Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-01-24
A terrible pitched battle was fought

CIV % 'oo'S 40 h'oNhCy y ooNhSh
county. Some fifteen persons were
participators in a hand-to-hand con-
fiict. The trouble grew out of an old
feud which had existed between fac
tions in the north part of that county
over a bowery dance. No arrests have
as yet been made, but the affair has
occasioned much excitement, and will
undoubtedly have hearing in court.
A ST. Louis dispatch says: A tall
young man with piercing black eyes.
light mustache and an abundance of
wavy hair, has been arrested on sus-
picion of being one of trio who held
up the c., B. & @. train about a week
ago between Chillicothe and Ottumwa
and robbed the express car of about
$4,000. The arrest was made on IN
formation furnished by an inmate of
the house where he was stopping, and
Chief Desmond thinks the prisoner
answers the description of one of the
robbers. He gives the name of Charles
King, and says he is but three days
from Indian territory. King seemed
to be recovering from protracted
spree.
Judge Shiras, of the United States
court at Dubuque, handed down his
decision in the proceedings of E. III.
Hubbard, assignee of the Union Loan
and trust Company, VS.. j. Kennedy
Tod & Co., of New York, brought in
the United States circuit court at Sioux
City, wherein Hubbard sought to re-
cover from Tod & Co. the Sioux City
e Northern bonds and the Sioux City
& Northern stock 'as collateral for a
loan of S1,500,OOO The court holds
that the Union Loan & Trust Company
is entitled to redeem by paying $780,
900 to Tod & Co., trustees, and unless
the same be redeemed by the payment
of loan and interest the proceedings
will be dismissed.
There is much excitement in West
Point and vicinity over discovery of
natural gas made while digging well
in the northern part of the town.
When the workmen were down seventy
five feet they were astonished on with
drawing the auger to feel strong
rush of gas from the hole. The owner
of the well, VIM. Link, was notified
and proceeded to investigate. He APP
piled a match to the stream of foul
smelling air and was astonished to see
1t go off with roar of flame. taking
his whiskers with it. The flame burned
with strong roar for two or three
owners to give the discovery the fullest
investigation and if there is anything
in it they will fully develope it.
Erick Anderson went to the ice house
at Algona to secure a job. Messrs.
Wrinkle and Henderson were taking up
tree in the timber close by and An
derson went over where they were and
asked about work. Mr.. Wrinkle told
him he would remember him when he
commenced cutting up ice. Wrinkle
then went to work at his tree, Ander
son standing close by. The tree was
taken up with n large amount of dirt
attached to the roots and was taken
up by means of Jim pole and capstan.
When the horses started up the pole
gave way at the bottom, and in falling
it struck Anderson on the head. He
lived only few hours, never regain
ing consciousness. He leaves a wife
and six children. Deceased was abou t
A. years old.
Charles Anderson, general mer-
chant of Independence, cut his own
| throat and that of his wife few
mornings since. Anderson had been
worried over farm property recently,
| and for several weeks had been
noticeably melancholy. The family
had arranged for dinner party, and a
examination without exciting sus-
| picion. The hour arrived, but the
| guests did not. A son-in-law went to
| the house and found Mrs. Anderson
lying in bed in her night clothes, drip
| ping in blood, but still alive. Anderson
was dressed, lying across the foot of
the bed, with his throat cat from ear
to ear, dead. A sad-iron, with which
Mrs. Anderson had been badly beaten
on the head, was found on the floor,
also broken razor and butcher knife
The cut on her throat is but a flesh
wound, although it is very doubtful if
she RECEIVERS from the head bruises
George Peters, aged 33 years, hung
himself in his blacksmith shop at Dav-
export. He had been showing evil
dence of n nervous disorder for some
time, but it is supposed that the imme-
diate cause of his act was the self-mur-
der of his friend, Louis Field, on the
previous day. Field was 60 years of
age. with a family. He had been in i'll
health and had. been worried by
smaller matters, and was notified that
his accounts with the Masonic lodge, of
which he was treasurer, were to be
checked over. He had used small
sum of money thus collected, intending
in few days to replace it with money