Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-06-20

sor to list for taxation under the mulct
law wholesale dealers in intoxicants
who sell less than five gallons or less
than an original package. Last year
wholesalers paid no tax, but srctailed,
nevertheless.
There is great excitement at Central
City, Linn county. Some men were
boring well, when they came to a
composition that seemed to be silver
and iron mixed They sent a lot of it
away to be analysed, and it is believed
by experts that there is silver in it
in sufficient quantities to warrant open
ing up a shaft.
Nora Stober, of Mt. Ayr, Iowa, at
tempted suicide in Des Moines Friday
with morphine. She had come to the
city to see the man she loved, w. G.
Younie, law student, and because he
broke off their courtship she decided to
kill herself. She is twenty-five, pretty
and of good family. Last winter she
was in the city for time, met Younie
and nursed him through an illness.
She cannot recover.
G. B. Boardman, state dairy com
missioner, filed information Friday
against about twenty Des Moines milk
dealers, charging that they have been
selling milk that was not up to the re-
quirements of the state regulations.
He swooped down on them with an I'M
expected test and found that they had
| been selling skinned milk and other
wise deceiving customers. Warrants
were issued and two arrests were made.
Mr.. Boardman will prosecute the cases
to the utmost, as he has had much
trouble of this kind.
Henry Zentner, of Monticello, has
been taken into the keeping of the
| United States authorities again. They
have been keeping tab on him for some
time, and feeling that should now pay
the suspended fine of 800 as assessed
against him year ago. Marshal Mil
Ter was requested to run him down to
Cedar Rapids. Zentner has but little
regard for law. He served term in
the county Jail for selling beer with
Billy ButtIes, the Bully boy, and has an
untired indictment hanging over him
for running gambling house. There
! are few who mourn for Zentner.
During storm at Sioux Rapids n
A. Peterson, All old man living about
five miles south of town, went out to
put a calf in the barn to protect it
from the hail. His daughter stood in
the doorway looking at him as he re-
turned, but when within about two
rods of the house he was struck by
| lightning and instantly killed. 1t
struck him in the back of the neck, 60
ing the whole length of him, tearing
the soles off both his shoes. A dog
which followed at his heels was also
instantly killed. Another farmer
across The road where Mr.. Peterson
lived reports four head of cattle and
one colt killed by lightning.
E. F. Cotter, we'll known young
man of Nicola and assistant cashier in
the Farmers and Merchants State bank,
and Miss Margaret Vaulz were married
at the home of the bride in Davenport
last week. Upon his return a number
of well known young people prepared
to give him an old-time charivari.
Aiming themselves with the necessary
articles they marched direct to his
home and commenced to beat upon tin
pans. Cotter appeared, clad only in
his night robe, and said: "You people
take Il sneak Timetables were willing
to depart, but the boys insisted that
they give them another round, for
which they received shower of brick
bats.
During recent thunder storm at
Bows S. NJ. Gunderson's elegant resi-
dence was struck by lightning, making
almost wreck of the house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunderson, a daughter fifteen
months old, MIR. Gunderson's father
and neice, ten years old, were il the
house and severely shocked and were
left deaf for some time. The nieces
shoe on the right foot was torn out ut
the side and heel. The lightning en-
tered the two chimneys, demOlishing
them and passing through every room
of the house, lOOsening nearly every
foot of the plastering, tearing the cas-
ings from doors and porch and also
passing out at several points through
the siding. 1t broke large hanging