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

thermometer registered IS at Des
Moines.
Clarence rBeeves was arrested at
Greenfield for forging a note and
realizing on the same at the Bell" in
Creston.
Charley Babcock, Burlington
brakeman. had his left limb terribly
lacerated at Murray by being run over
by a car.
. The directors of the Independence
driving club met to claim the last
week in June for spring meeting OF
four days, with a series of $500 purses.
Dull business has forced two of
Creston's saloons to quit business.
The quarterly tax became due and
two of the twelve saloons failed to re-
spond.
Chas. Thompson, the Jefferson young
man who was said to have lump jaw
and had the front portion of his neck
cut out, is recovering. At one time it
was thought he would die.
The hardware and implement house
of w. &. King & Company, at Anita,
was entirely destroyed by fire early
in the morning. Loss, $1,000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Des Moines Street Railway com
pany has formally accepted the
ordinance charter granted it for carry
ing freight. The city council passed
the ordinance some weeks ago.
Judge w. H. UT. of Dubuque, well
known newspaper man, and Mrs. s. {.
Meredith, of Ottumwa, were married
at the residence of Mrs. NJ. w. Scott,
in the latter city, few days ago.
A. d. Clark. of Tecumseh, Neb., was
picked up on the streets of Burlington.
supposed in an intoxicated condition,
but it proved he was suffering with
heart disease. He died at st. Francis
hospital.
! George w. Wells, mayor of Fairfield.
died very suddenly from heart disease
at Marshalltown few nights ago. He
had gone to Marshalltown to attend
the session of the Legion of Honor.
Gotleib Waltersdof, an aged German
living at Creston, was found hanging
in the loft of his barn. He had a
divorced wife. and a few days previous
had gone to her home to effect a
reconciliation, but she declined.
Mayor Snyder, of Altoona, slgnalized
the beginning of his administration by
boldly proclaiming that there will be
no ball playing and horse racing on
the streets: also that there will be no
gambling, fighting or any other thing
that may be deemed a nuisance, inside
of the corporation.
Thieves entered the dry goods house
of George w. Smith at jefferson and
got away with choice bolts of silk.
dress goods and laces. 1t is lmpossibl
to form an accurate estimate on the
loss, but it will figure up close to $500
and, perhaps, more. The door was
securely fastened the previous night,
but in the morning was found unlock
ed and the sidewalk in front Strewn
with some pins that fell. Every effort
has been made to apprehend the rob-
bers.
Ira c. Burkhelmer, of LorimOr, who
conducted a general store in that thriv-
ing village, made an assignment in
favor of his creditors, naming J. D.
Hillman, postmaster at that place, as
signee. The liabilities are placed at
S., 4O4 and the assets at $500. Mr..
Burkheimer did large business and
was known for some time to be financial
ly embarrassed. The extreme hard
times and his inability to collect out
standing obligations were the prime
causes of the failure.
At Waterloo the trial of Charles
Adams, of Lester township. Black
Hawk county, for the murder of his
uncle. Stephen Howard, on the 18th of
last November, ended in the jury find
ing Adams guilty of manslaughter
Howard was 20 years old and Adams is
40 They had quarrelled over some
calves and Howard went to Adams
barn and quarrel resulted in which
Towards head and face were pounded
to jelly. Adams claimed self-defense
and said Howard assaulted him first.
An Ottumwa dispatch says: Twenty
five hundred miners in Appanoosc
county, employed by the operators not
signing the Ottumwa agreement, have
quit work, as was expected, because of
failure of the operators to agree to the
miners scale. There is no trouble and
none is expected. The operators, it is
believed, will shut down and quit
business. Nearly every mine in Boone
district is closed down, with the
possible exception of the mines at
Incline and Frazer, owned by the
Lower Vein Coal and Railway Company
and the Boone Valley Coal and Railway
Company.
The Iowa grand lodge of the Legion
of Honor held a two days session al
Marshalltown, with 200 delegates from