Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-05

with light docket only thirty new
cases being filed, and none of these
important. There are sevend divorce
cases to be tried, and the Needles
census case, where he is accused Of
false returns, will be the most import;
ant.
The Council Bluffs pastors asso.
citation, after warmly discussing a
resolution pledging the members not
to marry divorced persons, voted it
down. The subject was precipitated
by paper with Rev. H. w. Starr,
pastor of the St. PauPs Episcopal
church, read before the association.
Mr.. Starr declared that the ratio of
divorce to marriage was increasing
at an alarming rate and cited figures
to prove what he said. He declared
that he had turned away three couples
within a month because one or the
other person had been divorced. In
one instance that he mentioned, the
man had been three times divorced
at the age of 30. the last time less
than month before.
AS Andrew Ritchey, who lives in
south Stuart, was crossing the railroad
tracks he saw strange looking wild
animal go under the Holmes e. vii.
liams implement warehouse. He hur.
ried to livery barn nearby and re-
turned with the proprietor and his
two dogs. The dogs, greatly excited,
Immediately gave chase under the
building, and finally drove the ami
NAL into the cellar. The men then
entered the cellar and, after warm
fight succeeded in capturing it and
it is now on exhibition at the livery
barn. No citizen has yet succeeded
in naming the animal. 1t resembles
a fox in nose and ears, but has a
body like a half grown wolf. Many
Of the old "residenters" are puzzling
their brains over this freak but none
has succeeded in establishing it's po-
sition in zoology.
Evidently insane on the subject Of
religion, a strange man has been
haunting st. Ambrose Catholic church
at Des Moines for more than a week
past, stealing in unawares on the
worshipers intent on their Lenten
duties, and startling women and chill.
dren by suddenly crying imprecations
on the Holy Virgin and cursing re-
ligion. All efforts to catch the man
have as yet been futile. The man
first made his startling appearance
about a week ago. He arose sud.
denly in the midst of deep religious
ceremony and began cursing in awful
oaths and denouncing all religion as
hypocrisy. His wild actions and foul
words startled both the men and wo.
men assembled. After his outburst
ushers started to wait on him and he
moved to the door and disappeared
down the street.
The announcement recently made
! that the Joyce lumber mill will be
| operated during the coming summer
| and autumn disproves the popular be
lief that the last log has been cut II
! Clinton, once the premier lumber
manufacturing city of the United
States. When the Joyce mill closed
last fall the statement was made tina
the mill had been permanently aban
doned, and Clinton people believed
that they had seen the last of the in
dustry which once gained for Gin
ton the name of the Lumber City
During the winter no further an
nouncement was made as to the in
tentions of the company, but a few
days ago it was stated at the Clinton
office. of the company that the mil
will run during the season of 1906
About 800 men have been employee,
annually in the mill The compan,
does not anticipate any trouble il
| lnin pN1,r Of 10
to keep the mill running continuousl
during the coming warm months.
The whereabouts of Miss Nina Vii
ginia Brandt, the 20-year-old daughte
of the Rev. John L. Brandt, pastor O
the First Christian church of st
Louis, is now the mystery which tn
police forces of that city and of othe
Missouri cities are trying to solve
The announcement was made few
days go that she would come I
Des Moines to attend Drake university
She Immediately disappeared an
every effort to locate her has bee
futile. She had s2SS in her possessio,
at the time of her dropping out O
sight. Her parents have written t
Des Moines friends to discover if sh
has been in that city. She has no
been seen in Des Moines, however
Miss Brandt is a teacher in tn
Chinese Sunday school of her father
church and a leader in church an
Sunday school work. She is AN az
complished musician and a talente
performer on the violin, and 1t wa
her desire to enter Drake universit
next fall to study for the foreign mi!
| sionary field. The circumstance
surrounding the girls disapppearanc
are such as to lend color to a robber
| theory, and this is the belief now gel
orally accepted by her parents and tn
police and detective officers who hav
been working on the case. Mis-
: Brandt is her fathers secretary, an
: Saturday morning she cashed chez
: for s2SS for him at the office of tn
, Missouri.Lincoln Trust company, an
| Immediately a.,er leaving the built
ing disappeared without leaving
, single trace. All theories connecte
: with a possible love affair or elop,
t ment are secuted by members of tn
: Brandt family.
: The residence and barber shop {
3 c. o. Brown at Beaman was destroye
: while the owner was at church. TIL
! origin of the fire is unknown. Th
| loss is $500, covered by $1,000 II
:, surance in the Hawkeye of De
y Moines.
= Alleging that his brother, Juliu
Schwein, is of unsound mind and put
, all his spending money into slot mi