Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07
NEWS FROM over iowa

. ArDOr Day occurs on L tuesday, April
26, this year.
Samuel Belts, of Winfrset, lately
celebrated his oath birthday.
5 Aaron Pierce, mute of Lanarl, ILL.,,
was killed by Milwaukee train near
Clinton recently.
j. H. Pope has been appointed post
master at Arbor Hill, Adair county,
vice III. G. Lynch, removed.
The Mississippi river is rising rapidly,
and fears are entertained that much
property along the banks will be dam
aged.
In the trial of Mayor Hills, of Des
Moines, for misconduct in Office before
the city council sitting as jury, he
was found not guilty.
Indians from the Winnebago reser-
walton in Nebraska are causing great
annoyance by depredations on the
Iowa side of the Missouri river.
AT Mason City, the Masonic Temple,
one of the finest in the state, was
dedicated. Lodges from all parts of
the state were represented by large
delegations.
Ex-Auditor Van Auken, of Cerro
Gordo county, has been indicted for
forgery of public records. 1t is charged
that he altered public records in order
to secure certain fees.
At Cedar Rapids at meeting of the
executive committee of the FIRST Iowa
Cavalry Association, it was decided to
hold the next triennial reunion at Gin
ton on September 25 and 20 next.
"Chet" Cole, who formerly resided in
Des Moines, died IN Oskaloosa lately,
aged 81 years. He ran on the Iowa
Central as passenger conductor. He
was soldier in the war of 1865.
AS result of the women's crusade
the Sioux City saloonkeepers will no
longer clean up and stock up their
saloons on Sundays. During the Sun
day cleaning up they did big trade.
In the oratorical contest at Mt Pleas
ant the decision of the judges gave
place to LenoX College and third place
to Simpson College. The next contest
will be held at Cedar Rapids.
DR.. A. j. Applegate, for many years
leading physician of Indianola, died
Saturday morning of pneumonia. He
had been practicing medicine there for
over twenty years and was quite sue
cessful, and as man was upright and
esteemed by his fellow citizens.
The jewelry and boot and shoe stores
of c. A. Cockrell and Charles Warning
ton, at Jefferson, burned to the ground
a few days ago. The loss is estimated
at $4,000, fully insured. The cause
was defective fiue. The water works
saved the entire east side of the square.
Both political parties at Dubuque
have nominated for school directors
men who favor the appointment of a
city superintendent and oppose the in
PRODUCTION of the kindergarten system.
Professor Irish, the choice of the Cath
Ollie element, will be superintendent.
Mrs. Joseph Hlavacel1, aged %, at
tempted to commit suicide at Cedar
Rapids by hanging herself in the gar
ret of her home. Her husband dis
covered and cut her down, when she
was seized with locltjaw and died eight
hours later. She was suffering from
mental alteration.
James Gillespie, one of the best
engineers on the Chicago Great Western
railway, entered the yard office at
Dubuque few nights ago and inquired
when his next train would 90 out.
While speaking he fell fat on his face
and when picked up was found to be
dead. He was A years old and leaves
family.
d. L. Howard, of jefferson, who is
secretary of the Iowa Poland China
Record Association, left recently for
Springdale, Montana, with thirtv-five
high grade Poland China swine A
few weeks ago he sold Mr.. Logan, a
millionaire stock raiser of Springdale,
single pig. In a few days he received
a letter saying that the animal sent
was the finest individual in the state
of Montana, and ordering thirty five
more just like it, if they were to be
had.
A dispatch from Clinton says Joseph
Adler is the possessor of most curious
freak of nature in the animal line
The little animal, cross between a
dog and a cat, is now three months
old, and weighs only seven-eighths of
pound. 1t is Maltese colored and
has the fine, soft fur of cat; its paws
are cushioned and it has sharp claws
which it draws in and out the same as
cat. 1t has the ears and tail of a
cat, but its head and eyes are distinc-
lively canine. Its mother is snow
white poodle dog.
The Iowa wholesale grocers associa-
ton held very interesting session in
Dubuque on Thursday and Friday.
p. NJ. Reyes, man of clerical ap-
pearance, has been arrested at Council