barn at Adair, burned
two blocks on the north side of the
street, one block and part of another
on the south side. and one residence or
the outside. George Tucker was badly
burned about the face while holding
the hose, and VIM. Patterson was pros
trated by the intense heat. The fire
men did nobly. 1t is said the city ha:
the best company in the state, but
they are not supplied with the best o
apparatus. Even as it was, they saved
many buildings. The Stuart COMPANY
did not arrive until the home compan,
had the fire practically under control
The total loss figures up the fearful
total of $1O4, 1875, and the insuranc
$4,000 Adair will not lie down. Tn
citizens are full of pluck and will go t.
work at once to make good this terrible
loss.
1t has just leaked out that prlz
fight occurred in CaldweIl's field Yves