Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-16
IOWA
NEWS

Mount Vernon, where he went to in.
vestigate some cases of typhoid fever.
He brought back some samples OF thr
drinking water of that city and they
will be tested in the state becterio
logical laboratory in order to deteA~
mine, If possible, the presence of bac
terra.
During a thunder storm at Manches
ter lrage barn on the farm of c. F..
Fleming near Delhi was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
The structure was one of the most
substantial buildings of the kind in
the county and was S0x100 feet in
size. Several head of horses were
rescued from the flames with Difficult
ty but $50 tons of hay was consumed
The total loss will be about $4,000 with
insurance to the amount Of $1,000
The anti-saloon league of Adair
county has served notice on each of
the druggists of the county who sell
liquor and the owners of buildings in
winch the business is transacted, Of
an application for a permanent in
junction to restrain them from sell
ing liquor. The hearing on the appli-
cation will come before Judge Apple
gate at the September term of the dis
trlct court and a strong fight is antic
lpated from both parties.
Louis Torsdahl of Radcliffe was
drowned at Iowa Falls while in bath
ing. He was seized with cramps and
old not rise after going down the first
tlme. The body was recovered by
lelIoW bathers twelve minutes after
ne sank, but all efforts to resuscitate
MIN were unsuccessful. Torsdahl was
"a years old and unmarried He
leaves widowed mother. Torsdahl
was farm hand and had gone to
Iowa Falls to spend the day with a
party from Radcliffe.
Funds for a $4,000 dormitory in
stead of $4,000, as formerly proposed
will be donated by Mrs. Sarah Fox of
Muscatine for Memorial university at
Mason City. This was assured by
Mrs. Fox while on a visit to Mason
CITY and in conference with President
Wyand of the institution. The build
Ing is to be of stone. three stories
high. with rooms for 200 ladies. Mrs
Fox will superintend the parking plans
or the campus where she expended
5000.
An incident which is out of the or
binary occurred while Mrs. c. b.
Smith of Sanborn was visiting her
parents, G. H. Diggins and wife, near
Royal. Her little son was paying in
Willow creek, Which runs through
the farm, and discovered bright OBJ
Ject shining in the sand. 1t proved to
be his mothers wedding ring, which
had been lost in the creek fifteen
years before by her sister, while in
bathing The action Of the water and
sand had worn the ring very thin,
but it retained it's brightness.
Where is Versula X. Barrick is a
question that the residents of Alden
are endeavoring to discover. She at
one time lived at Alden, but cannot
be traced further and whether or no
she has descendants and what was
her married name, and is she still
living, and. if so, where, or. if dead,
has she any heirs are questions that
the old settlers and the new settlers
would like to have answered, as there
is some property left Versula K. Bar
rick and the estate cannot be settled
until the trace of the woman or her
heirs be located.
AS the southwestern branch train
Of the Northwestern came into Irwin
few nights ago 1t ran over and
killed the little 2-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy, cutting
the body completely in two. The
child had been playing on the track
and as the road bed is not graveled
at that place the little one had
crouched between the ties making it
difficult for the trainmen to observe
anything on the track. Mr.. Murphy
Is section foreman at Irwin, and for
merly resided in Carroll.
A heavy wind following a cloud
burst which occurred at Jefferson a
few days ago just before the opening
of the Chautauqua assembly for the
afternoon programme. blew down the
tents on the Chautauqua grounds,
injuring several poole, though none
fatally. Almost an inch and a half
of water fell in less than thirty min
utes. The storm was followed by a
heavy wind, which blew down the big
Chautauqua tent as we'll as others on
the assembly grounds. There were
but few people in the tent at the
time, which accounts for the small
list of injuries. John Heisel of JEFF.
ferson had his shoulder broken and
several others were badly bruised.
Burglars stole $4,000 from Joseph
Cabal of Iowa City few nights ago,
removing a window screen and cap
turing the old mans vest while he
slept. The money composed his for
| tune, the accumulation of many years
of hard work. Cabal is the man
whose wife was drowned in the Iowa
river last month and who was on trial
before a coroner's jury charged with
completely in her death. He was held
not guilty after one of the most dra.
matte trials ever witnessed In the
city. Testimony was introduced to
show that the old couple had quar-
relied previous to the time of the wife's
! disappearance, etc. Cabal threatened
to hang himself at that time if con-
victed.
While attempting to pass between
two freight cars at Ottumwa. Oliver
c. Quick, young married man TWEEN,
ty-eight years of age, was killed.
Struggling in the swift and foaming
current with two women dependent
upon him for the safety of their lives,
Roy Whitmayer of Mason City proved
himself hero by rescuing both of