Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-06-27

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Monday with Spitskes' hired man,
Charles Robinson, % years old. They
were to have been married at Dubuque,
but an officer arrested them on their
arrival and they were taken back to
Riceville Tuesday.
There was terrific and incessant
lightning accompanied by downpour
of rain and a heavy wind at Jefferson
Tuesday. Some damage is reported to
oats. The large barn of Thomas
Phillips was struck by lightning last
night and destroyed. Valuable trot-
ting horses were saved.
Gaywood & Son, bankers of Clinton,
failed Tuesday. Their liabilities are
about 10000; assets, $270,OOO. Large
holdings in real estate with the depres-
sion in real estate market, and con-
sequent inability to realize, caused an
assignment to G. A. Chase. 1t is
thought all claims will be paid dollar
for dollar.
Arthur Fipps, a farmer living three
miles northeast of Cherokee, came near
losing his life while cleaning out a well.
He had just gone down in the bucket
when the curbing gave way, completely
covering him with earth. He was
nearly suffocated when removed, after
a half hours diligent work by the res
cuing party.
A farmer entered the Golden Rule
department store in Dubuque Tues
day and accidently dropped some ashes
from his pipe into the fireworks. The
$1,000 stock was consumed in series
of explosions which carried out the
plate glass and startled the town. The
clerks escaped unhurt but the farmer
outspeeded them.
f. r. Sisson, of Storm Lake, mana
ger of the Northwestern Real Estate
agency, had very narrow escape from
death. He was on the back seat of a
spring wagon with two other gentle
men and in driving rather rapidly over
a street crossing the seat jerked loose
and threw him out backwards. falling
on his head and shoulders, and being q
large and heavy man the fall was severe.
DR.. Dando, who was deposed as
mayor of Worthington after his flight
to California with another mans wife
two months ago, has been brought
back raving manic. He waa model
citizen for twenty years until some
months when he attracted attention by
sending two boys to Jail for a trivial
offense and engaging in raloon fight.
A matrimonial fee war is threatened
in Kansas City and marriage ceremonies
may be performed cheaper than now.
The Justices of the peace are dissatis-
fled over the manner in which Probate
Judge Angle handles the matrimonial
end of his court and they threaten to
give 'dull season" rate to all men
who are brave enough to take unto
themselves better halves. The justices
claim that the probate judge is violat-
ing the code of ethics of the profession
by soliciting trade in the matrimonial
line. They claim that when they send
men who are determined to marry to
the court house after the necessary
licenses, they seldom ever return to
| have the ceremonies performed, as the
judge with his fine persuasive powers
| almost always succeeds in getting the
job. a justice stated that in order to
bring the probate Judge to time there
was talk among the justices of reduc-
ing the price. They will first reduce
the fee to 81 and if that does not have
the desired effect they will perform the
ceremonies for while for nothing.
John Marshall, Jr. son of one of the
proprietors of the Grove and Marshall
| Coal company, at Boone, was killed
Monday by fire damp while at work in
a shaft which the company was sinking.
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save him also lost his life. Marshall
was observed to stop his work and
lean up against the side of the shaft. A
Swedish workman insisted on going
after him and was lowered into the
shaft, but collapsed when he reached
the bottom and then was hauled out
Then another Swede, John Thunel, de-
manded that he be let down to save the
young man. He reached the bottom
and took hold hold of young
Marshall to draw him into the cage
when he was overcome by the fire damp
and fell out of the cage into the water
A lamp was lowered into the shaft anG
was Immediately extinguished, and il
was half an hour before the air could
be purified in the shaft so that TIT
bodies could be recovered. Youne
Marshall was 10 years of age, ant
Thunel was young man, who had onl!
been married since last winter.
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