Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-04-11
NEWS FROM over iowa

to be built soon at Estherville.
Mrs. Elizabeth Richie. an old resi-
dent of Dubuque and vicinity, died
few days ago, aged SO years.
The Union county grand jury has
returned an indictment against c. W..
Mason, who is charged with perjury.
Loughs new SIS, ZOO opera house at
Estherville is to be opened the 10th
inst. by the Boberts-Martin Company,
in Faust
August Swanson, the man who be-
headed his son with Il Ratchet at
Clinton recently, has given himself up
to the authorities
Josiah f. Wyman, aged 63, com
mitted suicide at Clinton by cutting
his throat with knife This was his
third attempt.
The breach of promise suit for $1,000
damages, which Miss Alice M. Casey
brought against Harry Prouty at Keo-
kuk, was settled by their marriage.
Mrs. Joseph Churdan, an aged lady
residing in the town of Churdan, took
corrosive sublimate by mistake and is
in a critical condition. She has been
sick and took the poison supposing it
was medicine.
Tom Holmes, young boy of Cres-
ton, placed 22-calibre revolver near
the abdomen of Otis Britton, his com
panion, and fired. Britton's recovery
is doubtful. Holmes says he didn't
know it was loaded.
Bell Mcfarland and JnO. Schneider.
of Clinton, attempted to drive stick OF
dynamite into hole with a drill. Nc
Garland had both hands blown off, his
eyes blown out and was otherwise in
7ured. He will die. Schneider had
both eyes badly injured.
Mrs. Sturgis, the much loved and re-
spected wife of Hon. p. F. Sturgis, of
West Union, died recently. Mrs Stur-
gis was a pioneer, having been resi-
dent of Oelwein since 1852. Her hus-
band and two sons, the latter bankers
at Oelwein, survive her.
Jerry House was buried by falling
lumber pile at West Union, and several
men were a quarter of an hour eX-
Treating him from his perilOus
position. He escaped. however, with
bruises, unless internal injuries shall
appear later.
Fritz Jesse, aged eleven, was shot in
the abdomen and fatally injured by
Samuel Mewhearter at Clinton. The
latter had been having much trouble
with chicken thieves and went on
guard Young Jesse was prowling
around the hen house when he receiv-
ed the fatal shot.
United States Collector John c.
Kelly announces the appointment of
Byron Webster, late editor of the Mar
shalltown Statesman, as deputy cOllec-
tor of internal revenue for the Sioux
City division. The appointment is
made because of the income tax cOllec-
tions.
A petition has been signed by mem
bers of the W. c. T. T., and all the
local pastors of the city of Burlington
calling on the city authorities to close
all saloons within three hundred feet
from churches or schools, in accordance
with the provisions of the mulct law.
If it is carried out, it will result in the
closing of large mum Der of saloons.
At Cincinnati, Appanoose county,
much excitement was caused by 600
miners from surrounding mines march
ing into town and demanding that
work stop. The mayor refused the
miners entrance to the town in body,
but they visited the mines in squads
and accomplished their mission. The
men say they will go back and trouble
is anticipated.
A cat belonging to the family of
suddenly went mad and furiously
attacked two children. The mother
went to the rescue of the little ones
and was bitten several times. house
IoS dlSO ISCCiNcu ScNcIdl dues. w ME
the children were covered with
scratches and bites. the wounds have
all been cauterized and the dog has
been locked up, and every effort will
be made to prevent development of
ra bies.
Mrs. David Joyce, widow of the late
David Joyce, the widely known mil
liOnaire lumberman, whose death Oc-
Cured December last, died a few
days ago at her home in Lyons, at the
age of 81 years, of valvular heart
disease. She had been sick only about
two weeks. BY her death her only
son, William. becomes the sole heir to
the vast fortune left her by her
husband. estimated at $1,000, 600 This,
together with what he already has,
will make him the weaIthiest young
man in Iowa, with an estate worth
upwards of $1,000 900 He is but 81
years of age.
A dispatch from Cedar Rapids an
nounces that the question of the title
TO Owl Lake, which was drained for
farms some time ago by George r.
PearSOns and then claimed as home