Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18
NEWS FROM over iowa

Roscoe E. Elwell, city editor of the
Clinton Herald, has been appointed
private secretary to Congressman
Curtis.
The Dubuque county board of super
visors has levied the mulct tax against
235 saloons, of which 1876 are in the
city of Dubuque.
The bones found by workmen at
Washington are found to have been
buried over twelve years ago, but the
mystery cannot be explained.
Peter Kohler, Cromwell citizen,
was thrown from wagon and sus-
tanned serious injuries. He and his
family were returning home from
church when the team ran away.
A heavy wind storm ragged in south
eastern Iowa on the 18th. Several
buildings were injured in Burlington
and in neighboring towns. Much
damage was done to buildings and out
houses
Samuel Jerrells, prominent farmer
living near Fairfield, has been ad-
judged temporarily insane. The death
of his wife and illness of himself and
two children, all from measles, was
the cause.
2The annual meeting of the Congre-
gationaI Church Association and La
dies Missionary Society of Eastern
Iowa met at Clinton with many dele
gates in attendance. The convention
lasted three days.
Expert examiners who have exam
ined the books Of the city treasurer
and recorder of Cedar Rapids, report
that the total Indebtedness is S2G4, 322;
total credits, including city property,
Sl42, 1876, leaving a net debt of 1924, 500.
w. c. Hillas, an ola resluent and
business man of Dow City, shot him
self while in bed, holding "A revolver in
each hand and shooting both at the
same time. Financial reverses and
continued sickness had unbalanced his
mind.
Judge Woolson in the federal court
at Council bluffs made an order fixing
the trial of Richmond and the other
Union Building and Savings association
officials for April 80. The court also
stated that Judge Shiras had been
asked and had consented to come to
that city and try the cases.
Ex-senator Geo Jones, of Dubuque,
was 81 on the 18th, but his celebration
was deferred to Easter Sunday.
His two surviving colleagues in the
United States senate, James W. Brad
bury, of Maine, and Alphonso Felch,
of Michigan, were invited to dine with
him, but both declined, owing to the
infrmities of age.
In KeokulI a few days ago was
reached the climax of romance of
the old and new worlds. DR.. Carl
Jonah Eleon, of Altoona, Illinois, and
Miss Helerse Arnoldson were married.
She is the rarely beautiful daughter Of
K. P. Arnoldson, member of the
Swedish parliament, and had. just
arrived from Stockholm, which was
DR.. Eleon's home up to three years
ago.
I. C. Treadway, of Sioux City. was
arrested under a contempt order made
by Judge Van Wagenen about Two
years ago. Tredway was ordered to
produce in court certain books as
evidence in a case in which he was
attorney. He refused and was ordered
committed for contempt, but succeeded
by appealing the case in staving it off.
He says the books were destroyed by
fire.
On his fathers farm near Hills
Siding, Johnson county, Leslie Glaspy,
aged Is, was dragged to death. The
boy had been working in a field with
a corn cultivator and had started for
shelter on the approach of a storm.
When few rods from the house the
team became frightened and ran away.
Leslie fell, and his clothes becoming
entangled in the cultivator, he was
dragged and torn in such a manner
that death came in twenty minuues.
A sensational attempt at self des-
truction occurred at ColfaX. Walter
Preston, a young society man, asked
Laura Hammerly for her company
home from church and, being refused,
followed her and lady friend one
block from the church and when on
the crossing where the young ladies
were to take a different direction from
his way home walked up and bade Miss
Hammerly good bye, and walking
about ten feet farther on discharged a
30 calibre ball into his left temple.
The young ladies fed; the young mans
aim was poor, and the ball that was
intended to end young and promis-
ing life failed in it's mission and in
fiicted only a bad flesh wound, the
ball glancing from the skull and COM
ing out within three inches of where it
entered.
1t has been decided to hold the re-
publican state convention at Des
Moines on July 10. Joe R. Lane, of