Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-24

demic of diphtheria which has begur
there.
Andrew Carnegie will give one-hali
toward the purchase of pipe organ
for Grace Methodist scopal church
at Oelwein.
Postmaster G. F. Peek of Algona
has resigned and his action was en-
tirely unexpected to his friends. He
will go west.
1t is tncr-L. at Fort Dodge that
the Rock Island Is preparing to buy
the Newton and Northwestern and
get into that city.
The Independent school district of
Gilman near Marshall.own has de-
cided to build fine new school to
cost about $4,000, to replace the
structure recently destroyed by fire.
Having two days before foretold
the day and the hour of her death.
Miss Rose Brill Maier, of Dubuque.
aged 10, passed away at st. Francis
home.
After a long session and the e.
animation Of over 200 witnesses, the
grand jury at Oskaloosa has returned
but one true bill for the illegal sale
Of liquor.
Judge Towner at Bedford has rul-
ed that election returns must be
printed In county papers. The action
forces the supervisors to make the
publication.
The Iowa Sac and Fox indian In
dustrial school situated in the west
part of Toledo caught fire but the
blaze was extinguished before more
than 500 damage was done to the
building.
The citizens and business men OF
Prescott sent check for $50 to the
Creston fire department, in recognl-
ton of the good services rendered
them by that department at the time
Of their recent disastrous fire.
Citizens of the little town Of Bar
mum, ten miles west Of Fort Dodge.
have offered a reward of $4,000 for
the conviction Of bootleggers, who are
guilty of securing liquor for persons
on blacklist"
Eleven saloon keepers in Carroll
county were tried and themselves,
their employees and the property own
ers, have been permanently enjoined
and a writ of abatement issued clos
ing the saloons and fixing the bonds
at $1,000 in each case.
Establishment of a state binding
twine factory by an appropriation of
the legislature was strongly advocated
by President A. Sykes of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association, in
his annual address at Des Moines.
If the congregation of the Baptist
church in Ames will build a new
church edifice the Baptist young PEG.
pie Of Des Moines and the affiliated
church members of the Ames college
student body have offered to build The
tower.
J. A. Mccarthy of Britt, well
known resident there, fell from a
second story window of the Charles
hotel, and is seriously injured. He
was joking with his friends about
making high dive when he leaned
too far out and fell.
The new bridge over the Iowa river
which will be completed within a
couple Of weeks at Iowa City cannot
be used until next June because the
city failed to securo a deed to the
land imme diately adjoining the APP.
proaches to the bridge. The bridge
connects the city and the city park
Five hundred dollars in cash prizes
for live stock will be hung up by the
Marshall County Farmers Short
Course association fer the next meet
ing in February at Marshalltown. Last
year the prize list was confined to the
grain class. The prizes will go to ex
hibitors who have their stock here
for class room work in the animal
husbandry department.
A bad freight wreck on the lowe
Central railroad resulted because the
rear brakeman who acts as f1agman
had a disagreement with ether mem
hers OF the train crew, and Jeff his
train at Dillon. the first station south
The annual meeting of the Iowa
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers
association will be held at the Ball
ingall house, Ottumwa, commencing
at 10 o'clock a. m. Dec 30.
Instead CT going to the Shriners q
bushel basket full of letters T., Santa
Claus now in possession OF Assistant
Postmaster John Ryan of Des Moincs
will be fired back to the dead lc,tel
office in accordance with orders fror
the postmaster general. Last yea
the Santa Claus letters were turneC
them. This year $1,000 had beer
subscribed by the Shrlne-s tn repea'
the performance.
Macy Huntley, a colored miner
evidently demented, ran amuck in tn
mining camp at Buxton and befor
being restrained had killed Verni'
Watkins, colcred lad, aged 10 ye re
shot and wounded Emanuel Lobbins
a negro, and attempted to kill col
ored woman. He also assaulted tn
constable when arrested, knockin'
him down with blow from his fist
He was restrained with great din
Guilty and finally handcuffed an
taken to the Monroe county jail a
| Abba.
Adjutant General Thrift has bee
notified that the number Of person
subject to military duty in the stat
as shown by the returns from tn
county auditors filed in his offSc !
300,54S. This is falling off of near