Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
NEWS FROM over iowa

west Union. lie looks DrlgnI anu
happy.
Alexander 'Glew, a resident of Du-
buque county for fifty years, died at
his home in Cottage Hill, aged 70 years.
His wife and six children survive him.
Mrs. Polly Wallace, of Fl. Dodge,
was thrown from a wagon in run
away and her hip broken. She is an
elderly woman and the worst is feared.
1t is said that small pox exists at the
little town of Abingdon, near Fairfield,
there being one case in the family of
w. Clark. The house is quarantined.
Joseph Welty bombarded August
Fishers saloon at Zwingle with stones
and then jumped through the window.
Fisher met him with a revolver and
shot him in the face, probably fatally.
The suit of the seeding members of
the A. o. U. w. to prevent the ''loyals''
from using the name A. o. u. w. has
been decided in favor of the ''rebelS. -
The case will be carried to the highest
court.
Mrs. James Loohey, of Duncombe,
died of burns received a week ago
while kindling a fire. Her dress was
ignited and she ran into the open air,
being terribly burned before help
came.
The dead body of Thomas Mccartney,
a wood sawyer, was found in an alley,
where he had been at work, at Du-
buque. 1t is supposed he died sud
denly of heart failure. He leaves sew
eral children.
The will of the late James Thomp-
son, of Davenport, was opened a few
days ago. He leaves an estate of
nearly So, OOO,O 900 unreservedly to his
widow, and no requests to other rela-
tives or charities.
Hans Schweitzer, farmer boy 16
years of age, living near Bennett, was
fatally injured. In attempting to take
a shotgun from the bottom of wagon
to fire at rabbit the weapon was ac-
cidentally discharged, the load taking
effectin the left side.
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Nemire and Horning went to New
York and purchased $50, 900 in counter
felt money, paying 81, 500 for it. When
they arrived home they opened the
box and found several good bills on
top and underneath them a lot of
brown paper.
A shocking accident happened near
Ira. Fred Kono bought and has been
operating a corn shredder. While
doing some work for himself his hand
got caught in the binding Irvine and
was drawn into the rollers and his
hand and forearm were torn off. He
is now in fair way to recovery, but
minus his strong left arm.
Alfred Gray, under sentence of death
at Wellington, Kas., for hypnotizing
man to murder one of his neighbors, is
a son of A Gray, who lives near Bata-
via, and intense interest is taken at
that place in the case. The father
does not believe the son guilty, and
ill use all means at his command to
help him prove his innocence.
While Cyrus Taylor, wealthy old
farmer of Wayne township, Jones
county, was gong to Anamosa with "a
load of wood his team became fright
ened at buzz saw running in the
yard of VIM. Helgen. Mr.. Taylor was
walking and when the horses jumped
he was thrown down, the wagon
passed over him, and it is feared he is
fatally injured.
Since the Martin mulct law went
into effect twelve saloon keepers have
been paying $500 each quarter into
the city and county treasury at Cres-
ton. January l was the time for the
payment of another quarter, but two
of the saloons failed to respond and
have closed their business. They are
C. Veterick and Loucks & Beekle.
These are the first saloon failures since
the new law and the first ever occur
ring in Creston.
Council Bluffs has a sensation in a
suit lust brought by a woman named
Mamie Rollins against j. w. Squire, q
leading business man of Council Bluffs
and who holds prominent position in
society and church circles, for $4,000
for failure to keep an agreement tt
support her, she having agreed tc
become his mistress under that condi
ton. Squire says it is matchmaking
scheme, and that each and every one O
her charges are false. Squire's family
is quite prominent in church ant
society circles.
At Dubuque an explosion of ga'
generated in the Japan bake oven o
the speciality hardware works of thu
Scribner-Conchar Company occurred ;
few days ago. The explosion SHOOT
surrounding buildings. William r
! Daugherty, foreman of the department
was killed and his remains burned to
crisp. He was 25 years old and leave
wife and one child. The fire wa
confined to this building and the los
will not exceed SO, 900, mostly covered
by insurance. Others present had
narrow escape. -.